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Barbra (goshko) A. Cave

Barbra (goshko) A. Cave MSN, ARNP, FNP-BC, PhD

Hepatology, Nursing
Louisville, Kentucky, United States of America

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Barbra Cave, Ph.D., APRN is an assistant professor and family nurse practitioner at the University of Louisville. She serves in the Christina Lee Brown Envirome Institute as co-Principal Investigator on the Co-Immunity Project, and as the Hep C Program Lead for the UofL Health - UofL Hospital Hep C Center. She is the principal investigator on multiple industry-sponsored grants and is working toward gaining NIH funding.

Dr. Cave earned her bachelor’s degrees in biology (2003) and nursing (2005) from Bellarmine University. She worked for nearly five years in the Transplant ICU at UofL Health - Jewish Hospital before graduating with her Masters of Science in Nursing, Family Nurse Practitioner at Bellarmine University in 2010. In 2019, she graduated from the University of Louisville with her Ph.D. in Nursing. She received training specific to her roles in gastroenterology and hepatology through her work with medical faculty at the University of Louisville Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition.

She has co-authored several publications and delivered numerous podium presentations at local, state, and national conferences. She serves as a faculty presenter for the Chronic Liver Disease Foundation, Kentucky Hepatitis Academic Mentorship Program, Gastroenterology/Hepatology Advanced Practice Providers, and the Scripps Clinic Liver Research Consortium. She is a member of the American Association for the Study of Liver Disease and serves on the Hepatology Associates. She is also a member of Sigma Theta Tau; the American Association of Nurse Practitioners; the Kentucky Coalition of Nurse Practitioners and Nurse-Midwives; and a former member of the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses. She is a board member with the Kentucky Harm Reduction Coalition.
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