Hayley Estrem: PhD, MSN, RN, Assistant Professor
A registered nurse since 2002, Dr. Hayley Estrem’s primary research interests are to improve family-centered care for children with feeding problems and/or developmental disabilities. Estrem earned her MSN-NE from Duke University in 2009 and her PhD in 2015 from UNC-Chapel Hill. Her research interests combine measure development, multi-method integration, and family-centered care for infants and children with special health care needs. Her dissertation consisted of three studies: the concept of feeding problems as available in the literature, how parents perceive the concept of feeding problems and a description of how families manage caring for children pediatric feeding disorder.
Since 2009, Estrem been a member of the Feeding Flock, an interdisciplinary research team with a mission to partner with families to nurture young children with feeding difficulties. With the Feeding Flock team, she develops psychometrically sound measures. These measures are essential building blocks for a foundation of evidence-based and patient and family-centered care for children with pediatric feeding disorder.
Education
- 2016-2018, NICHD T32 Postdoctoral Training Fellow, Carolina Consortium on Human Development
- 2015-2016, Postdoctoral Training, Duke University School of Nursing
- 2015, PhD Nursing, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Nursing with 2009-2011 NINR T32 Predoctoral Fellowship
- 2009, MSN-NE, Duke University School of Nursing
- 2002, BSN, Truman State University
Research Interests
- Family Research
- Measure Development
- Mixed Methods
- Family Management of Pediatric Feeding
Community Engagement
- Feeding Matters, Research Pillar Chair
- International Family Nursing Association
- International Pediatric Association of Feeding & Swallowing
- North Carolina Infant/Young Child Mental Health Association (NCIMHA)
- Sigma Theta Tau
- Southern Nursing Research Society
