Jill Hamilton, RN, PhD, FAAN

Research Program

Cancer Prevention and Control
Phone Number

404-712-2394
Email Address

jbhamil@emory.edu

Biography

Jill Hamilton, RN, PhD, FAAN, is an associate professor at the Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia. Dr. Hamilton previously held faculty positions at Johns Hopkins University and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill where she was a tenured Associate Professor.

Dr. Hamilton was a Georgia Cancer Coalition Distinguished Cancer Scholar from 2003-2007 and a member of the 2014 Class of the UNC Thorp Faculty Engaged Scholars. She is currently a Fellow in the American Academy of Nursing and a Faculty Scholar of the Center for Spirituality, Theology and Health at Duke University.

Education

Dr. Hamilton earned her BSN, MSN, and PhD in nursing from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, a BS in Accounting from North Carolina Central University, and postdoctoral training in the nursing care of older adults at the Oregon Health & Science University.

Titles & Roles

Associate Professor, Office of Academic Advancement

Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing at Emory University

Research

Dr. Hamilton's research interests include health disparities, social and cultural factors that influence health, and the coping strategies used among older African American cancer survivors and their families. She has developed measures of coping and spirituality and has conducted research to examine ways sociocultural factors influence how older African Americans use social support and spirituality.

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Faith-Based African American Cancer Survivorship Storytelling Phase Early Phase I Conditions Cancer Location Winship Cancer Institute, Grady Health System

Publications

Dr. Hamilton is published on topics related to social support, religiosity, spirituality, and quality of life among African Americans with life-threatening illness. She has done original research on the effects of religious songs and verses from Scripture on coping with stress among older and younger African Americans which is published in the Journal of Religion and Health, the Gerontologist, and Nursing Research. Her research on the use of religious songs to alleviate psychological distress when diagnosed with cancer is published in Cancer Nursing.

