Curriculum Vitae

EDUCATION

PhD                                                                                 

Aug 2016-May 2020

Area of Specialization: Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

Dissertation Topic: Examination of Health Care Transition, Health Status, and

Functional Outcomes of Adolescents and Young Adults with Intellectual Disability

Advisor: Dr. Sharron Docherty

Duke University, School of Nursing, Durham, North Carolina

Postdoctoral Fellowship

July 2020-June 2022

Duke-Margolis Center for Health Policy, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 

Margolis Health Policy Scholar                                                                           

2018-2020

Duke-Margolis Center for Health Policy

Duke University, Durham, North Carolina

 

Preparing Future Faculty Fellow                                                                            

2019-2020          

Duke Graduate School

Duke University, Durham, North Carolina

 

Certificate in College Teaching                                                                        

2018-2020

Duke Graduate School

Duke University, Durham, North Carolina

 

Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental Disabilities Fellowship                                      

2013-2014

Carolina Institute for Developmental Disabilities                                                                     

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina

 

MS Nursing                                                                          

May 2006-Aug 2009

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina

BS Nursing                                                                          

Aug 1999-May 2003

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina

LICENSURES & CERTIFICATIONS

Nurse Practitioner Approval to Practice (License #5004565)                                                         

2009-present

North Carolina Board of Nursing

Family Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Certification                                           

2009-present

American Nurses Credentialing Center

 

Family Nurse Practitioner Certification                                                                  

2009-present

American Nurses Credentialing Center

 

Registered Nurse (License #188826), North Carolina Board of Nursing                                   

2003-present

 

POSITIONS & EMPLOYMENT

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry                                                                     

July 2022-present

Duke University Department of Psychiatry, Durham, North Carolina

Postdoctoral Research Associate                                                                       

July 2020-June 2022

Duke-Margolis Center for Health Policy

Duke University Department of Psychiatry, Durham, North Carolina

 

Nurse Practitioner and NC-LEND Faculty                                                                    

Oct 2015-present

UNC Carolina Institute for Developmental Disabilities, Carrboro, North Carolina

 

Co-Founder/Lead Faculty                                                                           

Aug 2016-present

North Carolina Intellectual/Developmental Disabilities Health Fellowship for

Advanced Practice Professionals

UNC Carolina Institute for Developmental Disabilities, Carrboro, North Carolina

 

Adjunct Faculty                                                                           

Aug 2014-present

UNC School of Nursing, Chapel Hill, North Carolina

 

Nurse Practitioner                                                                  

June 2012-Dec 2017

Life Enhancement Medical Services, Statesville, North Carolina   

 

Nurse Practitioner and Clinical Instructor                                                                     

Nov 2009-June 2012

UNC Eating Disorders Program, Chapel Hill, North Carolina

UNC Hospital Department of Psychiatry, Chapel Hill, North Carolina

 

Clinical Nurse, Preceptor, Charge Nurse

Crisis, Geriatric, Psychotic Disorders, Child, Adolescent, Eating Disorders Program       

July 2003-Oct 2009

UNC Hospital Department of Psychiatry, Chapel Hill, North Carolina

 

OTHER LEADERSHIP & PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

Appointed Psych Council Representative

2020-present

North Carolina Nurses Association, Commission on Advanced Practice Nursing

Chair                                                               

2020-2022

North Carolina Nurses Association, Council of Psychiatric/Mental Health     

 

Communications Committee Member       

2019-2022

International Family Nursing Association     

 

Workgroup Member                                         

2018-2021

American Nurses Association

Intellectual and Developmental Nursing: Scope and Standards of Practice

 

Project Manager                                           

2019-2020

Bass Connections: NC Early Childhood Action Plan

Duke University Graduate School, Durham, North Carolina                                             

 

Vice Chair                                               

2018-2020

North Carolina Nurses Association, Council of Psychiatric/Mental Health     

 

Student Liaison                                                           

2018-2019

Media Engagement Development in Academics                                                                      

Duke University Graduate School, Durham, North Carolina

Advisory Member                                           

2017-present

Pediatric IDD TIP Line: Telephonic Information Program for Consultation to Pediatricians Caring for Children with IDD

