IOA Member Spotlight: J. Margo Brooks Carthon, PhD, RN, FAAN - Advancing Health Equity for Vulnerable Older Adults Through Innovative Models of Care
J. Margo Brooks Carthon, PhD, RN, FAAN, Tyson Family Endowed Term Chair for Gerontological Research at Penn Nursing, is a researcher and scholar whose work focuses on advancing health equity through innovative models of care for vulnerable older adults.
Dr. Brooks Carthon says her experience as a nurse and nurse practitioner working in community settings inspired her interest in pursuing health equity as a focus for her research. “In these settings, it was clear to me that the health care system can be very challenging for many patients to navigate, particularly members of historically minoritized groups,†she explained. “Through my…
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