Suja P. Davis, PhD, RN,CGRN, CGNC is a
Clinical Associate Professor at the School of Nursing. She earned her Master’s in Nursing from the College of Nursing, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, India. She has a certificate in Nursing Education and a Post Master’s in Nursing Informatics from SON, UNC-CH. Dr. Davis earned her Doctorate degree in Nursing from the College of Nursing at East Carolina University. Her dissertation was titled “Influencing factors of fatigue in adults with IBD”. She has been a nursing educator for more than a decade and has worked in the hospital setting by taking care of patients after gastrointestinal surgery, as well as in the rehabilitation unit. Current research is focused on symptom management of adults with GI disorders and nursing education. Specifically, her research interest is in managing the symptoms of adults with IBD, IBS, parenteral nutrition, wound management, diverticulitis, bariatric surgery, ostomy, and pre and post-operative care using data science. Her work has been published in peer-reviewed academic journals and she has presented her work both regionally, nationally, and internationally.
Rachel McInerney is a Clinical Assistant Professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She teaches public health, reproductive health, and medical-surgical clinicals. She also teaches advanced practice physical assessment, primary care for NPs, and sexual and reproductive health for the advanced practice nurse. Additionally, she serves on the Inclusive Excellence and the Baccalaureate Admissions committees. Dr. McInerney has a BA in Biology from Alfred University and received her ABSN and MSN from UNC-CH. She finished her DNP at ECU. Prior to starting her career at UNC, Dr. McInerney developed a passion for working with underserved communities. From 2013, Rachel worked as a family nurse practitioner at Chatham County Health Department. It was here that she was a provider to those in the maternal, child, family planning, adult, and STD programs. An advocate for risk reduction, Rachel found the health department setting to be an area where she could best help the community. It was at Chatham County Health Department that she was able to implement her DNP project: Implementation of an Opioid Overdose Prevention Program in a Rural Health Department.
