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Desiree Bertrand

Interim Chair

Desiree Bertrand

Interim Chair

Assistant Professor

Academic Appointment(s)

College of Nursing
Department of Prelicensure Nursing

The Graduate School

Administration
Department of The Graduate School

  • (706) 721-8670
  • EC 5356

Education

  • Ph.D., Nursing Medical University of South Ca, 2017

  • MSN, Nursing Education Midwestern State University, 2002

  • BS, Nursing University of the Virgin Islan, 1995

Certifications

  • Certified Nurse Educator 2020

  • Registered Nurse Certified (RNC) - Maternal Newborn Nursing 2016

  • Collaborative Institutional Training Institute (CITI): Basic/Refresher, Human Subjects Research Certification 2014

Awards & Honors

  •  Augusta University College of Nursing Outstanding Faculty Member 2025

  • University of the Virgin Islands Service Award 2019

  • American Academy of Nursing Jonas Policy Scholar Cultural Competence and Health Equity Expert Panel, 2018

  • University of the Virgin Islands Research Day Best Faculty Poster Award 2018

  • Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Future of Nursing Scholar 2014

Courses Taught Most Recent Academic Year

  • NURS 7400

    Inte HC Women Child Fam Hlth

  • NURS 9250

    Investigation of Research Prob

  • NURS 8550

    Evidence Based Practice

  • NURS 4802

    Maternal Child Nursing

  • NURS 9300

    Dissertation

  • NURS 3806

    Geriatric Nursing

  • NURS 3807

    Intro to Nursing Research

Scholarship

Selected Recent Publications

  • Achieving advance care planning in diverse, underserved populations, 2018
  • Position statement: Policies to support family caregivers., 2018
  • Factors associated with increased risk for lethal violence in intimate partner relationships among ethnically diverse black women, 2014
  • U.S. Virgin Islands Men Talk About Health and Health Concerns, 2014
  • Factors influencing resource use by African American and African Caribbean women disclosing intimate partner violence, 2013

Professional Service

  • Caribbean Exploratory Research Center 6th Annual Health Disparities Institute - 2013

    Role: Committee Chair

  • Caribbean Exploratory Research Center 5th Annual Health Disparities Institute - 2012

    Role: Committee Chair

Public Service

  • A Health Education Toolkit for the US Virgin Islands Community 2012