Timian M Godfrey

Biography

Dr. Timian Godfrey is a member of the Navajo Nation and belongs to the Red Bottom clan with her maternal grandfather being from the Salt clan. Dr. Godfrey graduated from the Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing Doctor of Nursing Practice-Executive program in 2019, and simultaneously attained certification in American Indian Health from the Center for Indigenous Health at the Bloomberg School of Public Health. Currently, she is an Associate Clinical Professor at the University of Arizona College of Nursing in the Family Nurse Practitioner-DNP program. Dr. Godfrey has more than 20 years of health care experience working as a certified nursing assistant, emergency medical technician, registered nurse, and now as a nurse practitioner. In addition to her work in academia, Dr. Godfrey also works as a nurse practitioner with TribalHealth, an emergency medicine leadership company that works exclusively with government and tribal health programs. A primary motivation to pursue a nursing career is her personal conviction in Hózhó , a Navajo holistic belief that health and well-being for all living things results in physical and spiritual beauty, harmony and goodness. It is often said that one must "walk in beauty." Dr. Godfrey believes this statement aligns with the mission of nursing.

Dr. Godfrey is a strong advocate for increasing the presence of underrepresented peoples in health science professions and creating equitable academic opportunities for students from historically marginalized populations. At the University of Arizona, she is the current PI for two federal grants aiming to diversity the nursing workforce and increase the presence of Native American nurses working in tribal communities. Additionally, she is a PhD candidate at Arizona State University with a focus on community-engaged research methods to advance the health priorities of tribal communities. She is also the faculty mentor for the American Indian Health- Arizona Health Education Center to develop education opportunities in health sciences with tribal communities in Arizona. Dr. Godfrey’s work aligns with the ethos that collaborative efforts with our communities are the way to address many of the nation's most pressing health issues.

Degrees

• Public Health-American Indian Health Public Health
• Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
• DNP Nursing
• Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
• The Effects of a Culturally-Adapted Diabetes Self-Management Education Program among American Indian Adults with Type 2 Diabetes Identified in the Emergency Department.
• M.S.N. Family Nurse Practitioner
• University of Nevada Las Vegas, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
• B.S.N. Nursing
• Southern Utah University, Cedar City, Utah, United States

Awards

• Rising Star
• Sigma Theta Tau International Nursing Research Congress, Summer 2024
• Western Academy of Nursing Fellow
• Western Institute of Nursing, Spring 2024
• American Association of Colleges of Nursing Health Policy Scholar
• Arizona State University, Spring 2023
• Dushan Komnenich PhD Scholarship
• Arizona State University, Spring 2023
• Fabulous 50
• Tucson Nurses Foundation, Spring 2023
• Distinguished Recent Graduate Award
• Johns Hopkins University Alumni Association, Fall 2021
• Inclusive Leadership Scholar
• University of Arizona, Fall 2021
• Arizona State Award for Excellence
• The American Association of Nurse Practitioners, Spring 2021
• Edson College of Nursing and Health Innovation Graduate Fellowship
• Arizona State University, Spring 2021
• Arizona State University Edson College of Nursing and Health Innovation, Fall 2020
• The DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nursing Faculty
• The DAISY Foundation, Spring 2021 (Award Nominee)
• Native Research Ambassador Program Scholar
• University of Kansas American Indian Health Research and Education Alliance, Fall 2019
• Southern Utah University Young Alumnus of the Year
• Southern Utah University Alumni Association, Fall 2019
• The National Center for American Indian Enterprise Development Top 40 Under 40
• The National Center for American Indian Enterprise Development, Fall 2019
• Elizabeth A. Sackler Scholar
• Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health- Center for American Indian Health, Summer 2018
• Jonas Veterans Healthcare Scholar
• Jonas Philanthropies, Spring 2018
• Nurse Leadership Executive Mentorship Award
• Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing, Spring 2018