Expertise
Family Nurse Practitioner, Preventative Healthcare
Research Interests
Preventative healthcare: colorectal cancer screening, sexual wellness and disease prevention.
Education
- Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP): University of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire
- Master of Science in Nursing (MSN): Family Nurse Practitioner, Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi, Texas
- Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN): Registered Nurse, Laurentian University, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
Biosketch
Tania Centra is a Clinical Assistant Professor, Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN) and a Family Nurse Practitioner, certified (FNP-C) by the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners. Her nursing career began in 1993 at a children's hospital in Texas. After completing her MSN - FNP Program, she has worked in pediatric primary care, rural medicine, college health and academia. As a DNP student, she completed a scholarly project to improve colorectal cancer screening rates within an Federally Qualified Health Center in Manchester, New Hampshire.
Tania works per diem as a nurse practitioner in college health and a publicly funded sexual wellness clinic in Nashua, New Hampshire..
Selected Publications
- Centra, T. & Fogg, C. (2023). Addressing barriers to colorectal cancer screening in a federally qualified health center. Journal of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners. 35(7):p 415-424, July 2023. DOI: 10.1097/JXX.0000000000000828.
Selected Presentations
- Addressing Barriers to Colorectal Cancer Screening - We Need to Talk About It. Northern New England Nurse Practitioner Conference. April 2024 - Bretton Woods.
- Addressing Barriers to Colorectal Cancer Screening in a Federally Qualified Health Center: A Quality Improvement Project. DNP Scholarly Symposium, May 18, 2022 – University of New Hampshire, Durham.