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CARE4NEt would like to welcome Dr. Kathleen Valentine as a research member to be part of the following strategic themes:
Dr. Valentine has experience and expertise in over 25 years of nursing leadership across complex clinical and academic settings, including a focus on population health, rural sites, and diverse populations. Her scholarship is focused on the study of human caring within healthcare systems and its relationship to cost, quality, and satisfaction outcomes. In addition to her role at Clemson, she held a position as Honorary Research Professor with the University of New Brunswick (UNB) for a funded research grant to build capacity for the re-design of New Brunswick’s services provided to the aging population in both rural and urban settings. This made significant progress in building capacity for services for the aged within community health clinics, adult day centers, and community-based educational resources for family givers. Prior to joining Clemson, she directed fiscal and clinical operations for 2 nurse-managed centers at Florida Atlantic University (FAU) and provided evaluation expertise to an HRSA grant focused on inter-professional practice in primary care clinics serving vulnerable populations in rural and urban areas. She has also operated a rural clinic for families living with chronic illness and led population health initiatives. Now, she is the Project Director for HRSA GoMobile Grant Go Mobile: Rural, Nurse-led Expansion and Education of Diverse Workforce Practice for Underserved Populations in Appalachian and Midlands, SC. Funding: Total:$4,000,000; Year1:$999,999; Year2:$999,999; Year 3:$ 999,999; Year 4: $999,999. She also served as Director for the Clemson Academy for Excellence in Nursing Design, which offered a 12-credit graduate certificate in Leadership & Innovation in Health + Design in collaboration with the Clemson Health Architecture Department. The Academy hosted annual research conferences on healthcare design for the service and built environment. She is a Board member for the Greenville, SC Free Medical Clinic.
July 8, 2025
