Kadeeja Murrell
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Mail code: 3020Campus: Phoenix
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Student Information
Graduate StudentNursing and Healthcare Innovation
Edson Col of Nurs & Hlth Innov
Kadeeja Murrell is a fourth-year Ph.D. candidate in Nursing and Health Innovation at Arizona State University. Her research centers on maternal health equity, examining how Black women experience safety, respect, and support in perinatal care. She has led multiple qualitative and community-engaged studies examining women’s health, HIV prevention, and physical activity promotion. Her work has resulted in first-author publications in leading journals such as the Journal of Midwifery & Women’s Health and the Maternal and Child Health Journal. Kadeeja’s dissertation explores the construct of social safety in maternal healthcare settings and the development of a measurement instrument to assess it.
Maternal Health, Patient-Centered Outcomes, Health Disparities, Health Equity
Murrell, KS. & Robillard, A. G. (under review). Safe to deliver: Black women’s perceptions of social safety in perinatal healthcare settings. Journal of Racial and Ethnic Disparities.
Robillard, A. G., Manis, D. R., Daniels, J., & Murrell, K. (2025). Population-level trends and determinants of HIV testing among U.S. women reporting HIV risk behavior from 2016 to 2020: A repeated cross-sectional study. The Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care: JANAC. 36(5), 502-516. https://doi.org/10.1097/JNC.0000000000000546
Murrell, KS. & Joseph, RP. (2025). Preconception physical activity and maternal health outcomes: An integrative review of studies from 2016–2025. Maternal and Child Health Journal, 29(7), 857-869. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10995-025-04086-7
Murrell, KS. & Fleury, J. (2024). Social safety for Black women in perinatal health care: A concept analysis. Journal of Midwifery & Women's Health, 69(5), 767–777. https://doi.org/10.1111/jmwh.13642
Hoehing, KN., Murrell, KS., Fitzpatrick, RA., Keteyian, SJ., Zuhl, MN., & Nelson, RK. (2023). Facemask use during graded exercise testing in the COVID-19 pandemic: Minimal concern. Journal of Clinical Exercise Physiology, 12(1), 18-21. https://doi.org/10.31189/2165-6193-12.1.18
Murrell, KS., Jayaraman RC., Iheduru-Anderson, K. (2022). Identifying and removing barriers from Black women in cardiac rehabilitation settings. International Journal of Health Sciences, 10(1), 47-60.
Murrell, KS. Safe to deliver: Understanding Black women’s perceptions of social safety in perinatal healthcare settings. Oral presentation at American Public Health Association Annual Conference. Washington DC. 2025
Murrell, KS. From voices to validation: A qualitative assessment to inform the development of an instrument measuring social safety in Black maternal healthcare. Poster presented at Research Scholars Day at Arizona State University. Phoenix, Arizona. 2025.
Robillard, A. & Murrell, KS.* (2025). Exploring the feasibility of a storytelling social-media driven intervention to promote HIV testing and PrEP among Black women in the South. American Academy of Health Behavior Annual Scientific Meeting, San Diego, CA. 2025. (Invited Lightning Talk)
Murrell, KS., Segosebe, K., Robillard, A. A ‘community-built’ film to promote HIV testing in Black women: A pilot study of story characteristics and reported likelihood of HIV testing. Poster presented at the American Public Health Association Annual Conference. Minneapolis, Minnesota. 2024.
Murrell, KS., Segosebe, K., Robillard, A. Narrative characteristics of a culture-centric film to promote HIV testing among Black women: A pilot study. Poster presented at Research Scholars Day at Arizona State University. Phoenix, Arizona. 2024.
Murrell, KS. Patient-provider race concordance and maternal health outcomes. Poster presented at the Western Institute of Nursing Annual Conference. Tucson, AZ. 2023.
Murrell, KS. Identifying and removing barriers from Black women in cardiac rehabilitation settings. Poster presented at Society of Behavioral Medicine Annual Meeting. Phoenix, AZ. 2023.
Murrell, KS., Jayaraman RC., Iheduru-Anderson, K. Identifying and removing barriers from Black women in cardiac rehabilitation settings. Poster presented at Baylor College of Medicine's Annual Health Equity Summer Research Symposium, Whova Virtual Conference. 2022.