Devita Stallings, Ph.D., RN
Associate Dean for Undergraduate and Pre-licensure Nursing Education; Associate Professor
Education
- Ph.D., Nursing, Saint Louis University, 2012
- M.S.N., University of Southern Mississippi. 2003
- B.S.N., Mississippi University for Women, 2000
- A.S.N., Mississippi University for Women, 1998
Research Interests
Stallings' research focuses on understanding and improving self-management behaviors (i.e., diet, exercise, sleep, medication adherence, and stress management) of hypertension in African Americans. Her goal is to conduct community-based interventions to improve hypertension self-management in underserved populations. She is developing a hypertension self-management mobile health app called Pressure Points to assist with hypertension self-management and to improve hypertension disparities.
Publications and Media Placements
Honors and Awards
- Inducted as a Fellow into the American Academy of Nursing, (AAN), 2023
- St. Louis Magazine’s Excellence in Nursing Award - Leadership Category, Winner, 2022
- Exceptional Junior Faculty Publications for the SON, Scholarly Works Awards Recognition Ceremony, Nominee 2018
- St. Louis Magazine’s Excellence in Nursing - Educator Category, Finalist, 2018
- March of Dimes Nurse of the Year Award - Case Management/Public Health, Finalist, 2016
- St. Louis Mission Impact Award, Power to End Stroke Honoree for the American Heart Association, 2015
- Bronze Ambassador, Power to End Stroke Ambassador Achievement Award. American Heart Association, 2014
- Marion Bender Scholarship Award. Saint Louis University, 2007 - 2011
- Oral Comprehensive Exams Passed with Distinction. Saint Louis University, 2010
Professional Organizations and Associations
- Invited Position, National Committee Member-At-Large, Emergency Cardiovascular Care Committee, American Heart Association/American Stroke Association, 2018 - present
- Elected Position, Regional Coordinator for Region 5, Sigma (formerly Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society for Nursing), 2023 - present
- Invited Mentor, National Institute of Health, 2023 National Institute of Aging’s Healthy Aging Start-Up Challenge and Entrepreneurial Bootcamp, 2023 - present
- Board Member, IFM Community Medicine, St. Louis, MO, 2022 - present
- Member of the Board of Directors, Zeta Charitable Foundation for Xi Zeta Chapter of
Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc., St. Louis, MO, 2015 - present