Title/Journal	Authors	Publication Date
Black Appalachia's Oldest Old: Untold Stories of Experienced Racism and Coping With Religious Practices/Beliefs. The Gerontologist	JB Hamilton, A Abiri, CA Nicolas, EJ Grant, NC Best	01/05/2024
Health-related quality of life over chemotherapy course among individuals with early-stage breast cancer: the association of social determinants of health and neighborhood socioeconomic disadvantage. Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer	KL You, SM Sereika, CM Bender, JB Hamilton, SR Mazanec, A Brufsky, MQ Rosenzweig	12/03/2024
Integrating Social Determinants of Health in Nursing Programs With Curriculum Mapping. Nurse educator	A Abiri, W Kinuthia, E Downes, JB Hamilton	01/03/2024
Being a "Good Parent" to a NICU Infant With a Major Congenital Anomaly. Advances in neonatal care : official journal of the National Association of Neonatal Nurses	MK Uveges, JB Hamilton, BF Pados, WM Thayer, PS Hinds, MT Nolan	01/02/2024
African American Women Breast Cancer Survivors: Coping with the COVID-19 Pandemic. Journal of cancer education : the official journal of the American Association for Cancer Education	JB Hamilton, AN Abiri, CA Nicolas, K Gyan, RD Chandler, VC Worthy, EJ Grant	01/10/2023
How Can We Support Religious and Spiritual Practices of Older Adults With Mild Cognitive Impairment and Dementia? Journal of gerontological nursing	KC Britt, J Hamilton	01/04/2023
Association of Religious Service Attendance and Neuropsychiatric Symptoms, Cognitive Function, and Sleep Disturbances in All-Cause Dementia. International journal of environmental research and public health	KC Britt, KC Richards, G Acton, J Hamilton, K Radhakrishnan	28/02/2023
Using Spirituality to Cope with COVID-19: the Experiences of African American Breast Cancer Survivors. Journal of cancer education : the official journal of the American Association for Cancer Education	JB Hamilton, NC Best, TA Barney, VC Worthy, NR Phillips	01/10/2022
Older Adults with Dementia: Association of Prayer with Neuropsychiatric Symptoms, Cognitive Function, and Sleep Disturbances. Religions	KC Britt, KC Richards, G Acton, J Hamilton, K Radhakrishnan	01/10/2022
B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia promotes an immune suppressive microenvironment that can be overcome by IL-12. Scientific reports	R Hunter, KJ Imbach, C Zhou, J Dougan, JAG Hamilton, KZ Chen, P Do, A Townsel, G Gibson, EC Dreaden, EK Waller, KA Haynes, CJ Henry, CC Porter	13/07/2022
Strategies to Integrate the Practice of Social Emergency Medicine Into Routine Patient Care. Advanced emergency nursing journal	A Abiri, DD Evans, JB Hamilton	01/04/2022
Measures of religion and spirituality in dementia: An integrative review. Alzheimer's & dementia (New York, N. Y.)	KC Britt, J Kwak, G Acton, KC Richards, J Hamilton, K Radhakrishnan	01/01/2022
Adipocyte-mediated epigenomic instability in human T-ALL cells is cytotoxic and phenocopied by epigenetic-modifying drugs. Frontiers in cell and developmental biology	M Lee, DK Geitgey, JAG Hamilton, JM Boss, CD Scharer, JM Spangle, KA Haynes, CJ Henry	01/01/2022
Social Determinants of Health-Using a Holistic Approach to Cancer Care. Journal of cancer education : the official journal of the American Association for Cancer Education	JB Hamilton	01/12/2021
An Exploration of Suffering and Spirituality Among Older African American Cancer Patients as Guided by Howard Thurman's Theological Perspective on Spirituality. Journal of religion and health	JB Hamilton, WE Fluker	01/08/2021
Training to Conduct Research on Religion, Spirituality and Health: A Commentary. Journal of religion and health	HG Koenig, JB Hamilton, BR Doolittle	01/06/2021
Hidden figures of nursing: The historical contributions of Black nurses and a narrative for those who are unnamed, undocumented and underrepresented. Journal of advanced nursing	DL Baptiste, S Turner, N Josiah, J Arscott, C Alvarez, RA Turkson-Ocran, T Rodney, Y Commodore-Mensah, L Francis, PR Wilson, S Starks, K Alexander, JL Taylor, O Ogungbe, S Byiringiro, MC Fisher, SJ Charlemagne-Badal, B Marseille, S Delva, J Akomah, E Jenkins, DT Dangerfield, G Ramsey, P Sharps, J Hamilton	01/04/2021
Storytelling: a Cultural Determinant of Health Among African American Cancer Patients. Journal of cancer education : the official journal of the American Association for Cancer Education	JB Hamilton	01/04/2021
The impact of COVID-19 among Black women: evaluating perspectives and sources of information. Ethnicity & health	R Chandler, D Guillaume, AG Parker, A Mack, J Hamilton, J Dorsey, ND Hernandez	01/01/2021
The Use of Prayer During Life-Threatening Illness: A Connectedness to God, Inner-Self, and Others. Journal of religion and health	JB Hamilton, L Kweon, LB Brock, AD Moore	01/08/2020
