
- Phone: (585) 276-9348
- Office: HWH 2W150
- Email: Mitchell Wharton
Mitchell J. Wharton, PhD, RN, FNP-BC, CNS, ACRN, AAHIVE
- Associate Professor of Clinical Nursing
Education
- Post Doctoral Fellowship in HIV Epidemiology and Prevention Sciences, 2018. Johns Hopkins University, Bloomberg School of Public Health. Baltimore, MD
Bio
Mitchell Wharton is an associate professor of clinical nursing and is the associate dean for equity and inclusion. Within the School of Nursing they teach in the Master’s Nurse Practitioner programs, serve as a faculty advisor for the student-led Leading with Integrity For Tomorrow (LIFT) program, and is an active member of the Interdisciplinary Sexual Health and HIV Research (INSHHR) group. A 2015 recipient of the School of Nursing’s Outstanding Scholarly Practitioner Award, Wharton maintains an active clinical practice in the Center for Perioperative Medicine at Strong Memorial Hospital and serves as the president-elect for the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care (ANAC).
Wharton’s research scholarship focuses on identifying asset based-modalities of HIV prevention and health maintenance in marginalized populations by examining the intersectionalities of age, race, sexual identity and behaviors, and human rights. They have received a Center for AIDS Research (CFAR) pilot award to examine the sexual oriented engagements with multiple networked technologies among young Black men who have sex with men.
Wharton earned a BSN and MSN from Widener University, and a PhD from the University of Rochester. They completed a post-doctoral fellowship in HIV Epidemiology and Prevention Sciences at The Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health.
Professional Experience
- Associate Professor of Clinical Nursing,
- University of Rochester School of Nursing, Rochester, NY, US. 2/2021 - Current
- Assistant Professor of Clinical Nursing,
- University of Rochester, School of Nursing, Rochester, NY, US. 7/2013 - 1/2021
- Leadership Education in Adolescent Health (LEAH) Fellow,
- University of Rochester, Department of Pediatrics, Adolescent Medicine Division (Adolescent Health), Rochester, NY. 2004 - 2005
Awards
- Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing
- American Academy of Nursing, 2023
- Dean's Appreciation Award
- University of Rochester School of Nursing, 2021
- Mary Dombeck Diversity Enhancement Faculty Award
- University of Rochester, School of Nursing, 2020
- Civillian Service Award
- Monroe County Sheriff's Office, 2020
- Outstanding Scholarly Practitioner
- University of Rochester School of Nursing, 2015
- Outstanding Dissertation Award
- Sigma Theta Tau International, Epsilon Xi Chapter, 2014
- Dr. Mark A. Colomb Emerging Young Leader Award
- 2014 National African American MSM Leadership Conference on HIV/AIDS and Other Health Disparities, 2014
- MOCHA Center Research Award
- The MOCHA Center, 2012
- Katherine M. Donohoe Scholarly Nurse Practitioner Award
- University of Rochester, School of Nursing, 2011
Presentations
- Developing Inclusive Excellence in Academic Nursing and the Nursing Workforce
- Kendra Barrier, Patricia Bradley, & Rolanda Johnson
- Transform 2022, America Association of Colleges of Nursing, 2022
- Chicago, Illinois
- Equity-Minded Pedagogy in Nursing Education
- Kristin Hocker
- AACN Diversity Symposium, America Association of Colleges of Nursing, 2022
- Black Men in STEM (virtual workshop)
- Michael Hopkins, Samuel Quaynor, Iverson Bell, Bertram Richardson, Kynon Jade Benjamin
- DPAC HBCU Mentoring Program, Morgan State University, 2022
- Ever-Present and Ever-Stronger: Honing our strengths as nurses to promote health equity.
- Widener University School of Nursing Homecoming Address, Widener University School of Nursing, 2022
- Staying Sexy in your 60’s and Beyond: Sexual Health and Wellness for Persons Aging with HIV.
- Treston, C., Kwong, J., Steilen, M., Dawson-Rose, C., & Wharton, M. J.
- 2022 International AIDS Conference, International AIDS Society, 2022
- Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Nurses at the intersection of healthcare and human rights.
- Treston, C., Kwong, J., Webbel, C., Dawson-Rose, C., Steillen, M., Fields, S., Wharton, M. J., & Phillips, C.
- 2018 International AIDS Conference, International AIDS Society, 2018
- Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Let’s Talk about Sex, Baby”: Cultivating desire in the field of HIV prevention.
