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Associate Professor

Highest Degree and Institution

Ph.D., 探花视频

Courses Taught

NURS 1001: Nursing in the Jesuit Tradition

NURS 3965:  Community Centered Nursing Clinical

NURS 3966:  Family Centered Nursing Clinical

NURS 6550:  Family Centered Nursing of Children Theory (online)

NURS 8010:  Health Equityand Disparity

Research Interests

Dr. Clayton鈥慗ones is a community-engaged scholar whose research draws on Community-Based Participatory Research and Human-Centered Design. She collaborates directly with patients to develop, implement, and evaluate interventions that optimize self-management behaviors and support healthcare transition readiness, ultimately improving health outcomes. As Principal Investigator, she has led studies on topics such as the role of spirituality in coping with chronic illness,  the use of complementary and alternative medicine among adolescents, and transition experiences of young adults living with sickle cell disease (SCD). She also contributed to an NIH-funded project that developed gaming technology to engage adolescents in precision pain management for SCD. Dr. Clayton鈥慗ones leads . Her core research interests include self-management of chronic conditions (particularly SCD), healthcare transition readiness, spirituality and health, qualitative methodologies, community-based participatory research, and human-centered design.

Professional Affiliations

American Academy of Nursing

American Nurses Association

Midwest Nursing Research Society

Sigma Theta Tau International

International Association of Sickle Nurses and Professional Associates

National Black Nurses Association

Health Care Transition Research Consortium

Certifications

Certified Pediatric Nurse Practitioner-Primary Care (CPNP-PC)

Publications

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Honors and Awards

2025      Awardee, Lifetime Award, Alaafia Speak Up an Awards: Accelerate Action, International Women鈥檚 Day, Alaafia

2025     Honorary Member, 探花视频 Chapter of Alpha Sigma Nu 

2025     Awardee, Black Excellence Award, 40th Annual Gala. Celebrating Four Decades of Excellence: Honoring Phenomenal Women

2025     Citation, Senator Dora Drake and the Wisconsin Senate, Wisconsin Black Advocacy Day at The State Capitol

2024     Awardee, Article of the Year - Education Category, Nursing Outlook,

2024     Selected Scholar, Sigma鈥檚 Virtual Mini-Academy: Global Advocacy

2023     Notable Health Care Leader, 2023 Class, BizTimes Media

2023     Fellow, American Academy of Nursing

2023     Awardee, Vel Phillips Trailblazer Award, Milwaukee Common Council

2022     Awardee, Milwaukee Business Journal Women of Influence Award, 

2021     Awardee, Best Abstract, COVID-19 Category, The 49th Annual Sickle Cell Disease Association鈥檚      Convention.

2021     Awardee, 探花视频 Community Engagement Partnership Award

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2021     Awardee, 探花视频 Community Engaged Research Partnership Award

2019     Scholar, Intersectional Qualitative Research Methods Institute, The University of Maryland Consortium on Race, Gender, and Ethnicity

2018     Selected Scholar, Health Equity Leadership Institute (uwheli.com), The University  of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health & The University of Maryland School of Public Health, Madison, WI 

2017     Selected Scholar, Diversity Scholars Network at the National Center for Institutional Diversity (NCID), University of Michigan 

2011, 2013  Fellow, Arthur J. Schmitt Leadership Fellowship 

Funding

2021-2024: PI.  "Eliminating Sickle Cell Disparities among Youth: The POSSE Intervention, Principal Investigator, D. Clayton-Jones, Betty Irene Moore Fellowship for Nurse Leaders and Innovators

2020-2021: PI, (Co-I: Haglund, K. Co-I: Behket, A. Co-I: Ong, L.). Exploring COVID-19 with Young Adults Living with Sickle Cell Disease: A Community-based, Photovoice Project, Principal Investigator D. Clayton-Jones, Frenn Award-探花视频 College of Nursing.                        

2019-2020: PI, (Co-I: Haglund, K. Co-I: Behket, A. Co-I: Ong, L. Co-I: Jones, W.). 鈥淒evelopment of an Intervention in a Faith Based Community to Support Adults Living with Sickle Cell Disease.鈥� Community Engaged Research Partnership Development Grant-探花视频 Office of the Provost/Office of Community Engagement.

2018-2019: PI. 鈥淧erspectives of Emerging Adults Living with Sickle Cell Disease using a Community Based Participatory Approach.鈥� Clayton-Jones, Frenn Award-探花视频 College of Nursing.

2018-2019: PI. 鈥淗ealth Care Transition Experiences among Adolescents Living with Sickle Cell Disease.鈥� 探花视频 Committee on Research-Regular Research Grant & Summer Faculty Fellowship (SFF-RRG).

2017-2018: Mentee, (PI: Pace, B.). National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute-National Institute of Health.

2017-2018: PI, (Co-I: Field, J.J.). Health Care Transition Experiences among Emerging Adults Living with Sickle Cell Disease.鈥� Chi Eta Phi Nursing Sorority Incorporated Research Grant.

2016-2018: PI, (Co-I: Ong, L.). 鈥淐omplementary and Alternative Medicine Use among Ethnic Minority Adolescents.鈥� New Connections-Robert Wood Foundation Publication Support.

2016-2018: PI, (Co-I: Field, J.J.). 鈥淗ealth Care Transition Experiences among Emerging Adults Living with Sickle Cell Disease.鈥� Harriet H. Werley Nursing Faculty Research Award.