Stephanie Ibemere, PhD, RN is an assistant professor in the Duke School of Nursing. Dr. Ibemere's is developing a research program focused on building healthcare capacity for sickle cell disease providers and patients to improve access and quality of care. Her research program is both internationally and domestically focused. Her work in the U.S. centers around the patient experience of outpatient sickle cell disease care and how access to high quality care could be expanded through the upskilling of and task-shifting to advanced practice providers. Dr. Ibemere is also focused on improving the clinical model of care for sickle cell disease in low resource settings both in sub-Saharan Africa through tool adaptation, implementation science, leveraging technology, and community-engaged research. Dr. Ibemere is passionate about addressing healthcare disparities in partnership with communities to co-create feasible and sustainable healthcare interventions for and with patients, providers, and the health system.

Dr. Ibemere holds Bachelor's of Science in Natural Sciences (2010), Bachelor's of Arts in Spanish (2010), and a Master's of Nursing in Clinical Nurse Leadership (2015), all from Xavier University in Cincinnati, OH. Dr. Ibemere received her PhD in Nursing Research from the University of Cincinnati (2019). Dr. Ibemere is a registered nurse with experience in global health capacity building and clinical education related to sickle cell disease and other chronic diseases, clinical vaccine research, and cardiovascular critical care.