College of Nursing Faculty & Staff
Kristiana Avery PhD, MS, BSN
Assistant Professor of Clinical Teaching
- College of Nursing
Email Address:kristiana.avery@cuanschutz.edu
Primary Phone:303-724-8524
Mailing Address:
- CU Anschutz
Education II North
13120 East 19th Avenue
Aurora, CO 80045
Dr. Kristiana Avery is a graduate of University of Colorado College of Nursing completing her MS in the Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Program in 2010 and the PhD-Biobehavioral Science Program in 2020. Dr. Avery has been a clinical instructor with the College of Nursing since 2007 and now joins the College of Nursing as a faculty member.
Dr. Avery's work has focused on mental health across the life-span including; child, adolescent, adult and geriatric mental health.
Dr. Avery received the Sigma Theta Tau/Western Institute of Nursing Research grant, awarded in 2017, for her dissertation study Ion Channel Genetic Biomarkers: Diagnostic Capabilities in the Assessment of Bipolar Disorder. Her research focuses on neurogenetic biomarkers in mental health.
Areas of Expertise
- Psychiatric
- Mental Health
- Genetics
Education, Licensure & Certifications
- PhD - Nursing-Biobehavioral Science, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus 2020
- MS - Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus 2010
- BSN - Creighton University, 2004
- BA - Hastings College, 2002
- Colorado License - RN, APRN
- DEA license
- Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner-Board Certified ANCC
Awards
- STTI/WIN Grant Award for Research