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About
Katrina Little, Ph.D., is an assistant professor in the Department of Nursing at Metropolitan State University of Denver. Her areas of focus are on education and health promotion amongst child-bearing and breastfeeding women in minority populations.
Little has 14 years of clinical experience as a registered nurse specializing in inpatient obstetrics caring and sharing in the low to high-risk birth experiences across the states of Texas, California and Colorado. She has over eight years of experience teaching as an affiliate faculty and full-time faculty. Little taught at University of Colorado School of Nursing and College America before joining MSU Denver in 2013. She transitioned to a full-time faculty in 2017. Little has held a variety of leadership roles in the community and professionally. Little is a member of the Women’s Health and Neonatal Leadership team and diversity chairman on St. Elizabeth’s Denver Episcopal Day School Parent Association Board.
Little received her Ph.D. in Educational Leadership and Administration from Hampton University, a master of science in nursing with a specialty in nursing education from Kaplan University in 2013, and a bachelor of science in nursing from Texas Christian University in 2003. She is a registered nurse in Colorado and California.
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Colorado needs health care workers. MSU Denver has a plan to provide them
The University is expanding its capacity to train more professionals in the field, and it’s asking the state legislature to help.
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As baby formula shortages persist, breastfeeding education gets a boost
A new lactation-training program at MSU Denver prepares students to support nursing moms.
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