- Collins, C., Lucas, J. P., Pickett, J., & Wharton, M. J.
- 2017 National African American MSM Leadership Conference on HIV/AIDS & Other Health Disparities, NAESM, 2017
- Dallas, Texas
- “You have to almost like be me to understand”: Young Black men who have sex with men’s emic strategies for maintaining an HIV-negative status.
- Wharton, M. J.
- 2016 International AIDS Conference,, International AIDS Society, 2016
- Durban, South Africa
- A deeper love: Developing more nuanced understandings of young black MSM’s sexual engagements of networked technologies.
- Brockenbrough, E., & Wharton, M. J.
- 2016 National African American MSM Leadership Conference on HIV/AIDS and other Health Disparities, NAESM, 2016
- Los Angeles, California
- Anal Health & MSM
- Collins, C., Cranston, R., Lucas, J. P., Wharton, M. J., & Carballo-Dieguez, A.
- 2015 United States Conference on AIDS, USCA, 2015
- Washington, District Of Columbia
- The provocative professor: Pornography as a tool for sex education and maintaining HIV-negative status among young Black men who have sex with men.
- Wharton, M. J., & Brockenbrough, E.
- 2014 National African American MSM Leadership Conference on HIV/AIDS and other Health Disparities, NAESM, 2015
- Atlanta, Georgia
- Measuring HIV knowledge among young Black MSM.
- Wharton, M. J., Fields, S. D., Harris, O. O., & Hoftender, M.
- 2014 National African American MSM Leadership Conference on HIV/AIDS and other Health Disparities, NAESM, 2015
- Atlanta, Georgia
Publications
- Akinbolue, D., Day, T., Raifman, J. Morgan, A., Mehta. S., Stewart, R. W., Wharton, M. J., & Arrington-Sanders, R. (2022). Qualitative exploration of PCPs’ mental health role for LGBT youth in Baltimore: a socio-ecological lens.. Journal of LGBT Youth. DOI: 10.1080/19361653.2022.2108534
- Alio, A.P., Wharton, M.J., & Fiscella, K. (2022). Structural Racism and Inequities in Access to Medicaid-Funded Quality Cancer Care in the United States. JAMA Network Open, 1 (5). PMID: 35838674 DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.22220
- Fields, S.D., Wharton, M.J., Ackerman-Barger, K., Lewis, L.M., Beard, K.V., (2022). The Rise of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Practitioners in Academic Nursing. Online Journal of Issues in Nursing, 27 (1). DOI: 10.3912/OJIN.Vol27No01Man03
- Wharton. M. J., Harris, O. O., Chapman Lambert, C., & LeGrand, S. (2021). "The More Things Change, the More Things Remain the Same": It's Time to Dismantle Structural Inequalities of Racism, Discrimination, and Health Disparities. Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care, 32 (4), 413-417. PMID: 34115721 DOI: 10.1097/JNC.0000000000000283
- Zhang, C., Wharton, M.J., Xue, Y., & LeBlanc, N. (2020). Understanding the evolving role of nurse practitioners in HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis care in the United States: a systematic review and meta-analysis. BMC Nursing, 19 (117). PMID: 33292201 PMCID: PMC7724856 DOI: 10.1186/s12912-020-00503-0
- Harris, O. O., Leblanc, N., McGee, K., Randolph, S., Wharton, J. M., & Relf, M. (2020). Alarm at the Gate – Health and Social Inequalities are Co-Morbid Conditions of HIV and COVID-19. Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care, 31 (4), 367-375. PMID: 32568762 PMCID: PMC8272948 DOI: 10.1097/JNC.0000000000000190
- Fields, S.D., Wharton, M. J., Marrero, A.I., Little, A., Pannell, K., Morgan, J.H. (2006). Internet chat rooms: connecting with a new generation of young men of color at risk for HIV infection who have sex with other men.. Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care, 17 (6), 53-60.
Projects
- Developing an evidence-based guide for capturing and evaluating structural racism against Black/African American populations affected by HIV in the United States"
University of Rochester
7/1/2023 - 6/30/2024
Role: Co-Investigator
PI: Chen Zhang - “Our Lives Matter”: Exploring the Impact of COVID- 19 on Black/African American and Latino Sexual Minority Men’s Access to HIV Prevention and Treatment Services, Resources Security, and Vaccination Acceptance and Uptake
Center for AIDS Research, University of California, San Francisco
9/1/2022 - 12/31/2022
Role: Co-Investigator, New York Site PI
PI: Orlando Harris, PhD, MPH