Background

Jeannette O. Andrews, PhD, RN, FAAN – recognized nationally and globally for her work in community engaged research and tobacco control interventions with underserved women -– is the seventh Dean and Helen Gurley Wolford Professor of Nursing at the University of South Carolina College of Nursing. 

• With a combined 35 years in nursing practice and education, Dr. Andrews has led transformational innovations that have impacted the health of communities and education and support for future nurses, including advanced practice registered nurses and nurse scientists.
• Dr. Andrews is a Fellow in the American Academy of Nursing, a Robert Wood Johnson Nurse Executive Fellow, and an AACN-Wharton Executive Fellow.

Dr. Andrews achieved success as a National Institutes of Health (NIH)-funded investigator for multiple community trials utilizing innovative community engagement approaches to address tobacco prevention and cessation with disparate communities.

• She has authored over 200 publications and abstracts, has served as an international and national consultant along with contributing to multiple task groups related to health and nursing.
• Dr. Andrews has an extensive history of mentoring doctoral students and junior faculty.
• Prior to arriving at the university, she served as the Associate Dean for Research and Director of the Center for Community Health Partnerships at the Medical University of South Carolina from 2007-2012.
• Clinically, Dr. Andrews is a family nurse practitioner, and has a robust history in practice working in medical surgical units, intensive care units and primary care.

Since arriving at the university as Dean in 2013, Dr. Andrews has led significant growth, quality outcomes, and diverse partnerships –all of which propelled the college as a nationally recognized premiere College of Nursing. The undergraduate BSN program is now in the top 1% in the nation for best first-time pass rates on the NCLEX exams.

• The Master’s and Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) programs consistently average 95-100% board pass rates.
• The Ph.D. program has more than tripled enrollment, and students receive substantial financial support and fellowship opportunities during their training.
• The U.S. News and World Report designated the college No. 1 for graduate online programs five times in a row.
• The college's NIH rankings are now No. 34 among all colleges of nursing in the country -- No. 1 in the state.
• Donor support for scholarships and endowed professors have also tripled in the last 12 years.

Under Dr. Andrews leadership, in 2024, the college opened a cutting-edge, 52,000-square-foot clinical education building on Lexington Medical Center's main hospital campus. This facility expands pre-licensure bachelor’s and master’s programs, featuring an innovative simulation center and classroom space to train USC’s growing nursing population.

• In 2026, construction will begin on a Biobehavioral Research Center that will provide dedicated space for faculty research, enhancing expertise and improving health outcomes for South Carolina and beyond.

Dr. Andrews received her Ph.D. in Nursing Science from the University of South Carolina (2004), Master's in Nursing with a Family Nurse Practitioner specialty from Georgia Southern University (1996), and Bachelor of Science in Nursing from the Medical College of Georgia (1986), now part of Augusta University.

Selected awards include:

• AANP State Award for Excellence
• 2024 Columbia Business Journal 50 Most Influential People
• 2024 Top 50 Women in South Carolina
• Augusta University College of Nursing Distinguished Alumni Award
• Southern Nursing Research Society (SNRS) Award for Research in Health Disparities
• South Carolina Health Care Hero Award
• Palmetto Gold Award
• NPACE National Nurse Practitioner Award for Community Service
• Nurses Organization of Veterans Affairs Professional Nurse Award
• Georgia Nurses Association 2000 Nurse of the Year

Teaching

Dr. Andrews has extensive nursing graduate and interprofessional teaching experiences. She developed and taught clinical courses for nurse practitioner and DNP programs to include pathophysiology, pharmacology, health assessment and clinical preceptorships. Within Ph.D. programs, she has developed and taught advanced research methods and design, advanced measurement, theory, and various health disparities courses. Andrews has mentored masters, DNP and Ph.D. students, and chaired numerous dissertations, thesis and projects.

Research

Concept Areas: 

• Community Engaged Research
• Patient Centered Care
• Cardiovascular Risk Reduction
• Health Disparities 

Dr. Andrews has a consistent track-record of research funding totaling $16 million since 2000:

• National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR), National Heart Blood & Lung Institute, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Disorders, National Cancer Institute (NCI), Department of Defense (DOD), American Cancer Society and others.

