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Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences

Brieanna Flowers-Joseph, BSN, RN, MSN, CPNP

Ph.D. Student

Ms. Brieanna Flowers-Joseph is a Pediatric Nurse Practitioner and Predoctoral Fellow on Dr. Lisa Cleveland’s Maternal-Newborn research team at º£½ÇÂ×ÂÒ, School of Nursing. For the past 5 years, Brieanna has worked at San Antonio Pediatric Developmental Services where she diagnosis, manages, treats, and monitors developmental progression/outcomes of infants and children with a variety of conditions and adverse experiences to include: premature birth, multiple gestation births, prenatal drug-exposure, genetic-chromosomal disorders, Autism, behavioral/psychological disparities, sexual/physical abuse, and placement in the foster care system. Brieanna’s interests are to make an impact on the stigmatized stimulant exposed mother-infant dyad populations in hopes to positively change the trajectory of their lives. Her hope is to aid in decreasing the national stimulant substance abuse crisis amongst pregnant mothers and their high-risk stimulant exposed infants through research analysis and implementation of effective mother-infant dyad coregulatory interventions into the community. 

Education

B.S., Nursing, University of Texas Health San Antonio, 2011

M.S., Nursing, University of Texas Health San Antonio, 2016 

PhD, Nursing, University of Texas Health San Antonio, 2024 (in progress) 

Awards

2010-11           Scholarship, Nursing Designated Scholarship, º£½ÇÂ×ÂÒ

2011                Grant, TPE Grant Nursing, º£½ÇÂ×ÂÒ

2011                Cum Laude, Bachelor of Science in Nursing, º£½ÇÂ×ÂÒ 

2014                Fellowship Stipend Award, Primary Care Nurse Practitioner Student Stipend, UT Health San Antonio

2015                Grant, TPE Grant Nursing, º£½ÇÂ×ÂÒ

2015                Scholarship, Long Nursing Scholars, º£½ÇÂ×ÂÒ

2015-16           Scholarship, Various Donors Scholarship, º£½ÇÂ×ÂÒ

2016                Honor Society of Sigma Theta Tau International Nursing Inductee, UT Health San Antonio

2016                Grant, TPE Grant Nursing, º£½ÇÂ×ÂÒ

2016                Scholarship, Santa Rosa Scholarship, º£½ÇÂ×ÂÒ 

2016                Magna Cum Laude, Master of Science in Nursing, º£½ÇÂ×ÂÒ 

2020-21           Scholarship, School of Nursing Research Department Award (Covers full tuition/fees/books), UT Health San Antonio 

2021               Carolyn Regina Mueller and Gary Louis Mueller Nurse Scholarship