The future of nursing is here.
Emily Barr, PhD, RN, CPNP-PC, CNM, ACRN, FACNM, FAAN
Associate Professor
ADDRESS:
School of Nursing
University at Buffalo
301 B Wende Hall
Buffalo, NY 14214-8013
PHONE: 716-829-3231
EMAIL: ebarr@buffalo.edu
Emily Barr, PhD, RN, CPNP-PC, CNM, ACRN, FACNM, FAAN, a pediatric nurse practitioner and a certified nurse midwife, is an associate professor in the University at Buffalo School of Nursing. A Rochester, NY, native, she earned her bachelor’s degree in communication from Cornell University and later completed her master’s in nursing at Yale University, specializing in pediatric chronic illness care, and her PhD at the University of Colorado. Her early work with infants and young children living with HIV continues to shape her scholarship, clinical focus and national service.
Barr is a Fellow of the American College of Nurse Midwives and the American Academy of Nursing and a recipient of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care’s Researcher/HIV Impact Award. She also earned the 2025 Shirley A. Smoyak Article of the Year Award from the Journal of Psychosocial Nursing and Mental Health Services for a systematic review conducted with her graduate students, which led to an invitation to join the journal’s Executive Editorial Board.
Her humanities scholarship includes essays in AIDS and The Paris Review. She serves as associate faculty with the McGovern Center for Humanities and Ethics, where she teaches ethics and develops modules examining the early HIV pandemic, Hurricane Katrina and COVID-19.
A Yale CARES Fellow, Barr expands evidence-informed strategies in health equity, perinatal HIV and the use of simulation to teach bias in health care. Nationally, she serves on the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care Board of Directors, co-authored ANAC’s position statement on breastfeeding and chestfeeding for people with HIV, and contributes to CITYMATCH task forces addressing congenital syphilis and perinatal HIV. She also supports children with serious medical conditions through the Roundup River Ranch medical advisory board.
- PhD, University of Colorado
- Certificate, Nursing Education, University of Colorado
- Certificate, Caritas Coach Educational Program, University of Colorado
- Post-Master’s Certificate, Nurse Midwifery, SUNY Stony Brook
- MS, Nursing, Yale University
- BS, Cornell University
- HIV Across the Lifespan
- Maternal, adolescent, pediatric, and menopausal experiences of HIV, including prevention, engagement, well-being and health outcomes.
- Telehealth Innovations for HIV and Chronic Illness
- Digital tools and virtual care models that improve access, continuity and culturally aligned support for individuals and families affected by HIV and other chronic conditions.
- Breastfeeding with HIV
- Lactation, infant feeding decision-making, tele-lactation support, and autonomy-centered, evidence-based care.
- Building Trust Through Caring Science
- Relational trust, transition models, intellectual humility and unitary caring approaches that strengthen patient–provider relationships.
Barr, E. A., Lambert, C. C., Picou, B., Chandler, R., & Beach, R. (2025). Association of Nurses in AIDS Care position on breastfeeding and chestfeeding: Ensuring equity, autonomy, access, and respect in HIV-related infant feeding decisions. Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care, 36(6), 690–692. https://doi.org/10.1097/JNC.0000000000000585
Barr, E. A., & Horton-Deutsch, S. (2025). The trust-link relational transition model: A unitary caring framework for youth with HIV transitioning to adult healthcare. Journal of Advanced Nursing. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1111/jan.70131
Barr, E. A., Momin, R. P., Qian, Q., Beach, R., Lingwall, M., Paul, M. E., Armitage, H., Wu, H., & Giordano, T. P. (2025). Telehealth care for adolescents and young adults with HIV: Practices and perspectives from a national mixed-methods study of U.S. HIV care providers. medRxiv. Preprint. https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.08.11.25333436
Morrow, L. M., Barr, E. A., Grossi, E., Pillai, V. K., Kight, K. A., Wright, E. B., Turner, R. P., & Swatzyna, R. J. (2025). Identifying neuroinflammation: The diagnostic potential of spindling excessive beta in the EEG. Clinical EEG and Neuroscience. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/15500594251376475
Picou, B. J., Duroseau, B., Albright, N., & Barr, E. A. (2025). Beyond hot flashes: Centering lived experience in menopause and HIV. Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care, 36(6), 585–589. https://doi.org/10.1097/JNC.0000000000000599
- Robert Langford Early-Stage Investigator Award, Texas CFAR, 2025
- CARES Scholar (Comprehensive Advancement in Research Education and Training for Social Determinants of Health), Yale School of Nursing, 2025
- Fellow, American College of Nurse-Midwives, 2024
- Fellow, American Academy of Nursing, 2023
- Researcher of the Year (International Award), Association of Nurses in AIDS Care, 2022
- Research Impact Award, Association of Nurses in AIDS Care, 2022
- National Award for Excellence in Service to the Pediatric HIV/AIDS Cohort Study, PHACS National Network, 2022
- Alumni Teaching Award, University of Colorado, 2020
- Excellence in Study Management and Leadership Award, PHACS National Network, 2019
- Nurse Educator Award, ANA Colorado Council on Nursing Education, 2019–2020
- National Award for Highest Enrolling Domestic Site, IMPAACT Network, 2017–2019
- International Award, IMPAACT Network, 2018
- Innovation in Regulatory Organization and Tracking Award, CREST Program, 2018
- Outstanding Site Award (Best Performing Site), PHACS National Network/University of Colorado, 2014
- Pillar Award for Outstanding Achievement, Children’s Hospital Colorado, 2014
- Lagniappe National Award, PHACS National Network, 2011
- Site Performance Award for Best Site, PHACS National Network, 2011
- Barbara Anne Quarantillo Senior Instructor with Distinction Award, University of Colorado, 2009
- DAISY Award for Excellence in Nursing, Children’s Hospital Colorado, 2006
- Executive Editorial Board Member, Journal of Medical Humanities, 2024–present
- Member-at-Large, IMPAACT Brain and Mental Health Scientific Committee, 2024–present
- Director-at-Large, Association of Nurses in AIDS Care Board of Directors, 2024–2027
- Member, PHACS National Women’s Health Cohort Committee, 2017–present
- Member, PHACS National COVID Task Force Working Group, 2020–present
- Member, Pediatric Nurse Practitioner National Taskforce, 2022–present
- Member, CDC CityMatCH Task Force on Eliminating Perinatal HIV/Syphilis, 2024–present
- Co-chair, Association of Nurses in AIDS Care Houston Chapter Research Committee, 2023–present
- Member, MD Anderson UTHealth Population Health Initiative, 2022–present
- Member, MD Anderson UTHealth Population Health Initiative SDOH Research Group, 2024–present
- Volunteer Instructor, McGovern Center for Humanities and Ethics, 2023–present
- Member, Roundup River Ranch Medical Advisory Board, 2007–present
- Member, American Nurses Association
- Member, Watson Caring Science Institute
- Member, National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners
- Member, Association of Nurses in AIDS Care and Houston Gulf Coast Chapter
- Member, Sigma Theta Tau International
- Member, American College of Nurse-Midwives
- Member, Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine
- Member, American Academy of Nursing
- Member, American Academy of HIV Medicine
- Member, International Association of Human Caring
- Member, Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine