Author Archives: Kaylon Thompson, Jason Glenn, and Shawana Moore

About Kaylon Thompson, Jason Glenn, and Shawana Moore

Dr. Shawana S. Moore earned a Bachelors’ of Science degree with a concentration in Biology from Wilberforce University. She earned a second Bachelors’ of Science in Nursing (BSN), Masters’ of Sci-ence in Nursing (MSN) with a specialty in women’s health, and Doctor of Nursing Prac-tice (DNP) degrees from Thomas Jefferson University. She is an alum of the National League of Nursing LEAD Institute and Jefferson Leadership Academy. Shawana is a board-certified women’s health nurse practitioner. She currently serves as an Assistant Pro-fessor and the Director of the Women’s Health- Gender Related Nurse Practitioner Pro-gram at Thomas Jefferson University, Jefferson College of Nursing. Also, she actively maintains clinical practice by serving as a women’s health nurse practitioner at health care organizations in Pennsylvania and New Jersey.

Broken Trust and Cancer Prevention

The pandemic has familiarized us all with the phrase “medical mistrust,” often framing those who have it as being irrational or uninformed.  Oft ignored is the biomedical community’s long legacy of broken trust.  Addressing cancer-related inequities will require health professionals to make concerted efforts to repair that broken trust. Cancer and Broken Trust People of… Read More »