Ana Maria Kelly PhD, RN, FAAN

Dr. Kelly has been involved in global health work since her time in the Peace Corps in 2001. As a biology teacher and HIV/AIDS educator in Namibia, she realized the impact nurses had on improving health outcomes for marginalized communities.

She completed an accelerated Bachelor of Science program at Michigan State University in 2007 and her Ph.D. in 2015 to be able to conduct global health research.

Dr. Kelly currently works at Columbia University School of Nursing as an associate professor at CUMC.

Her published research outlining the unique side effect profiles experienced by patients with drug-resistant TB has been cited in over a dozen studies conducted in high-burden areas in Africa and Asia.

Her experience in HIV and TB led to requests to provide TB nursing education in South Africa and grant consultancy in Malawi, and today she mentors students doing global clinical rotations.