About Me
Research Focus: Understanding the role of loneliness in postpartum depression as it relates to infant caregiving in order to improve outcomes and transitions into motherhood.
Program of Research: Jacqueline is a first-year Ph.D. student in the College of Nursing. She is excited to be at the start of her life-long goal to become a social scientist in order to help people. Loneliness and its effects, both physiological and psychological, have been a driving interest in Jacqueline's independent studies. She is interested in gaining research skills that will help her to improve outcomes for new mothers and their infants, and is particularly interested in working with vulnerable and marginalized populations.
In her spare time, Jacqueline is an avid flower gardener, spending as many free hours as possible curating an eye-catching landscape that has all-season appeal. She enjoys long walks with her husband, their two children and standard poodle, and she is a film buff.
Faculty Advisor: Sara Simonsen, Ph.D. (Public Health), CNM, associate professor and Annette Cumming Endowed Chair in Women's and Reproductive Health, University of Utah College of Nursing
