Mental Health Trailblazers: Psychiatric Nurses Speak Up

It’s good to be back! Check out the season 2 premiere of “Mental Health Trailblazers, Psychiatric Nurses Speak Up,” where our host, Indrias Kassaye, digs in to the complex issues in psychiatric mental health and healthcare today with Marcus Henderson, elected board member of the American Nurses Association and member of the National Commission to Address Racism in Nursing. Marcus Henderson is a cu...

Premieres Monday, April 11th, 2022. Host Indrias Kassaye welcomes you to partake in Season Two of the "Mental Health Trailblazers: Psychiatric Nurses Speak Up!" podcast. The Minority Fellowship Program at the American Nurses Association’s podcast highlights the innovative explorations of black, indigenous and other peoples of color, nurse practitioners and researchers in their pursuit to meet the...

Enjoy the season one finale of “Mental Health Trailblazers, Psychiatric Nurses Speak Up,” where our host Indrias Kassaye will be interviewing Dr. Mijung Park, a tenured Associate Professor at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) School of Nursing. Through years of analysis and education, Dr. Park’s research has investigated the meaningful roles that both casual caregivers and close f...

Sample the penultimate season one episode of “Mental Health Trailblazers, Psychiatric Nurses Speak Up,” where our host Indrias Kassaye will be interviewing Dr. Jillian Inouye: a licensed psychologist, a qualified mental health professional, a board certified clinical specialist in psychiatric nursing, and an advanced practice registered nurse. Among her many areas of research, she’s presented new...

Press play on another episode of “Mental Health Trailblazers, Psychiatric Nurses Speak Up,” where our host Indrias Kassaye will be interviewing Dr. Cheryl Woods-Giscombe, a psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner, social and health psychologist, and a Professor at UNC Chapel Hill School of Nursing. Via her program of research, Dr. Giscombe uses a sociohistorical lens to investigate how stress...

Settle into another episode of “Mental Health Trailblazers, Psychiatric Nurses Speak Up,” where our host Indrias Kassaye will be interviewing Dr. Marie Smith-East, a clinical assistant professor and the Director of the Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Program at Duquesne University. Her research focuses on geographic access to health care utilizing Geographic Information Systems (GIS),...

Join us for another episode of “Mental Health Trailblazers, Psychiatric Nurses Speak Up,” where our host Indrias Kassaye will be interviewing Dr. Cheedy Jaja, an Associate Professor of Nursing and the Assistant Dean of Global Engagement at the University of South Florida. His research interests focus primarily on sickle cell disease pain, analgesic, and psychopharmacogenetics. Starting life as an...

Tune into the final portion of the first three-part conversation of “Mental Health Trailblazers, Psychiatric Nurses Speak Up,” where our host Indrias Kassaye will be connecting with three current MFP fellows to discuss the crucial role and representation of men in nursing. Finally, within part three of this topic, Indrias is joined by Keith Carter, a third-year psychiatric mental health nurse prac...

Continuing onward within the first three-part conversation of “Mental Health Trailblazers, Psychiatric Nurses Speak Up,” where our host Indrias Kassaye will be connecting with three current MFP fellows to discuss the crucial role and representation of men in nursing. Featured within part two, is Caesar Rangel, who is currently working on his psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner degree. Mr....

Introducing the first three-part conversation of “Mental Health Trailblazers, Psychiatric Nurses Speak Up,” where our host Indrias Kassaye will be connecting with three current Minority Fellowship Program Fellows to discuss the crucial role and representation of men in nursing. The first guest in this series is Shelby Husband, a third-year doctoral student at the University of Tennessee Health Sci...

Welcome to the first two-part episode of “Mental Health Trailblazers: Psychiatric Nurses Speak Up,” where our host Indrias Kassaye will be connecting with two key guests to discuss essential aspects, important facts, and unknown surprises around Indigenous nurses. Queued up first is Dr. John Lowe, a Professor and Joseph Blades Centennial Memorial Professorship Chair at The University of Texas at A...

Turn up the volume on a new episode of “Mental Health Trailblazers, Psychiatric Nurses Speak Up,” where our host Indrias Kassaye will be connecting with Dr. Rosa Gonzalez-Guarda, an Associate Professor at Duke University School of Nursing. At the center of her research and professional career lies a focus on improving the behavioral health and public health of minorities as well as other at-risk c...

Plug into a new episode of “Mental Health Trailblazers, Psychiatric Nurses Speak Up,” where our host Indrias Kassaye will be connecting with Dr. Christopher Coleman, professor and associate dean at the Indiana University School of Nursing. His research focuses on understanding factors that influence health-promoting behaviors of HIV infected middle-aged and older African American men and HIV risk...

Tune in for the next episode of “Mental Health Trailblazers, Psychiatric Nurses Speak Up,” where our host Indrias Kassaye will be connecting with Dr. Phyllis Sharps, professor emerita and former associate dean for Community Programs and Initiatives at Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing. Her practice and research examine the consequences of intimate partner violence (IPV) among pregnant and...

Join us for the next episode of “Mental Health Trailblazers, Psychiatric Nurses Speak Up,” where our host Indrias Kassaye will be connecting with Dr. Dr. Dawn Bounds, an assistant professor in the Sue and Bill Gross School of Nursing at the University of California, Irvine. Her program of research is focused on the risk and resilience of youth, with an emphasis on addressing gaps in both policy an...

Come along for the next episode of “Mental Health Trailblazers - Psychiatric Nurses Speak Up,” where our host Indrias Kassaye will be chatting with Dr Marife Aczon-Armstrong, an Assistant Professor at Roseman University of Health Sciences College of Nursing. As a member of Asian American Pacific Islander Nurses Association (AAPINA), she continues to focus on mental health issues in research. Liste...

On the inaugural episode of “Health Trailblazers, Psychiatric Nurses Speak Up,” our host Indrias Kassaye will be chatting with Dr. Bridgette Brawner, an Associate Professor at the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing and Chair of the National Advisory Committee for the Minority Fellowship Program. Come along as they dive deeper into topics such as Dr. Brawner’s personal journey in the fiel...

Premieres Monday, August 16. Indrias Kassaye invites you to tune in for "Mental Health Trailblazers: Psychiatric Nurses Speak Up!" The Minority Fellowship Program at the American Nurses Association’s podcast featuring the groundbreaking journeys of black, indigenous and other peoples of color, nurse practitioners and researchers in their quest to meet the urgent and unmet psychiatric and mental he...