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Gretchel Gealogo Brown

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gealogo@uthscsa.edu

Gretchel A. Gealogo Brown, PhD, RN, MHR, MSN, CMSRN

Assistant Professor/Clinical

I am a nurse clinician, educator and scientist with over a decade of combined experience collaborating with adult medical-surgical, telemetry and emergency room patients, community-dwelling people with dementia and their caregivers, patients with acute stroke and their care teams, research coordinators, novice nurses, direct care hospital staff, and undergraduate nursing students and faculty. My approach to inquiry is employing mixed methods analysis to maximize available qualitative and quantitative data for improving client-centered interventions. I am building a program of scholarship focused on developing and testing conceptual models for health services program assessment, planning, intervention and evaluation using a complex adaptive systems paradigm. 

  • Professional Background

    Education

    • 2017 - Postdoctoral Training - Stroke clinical research trial coordination - Seton Dell Medical School Stroke Institute/The University of Texas
    • 2015 - Doctor of Philosophy - Nursing Science - The University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio
    • 2011 - Master of Science in Nursing - Administration in Community and Health Settings (Teaching Minor, High Honors) - The University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio
    • 2009 - Bachelor of Science in Nursing - Nursing - The University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio
    • 2003 - Master of Arts - Human Relations - The University of Oklahoma
    • 1998 - Bachelor of Arts - Government - The University of Texas at Austin

    Highlights

    Licensure and Certifications 

    • Medical-Surgical Nursing 
    • Trauma Nursing Core Course
    • Pain Management 
    • RN (Texas) 

    Honor and Awards

    • 2013 - 2014, Barbara Wulfe Living Endowment Scholarship 
    • 2013 - 2014, William F. Castella Endowment for Nursing Research Scholarship 

    Professional Affiliations (memberships) 

    • 2011 - present, Academy of Medical-Surgical Nurses 
    • 2009 - present, Sigma Theta Tau, The International Honor Society for Nurses 

    Appointments

    • 2018 - Assistant Professor/Clinical - UT Health San Antonio, School of Nursing
    • 2016 - RN Research Coordinator/Postdoctoral Fellow - Seton Dell Medical School Stroke Institute
    • 2015 - Educator/Consultan - Network Nursing Education and RN Residency Program, Seton Healthcare Family

  • Instruction & Training

    • 2021, NURS 7222 Leadership in Complex Healthcare Systems, UT Health San Antonio, School of Nursing
    • 2020, NURS 7111 Advanced Nursing Seminar,, UT Health San Antonio, School of Nursing
    • 2019 - Present, NURS 4314 Care of Adult I: Clinical Application, UT Health San Antonio, School of Nursing
    • 2019 - Present, NURS 4311 Care of the Adult I: Clinical Application, UT Health San Antonio, School of Nursing
    • 2019 - Present, NURS 4420 Transition to Professional Nursing Practice: Clinical Immersion, UT Health San Antonio, School of Nursing
    • 2018 - 2020, NURS 4533 Disease Management III: Clinical Application, UT Health San Antonio, School of Nursing
    • 2018 , NURS 3309 Pathophysiology, UT Health San Antonio, School of Nursing
    • 2018, NURS 6338 Advanced Pathophysiology, UT Health San Antonio, School of Nursing
    • 2018 - Present, NURS 3330 Foundations of Nursing Care: Clinical Application, UT Health San Antonio, School of Nursing
    • 2018 - Present, NURS 3305 Foundations of Clinical Nursing Practice: Clinical Application, UT Health San Antonio, School of Nursing

  • Research & Grants

    Grants

    Currently Funded

    • 2020 – 2021, Funder: Nursing Advisory Council,  Dollars: $5,000. Title: Acute Stroke Symptom Descriptors and Neuroimaging Congruence: A Retrospective Descriptive Study. Role: PI. 
    • 2020 – 2021,  Funder: Rosemary Kerr McKevitt and Cassandra Smith Endowed Nursing Research Award, Dollars: $2,200, Title: Acute Stroke Symptom Descriptors and Neuroimaging Convergence/ Divergence: A Retrospective Descriptive Study. Role: PI. 
    • 2020-2021, Funder: Migliorino-Piccione Research Award, Dollars: $4,180. Title: Acute Stroke Symptom Descriptors and Neuroimaging Convergence/ Divergence: A Retrospective Descriptive Study. Role: PI. 

    Submitted and Not Funded or Unfunded Research/Projects

    • 2020-present, Funder: None. Title: Analysis of Hospital Stroke Admission, Treatment and Discharge Trends Before, During and After COVID-19 Shelter-in-Place Orders. Role: Co-PI (Co-PIs: Lee Birnbaum, MD; Kal Clark, MD; Adrienne Dula, PhD; Aaisha Mozumder, MD) 
    • 2020 - 2021, Funder: American Heart Association COVID-19 Rapid Response Grant, Dollars: $100,000. Title:  COVID-19 Cerebrovascular Symptom Descriptors and Neuroimaging Congruence.Role: PI. 
    • 2018-present, Funder: None. Title: Using Web-Based Video and Electronic Data Capture to Improve Student and Faculty Clinical Skills Evaluation.Role: PI. 

