Sangita Pudasainee-Kapri

Dr. Pudasainee-Kapri is an Assistant Professor of Nursing at Rutgers University-Camden. She has expertise in an area of interdisciplinary research that integrates child development, public health, and nursing. Along with advanced certification in global health and pediatric nursing, she has strong background in quantitative analysis of secondary data, using a large, nationally representative sample of children. Her fields of research interest include Pediatric Asthma, Health Disparities, Social Determinants of Health, Preterm birth and/Low Birth Weight, Academic, Cognitive, and Mental Health Outcomes, and Global Health Policy. The primary goal of Dr. Pudasainee-Kapri’s research is to identify unique factors that impact asthma self-management behaviors and to examine the relationship between asthma self-management and asthma control, quality of life (QOL), and academic outcomes among low-income minority adolescents. The secondary goal of her research is to explore the role of social determinants of health and early parenting processes in long-term cognitive, academic and socioemotional outcomes among Pediatric population. Her current research focuses on facilitating provider’s adherence to national asthma management guidelines in a pediatric primary care which has long-term impacts in asthma-related clinical outcomes and quality of life among children with asthma. Her research also explores the impact of early parenting and social factors in long-term developmental trajectories of children born low birth weight and/pre-term birth. Her research articles are published in the peer-reviewed journals such as the Journal of Pediatric Nursing: Nursing Care of Children and Families, Journal of Early Child Development and Care, and Journal of Child and Family Studies.

She is a board-certified Family Nurse Practitioner. She also holds a specialty certification as a Certified Pediatric Nurse. Along with her interdisciplinary educational and research qualifications, she has more than 12 years of clinical experience working with children and families in both inpatient and outpatient pediatric settings. Her clinical experience also extends in other areas, including postpartum department, neonatal intensive care unit, medical/surgical department, and rural public health settings.

She has been recognized through the receipt of numerous fellowships, scholarships, and awards for her dedication to family centered care, and excellence in teaching and research. Some of them include 40 Under 40 Leaders in Minority Health Award, National Minority Quality Forum, Johnson & Johnson-AACN Minority Nurse Faculty Scholarship, Human Development and Family Science Doctorate Award for Research Excellence, Syracuse University Graduate Fellowship, and Outstanding Newbie Award.