Her research expertise includes community engaged and patient-centered partnership models that focus on cancer and cardiovascular risk reduction. Most her work has targeted smoking cessation interventions in underserved communities and clinical settings. Prior to coming to the university, Andrews was the director of the South Carolina Clinical and Translational Research Institute (SCTR) Community Engagement Core and Associate Dean for Research at the Medical University of South Carolina.

Dissemination

Dr. Andrews has disseminated over 200 peer-reviewed publications and abstracts in international/national conferences and high impact research journals:

• Journal of Urban Health, Preventive Medicine, American Journal of Preventive Medicine, Nursing Clinics of North America, American Journal of Community Psychology, Health Education & Behavior, Nursing Research and Research in Nursing Health.  

Professional Service 

• Dr. Andrews has served as a scientific reviewer for the Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) and the NIH.
• She serves as a manuscript reviewer for several interprofessional and nursing journals.
• She is member of the Health Behavior Expert Panel in the American Academy of Nursing (AAN).
• She is a Board Member of the Friends of National Institute of Nursing Research (FNINR).
• She is an active member of several professional organizations, including the AAN, American Nurses Association (ANA), Sigma Theta Tau International, Southern Nursing Research Society (SNRS), and the Council of Advancement of Nursing Science.
• She was past program chair for the AACN Transform Conference, and past member of the AACN program and nominations committees.
• Dr. Andrews is a Robert Wood Johnson Nurse Executive Fellow (2007 cohort).

Professional Practice

• Primary Care
• Acute Care: Cardiology, ICU, Medical-Surgical, Gerontology 

Research Studies (selected)

Expanding SC Nursing Workforce.  $3,010,000.  HRSA.  Principal Investigator. 

South Carolina Public School Nurse Leader Academy – Phase I & II.   $254,000.  SC Department of Health and Environmental Control. 2022-2025. Principal Investigator. 

Faculty Pipeline Initiative. $1,517,180.  The BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina Foundation. 2021-2025.  Principal Investigator. 

Dyad-based Multiple Behavior Intervention for Reducing Lung Cancer Symptoms.  $727,000.  Mentor.  K. McDonnell, PI.  American Cancer Society.

USC Jonas Nursing Leader Scholar Program. Jonas Foundation. $100,000, 2013-2020. Principal Investigator.   

Leveraging Mental Health Access in South Carolina with Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioners and Telemental Health.  $52,800.  Co-Principal Investigator.  2016. Fullerton Foundation.

Enhancing Kidney Donation through Live Organ Video Educated Donation (LOVED). NIH/NIDDK-R01. Consultant. 2015-2017. Dr. F. Treiber, PI. 

Leveraging the Mental Health Workforce in South Carolina. $766,272. Blue Cross/Blue Shield Foundation. Principal Investigator. 2015-2017. 

Office of Healthcare Workforce Research for Nursing. $61,391. AHEC/MUSC/Duke Endowment. Principal Investigators.  2015-2016.                     

Novel Intervention Linking Public Housing to Primary Care to Prevent Diabetes. NIH/NIDDK-R34. $235,917. Co-Investigator. 2014-2106. Dr. Magwood, PI.  

Personalized Bio-Behavioral Weight Loss Intervention for African American Women. NIH/NINR-K01. $270,786. 2012-2015. Dr. Magwood, PI. Primary Mentor.  

A Peer Navigation Intervention for Individuals with Spinal Cord Injury. NIH/NICHD-K23. $584,263. 2010-2015. Dr. S. Newman, PI. Primary Mentor.  

Smart Phone Medication Adherence to Stop Hypertension (SMASH). Duke Foundation - $578,383. 2012-2015. Dr. Trebier, PI. Co-Investigator 2012/Consultant 2013. 

A Community Partnership Approach for Advancing Burden Measurement in Rare Genetic Conditions. PCORI - $425,286. 2012-2014 Dr. Williams, PI. Co-Investigator, 2012/Consultant 2013.  

