Dr. Andrea Sebastian obtained her Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) degree from the University of Kentucky in 2014 with a focus of primary care pediatrics. Upon graduation, she began working with the child abuse team at Le Bonheur Children Hospital in Memphis, where her primary duties included medical evaluations of children with concerns for physical abuse, sexual abuse, and neglect. She practiced as an adjunct faculty member with the UTHSC College of Nursing from 2014-2016 and joined the college & clinical faculty as an Assistant Professor in 2017. Dr. Sebastian is a certified sexual assault nurse examiner (SANE) for pediatric patients, and she is the principal investigator for the $1.5 million HRSA Advanced Nursing Education Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners Program grant awarded to the UTHSC College of Nursing.