Brief Bio

Dr. Donna Biederman joined the Duke School of Nursing faculty as an Assistant Professor in September, 2013. She earned her associate's degree in nursing at Yavapai College in Prescott, Arizona, in 1992. She completed her BSN and MN (Communities, Populations and Health concentration) at the University of Washington, Tacoma in 2004 and 2006 respectively. Her Master’s research focused on social determinants of health and HIV/AIDS in subSaharan Africa. In 2012 she earned a DrPH with an emphasis in community health education from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Her dissertation research focused on the perspectives of homeless women on their experiences and interactions with service providers.

Before her faculty appointment, Dr. Biederman was a Community Health Clinical Nurse Educator in the ABSN program. She has firsthand experience in the community health clinical and classroom settings and nursing experience in acute and community-based care. She will co-teach a number of courses within the community health component of the ABSN program.

Academic Program Affiliations

Education

Awards and Honors

• 2015 Outstanding Contributions to Community/Public Health Nursing Research Award, Association of Community Health Nurse Educators

• 2013 Outstanding Clinical Instructor Award, Duke University School of Nursing

• 2012 Outstanding Doctoral Student Award, Department of Public Health Education, University of North Carolina-Greensboro

• 2011 Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant Award Nominee, University of North Carolina Greensboro

• 2006 Gift of Service Award, University of Washington Tacoma

• 2006 Master of Nursing Outstanding Scholar, University of Washington Tacoma

• 2006 Peer Elected Class Speaker 2006 MN Class, University of Washington Tacoma

• 2004 Inducted, Sigma Theta Tau International

• 2002 Outstanding Teamwork Award, Providence St. Peter Hospital Administration, Sellen Construction, & Giffin Bolte Jurgens Architects (Olympia, WA)

• 1990 Inducted, Phi Theta Kappa

Areas of Expertise

• Global and Community Health
• Health Disparities

Areas of Interest

• Experiences of homelessness
• Transitional care for homeless persons
• Health disparities
• Community based participatory research (CBPR)
• Qualitative inquiry

Representative Publications

• 2015 -- Pubmed # 26212466 Eggert, L. K., Blood-Siegfried, J., Champagne, M., Al-Jumaily, M., Biederman, D. J. Coalition Building for Health: A Community Garden Pilot Project with Apartment Dwelling Refugees. J Community Health Nurs. Jul-Sep, 2015; 32(3); 141-50

• 2015 -- Pubmed # 25527124 Relf, M. V., Flores, D. D., Biederman, D. J. Ending HIV-Related Stigma: Nursing's Opportunity to Lead. J Assoc Nurses AIDS Care. Jan-Feb, 2015; 26(1); 1-3

• 2014 -- Biederman, D. J., Lindsey, E.W. Promising research and methodological approaches for health behavior research with homeless persons Journal of Social Distress and the Homeless. September, 2014; 23(2); 105-108

• 2014 -- Pubmed # 25051320 Biederman, D. J., Gamble, J., Manson, M., Taylor, D. Assessing the need for a medical respite: perceptions of service providers and homeless persons. J Community Health Nurs. July, 2014; 31(3); 145-56

• 2014 -- Biederman, D. J. Food for thought. Journal of Cultural Diversity. Summer, 2014; 21(2); 55

• 2014 -- Pubmed # 24528122 Biederman, D. J., Nichols, T. R. Homeless women's experiences of service provider encounters. J Community Health Nurs. February, 2014; 31(1); 34-48

• 2014 -- Pubmed # 25416429 Nichols, T. R., Biederman, D. J., Gringle, M. R. Using research poetics "responsibly": applications for health promotion research. Int Q Community Health Educ. 2014; 35(1); 5-20

• 2013 -- Biederman, D. J., Nichols, T. R., Lindsey, E. W. Homeless women's experiences of social support from service providers. Journal of Public Mental Health. 2013; 12(3); 136-145

• 2012 -- Pubmed # 20439470 Biederman, D. J., Sienkiewicz, H. C., Bibeau, D. L., Chase, C. M., Spann, L. I., Romanchuck, R., Aronson, R. E., Schulz, M. R., Tiberia-Galka, A. Ethnic and racial differences of baseline stroke knowledge in a "stroke belt" community. Health Promot Pract. January 1, 2012; 13(1); 63-70

• 2011 -- Francisco, V. T., Biederman, D., Cook, G. B., Sienkiewicz, H. C., Sickelbaugh, E., Milner, B., Krege, M. W., Benhammou, M., Poillot-Micca, M. Promoting Community Engagement for Systems Improvement for Pregnant and Parenting Teens and Young Adults: An Action Planning Guide for Community-based Initiatives 2011;

• 2010 -- Pubmed # 21051756 Biederman, D. J., Nichols, T. R., Durham, D. D. Maternal navigational strategies: examining mother-daughter dyads in adolescent families of color. J Fam Nurs. November 1, 2010; 16(4); 394-421

• 2009 -- Berry, D., Turner, M., Biederman, D., Flanagan, O. Benefits for Latino, African American, and White children and parents taught together in the same community-based weight management intervention. Hispanic Health Care International. December, 2009; 7(4); 203-212

• 2005 -- Biederman, D. J. Society's origin. Journal of Emergency Nursing. August, 2005; 31(4); 381-382

Grant Funding (selected)

• Durham Homeless Transitional Care Program  
  Rita and Alex Hillman Foundation 2015 Hillman Innovations in Care Program Grant
  12/2015-12/2018
  Role: co-PI
  The Durham Medical Respite Program addresses a pressing unmet need to offer safe discharge options for homeless persons who are too sick for the streets or a shelter, but not sick enough to qualify for continued hospitalization. The Hillman Innovations in Care grant will be used to grow and further develop the Durham Medical Respite Program, a nurse-led, community based initiative which provides safe and supportive respite housing to homeless persons who require a place for healing that is safer than the street or shelters following discharge from a hospital, behavioral health, or jail setting. Hillman funds will help to broaden the role of nurse care coordinators and community health workers, who, in addition to connecting patients to health care for chronic and acute conditions, will help patients navigate access to housing and other benefits. Nursing students and other health professionals will be invited to participate in educational events tailored to the care of populations experiencing homelessness or housing instability. The overall goal of the program is to improve the health and quality of life of homeless and housing insecure patients experiencing care transitions, reduce costs, and reduce care provider’s time and emotional burden.

• Understanding the Lives of Women Experiencing Homelessness Through Photovoice  
  University of North Carolina Greensboro, Office of Leadership & Service Learning
  11/2009-06/2010
  Role: Student Researcher
  

• Assessing HIV Related Stigma in French Speaking African Immigrant and Refugee Communities  
  University of North Carolina Greensboro, Office of Leadership and Service Learning
  11/2008-06/2009
  Role: Student Co-Investigator
  

• Salishan HOPE VI Evaluation  
  Tacoma Housing Authority
  02/2005-05/2007
  Role: Research Assistant