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Emma C. Schlegel

  • Assistant Professor

Education:

PhD, The Ohio State University

MPA, The Ohio State University

BSN, The Ohio State University

Interest Areas:

Dr. Emma Schlegel's area of research broadly focuses on sexual and reproductive autonomy and health promotion during emerging adulthood. She is specifically interested in addressing preconception health disparities among sexual and gender minority individuals assigned female at birth by creating scientifically rigorous preconception health promotion interventions that are developmentally and culturally appropriate for this population.

Funding:

PI. Exploring Preconception Health Preferences among Sexual and Gender Minority Birth-Capable Emerging Adults. [06/2023-11/2024] by Marjorie A. Holmes Endowed Faculty Enrichment Award, Research Project, College of Nursing, Michigan State University. $2,500.00. PI. Promoting Health 4 Her: Emerging Adult-aged Women’s Health Literacy, Preconception Health Knowledge, and Preferred Methods of Health Promotion. [06/2022-05/2023]. Michigan Nurses Foundation. $4,978.43.

SCH: INT: Collaborative Research: Learning and Improving Alzheimer’s Patient-Caregiver Relationships via Smart Healthcare Technology (Grant No. 2024588). (Rose & Gordon, MPI). National Science Foundation. 01/01/2020-08/15/2021. Role: Graduate Research Associate.

Grounded theory methods to explore emerging adult-aged women’s sexual and reproductive health. (Schlegel, PI). Founders’ Circle Endowment Grant. Midwest Nursing Research Society Foundation. [$2,500]. 03/21/2019-05/31/2021. Role: PI.

Grounded theory methods to explore emerging adult-aged women’s sexual and reproductive health. (Schlegel, PI). The Ohio State University College of Nursing Dissertation Grant. [$1,000]. 12/01/2019-12/01/2020. Role: PI.

Grounded theory methods to explore emerging adult-aged women’s sexual and reproductive health. (Schlegel, PI). Epsilon Chapter, Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing Research Grant. [$500]. 03/31/2019-03/31/2020. Role: PI.

Training in the Science of Health Development. (T32NR014225). (Pickler & Happ, MPI). National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR)/ National Institutes of Health. 05/2015-05/2018. Role: Pre-Doctoral Fellow.

Honors & Awards:

  • 2021 Graduate Student Award, Adolescent Health Research Interest Group, Midwest Nursing Research Society

  • 2019 Building Healthcare Collectives Fellowship, Humanities without Borders, The Ohio State University & Michigan State University

  • 2018 Transdisciplinary Health Policy Fellow with Dr. Richard Carmona, Former U.S. Surgeon General, The Ohio State University