Azita Emami
Azita Emami
Dean and Linda Loch Lorimer Professor of Nursing, Yale School of Nursing
Elected to the Academy in 2024

Education

Karolinska Institutet (Stockholm), 1993, RN and BSN, Nursing; Karolinska Institutet, Red Cross College of Nursing (Stockholm), 1994, MSN, International Health Care; Stockholm University, College of Teaching, 1996, TCN, nursing teaching credentials; Karolinska Institutet (Stockholm), 2000, PhD, Medical Sciences

Professional Area(s)

Geriatric nursing; Scientific investigation of stress biomarkers and stress interventions for elder people with dementia and their caregivers; Cross-cultural nursing educational curricula; Social determinants of health and healthcare delivery; Anti-racism

Citation

For leadership in expanding the role of nursing in healthcare systems globally, development of educational curricula to address issues of anti-racism and cultural competency to facilitate equitable care of underserved populations, and for novel scholarship addressing stress to promote well-being in people with dementia and their caregivers.