April Ancheta, PhD, RN (she/her)

Postdoctoral Fellow @NCSP_Penn & @childrensphila | LGBTQ Youth, School Health/Policy, Bullying & Weight Disp. | @ColumbiaNursing alum | 🏳️‍🌈🇵🇭 views = mine

[Eidos LGBTQ+ Health Initiative @PennEidos]

🩺🏳️‍🌈 Happy #NursesWeek & #SchoolNursesDay. Meet @AprilAncheta_: nurse researcher at @PennMedicine & @ChildrensPhila. Passionate about tackling health disparities, her research investigates how legal & school policies impact the health of LGBTQ+ youth.

[Jane Muir, PhD, MSHP, RN (she/her) @JaneMuir__]

Just finished a few days in DC with @NationalCSP scholars meeting with health policy leaders at @OurHospitals @WHFellows @PCORI and the HELP committee! @NCSP_Penn

[April Ancheta, PhD, RN (she/her) @AprilAncheta_]

Special thank you to my @ColumbiaNursing faculty mentors @tonda_hughes, @JM_Bruzzese, and @billycaceres_ for all the guidance, support, hand holding, mentoring, and opportunities you had provided me during my predoc. Everything I know about research is bc of you! #PhD #nursing

[April Ancheta, PhD, RN (she/her) @AprilAncheta_]

This wk I was awarded the Dissertation Excellence Award by @ColumbiaNursing for my work on school climate/antibullying policy on LGBTQ youth—& what an honor this was! TY to mentors, friends & fam who have supported me. It was great being back at CU & being recognized in this way!

[April Ancheta, PhD, RN (she/her) @AprilAncheta_]

Happy Nurses Week from a couple of my favorite nurse researchers, @JaneMuir__ @rachel_e_french!!! Love learning from and with you 🩺📈 @NCSP_Penn @PennNursing

[Jane Muir, PhD, MSHP, RN (she/her) @JaneMuir__]

In DC for the NCSP health policy trip! Excited to meet leaders in healthcare and meet scholars from other sites. ⁦@AprilAncheta_⁩ ⁦⁦@djzhengMD⁩ ⁦@NCSP_Penn⁩ ⁦@NationalCSP⁩

[Jane Muir, PhD, MSHP, RN (she/her) @JaneMuir__]

We kicked off our Visiting Policy Speaker series @NCSP_Penn today with senior policy advisor @WhiteHouse Dr. @CameronWebb46! Great discussion about making policy impact, cultivating a “Life Board of Directors”, engaging with community, media skills & more!👏

[ACLU @ACLU]

BREAKING: The Senate has passed the Respect for Marriage Act, a historic move forward in the rights of LGBTQ families.

The bill ensures federal recognition of marriage regardless of the sex, race, ethnicity, or national origin of either spouse.

[Jane Muir, PhD, MSHP, RN (she/her) @JaneMuir__]

It was great meeting nurse scholars from all sites at the National Clinician Scholars Program Annual Conference! @NationalCSP @NCSP_Yale @ncspMICHIGAN @NCSP_Duke @NCSP_Penn @NCSP_UCSF @NCSP_UCLA

[Jane Muir, PhD, MSHP, RN (she/her) @JaneMuir__]

Penn nurse scholars are excited to be here! @NCSP_Penn @PennNursing

[April Ancheta, PhD, RN (she/her) @AprilAncheta_]

@SarahZollweg Congrats, Sarah!! 🎉🎉

[April Ancheta, PhD, RN (she/her) @AprilAncheta_]

Grateful to have presented at #APHA2022 on my @ColumbiaNursing work on the importance of positive LGBTQ school climates! Also had a collab poster w/ @ColumbiaMSPH + colleagues on a school-based MBIH intervention to improve teen sleep quality. Always a lovely time at APHA!

[April Ancheta, PhD, RN (she/her) @AprilAncheta_]

Happy to be live from #APHA2022 in Boston, Mass., connecting with some amazing colleagues in public health!

[April Ancheta, PhD, RN (she/her) @AprilAncheta_]

@JaneMuir__ Aww congrats, Jane! 🎊

[April Ancheta, PhD, RN (she/her) @AprilAncheta_]

Happy and grateful to be here! A bit of what I’m interested in, mixed with casual inference and school-based intervention designs 😄 (& sprinkle in almost anything queer pop culture, and we’re virtually bffs)

[NCSP at Penn @NCSP_Penn]

Next up, we would like to welcome @AprilAncheta_ to the 2022-2024 Penn CSP Cohort...

[April Ancheta, PhD, RN (she/her) @AprilAncheta_]

@oni_blackstock @DrMichaelMensah @NCSP_Yale Haha I totally misheard that, but love either one!

[April Ancheta, PhD, RN (she/her) @AprilAncheta_]

What a treat to have @oni_blackstock talk 2 @nationalCSP Scholars today. Instant mood booster & inspo!

Fav commnt re gaining confidence: “We’re never going 2 feel rly ready. If its sm you feel passionate abt, take a leap. Align w/ ur values, rock in ur purpose, u cant do wrong.”

[MSHP @ Penn @Penn_MSHP]

The first new students we’d like to introduce are @DoriAbel, @AprilAncheta_, @EmnaBakillah, and @AaronBennett!

[NCSP at Penn @NCSP_Penn]

We would like to introduce the new 2022-2024 Penn CSP Cohort. Each day we will be sharing one scholar's profile. Excited to welcome you all to Penn! Let’s start with…