Cassandra Ford, PhD, MSN, MBA, RNAssistant Professor
205.348.9933
ford039@bama.ua.edu
Dr. Ford earned a BSN from Alcorn State
University, an MSN and MBA from
The University of Alabama, and a PhD in Nursing Science from The
University of Illinois at Chicago. She is a charter member of Sigma Theta Tau International
Honor Society of Nursing, Tau Eta Chapter. Professional memberships include
American Nurses Association, American Association of Critical Care Nurses,
Southern Nursing Research Society, and the International Society on Hypertension
in Blacks. Her primary research interest is hypertension in rural, southern
African American women.