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.
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
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.