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 UT Health San Antonio, 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, UT Health San Antonio
2011 Grant, TPE Grant Nursing, UT Health San Antonio
2011 Cum Laude, Bachelor of Science in Nursing, UT Health San Antonio
2014 Fellowship Stipend Award, Primary Care Nurse Practitioner Student Stipend, UT Health San Antonio
2015 Grant, TPE Grant Nursing, UT Health San Antonio
2015 Scholarship, Long Nursing Scholars, UT Health San Antonio
2015-16 Scholarship, Various Donors Scholarship, UT Health San Antonio
2016 Honor Society of Sigma Theta Tau International Nursing Inductee, UT Health San Antonio
2016 Grant, TPE Grant Nursing, UT Health San Antonio
2016 Scholarship, Santa Rosa Scholarship, UT Health San Antonio
2016 Magna Cum Laude, Master of Science in Nursing, UT Health San Antonio
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