Student Facilitator                                            

2017-2018

Partner for Development Program, Duke University, School of Nursing

 

Chapter Representative                                                             

2015-2016

Developmental Disabilities Nurses Association, North Carolina

 

Community Chair                                                                              

2002-2003

Association of Nursing Students, UNC School of Nursing

 

President                                                                       

2001-2003

Nurses Christian Fellowship, UNC School of Nursing

 

Representative                                                                                                                                                 

2001-2003

Director’s Student Advisory Committee, UNC School of Nursing

 

Class Board Representative

2001-2003

UNC School of Nursing Class of 2003

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Intellectual and developmental disabilities, health policy, disability policy, health care transition for youth special health care needs, research of families with children experiencing childhood-onset chronic conditions, family-based interventions, health service delivery research, healthcare transformation, integrated care models, value-based care, self-compassion

 

PUBLICATIONS

Richards, M., Benson, N., Kozloff, N., & Scotton Franklin, M. (2023). Remodeling Broken Systems: Addressing the National Emergency in Child and Adolescent Mental Health. Psychiatric Services.

Hurewitz, S., Suarez, L., Buck, A., Scotton Franklin, M., Gifford, E., Sanders-Schmidler, G., & Cholera, R. (2023). Cross-Sector Intervention Strategies to Target Childhood Food Insecurity in North Carolina. North Carolina Medical Journal.

Dardas, L. A., Xu, H., Scotton Franklin, M., Scott, Jewel, Vance, A., Van de Water, B., & Pan, W.A. (2023). Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Medication for treatment of adolescent depression: A network meta-analysis. Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy.

Franklin, M. S., Bush, C., Jones, K., Davis, O. N., French, A., Howard, J., Greiner, M. A., Maslow, G. (2022). Inequities in receipt of the North Carolina Medicaid Waiver among individuals with intellectual disability or autism spectrum disorder. Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics.

French, A., Bush, C., Jones, K. A., Greiner, M. A., Copeland, J. N. Davis, N., Franklin, M. S., Heilbron, N., & Maslow, G. (2022). Psychotropic prescribing patterns for pediatric patients enrolled in North Carolina Medicaid. Psychiatric Services.  

American Nurses Association (2022). Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Nursing: Scope and Standards of Practice (3rd Ed.). Silver Spring, MD. 

Thompson, S., Ugwuebu, J., Montez, K., Langdon, S., Best, S., Sostaita, D., Franklin, M. S., Zimmer, R. (2022). Qualitative perceptions of an anticipated fresh food prescription program.  Health Behavior and Policy Review, 9(1), 670-682. doi.org/10.14485/HBPR.9.1.5

 

Nikpour, J., Franklin, M. S., Calhoun, N, Broome, M. (2021). Influence of provider type on chronic pain prescribing patterns: A systematic review.  Journal of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners, 1-15. doi: 10.1097/JXX.0000000000000673

 

Dupuch, C., Pfau, S., Hallur, S., Franklin, M. S. (2021). Research Findings & Policy Solutions to Address the NC Registry of Unmet Needs. CCR. https://nccdd.org/

 

Franklin, M. S., Silcox, C., Ray, R., Gill, M., Boore, E., Dentzer, S., McClellan, M. (2021).  Three steps to smart Covid-19 Testing: A guide for employers. Duke-Margolis Center for Health Policy. https://healthpolicy.duke.edu/sites/default/files/2021-05/RF_Small_Business_Protocol.pdf

 

Franklin, M. S., Silva. S. G., Maslow, G. R., Halpern, C. T., Merwin, E. I., & Docherty, S. L. (2020). Identifying individuals with intellectual disability within a population study. Nursing Research, 69(6), 436-447. doi: 10.1097/NNR.0000000000000469

 

Rivers, C., Silcox, C., Potter, C., Franklin, M. S., Ray, R., Gill, M., McClellan, M. (2020). Risk assessment and testing protocols for reducing SARS-CoV-2 transmission in K-12 schools. Duke-Margolis Center for Health Policy/Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security/The Rockefeller Foundation. https://healthpolicy.duke.edu/publications/risk-assessment-and-testing-protocols-reducing-sars-cov-2-transmission-k-12-schools

