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Cynthia Paidipati

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  • cpaidipa@depaul.edu
  • Assistant Professor, Nursing
  • ​PhD, APRN, PMH-NP/CNS-BC

  • School of Nursing
  • Full-time Faculty
  • (773) 325-8927
  • ​990 W. Fullerton Avenue, room 2310

​​Specialization​​​ and Inte​​​​rests: 

  • Pediatric mental health 
  • Suicide prevention 
  • ​Nursing ethics 
  • Health equity 
  • Social justice

Awards and Honors: 

  • Faculty Mentor Award, Loyola University Chicago Empowering Sisterhood​​​​ (2024) 
  • Pinnacle Nurse Leader Award, Power of Nursing Leadership, Chicago, IL (2020) 
  • Pre- and Post-Doctoral T32 Fellowship Award, National Institute of Nursing Research, University of Pennsylvania (2015-2019) 

Selected Professional Affiliations: 

  • Board of Director, American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, IL Chapter​
  • Member​​​, International Society of Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurses 
  • Member, Global Alliance for Behavioral Health and Social Justice 

Selected Publications: 

​Paidipati, C. P., Lozano, A. J., West, J., Huang, L., Hanlon, A. L., & Ulrich, C. M. (2023). Understanding the mediated relationship between moral distress, depression, and suicide risk in undergraduate nursing students. Nursing Outlook, 71(3), 1-13. 101966. ​https://doi.org/10.1016/j.outlook.2023.101966 

Paidipati, C.P., Foxwell, A., Mooney-Doyle, K., Tiller, D., Ulrich. C., & Pinto-Martin, Jennifer. (2022). Caregiver perspectives on the benefits, burdens, and moral distress of participation in cancer clinical trials. Journal of Family Nursing, 29(1), 89-98. https://doi.org/10.1177/10748407221098187 

Paidipati, C.P., Deatrick, J.A., Eiraldi, R.B., Ulrich, C.M., Lane, J.M., & Brawner, B.M. (2021). Caregivers’ perspectives on the contextual influences within family management for ethnically diverse children with ADHD. Journal for Specialists in Pediatric Nursing, 27(2), e12365. https://doi.org/10.1111/jspn.12365 

Paidipati, C. P., Deatrick, J. A., Eiraldi, R. B., Ulrich, C. M., & Brawner, B. M. (2020). Family management in childhood attention deficit hyperactivity disorder: A qualitative inquiry. Journal of Pediatric Nursing, 52, 82–90. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pedn.2019.09.027​