Dominque Bulgin, assistant professor, was recently selected to join the Program to Increase Diversity Among Individuals Engaged in Health-Related Research (PRIDE).
The PRIDE program is an all-expense-paid summer institute, research education, and mentoring initiative sponsored by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute.
PRIDE
offers hands-on, mentored research lab experiences, small project awards for pilot research, and grant writing courses for junior faculty and transitioning post-doctoral candidates from diverse backgrounds. The goal is to increase diversity in the biomedical research workforce while enabling early career investigators to become competitive independent scientists in heart, lung, blood, and sleep (HLBS) research.
Bulgin is a nurse scientist with an interdisciplinary program of research that focuses on promoting health equity by improving health outcomes in black individuals with chronic illnesses, primarily sickle cell disease, through disease self-management and reducing the influence of health-related stigma, discrimination, and racism.
“As an early career investigator, I am honored that I have been chosen to participate in the NHLBI PRIDE program,” said Bulgin. “I will have the opportunity to garner new mentors and peer colleagues, benefit from grant writing courses, and receive didactics in designing and conducting translational clinical research. These experiences will be invaluable to me as I continue to establish a career as an independent scientist.”
Bulgin obtained a BSN from Emory University and PhD from Duke University. Prior to joining the University of Tennessee, College of Nursing, Bulgin completed the National Clinician Scholars Program at Duke University School of Nursing. Her work has been funded by the National Institute of Nursing Research.
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CONTACT: Kara Clark Cardwell (kmclark2@utk.edu, 865-974-9498)