Angela M. Kelly

Dr. Angela Kelly’s academic interests focus upon the improvement of adolescent health and risk reduction in this population. Dr. Kelly is a Board Certified Nurse practitioner with clinical expertise in the field of women’s health, health promotion, and community health. Her doctoral work focused on health disparities among at risk populations and included extensive work on community based projects, and the use of community mentors to improve health outcomes among at risk populations. Dr. Kelly has a special interest in projects that improve health outcomes for adolescent populations and pregnant teens.

Adolescent Health Promotion and Risk Reduction

Reducing Sexual Health Disparities among Adolescents

Teen Pregnancy Prevention

Population Health

Global Health in Relation to Experiential Learning and Civic Engagement (South Africa)

DNP: Rutgers University, 2011

MSN (Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner) Drexel University, 2002

BSN (Nursing) Drexel University, 1997

AAS (Nursing) Cumberland County College, 1995

Articles in Refereed Publications

• Cipriano, J., Scoloveno, R., & Kelly, A. (2018). Increasing parental knowledge related to the human papilloma virus (HPV) vaccine. Journal of Pediatric Health Care, 32(1), 29–35.

Textbook Publications

• Contributing Author. (2018). Cardiovascular care made incredibly visual (3rd ed.). Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins.

• Contributing Author. (2017). Maternal child health: Essential nursing content & practice questions. F.A. Davis.

• January 2015
  Funded Amount: $50,000
  Agency: New Jersey Nursing Initiative / Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
  Purpose: Planning grant for revising the baccalaureate nursing curriculum to emphasize health promotion and illness prevention at both the population and individual levels
  Role: Co–Principal Investigator

• August 2015
  Funded Amount: $199,969
  Agency: New Jersey Nursing Initiative / Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
  Purpose: Implementation grant for revising the baccalaureate nursing curriculum to emphasize health promotion and illness prevention at both the population and individual levels
  Role: Co–Principal Investigator

• 2016 - Excellence in Professional Nursing Teaching Award, Rutgers School of Nursing - Camden

• 2015 - Outstanding Service Award, Inspira Health Network