Overview
Education
- PhD, Healthcare Genetics, University of Pittsburgh
- MSN, Nurse Educator, Capella University
- BSN, Grambling State University
Areas of Research, Teaching, And Clinical Expertise and Scholarship
Research interests include Veteran health, and symptom science with a specific focus on symptoms in individuals after spinal cord injury, epigenetics, and aging. Other interests include advancing nursing science through inter-and-intraprofessional collaborations as a means of strengthening research translation from bench to bedside.
Selected Accomplishments
- 2021 Department of Veterans Affairs Office of Research and Development, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) Research Awards
- 2021 Training in Grantsmanship for Rehabilitation Research (TIGRR)
- 2019 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation/National Institute of Nursing Research Joint Postdoctoral Fellowship
Professional Memberships
- American Nurses Association (ANA)
- American Spinal Injury Association (ASIA)
- Chi Eta Phi Sorority Incorporated, Professional Nursing Organization
- Sigma Theta Tau International (STTI), Eta Chapter
- International Society of Nurses in Genetics (ISONG)
- International Spinal Cord Society (ISCoS)
Publications
- Graves, L. Y., Tamez, P., Wallen, G. R., & Saligan, L. N. (2021). Defining the role of doctor of nurse practice in symptoms science research opportunity for collaboration. Nursing Outlook, S0029-6554(21)00017-8. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.outlook.2021.01.013
- Billones, R., Liwang, J. K., Butler, K., Graves, L., & Saligan, L. N. (2021). Dissecting the fatigue experience: A scoping review of fatigue definitions, dimensions, and measures in non-oncologic medical conditions. Brain, behavior, & immunity - health, 15, 100266. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbih.2021.100266
- Knisely, M., Maseratie, M, Heinsburg, L., Shah, L., Hongjin, L., Yehui, Z., Yumi, M., Graves, L.Y., Merriman, J., Conley, Y. (2019). Symptom Science: Advocating for Inclusion of Functional Polymorphisms. Biological Research in Nursing, 21(4), 349-354. https://doi.org/10.1177/1099800419846407
