Wrenetha A. Julion, PhD, MPH, RN, FAAN, CNL

Dr. Julion is a dynamic advocate for meaningful societal change that challenges health disparities, health inequity and social injustice. During the past 35 years, she focused her clinical practice on the care of women, children, families and critically ill neonates, before transitioning to research and academia. She is also a resolute activist for greater diversity and cultural competency among health care professionals.

Dr. Julion is co-author of the Chicago Parent Program, a nationally recognized parent-training program for at-risk families living in low-income, ethnic minority communities. In 2009, Julion received a grant from the National Institutes of Health to develop an intervention called Building Bridges to Fatherhood, modeled after the Chicago Parent Program.

Currently she is Principal Investigator for a National Institutes of Health RO1 grant aimed at supporting paternal involvement in African American non-resident fathers. She was a 2012 Macy Faculty Scholar, a member of the Leadership America Class of 2015, and is an alumna of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation New Connections program.