Principal Investigator
Michelle D.S Boakye
Assistant Professor | UMASS Boston
Bio
Dr. Boakye is an assistant professor and nurse scientist committed to advancing person-centered diabetes care. Her research focuses on improving the psychosocial well-being and self-management of adults with type 2 diabetes, particularly during the critical period following diagnosis. She is especially interested in developing and evaluating digital health interventions that enhance self-management education and support, reduce diabetes distress, and address health disparities.
Degrees
PhD | 2022
Pennsylvannia State University, University Park, PA
Major: Nursing
MPH | 2014
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi-Ghana
Major: Public Health (Health Education and Promotion)
BSc | 2009
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi – Ghana
Major: Nursing
Certifications
2024 – Present
Registered Nurse: Massachusetts
2022 – Present
Registered Nurse: Pennsylvania
2020 – Present
U.S. National Diabetes Prevention Program (NDPP) Lifestyle Coach
2015
Certificate in Human Nutrition and Dietetics
2011 – Present
Registered General Nurse: Ghana
PEER REVIEWED PUBLICATION
Patient and Provider Decision Making About HIV Postexposure Prophylaxis Following Sexual Violence: A Qualitative Analysis.
- 2023
- Jocelyn C Anderson, Michelle D.S Boakye, Jessica Draughon Moret
- DOI:10.1097/JNC.0000000000000430
To explore patient and health care provider HIV postexposure prophylaxis (PEP) decision making following sexual assault, semistructured interviews regarding HIV PEP provision with 15 patients and 10 health care providers were conducted.
PEER REVIEWED PUBLICATION
Pathway From Type 2 Diabetes Diagnosis to Action: How to Move People Forward. Diabetes Spectrum.
- 2023
- Boakye, M. D. S., Miyamoto, S., Greenwood, D., Kraschnewski, J., Van Haitsma, K., & Boltz, M.
- DOI: 10.2337/ds22-0058
Seven self-care behaviors—healthy coping, healthy eating, being active, taking medication, monitoring, reducing risk, and problem-solving—are recommended for individuals with diabetes to achieve optimal health and quality of life.
PEER REVIEWED PUBLICATION
Remodeling Type 2 Diabetes Diagnosis: What Individuals Need for Success. Clinical Diabetes
- 2023
- Boakye, M. D. S., Miyamoto, S., Greenwood, D., Van Haitsma, K., Boltz, M., & Kraschnewski, J
- DOI: 10.2337/cd22-0075
The diagnosis of type 2 diabetes initiates a new health-illness transition. However, little is known about the immediate support that people need to successfully cope with this diagnosis.
PEER REVIEWED PUBLICATION
What individuals want to hear at the point of type 2 diabetes diagnosis
- 2023
- Michelle D.S Boakye, Sheridan Miyamoto, Deborah Greenwood
- DOI: 10.2337/cd21-0151
Recent studies have shown that the time of diagnosis with type 2 diabetes is often not a teachable moment because of heightened emotions.
PEER REVIEWED PUBLICATION
College students’ experiences of sexual violence and reasons for seeking care in campus health and counseling centers.
- 2022
- Jocelyn C Anderson, Michelle D.S Boakye, Zoe Feinstein, Summer Miller-Walfish, Kelley A Jones, Carla D Chugani, Alexandra Schmulevich, Reesha Jackson, Elizabeth Miller
- https://doi.org/10.1080/07448481.2022.2057189
Objective: Examine associations between care seeking reasons in college health and counseling centers and sexual violence (SV).
PEER REVIEWED PUBLICATION
Needs assessment of community health workers to enhance efficient delivery of their services for community case management of malaria in Kenya
- 2021
- Michelle D.S Boakye, Collins J Owek, Elizabeth Oluoch, Sefa Bonsu Atakora, Juddy Wachira, Yaw A Afrane
- https://doi.org/10.1080/07448481.2022.2057189
Malaria continues to be the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in Africa. Community Case Management of malaria (CCMm) which is undertaken by engaging Community Health Workers (CHWs) to effectively address management of malaria cases in some endemic communities was explored in this study.
PEER REVIEWED PUBLICATION
Challenges of achieving sustainable community health services for community case management of malaria
- 2018
- Michelle D.S Boakye, Collins J Owek, Elizabeth Oluoch, Juddy Wachira, Yaw A Afrane
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-018-6040-2
Community Case Management of malaria (CCMm) using Community Health Workers (CHWs) is an approach to improve access to timely and effective malaria case management in malaria endemic countries.
Institutional Appointments
2023 – Present
Assistant Professor, University of Massachusetts, Boston Manning College of Nursing and Health Sciences
Boston, MA
2023 – Present
Adjunct Faculty, UMass Chan Medical School, Health Informatics and Implementation Science
Worcester, Massachusetts, 01655
2022 – 2023
2022 ADCES Foundation/CBDCE Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Integrated Diabetes Management, Fitzpatrick College of Nursing Villanova University
Villanova, PA
Academic Positions
2023 – Present
Assistant Professor, University of Massachusetts, Boston Manning College of Nursing and Health Sciences
Boston, MA
2023 – Present
Adjunct Faculty, UMass Chan Medical School, Health Informatics and Implementation Science
Worcester, Massachusetts, 01655
2022 – 2023
2022 ADCES Foundation/CBDCE Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Integrated Diabetes Management, Fitzpatrick College of Nursing Villanova University
Villanova, PA
Summer 2020
Teaching Assistant, Theoretical and Scientific Foundations of Advanced Nursing (NURS 510), Ross and Carol Nese College of Nursing, The Pennsylvania State University
University Park, PA
2018 – 2020
Assistant Lecturer, Central University College of Nursing
Miotso, Ghana
Collaboration Network
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