Bio
Dr. Sandra Cesario, the PhD Program Coordinator and a tenured Professor in the College of Nursing at Texas Woman’s University in Houston, is a woman’s health specialist with 35 years of clinical, research, education, and policy development experience. She has provided care to women and newborns throughout the United States and internationally and was inducted as a Fellow in the American Academy of Nursing in 2008.
Dr. Cesario’s program of research centers on improving the practice of professional nursing care for women and newborns in the areas of ovarian cancer, management of labor and birth, newborn abandonment, and evidence-based practice. She is active in the Association of Women’s Health, Obstetric, and Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN) and several other professional nursing organizations.
As President of the Board of Directors for the Texas Medical Center Women’s Health Network, she is a political and community advocate for issues that impact the health of women. On a personal note, Dr. Cesario was the caregiver and advocate for her daughter who battled stage IV ovarian cancer for over 5 years.
Dr. Cesario’s program of research centers on improving the practice of professional nursing care for women and newborns in the areas of ovarian cancer, management of labor and birth, newborn abandonment, and evidence-based practice. She is active in the Association of Women’s Health, Obstetric, and Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN) and several other professional nursing organizations.
As President of the Board of Directors for the Texas Medical Center Women’s Health Network, she is a political and community advocate for issues that impact the health of women. On a personal note, Dr. Cesario was the caregiver and advocate for her daughter who battled stage IV ovarian cancer for over 5 years.
