Dawn Aycock

PHD- Nursing, The University of Alabama at Birmingham (2012)
MSN- Adult Health Nursing, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia (2004)
BSN Prairie View A&M University, Prairie View, Texas (1995)

Dawn Aycock, PhD, RN, ANP-BC, FAHA, FPCNA, FAAN has experience caring for adults in hospital and community-based settings, but she has spent the majority of her nursing career involved in clinical and nursing research. Early in her career she coordinated pharmaceutical funded analgesic clinical trials, and NIH funded studies investigating family caregivers of stroke survivors, women with migraines, and mothers of low-birth weight infants. She’s passionate about research and focuses on advancing and promoting nursing science through research, education and service.

Research Interests
Dr. Aycock’s program of research is cardiovascular disease prevention, specifically primary stroke prevention in African Americans. She focuses on helping individuals improve their understanding of stroke including personal risk of stroke and promoting healthy lifestyle behaviors (e.g. diet, physical activity, smoking cessation) to reduce stroke risk. Dr. Aycock has received grant support from GSU, the National Institute of Nursing Research and the Betty Irene Moore Nurse Fellowship Program for Nurse Leaders and Innovators to develop and test SCORRE, a Stroke COunseling for Risk REduction (SCORRE) intervention for African Americans aged 20-35 years. She has received national recognition for SCORRE and for disseminating strategies to increase methodological rigor in research and for increasing pathways for diverse nurse scientists. Her contributions to nursing have been highlighted through fellowship in major organizations and awards for her nursing leadership, innovation, and excellence.