Intergenerational Influences on Faith-based Strategies Used in Response to Racial Discrimination Among Young African American Adults. Journal of the National Medical Association	TN Miller, N Matthie, NC Best, MA Price, JB Hamilton	01/04/2020
Religion and Spirituality in Healthcare: Distinguishing Related and Overlapping Concepts From an African American Perspective. Cancer nursing	JB Hamilton	01/01/2020
Rigor in Qualitative Methods: An Evaluation of Strategies Among Underrepresented Rural Communities. Qualitative health research	JB Hamilton	01/01/2020
The Influence of Parents' Religiosity or Spirituality on Decision Making for Their Critically Ill Child: An Integrative Review. Journal of palliative medicine	MK Uveges, JB Hamilton, K DePriest, R Boss, PS Hinds, MT Nolan	01/11/2019
Emotional Suffering and the Use of Spirituality as a Resource among African American Cancer Survivors. Journal of cancer education : the official journal of the American Association for Cancer Education	JB Hamilton	01/06/2019
HPV vaccine acceptance among African-American mothers and their daughters: an inquiry grounded in culture. Ethnicity & health	KV Galbraith-Gyan, J Lechuga, CM Jenerette, MH Palmer, AD Moore, JB Hamilton	01/04/2019
African-American parents' and daughters' beliefs about HPV infection and the HPV vaccine. Public health nursing (Boston, Mass.)	KV Galbraith-Gyan, J Lechuga, CM Jenerette, MH Palmer, AD Moore, JB Hamilton	01/03/2019
Making sense of loss through spirituality: Perspectives of African American family members who have experienced the death of a close family member to cancer. Palliative & supportive care	JB Hamilton, NC Best, JS Wells, VC Worthy	01/12/2018
Cutting Edge: Intracellular IFN-β and Distinct Type I IFN Expression Patterns in Circulating Systemic Lupus Erythematosus B Cells. Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950)	JA Hamilton, Q Wu, P Yang, B Luo, S Liu, J Li, A L Mattheyses, I Sanz, WW Chatham, HC Hsu, JD Mountz	15/10/2018
Spirituality in African-American Breast Cancer Patients: Implications for Clinical and Psychosocial Care. Journal of religion and health	VB Sheppard, R Walker, W Phillips, V Hudson, H Xu, ML Cabling, J He, AL Sutton, J Hamilton	01/10/2018
Hypertension among adults living in Haiti: An integrative review. Journal of clinical nursing	DL Baptiste, JB Hamilton, C Foronda, E Sloand, B Fahlberg, T Pfaff, S Delva, PM Davidson	01/07/2018
Differences in Coping Among African American Women With Breast Cancer and Triple-Negative Breast Cancer. Oncology nursing forum	CC Watkins, I Kamara Kanu, JB Hamilton, SL Kozachik, F Gaston-Johansson	01/11/2017
Comparison of a physical activity recall questionnaire with accelerometry in children and adolescents with obesity: a pilot study. Pediatric obesity	J Lockwood, A Jeffery, A Schwartz, C Manlhiot, JE Schneiderman, BW McCrindle, J Hamilton	01/10/2017
Parent reported nutritional risk and laboratory indices of cardiometabolic risk and in preschool-aged children. Journal of pediatric endocrinology & metabolism : JPEM	N Persaud, H Ziai, G Lebovic, JL Maguire, M Khovratovich, JAR Simpson, K Adeli, J Hamilton, BW McCrindle, PC Parkin, CS Birken	28/08/2017
The association among skeletal muscle phosphocreatine recovery, adiposity, and insulin resistance in children. Pediatric obesity	GD Wells, L Banks, JE Caterini, S Thompson, MD Noseworthy, T Rayner, C Syme, BW McCrindle, J Hamilton	01/04/2017
A DRD4 gene by maternal sensitivity interaction predicts risk for overweight or obesity in two independent cohorts of preschool children. Journal of child psychology and psychiatry, and allied disciplines	RD Levitan, P Jansen, B Wendland, H Tiemeier, VW Jaddoe, PP Silveira, JL Kennedy, L Atkinson, A Fleming, M Sokolowski, H Gaudreau, M Steiner, L Dubé, J Hamilton, E Moss, A Wazana, M Meaney	01/02/2017
Younger African American Adults' Use of Religious Songs to Manage Stressful Life Events. Journal of religion and health	JB Hamilton, JM Stewart, K Thompson, C Alvarez, NC Best, K Amoah, IB Carlton-LaNey	01/02/2017
Cultural Beliefs and Cancer Care: Are We Doing Everything We Can? Cancer nursing	JB Hamilton	01/01/2017
Duration of Fasting, Serum Lipids, and Metabolic Profile in Early Childhood. The Journal of pediatrics	LN Anderson, JL Maguire, G Lebovic, AJ Hanley, J Hamilton, K Adeli, BW McCrindle, CM Borkhoff, PC Parkin, CS Birken	01/01/2017
Using Religious Songs as an Integrative and Complementary Therapy for the Management of Psychological Symptoms Among African American Cancer Survivors. Cancer nursing	JB Hamilton, VC Worthy, MJ Kurtz, J Cudjoe, PA Johnstone	01/01/2016

Awards

Dr. Hamilton was the recipient of the 2011 Oncology Nursing Society (ONS) Publishing's Division Award for Excellence in Writing Qualitative Research.