Joyline Chepkorir

Biography

Dr. Chepkorir is a Post-doctoral Fellow at the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing. She earned her doctorate in Nursing from Johns Hopkins University, a Master of Science in Global Health Policy from the University of Edinburgh, Scotland, and a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Michigan State University.

Her research interests are centered around community-engaged research, digital and health literacy, chronic disease prevention and control, global health, and health equity. Her pre-doctoral dissertation examined the interplay of health literacy, health information access, and cervical cancer screening uptake among rural Kenyan women. Her post-doctoral fellowship research aims to prevent and manage diabetes, hypertension, obesity, and overweight among residents in Maryland, Virginia, and Washington D.C.

Mentor: Cheryl Himmelfarb