Dr. Kortney Floyd James is a nurse scientist and Pediatric Nurse Practitioner. She holds a Ph.D in Nursing from the Byrdine F. Lewis College of Nursing & Health Profession at Georgia State University. She holds an MS in Nursing, specializing in Pediatric Primary Care, also from Georgia State University. Her BS in Nursing is from the University of South Carolina in Columbia.
Dr. Floyd James is a Postdoctoral Fellow in the National Clinician Scholars Program at the University of California, Los Angeles. During this Fellowship, Dr. Floyd James will continue to focus on the physical and mental health of Black mothers by assessing the ways that clinical practice and policy change can meet their needs, while also considering the unique cultural influences on their health.
Dr. Floyd James has an extensive background in leadership, public health policy, and primary care as a Pediatric Nurse Practitioner. While practicing as a Pediatric Nurse Practitioner in a well-baby nursery on a postpartum unit, Dr. Floyd James' research interests related to maternal/child health disparities were born. Her dissertation explored the racial identity of Black mothers and its relationship with their maternal functioning, postpartum depressive symptoms, and bond with their infants. The study's findings suggest that Black mothers’ regard for their race and experienced anti-Black racism may influence their ability to adjust to motherhood and care for their infants. The findings also support the use of assessment tools for postpartum depression in Black mothers that do not solely focus on emotional symptoms. Screening the functioning abilities and racial identities of Black mothers may help identify those who may need more resources to adjust to motherhood.
Dr. Floyd James is a Postdoctoral Fellow in the National Clinician Scholars Program at the University of California, Los Angeles. During this Fellowship, Dr. Floyd James will continue to focus on the physical and mental health of Black mothers by assessing the ways that clinical practice and policy change can meet their needs, while also considering the unique cultural influences on their health.
Dr. Floyd James has an extensive background in leadership, public health policy, and primary care as a Pediatric Nurse Practitioner. While practicing as a Pediatric Nurse Practitioner in a well-baby nursery on a postpartum unit, Dr. Floyd James' research interests related to maternal/child health disparities were born. Her dissertation explored the racial identity of Black mothers and its relationship with their maternal functioning, postpartum depressive symptoms, and bond with their infants. The study's findings suggest that Black mothers’ regard for their race and experienced anti-Black racism may influence their ability to adjust to motherhood and care for their infants. The findings also support the use of assessment tools for postpartum depression in Black mothers that do not solely focus on emotional symptoms. Screening the functioning abilities and racial identities of Black mothers may help identify those who may need more resources to adjust to motherhood.