CBPR to Improve Oral Health in the Gullah Community. Department of Defense/TATRC - $300,000. 2011 - 2014. Dr. Leite, PI. Co-Investigator 2011-2012/Consultant 2013-2014. 

A Multilevel, Social Ecological Based Smoking Cessation Intervention for Women in Public Housing Neighborhoods. NIH/NHLBI - $3,093,176. 2008 - 2015. Principal Investigator. 

South Carolina Clinical and Translational Research Institute (SCTR) Pilot Project Grant: Community Engaged Assessment to Facilitate Stroke Elimination (CEASE). NIH/NICRR - $20,000. 2012 – 2013. Dr. Ed Jausch, Co-PI. Co-Principal Investigator. 

Hollywood Smiles: Oral Health Navigator Intervention. NIH/NIDCR. $405,625. 2011 – 2013. Dr. R. Leite, PI. Co-Investigator/Mentor. 

South Carolina Clinical and Translational Research Institute. NIH/NCRR - $400,952. 2011 – 2012. Dr. K. Brady, PI. Video Assisted Research Consent (SCTR Supplement). Co-Director. 

South Carolina Clinical and Translational Research Institute (SCTR). NIH/NICRR - $50,000. 2011-2012. Dr. K. Brady, PI. (Pilot Project Grant).  Assessing the Impact of Pictorial Health Warning Labels on Cigarette Packages: Implications for FDA Policy Development and Smoking Related Health Disparities. Dr. Jim Thrasher, PI. Co-Investigator. 

A  Novel Trial of Smokeless Tobacco for Cessation Induction in Unmotivated Smokers. NIH/NCI - $278,100. 2010-2012. Dr. Matt Carpenter, PI. Co-Investigator.

MUSC Community Engaged Scholars Program. Department of Defense/TATRC - $466,278. 2010-2012. Principal Investigator. 

South Carolina Clinical and Translational Research Institute (SCTR). Community Engagement Research Core. NIH/NICRR - $20,000,000. 2010-2012. Dr. K. Brady, PI. Core Program, Co-Investigator.

South Carolina Clinical and Translational Research Institute (SCTR). NIH/NCRR - $120,000. 2009-2012. (Pilot Project Grant). MUSC Community Engaged Scholars Program. Principal Investigator.

Impact of a Child and Parent Program on Tobacco Control. NCI/NICHD - $2,245,782. 2007-2012. Dr. M. Tingen, Site Principal Investigator. 

Strategic Leveraging of the Center for Community Health Partnerships. Robert Wood Johnson/Nurse Executive Fellows - $30,000. 2008-2011. Principal Investigator.  

Partnership Readiness for Community Based Participatory Research. NIH/NINR - $138,860. 2008-2010. Principal Investigator. 

Fit Body & Soul: A Church-Based Obesity Intervention. Association for Prevention Teaching and Research (APTR) - $10,700. 2007-2008. Principal Investigator.   

MCG's Clinical and Translational Research Transformation. NIH/DHHS - $200,000. 2006 - 2007. Dr. F. Treiber, PI. Co-investigator.  

Project WIN: Working in uNison to Prevent Substance Abuse. MHDDDAD - $50,000. 2005-2007. Dr. M. Tingen, PI. Co- Investigator.  

Sister to Sister: A Smoking Cessation Intervention in Public Housing Developments. Georgia Cancer Coalition - $55,000. 2005-2006. Principal Investigator.

Sister to Sister: A Smoking Cessation Intervention in Public Housing Developments. American Legacy Foundation - $163, 399. 2004-2006. Principal Investigator. 

The Barton Village Project: A Community Partnered Tobacco Control Intervention. Georgia Department of Health and Human Services - $82,992. 2002-2004. Principal Investigator. 

Sister to Sister: A Community Partnered Tobacco Control Intervention in Southern Low-Income Housing Developments. American Legacy Foundation - $50,000. 2003-2004. Principal Investigator. 

Sister to Sister: A Fresh Start - A Pilot Study. American Cancer Society, Southeast Division - $8,155. 2002-2003. Principal Investigator. 

Sister to Sister: Helping Low-Income Women Quit Smoking. NIH/NINR - Predoctoral Fellowship Award. 2001–2004. Principal Investigator. Co-sponsors, G. Felton, PhD, M.E. Wewers, PhD. 

