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Jennifer Heck, PhD, RNC-NIC, CNE, PMH-C

Jennifer Heck, PhD, RNC-NIC, CNE, PMH-C

Associate Professor


Oklahoma City: CNB 463

(405) 271-1491 ext. 49205

Jennifer-Heck@ouhsc.edu


Dr. Jennifer Heck, PhD, RNC-NIC, CNE, PMH-C is an associate professor in the Fran and Earl Ziegler College of Nursing at The University of Oklahoma Health Sciences. Her program of research broadly concerns Indigenous maternal health. Specifically, she investigates the perinatal mental health of Indigenous women and explores how it relates to maternal mortality. In 2020, Dr. Heck was selected as one of two fellows for the inaugural editorial fellowship of MCN, The American Journal of Maternal-Child Nursing. More recently, she was selected as a post-doctoral fellow for the inaugural cohort of the Indigenous Nursing Research Enhancement (INRE) Fellowship at the University of Texas at Austin School of Nursing.

 


Education:

  • BSN at the University of Oklahoma College of Nursing
  • MSN at the University of Oklahoma College of Nursing
  • PhD at the University of Oklahoma College of Nursing


Board Certification(s):

  • "RNC-NIC (expert NICU clinician via the National Certification Corporation)
  • CNE (expert nurse educator via the National League for Nursing)


Clinical/Research Interests:

  • Indigenous maternal health
  • Postpartum depression in First American women
  • NICU


Select Honors and Accomplishments:

  • Editorial Fellow (1 of 2 selected) for MCN, The American Journal of Maternal Child Nursing - 2020
  • Excellence in Research Award - 2019
  • All around best PhD student - 2019
  • Outstanding Graduating student Award - 2019