Jessica Wells, PhD, RN, FAAN
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Biography
Jessica S. Wells, PhD, FAAN, is an associate professor, tenured, at the Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing of Emory University. Dr. Wells serves as assistant director for Winship's Community Outreach and Engagement.
Dr. Wells is a member of the Cancer Prevention and Control Research Program at Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University.
Education
Dr. Well's earned her doctoral degree in nursing and completed her postdoctoral fellowship at Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing, Emory University. She is the first graduate of Emory's BSN to PhD program. Her BSN is from Howard University.
Titles & Roles
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Associate ProfessorNell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing, Emory University
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Assistant Director, Community Outreach and EngagementWinship Cancer Institute of Emory University
Research
Dr. Well's overarching research focus is cancer control and prevention, specifically to improve cancer outcomes in vulnerable populations with or at risk for cancer. She is particularly interested in cancer prevention and control among those at risk for HIV. She recently completed a K01 Career Development Award where she examined individual, interpersonal, and neighborhood factors of adherence to follow up after an abnormal anal Pap test in HIV infected individuals. Her research has been supported by the National Institutes of Health, American Cancer Society, and Sigma Theta Tau International Nursing Honor Society.
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Publications
Title/Journal Authors Publication Date Nursing research
GS Brewster, MC Houser, I Yang, J Pelkmans, M Higgins, C Tower-Gilchrist, J Wells, AA Quyyumi, D Jones, S B Dunbar, N Carlson 01/01/2025 INFUSION PORT SITE TUMOR SEEDING AFTER PARS PLANA VITRECTOMY-ASSISTED BIOPSY OF CHOROIDAL MELANOMA.
Retinal cases & brief reports
CP Azarcon, PJ Williams, HE Grossniklaus, C Bergstrom, JR Wells 05/01/2024 The Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care : JANAC
RD Chandler, S Warner, G Aidoo-Frimpong, J Wells 05/01/2024 Cancer management and research
R Teshome, I Yang, E Woldetsadik, E Girma, M Higgins, J Wells 01/01/2024 Survival Status and Predictors Among Women with Advanced Stage of Cervical Cancer.
International journal of women's health
R Teshome, I Yang, E Woldetsadik, E Girma, M Higgins, J Wells 01/01/2024 CHOROIDAL OSTEOMA IN AN INFANT.
Retinal cases & brief reports
AE Eder, K Bostwick, JR Wells, GB Hubbard 12/08/2023 Survival of women with cervical cancer in East Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Journal of obstetrics and gynaecology : the journal of the Institute of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
R Kassa, Y Irene, E Woldetsadik, E Kidane, M Higgins, T Dejene, J Wells 12/01/2023 Evaluating a Low-Cost Disaster Preparedness Simulation for Prelicensure Nursing Students.
Disaster medicine and public health preparedness
Q Phan, DE Geller, AS Broughton, BA Swan, JS Wells 03/01/2023 BMC public health
J Wells, JL Klosky, Y Liu, TW Gillespie 09/07/2022 Foreign body giant cell reaction to silicone oil presenting as a salmon-patch conjunctival lesion.
American journal of ophthalmology case reports
CP Azarcon, HE Grossniklaus, JR Wells 09/01/2022 BMC women's health
BN Owen, RF Baggaley, M Maheu-Giroux, J Elmes, AA Adimora, C Ramirez, A Edmonds, K Sosanya, TN Taylor, M Plankey, JA Cederbaum, D Seidman, KM Weber, ET Golub, J Wells, H Bolivar, D Konkle-Parker, G Pregartner, MC Boily 07/14/2022 Follow-Up to High-Resolution Anoscopy After Abnormal Anal Cytology in People Living with HIV.
AIDS patient care and STDs
J Wells, L Flowers, CC Mehta, R Chandler, R Knott, M McDonnell Holstad, D Watkins Bruner 07/01/2022 Health promotion practice
R Chandler, D Guillaume, A Parker, J Wells, ND Hernandez 07/01/2022 Ocular oncology and pathology
CP Azarcon, JR Wells, T Aaberg, HE Grossniklaus 06/01/2022 Perceptions of Anal Cancer Risk Among HIV-Positive and High-Risk HIV-Negative Women.
Journal of lower genital tract disease
J Wells, R Chandler, L Flowers, S Paul, A Sharma, N Kalifa, M Holstad 04/01/2022 Exploring the Anal Microbiome in HIV Positive and High-Risk HIV Negative Women.
AIDS research and human retroviruses
J Wells, J Bai, D Tsementzi, CI Jhaney, A Foster, D Watkins Bruner, T Gillespie, Y Li, YJ Hu 03/01/2022 Adaptation of Metabolomics and Microbiomic Research Protocols During the COVID-19 Pandemic.
Nursing research
B Butts, T Alford, G Brewster, N Carlson, E Coleman, E Davis, E Ferranti, LP Kimble, L Narapareddy, J Wells, I Yang 03/01/2022 International journal of environmental research and public health
R Chandler, D Guillaume, J Wells, N Hernandez 01/27/2022 The Metabolomic Underpinnings of Symptom Burden in Patients With Multiple Chronic Conditions.
Biological research for nursing
EJ Corwin, G Brewster, SB Dunbar, J Wells, V Hertzberg, M Holstad, MK Song, D Jones 04/01/2021 Secondary ocular malignancies: A review.
Clinical & experimental ophthalmology
AM Yeung, JR Wells, HE Grossniklaus 03/01/2021 Journal of cancer education : the official journal of the American Association for Cancer Education
JS Wells, L Flowers, S Paul, ML Nguyen, A Sharma, M Holstad 06/01/2020 The Vaginal Microbiome in U.S. Black Women: A Systematic Review.
Journal of women's health (2002)
JS Wells, R Chandler, A Dunn, G Brewster 03/01/2020 JMIR medical informatics
J Bai, I Jhaney, J Wells 11/11/2019 Palliative & supportive care
JB Hamilton, NC Best, JS Wells, VC Worthy 12/01/2018 Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities
Y Commodore-Mensah, N Matthie, J Wells, S B Dunbar, CD Himmelfarb, LA Cooper, RD Chandler 10/01/2018 Cancer nursing
A Hanlon, W Small, J Strauss, LL Lin, L Hanisch, L Huang, J Bai, J Wells, DW Bruner 01/01/2018 Cancer nursing
JS Wells, MM Holstad, D Watkins Bruner 01/01/2018 The Relationship Between Body Mass Index and Sexual Function in Endometrial Cancer .
Oncology nursing forum
RM Garcia, A Hanlon, W Small, JB Strauss, L Lin, J Wells, DW Bruner 01/01/2018 Journal of cancer education : the official journal of the American Association for Cancer Education
JS Wells, S Pugh, K Boparai, J Rearden, KA Yeager, DW Bruner 12/01/2017