A Grounded Theory Study of Successful Smoking Cessation in African American Women. Sigma Theta Tau - $2,000. 2001-2003. Principal Investigator.  

The TRUST Model: A Pilot Project in a VA Primary Care Setting (Provider-based Tobacco Control Intervention). Nurses Organization of Veterans Affairs - $2,500. 1999 – 2001. Principal Investigator.

Publications (selected) (*data based) 

Niederhauser V, Popejoy L, Prevost S, Porche D, Sarkar A, Sanford J. Andrews JO. (2025). Faculty development needs in southeastern conference schools. Journal of Nursing Education, 64(1), 7-14.

Clement S, Hein L, Herbert L, Beecroft J, Harding K, Taylor A, Andrews JO. (2025). A pilot faculty fellows pipeline program: developing nurse educators in South Carolina. Journal of Nursing Education, 63(12), 813- 817. 

Swinton C, Deas V, Worthy K, Lambdin C, Andrews JO. (2024).  A healthcare-academic practice partnership program to promote student nurse readiness for work. Journal of Nursing Administration, 53(4), 208-212.

McDaniel A, Cooley M, Andrews JO, Bialous S, Buettner-Schmidt K, Heath J, Okoli C, Sarna L, & Timmerman GM. (2024).  Nursing leadership in tobacco dependence treatment to  advance health equity: An AAN Policy Manuscript. Nursing Outlook. 72 (5).   doi.org/10.1016.

Corbett CF, Wright PJ, Donevant SB, Wickersham KE, Raynor PA, Vick LL, Chappell KK, Abshire DA, Dawson RM, Andrews JO. (2023).  Next generation nurse scientists: a systems approach to engaging undergraduate students in research. Nursing Outlook, 71(6). doi.org/10.1016/j.outlook.2023.102054.

McDonnell KK, Andrews JO, Newsome BR, Yang CH, Weinkle E, Davis J & Dunsiger S. (2023). Study protocol for the Breathe Easier trial: a pilot RCT of a dyad-based multiple behavior intervention for improving physical and emotional health in survivors facing lung cancer. Integrative Cancer Therapies; 22. doi:10.1177/15347354231212876.

Andrews JO, Niederhauser V, Sanford J., Prevost S, Porche D, Heath J, Jeffries P, Fahrenwald N. (2023).  From crisis management to multi-level interinstitutional partnerships: development of the southeastern conference deans nursing coalition. Journal of Professional Nursing, 48: 66-70.         

*Herbert L, Slone S, Johnson R, Jones K, Ribar A, Andrews JO. (2022). Recommendations to evolve a doctor of nursing practice program. Journal of Professional Nursing, 43:12-21. 

*Davis VH, Murillo CL, Chappell KK, Jenerette C, Ribar AK, Worthy K, Andrews JO. (2021). Tipping Point: Integrating Social Determinants of Health Concepts in a College of Nursing. Journal of Nursing Education, 60 (12): 703-706. 

*Pinto BM, Dail RB, Andrews JO. (2021).  Strengthening collaborative research and scholarship in a college of nursing. Journal of Professional Nursing, 37(2): 373-378.

Chappell KK, Hein LC, Andrews JO. (2021). Can we ask everyone? Addressing sexual abuse in in primary care. The Journal of Nurse Practitioners, 17 (5); 594-599. doi: 10.1016/j.nurpra.2021.01.017 

Andrews JO, Corbett C, Dail R, Pinto B. (2019).  Rebuilding the research enterprise of a historical research intensive college of nursing. Nursing Outlook, 67: 232-243.

 *Williams LB, Andrews JO, Looney SW, Stephen W L, Kriska A, Heath, J. (2018). Differences in participant classification and intervention effects based on HbA1C and fasting plasma glucose among a community sample of African Americans. Archives of Diabetes & Obesity, 1(5): 91-95. 

^*Caldwell A, Tingen MS, Nguyen JT, BS, Andrews JO, Heath J,  Waller J,  Treiber F. (2018). Parental smoking cessation: impacting children’s tobacco smoke exposure in the home. Pediatrics, 141, 96-106.

