Center for Global Health Faculty

Academic Degrees

Departmental Address

Contact Information

Email:

vnjie1+son.jhmi.edu

Phone:

410-955-7799

Fax:

410-614-1446

Research and Professional Experience

Her research focuses on systematic investigations to reduce health disparities particularly among women of African heritage at risk and/or living with HIV/AIDS.

Keywords

Cross-Cultural Research; Global Health Disparities; Women of African Heritage

Honors and Awards

•Postdoctoral Fellowship, Johns Hopkins University SON. Baltimore, MD. 9/2008 •Scholarship recipient, Zonta International. Washington, DC. 11/06 •Recipient, Intramural Research Training Award. 6/00. National Institutes of Health. Bethesda, Maryland. •Recipient, Basic Knowledge Assessment Tool for Critical Care Nursing Award (5/95). Research Award. Second place. The Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C. •Recognition, One of the 100 Extraordinary Nurses (6/96). Gamma Beta. Howard University, Washington, D.C. •Selected, Golden Key National Honor Society (6/91) Howard University. Washington, D.C. •Selected, Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing (12/91). Gamma Beta Chapter. Howard University, Washington, D.C.

Selected Publications

Book Chapters/Sections Njie, V. P. S. (2002). Cirrhosis (pp. 549 – 555). In George-Gay, B., & Chernecky, C. Saunders Manual of Medical-Surgical Nursing: A Guide for Clinical Decision- Making. Saunders.

Njie, V. P S. (2002). Renal Failure (pp. 847 – 855) . In George-Gay, B., & Chernecky, C. Saunders Manual of Medical-Surgical Nursing: A guide for Clinical Decision-Making. Saunders.

Njie, V. (2002). Gastrointestinal Specimen Collection and Gastric Lavage (pp. 98 – 101). In George-Gay, B., & Chernecky, C. Saunders Manual of Medical-Surgical Nursing: A Guide for Clinical Decision Making. Saunders. Articles Njie-Carr, V.P.S. (in press). Knowledge, Attitudes, Cultural, Social, and Spiritual Beliefs on Health-Seeking Behaviors of Gambian Adults with HIV/AIDS. International Journal of Culture and Mental Health.

Njie, V. P. S., & Thomas, A. (2001). Quality Issues in Clinical Research and the Implications on Health Policy. Journal of Professional Nursing, 17 (5), 233 - 242.