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Welcome Dr. Pernell!
Please join us in welcoming Assistant Professor, Brandi McClain Pernell, DNP, to the Department of Pediatrics and the division of Pediatric Hematology & Oncology.
Brandi McClain Pernell, DNP, joins us from Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, TN. Dr. Pernell earned her undergraduate degree in nursing from Tennessee State University. She received a Master of Science in Nursing from Vanderbilt University and UAB. She earned her Doctorate of Nursing Practice & Nursing Education from Johns Hopkins University. Her research interests include clinical and translational research in children with sickle cell disease with and without comorbid pulmonary complications.
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