*Makadia L, Rober PJ, Andrews JO, Tingen MS.  (2017). Tobacco Use and Smoke Exposure in Children: New Trends, Harm, and Strategies to Improve Health Outcomes. Current Allergy and Asthma Reports, 17:55, 1-15.

*Heath J, Butler K, Craig S, Anderson J, Barone C, Andrews JO. (2017). Relationships between tobacco cessation interventions and attributes of individual and organizational excellence in acute and critical care practice. American Journal of Critical Care, 26 (1): 53-61. 

*Kollath-Cattano C, Thrasher JF, Osman A, Andrews JO, Strayer SM.  (2017). Cigarettes---Harm reduction or increased harm?  Physician recommendations and patient characteristics of e-cigarette users. Journal of American Board of Family Medicine; 29 (6):  741-747.

*Andrews JO, Mueller M, Magwood GS, Newman SD, Dooley M, Tingen MS. (2016). Effect of a smoking cessation intervention for women in subsidized housing neighborhoods: a randomized controlled trial. Preventive Medicine, 90, 170-176.

*Nemeth LS, Jenkins CJ, Jauch EC, Wolf S, Pearlman A, Spruill I, Brown L, Linnen J, Linnen F, Andrews JO. (2016). Community engaged assessment to facilitate stroke elimination (CEASE). Research in Nursing & Health. 39, 438-448.

*Tingen MS, Andrews JO, Heath, J, Williams, L, Schroeder, C. Dainer P, Khleif S, Waller J. (2016). Tailored parental cessation delivered concurrently with tobacco prevention in children enrolled in urban and rural southern elementary schools. Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention, 25 (3 Supplement): B62.

*Sell K, Amella E, Mueller M, Andrews JO, and Wachs J. (2016).  Use of Social Cognitive Theory to Assess Salient Clinical Research in Chronic Disease Self-Management for Older Adults: An Integrative Review. Open Journal of Nursing, 6, 213-228. 

*McDonnell K, Hollen PJ, Heath J, Andrews JO. (2016). Recruiting family dyads facing thoracic cancer surgery: challenges and lessons learned from a smoking cessation intervention. European Journal of Oncology Nursing ; 20:199-206.     

*Amella E, Mueller M, Andrews JO, Wachs J, Sell, K. (2015). Individualism and partnership: A descriptive analysis of the chronic disease phenomenon as perceived by older adults. Open Journal of Nursing, 5, 935-947. 

*Newman SD, Gillenwater G, Toatley S, Rodgers M, Epperly D, Todd N, Andrews JO. (2014). A community based participatory research approach to the development of  a peer navigator health promotion intervention for people with spinal cord injury. Disability and Health, 7: 478-484.

 *Smith, G, Andrews JO, Wagner J, Austin J, Mueller M., Carter E, & Griesemer K. (2014). Caregiving in pediatric epilepsy: Results of focus groups and implications for research and practice. Epilepsy & Behavior, 34:34-41.

*Andrews J. O., Mueller M., Newman S. D., Magwood, G., Ahluwalia, J. S., White, K., Tingen, M. S. (2014). The Association of Individual and Neighborhood Social Cohesion, Stressors and Crime on Smoking Status among African American Women in Southeastern US Subsidized Housing Neighborhoods. Journal of Urban Health, 9 (6):1158-1174.

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Book Chapters 

Tingen, M. S., Andrews, J. O., & Stevenson, A. W. (2009). "Primary and Secondary Tobacco Prevention in Youth," pp.171-193. In Sarna, L. & Bialous, S. (Eds). Annual Review of Nursing Research. Springer Publishers.

Books

Andrews, J. O., Newman, S. D., Cox, M. J., Meadows, O. (2011). Are we ready? A toolkit for Academic-Community Partnerships in Preparation for Community Based Research. MUSC Press.

Andrews, J. O., Newman, S. D., Cox, M. J., Meadows, O. (2013). Are we ready? A toolkit for Academic-Community Partnerships in Preparation for Community Based Research. MUSC Press. (Hispanic Version).