Emily Mroz, PhD
Dr. Mroz is a developmental psychologist, gerontologist, and behavioral health researcher funded by the National Institute on Aging. Currently a postdoctoral researcher at Yale School of Medicine, she will join Emory School of Nursing in the Fall as a Tenure-Track Assistant Professor. Her career objective is to develop accessible insights, resources, and practices to help adults navigate challenges related to serious and progressive illnesses.
In much of her work, Dr. Mroz applies a narrative identity theoretical framework, recognizing that individuals develop subjective narratives from objective lived experiences, and then use those narratives to guide self-perception, social interactions, and decision-making. Dr. Mroz’s research addresses the ways that narratives from lived experiences can help, or harm, navigation of family caregiving, progressive illness, end of life, and bereavement.
Dr. Mroz has conducted her work across healthcare settings, adult care communities, home settings, and virtual platforms. For the past decade, she has partnered with community-based organizations and individuals with lived experiences to conduct all aspects of research and applies human-centered design techniques to intervention development.
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