    Completed Research/Projects 

    • 2017, Funder: None. Title: QDEPS/Qualitative Data Analysis of Patients Admitted with Stroke or Stroke Related Symptoms. Role: Co-I (PI: Steven Warach, MD, PhD).
    • 2016-2017, Funder: Lone Star Stroke Consortium, Texas Department of Health and Human Services. Title: Women‘s Imaging of Stroke Hemodynamics Study (WISHeS). Role: Lead Research Coordinator (PI: Adrienne Dula, PhD).
    • 2016-2017, Funder: Lone Star Stroke Consortium, Texas Department of Health and Human Services. Title: Efficient Resources Utilization in Patients with Intracranial Hemorrhage (EnRICH). Role: Site Sub-Investigator (PI: Farhaan S. Vahidy, PhD, MBBS, MPH, FAHA).
    • 2016-2017, Funder: Bayer AG, Title: Multicenter, Randomized, Double-blind, Double-dummy, Active-comparator, Event-driven, Superiority Phase III Study of Secondary Prevention of Systemic Embolism in Patients with a Recent Embolic Stroke of Undetermined Source (ESUS), Comparing Rivaroxaban 15 mg Once Daily with Aspirin 100 mg (Navigate ESUS). Role: Site Sub-Investigator (Site PI: Truman J. Milling, MD). 
    • 2016-2017, Funder: Portola Pharmaceuticals. Title: Prospective, Open-Label Study of Andexanet Alfa in Patients Who Have Acute Major Bleeding (ANNEXA-4). Role: Site Sub-Investigator (Site PI: Truman J. Milling, MD).

  • Service

    Institutional

    • 2020 - 2021, UT Health SA, School of Nursing, Committee on Simulation and Innovation, Chair 
    • 2020 - present, UT Health SA, School of Nursing, PhD Dissertation Committee, Member  
    • 2019-2021, UT Health SA, School of Nursing School of Nursing, Interprofessional Education Task Force, Member 
    • 2019-2020, UT Health SA, School of Nursing, Committee on Simulation and Innovation, Chair-Elect 
    • 2019-2020, UT Health SA, School of Nursing, Bylaws Committee, Member 
    • 2019-2020, UT Health SA, Library Committee 
    • 2018, UT Health SA, School of Nursing, PhD Qualifying Exam Committee, Member 

     

    Community

    • 2019 - present, Project Volunteer, City of San Antonio, Office of Historic Preservation, San Antonio, TX 
    • 2018 - 2021, Member, The Conservation Society of San Antonio, San Antonio, TX 
    • 2003 - 2017, Member, Schola Cantorum, Saint Mary Cathedral, Austin, TX 

  • Publications

      Peer-reviewed Articles (*indicates data-based) 

      • Dula AN, Gealogo Brown G, Aggarwal A, Clark KL. Decrease in stroke diagnoses during the COVID-19 pandemic: Where did all our stroke patients go? JMIR Aging. 2020 Oct;3(2):e21608. DOI: 10.2196/21608. 
      • *Gealogo Brown G, Raji M, Braden C. Focused ethnography as a mixed methods approach for building conceptual models in health services research: Person-engaged dementia care in action. SAGE Research Methods Cases: Medicine and Health. 2020. 
      • *Dula AN, Luby M, King BT, Sheth SA, Magadán A, Davis LA, Gealogo GA, Merino JG, Hsia AW, Latour LL, Warach SJ. Neuroimaging evolution of ischemia in men and women: an observational study. Ann Clin Transl Neurol. 2019 Mar;6(3):575-585. doi: 10.1002/acn3.733. eCollection 2019 Mar. PubMed PMID: 30911580; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6414486. 
      • *Vahidy FS, Meyer EG, Bambhroliya AB, Meeks JR, Begley CE, Wu TC, Tyson JE, Miller CC, Bowry R, Ahmed WO, Gealogo GA, McCullough LD, Warach S, Savitz SI. Rationale and Design of a Statewide Cohort to examine efficient resource utilization for patients with Intracerebral hemorrhage (EnRICH). BMC Neurol. 2018 Mar 21;18(1):31. doi: 10.1186/s12883-018-1036-1. PubMed PMID: 29562884; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5863437. 

      Non-Peer-reviewed Articles  

      Peer Reviewed Podium Presentations 

       

      • 2020, Using web-based video and electronic data capture to improve student and faculty clinical skills evaluation.  Accepted for podium presentation at the 2020 Sigma/NLN Nursing Education Research Conference; 2020 March; Washington, DC, US. 
      • 2015, "We‘re the ones who pay the price": Developing cost concepts in a person-engaged model for dementia care. 2015 Mixed Methods International Research Association Regional Conference; 2015 August; San Antonio, TX, US. 

      Peer Reviewed Poster Presentations 

      • 2018, Bambhroliya AB, Meyer EG, Meeks JR, Slaughter KB, Bowry R, Ahmed WO, Gealogo GA, Warach S, McCullough LD, Wu T, Begley CE, Tyson JE, Miller CC, Savitz SI, Vahidy FS. Rehabilitation for patients with primary intracerebral hemorrhage is associated with reduced 30-day hospital readmissions. Stroke. 2018 January; 49(Suppl 1):ATMP73.  (Poster presentation at the 2018 International Stroke Conference; 2018 January; Long Beach, CA, US.) 
      • 2018, Slaughter KB, Meyer EG, Meeks JR, Bambhroliya AB, Bowry R, Gealogo GA, Warach S, Tyson JE, Miller CC, McCullough LD, Wu T, Begley CE, Savitz SI, Vahidy FS. Uncertainty-based individual health preferences for patients with primary intracerebral hemorrhage. Stroke. 2018 January; 49(Suppl 1):ATP267.  (Poster presentation at the 2018 International Stroke Conference; 2018 January; Long Beach, CA, US.) 
      • 2018, Bambhroliya AB, Meyer EG, Meeks JR, Slaughter KB, Bowry R, Ahmed WO, Gealogo GA, Warach S, Tyson JE, Miller CC, Begley CE, Savitz SI, Vahidy FS. Health-related quality of life indices for patients with primary intracerebral hemorrhage. Stroke. 2018 January; 49(Suppl 1):ATP276.  (Poster presentation at the 2018 International Stroke Conference; 2018 January; Long Beach, CA, US.)