Biography

Dr. Robyn Wojeck is a certified Family Nurse Practitioner with extensive experience in emergency medicine. Her program of research focuses on advancing symptom science in chronic illnesses by gaining a deeper understanding of the complex symptom experiences and their association with patient outcomes. Dr. Wojeck earned her Ph.D. from Duke University and received funding through the National Institutes of Health to support her research exploring symptom phenotypes and their link to psychosocial characteristics and functional disability in patients with systemic sclerosis (scleroderma). She has established strong collaborative relationships with international researchers from Canada, the United Kingdom, France, Spain, and Mexico to advance nursing science in autoimmune diseases. She has expertise in rigorous statistical methods, including multi-level trajectory models for longitudinal data and latent profile analyses. Dr. Wojeck has presented her work at both international and national venues, receiving the First Place Poster Award at the International Society of Nurses in Genetics Congress in 2020.

Dr. Wojeck is a past Jonas Nurse Leaders Scholar and is an active member of Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society for Nursing, the American Association of Nurse Practitioners, the Council for the Advancement of Nursing Science, and the Eastern Nursing Research Society.