Program Director, Region 4 Ebola and Other Special Pathogens Treatment Center
Emory University
Brooks, Georgia
Sharon Vanairsdale Carrasco is an Associate Professor in the Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing at Emory University. She is the Program Director of the Regional Emerging Special Pathogen Treatment Center at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta, GA. As the Program Director, she oversees unit readiness and healthcare preparedness for patients with special pathogens and was involved with COVID-19 pandemic response. Carrasco is also the Director of Education for the National Emerging Special Pathogens Training and Education Center, a program to prepare healthcare workers to safely manage patients with special pathogens. She is a fellow in the Academy of Emergency Nurses and the American Academy of Nursing as well as a Distinguished Fellow in the National Academies of Practice. In 2016, Carrasco was awarded the American Nurses Credentialing Center Magnet Nurse of the Year for Exemplary Professional Practice and the March of Dimes Nurse of the Year for Nursing Administration.
Tuesday, June 27, 2023
2:30 PM – 3:00 PM
Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose