Kathy Sliwinski, BSN, RN

Kathy Sliwinski BSN, RN is a second-year nursing PhD scholar. She is an NIH T-32 predoctoral fellow in the Center for Health Outcomes and Policy Research (CHOPR) at the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing. She is also an Associate Fellow at the Leonard Institute of Health Economics. She received her Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree from the University of Michigan with a minor in Population Health in a Global Context. Kathy is particularly interested in researching outcomes of patients with Limited English proficiency (LEP) and understanding how to best organize hospital nursing resources to improve care delivery for this patient population. She is also broadly interested in delivery system reform, population health, and health policy.

Kathy currently serves as a research assistant under Dr. Brooks Carthon for the THRIVE clinical pathway, where she is responsible for RedCap data management, analysis, and manuscript writing.

• Doctoral Student Organization, Chair
• Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, Associate Fellow
• Academy Health, 2022-2023 Emerging Diversity Leader
• Eastern Nursing Research Society, Member
• Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing, Member