News from Those Nerdy Girls

We are an all-woman team of PhD researchers and clinicians whose mission is to educate and empower individuals to successfully navigate science and health information.

Aparna Kumar is an Associate Clinical Professor and Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP) at Emory University/The Carter Center. She loves to break down stigma around mental health and serve up truth with a side of laughs.

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MK is a nurse practitioner, a lactation consultant, & founder of Charm City Wellness Collaborative in Baltimore, MD. Interests are reproductive health, care of LGBTQ+ families, & health equity for people marginalized due to intersecting identities.

Scientist (PhD genetics) with a passion for using science to make healthy choices. Lover of nature and fitness. Mom of three kids in Vancouver, Canada.

I'm a public health and behavioral science expert with experience writing about misinformation and science denial.

Dr. Simanek is Associate Professor in the Chicago Medical School and Director of the Center for Health Equity Research at Rosalind Franklin University. She studies how social inequities in health develop across the lifecourse and over generations.

Dr. Sarah Coles is a family physician and program director for the Family and Community Medicine Residency at North Country HealthCare and associate professor at the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix.

Dr. Malia Jones is an Assistant Professor at UW-Madison. Her research focuses on vaccine hesitancy and herd immunity. She's also the accidental co-founder and Director of Research at Those Nerdy Girls.

Katherine Cartwright is an Obstetrician and Gynecologist. She has an interest in the integration of evidence-based medicine and patient education, both individually in the exam room and on a broader community health level.

Philly Nerdy Girl, Behavioral Scientist, LEGO Serious Play obsessed.

Family and geriatric medicine physician, osteopathic enthusiast, mom to 2 boys. My philosophy for patient care is 1) evidence based medicine first, then 2) common sense when evidence isn’t available. I am a lifelong believer in causing good trouble.

Andrea Harmony is a Nurse Practitioner in Pediatric Urgent Care and a Public Health Professional.

Roopa Seshadri is a quantitative social scientist who studies the impact of human services programs on health and wellbeing outcomes in at-risk and underserved populations.

Brianna is a Geriatric and Palliative Care Nurse Practitioner and researcher with over a decade of nursing experience caring for older adults living with serious illnesses including dementia, cancer, and severe brain injury.

Christina Whitehouse is an Assistant Professor at Villanova University Fitzpatrick College of Nursing, Villanova, PA. She is an adult health/gerontology primary care nurse practitioner and certified diabetes care & education specialist.

Clara is a registered nurse interested in exploring the care and wellbeing of older adults. more