 

Franklin, M. S., Beyer, L., Maslow, G., Pollock, M., & Docherty, S. (2019). Health care transition for adolescent and young adults with intellectual disability: Views from the parents. Journal of Pediatric Nursing, 47, 148-158. doi: 10.1016/j.pedn.2019.05.008

 

Dardas, L., Hanzhang, X., Shawashreh, A., Franklin, M. S., Wainwright, K, & Pan, W. (2019). Psychometric properties and factor structure of the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale in a national sample of Arab adolescents. Issues in Mental Health Nursing, 1-7. doi: 10.1080/01612840.2018.1534912

IN PROGRESS AND COMPLETED RESEARCH SUPPORT (Select)

Healthy Blue IDD Home Health Initiative

2022-present

Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

Principal Investigator: Scotton Franklin, M.

Develop a consultation and education program to support primary care providers and practices in improving and integrating behavioral and physical health

care for the intellectual and developmental disabilities community in North Carolina

PCORnet Infrastructure Capacity for PCOR Priority Area: Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

2022-present

Co-Chairs: Rowena Dolor, MD & Gary Maslow, MD, MPH

Project Manager: Scotton Franklin, M.

Strengthen the capacity of the PCORnet infrastructure to facilitate patient-centered outcomes research (PCOR) focused on individuals with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities (IDD)

Thriving in Transition: Building Authentic and Impactful Partnerships with the IDD and Research Communities

2021-present

               Investigators: Pollock, M., Gierisch, J., Franklin, M. S., Maslow, G.

Funding Agency: Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI)

Engage stakeholders and communities to continuously study and improve clinical and research programs

 

Duke REACH Equity Center, Research, Education, Training Subcore Research Scholar             

2021-2022

               PI: Franklin, M.S.

               Funding Agency: The Duke Center for Research to Advance Healthcare Equity

 

Summer Research Fellowship                                                                      

2017, 2018

Funding Agency: Duke University Graduate School

 

Nurse Practitioner Education in Developmental Disabilities                                                           

2014-2016

PI: Franklin, M. S.

               Funding Agency: Florida Developmental Disabilities Council and

               American Academy of Developmental Medicine and Dentistry

               Curriculum development and dissemination for advanced practice nurses

 

North Carolina Advanced Practice Provider Developmental Disabilities Mini-Fellowship  

2016-2017

               Co-PIs: Christian, R. & Franklin, M. S.

               Funding Agency: Special Hope Foundation           

      

ADDITIONAL TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Research Mentor                                              

July 2020-present     

Duke-Margolis Center for Health Policy Internship Program

Duke University, Durham, North Carolina

 

Research Co-Leader                                        

Fall 2020-present

Bass Connections NC Early Childhood Action Plan

Duke University, Durham, North Carolina

 

Graduate Teaching Assistant                   

Summer 2019

Advanced Practice Nursing in Primary Care Pediatric Patients II                                                

Duke University, Durham, North Carolina

 

Graduate Teaching Assistant                         

Fall 2017

Quantitative Methods for Evaluating Health Care Practices                                                         

Duke University, Durham, North Carolina

 

AWARDS & HONORS

Co-Designing Person-Centered Outcomes Research with the Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (I/DD) Community.

2nd Place Poster Award

Duke University Psychiatry Research Day

2023

Sigma Theta Tau, Beta Epsilon Chapter                                                                           

2017- present

Catherine Gilliss Endowed Scholarship Award                                                                              

2016-2017

 

Developing an Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Specific Curriculum for North Carolina Nurse Practitioners,

2nd Place Poster Award

American Academy of Developmental Medicine and Dentistry Global Summit on

Innovations in Health & IDD. Los Angeles, California

2015

 

Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Grant Recipient                                            

2006-2009

Psychiatric Nurse Practitioners: Meeting the Needs of the Underserved in North Carolina

 

Sigma Theta Tau, Alpha Alpha Chapter                                                                           

2008-present

 

Cora Pitts Barbee Scholarship Recipient                                                                        

2002-2003