Charlene Whitaker-Brown, DNP, MSN, FNP-C, PMHNP-BC, CHFN, RN

Dr. Charlene Whitaker-Brown, DNP, MSN, FNP-C, PMHNP-BC, CHFN, RN is a Clinical Associate professor in the School of Nursing at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. She is also dual certified as a Family Nurse Practitioner and Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner

(PMHNP). She earned her Doctor of Nursing Practice degree from Indiana State University in 2013. She is also a 2020 graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with her Post-Master’s Degree as a PMHNP. She has experience in treating heart failure patients in both acute and outpatient settings. Her mental health experience is with the treatment of the psychological needs of eating disorder patients. Dr. Whitaker-Brown’s program of scholarship is devoted to translating research into practice. Her primary focus is on chronic diseases, specifically cardiovascular diseases related to heart failure patients and mental health. She has presented her findings at the local, national level and international levels. Dr. Whitaker-Brown has been instrumental in coordinating partnerships between the UNC Charlotte School of Nursing and Sanger Heart and Vascular Institute’s Heart Failure Clinic at Carolina’s Medical Center under the direction of Dr. Sanjeev Gulati.

Areas of Research

Chronic Disease Management – Diabetes and Nurse Practitioner Education

Education

DNP, 2013, Indiana State University

MS, 2009, Indiana State University, Nursing, Family Nurse Practitioner

BS, 2006, Winston-Salem State University, Nursing

ADN, 2005, Cabarrus College of Health Sciences

BS, 2001, East Carolina University, Exercise and Sports Science

External Affiliations

American Association of Heart Failure Nurses

Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society (Sigma)

Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society