Cheryl Woods Giscombe
Cheryl Woods Giscombé | |
|---|---|
| Born | Cheryl L. Woods Giscombé |
| Nationality | American |
| Awards | Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing (2017) Member of the National Academy of Medicine (2023) |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
| Academic work | |
| Institutions | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
Cheryl L. Woods Giscombé is an American psychiatric nurse practitioner, health psychologist, and academic. She is the Melissa and Harry LeVine Family Distinguished Professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC) School of Nursing, with a secondary appointment in the UNC School of Medicine.
Education and early career
Woods Giscombé earned undergraduate and graduate degrees in nursing and psychology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina Central University, and Stony Brook University.[1] She holds a Ph.D. in social and health psychology and is nationally board certified as a psychiatric-mental health nurse practitioner. From 2005 to 2007, she completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the UNC School of Nursing, followed by a second fellowship from 2007 to 2009 supported by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. She was a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Nurse Faculty Scholar from 2012 to 2015.[2]
Academic career
At UNC-Chapel Hill, Giscombé has served in multiple leadership roles, including Associate Dean for the PhD and Postdoctoral Fellowship Programs,[3] Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs,[4] and Assistant/Associate Dean for the MSN Program.[4] She currently serves as Senior Associate Dean and Chief Wellness Officer in the School of Nursing.[2] Her work incorporates art museum-based contemplative practices and mindfulness-based education, and she has partnered with the Harvard Macy Institute and Harvard Medical School’s Continuing Medical Education programs on visual thinking strategies in healthcare.[5] She also chaired the NIH study section titled Biobehavioral Mechanisms of Emotion, Stress, and Health (MESH).[6][7]
Research
Giscombé's research examines the impact of stress and coping strategies on psychological[8] and physical health outcomes, including cardiometabolic conditions such as diabetes and pre-diabetes. She employs a variety of research methods, including community-engaged approaches, biomarker analysis, and both qualitative and quantitative designs. Her research has been funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for over two decades. She has served as Multiple Principal Investigator (MPI) for NIH-funded studies, including the NCCIH T32 Research Training Fellowship in Complementary and Integrative Health (2022–2027) and R01 and R21 grants.[9]
She is also known for developing the Superwoman Schema™ Conceptual Framework and Giscombé Superwoman Schema™ Questionnaire, tools used to examine stress and resilience in Black women.[10][11] In 2024, she authored The Black Woman’s Guide to Coping with Stress.[12]
Selected honors
- Macy Faculty Scholar by the Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation (2015)[13]
- Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing (2017)[14]
- Jeanette Chamberlain Psychiatric Nursing Leadership Award, International Society of Psychiatric Nurses (2018)[15]
- Faculty Award for Excellence in Doctoral Mentorship, UNC School of Nursing (2016)[16]
- Mind & Life Fellow[17]
- Elected member of the National Academy of Medicine (2023)[18]
References
- ^ "Stony Brook 40 Under Forty". Stony Brook University.
- ^ a b "Cheryl Woods Giscombe". UNC School of Nursing. Retrieved 18 June 2025.
- ^ "Giscombé named new Associate Dean for PhD Program and Division". UNC School of Nursing.
- ^ a b "Cheryl Giscombé and Cheryl Jones appointed to leadership roles at Carolina Nursing". UNC School of Nursing. Retrieved 18 June 2025.
- ^ "Giscombe Named Inaugural Art Museum-based Health Professions Education Fellow". UNC School of Nursing. Retrieved 18 June 2025.
- ^ "ERA Main Page".
- ^ "Giscombé to serve as chair for NIH". UNC School of Nursing.
- ^ Nasheed, Jameelah (23 April 2019). "Strong Black Women Need Therapy, Too". Self Magazine.
- ^ "NCCIH T32 Complementary and Integrative Health Practitioner Supplement (Molinini)". NIH RePORTER.
- ^ Woods-Giscombe, Cheryl L.; Allen, Amani M.; Black, Angela R.; Steed, Teneka C.; Li, Yin; Lackey, Charity (11 October 2021). "Giscombe Superwoman Schema Questionnaire". American Psychological Association. doi:10.1037/t82201-000.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ "Faculty Engaged Scholar Cheryl Giscombe is dedicated to serving". UNC.edu. Retrieved 18 June 2025.
- ^ "Review of The Black Woman's Guide to Coping with Stress". Foreword Reviews. 25 April 2024. Retrieved 18 June 2025.
- ^ "2015 Scholars Selected". The Macy Foundation. Archived from the original on 20 April 2016.
- ^ "American Academy of Nursing Announces 2017 Class of New Fellows" (PDF). IOMSN. Retrieved 18 June 2025.
- ^ "ISPN Past Awards". ISPN. Retrieved 18 June 2025.
- ^ "Giscombé Named 2016 Faculty Excellence in Education and Mentorship Award Recipient". UNC School of Nursing. Retrieved 18 June 2025.
- ^ "Fellows". Mind & Life Institute. Retrieved 18 June 2025.
- ^ "National Academy of Medicine Elects 100 New Members". NAM.edu. 9 October 2023. Retrieved 18 June 2025.