Charlotte A Weiss

Charlotte Weiss, PhD, MSN, ACNP is an early nurse investigator and previous NRSA Post Doctoral Fellow of NewCourtland Center of Health and Transitions at the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing. Her program of research intersects creative arts and qualitative methods to improve the emotional and social well-being of family caregivers of older adults living with chronic and serious illness. Trained as a Caritas Coach by nurse theorist Dr. Jean Watson, Dr. Weiss operates from a holistic lens and an interconnected unified worldview. She desires to incorporate community-engaged research approaches into her research with underserved populations of patient-family caregiver dyads in palliative care spaces.

Education

PhD in Caring Science- Nursing Science , University of Colorado, Denver Anschutz Medical Campus
MSN, Acute Care Nurse Practitioner, University of Southern Indiana
BSN in Nursing Science, Oral Roberts University

Specialization in Teaching

Teaching Certificate and completion of the Nurse Teaching Fellowship at the University of Colorado

Research Interests

Older adults with chronic or serious illnesses, caregivers and care partners, palliative care, emotional and social well-being, qualitative research methodologies, art-based research methods, caring science

Professional Service

Member of the Gerontological Society of America
Member of the International Association of Human Caring
Member of the American Society of Aging
Member of the Southern Nursing Research Society
Peer Reviewer for multiple Peer-reviewed journals including:
Geriatric Nursing
Cancer Nursing
Alzheimer’s and Dementia
Qualitative Inquiry
Journal of Cancer Survivorship

Honors & Awards

2025 AGING Initiative Multiple Chronic Conditions Scholar