Dr. Carli Culjat is an Associate Professor at Florida State University College of Nursing in the Center of Population Science for Health Equity. She also maintains an active practice as an Emergency Department Nurse Practitioner. Dr. Culjat earned her PhD in Nursing and Family Nurse Practitioner degree from the University of Nebraska Medical Center and her master’s in business administration from the University of Missouri-Kansas City. Dr. Culjat’s research interests include health literacy, cultural humility, and health policy in diverse populations. Currently, her research is focused on improving community-based health communication strategies to improve outcomes in Hispanic/Latino populations, specializing in addressing health equity through innovative health communication interventions and leveraging system-based and sustainable interventions to address cultural and linguistic barriers. She is the first nurse to receive the prestigious position in the Florida FIRST U54 program at Florida State University. Previously, Dr. Culjat was the Principal Investigator of KC HealthTracks, an Office of Minority Health National Workforce Development Pipeline grant. 

PUBLICATIONS

1. Hanley, A., Wilson Zingg, R., Smith, B., Zappa, M., White, S., Davis, A., Worts, P., Zegers (Culjat), C., Martorella, G. (in press). Mindfulness in the Clinic Waiting Room Decreases Pain: Results from Three Pilot Randomized Controlled Trials. Journal of Integrative and Complementary Medicine.
2. Myers, J.S., Wertheimer, J.C., Geebum Kim, J., He, J., Shirazipour, C.H., Hooper, D., Penne Mays, M., Klemp, J., Zegers (Culjat), C., Asher, A. (2024). Emerging From the Haze™: Pilot Feasibility Study Comparing Two Virtual Formats of a Cognitive Rehabilitation Intervention. Oncology Nursing Forum. doi: 0.1188/24.ONF.223-242
3. Brooks, J.V., Zegers (Culjat), C., Sinclair, C.T., Wulff-Burchfield, E., Thimmesch, A., English, D., Nelson-Brantley, H. (2023). Understanding the Cures Act Information Blocking Rule in cancer care: A mixed methods exploration of patient and clinician perspectives and recommendations for policy makers. BMC Health Services Research. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-023-09230-z
4. Zegers (Culjat), C., and Auron, M. Addressing the Challenges of Cross-Cultural Communication. Med Clin North Am. (2022). doi:10.1016/j.mcna.2022.02.006