Twila Sterling-Guillory, PhD,RN, FNP-BC 
- Assistant Professor
- McNeese State University
College of Nursing
P. O. Box 90415
Lake Charles, LA 70609-0415 - PHONE: (337) 475-5542
- EMAIL:tsterling@mcneese.edu
Education
- PhD Southern University
- M.S.N. McNeese State University
- B.S.N. McNeese State University
Licensure and Board Certifications
- Louisiana State Board of Nursing – Registered Nurse and Advanced Practice Registered Nurse
- Family Nurse Practitioner – American Nurses Credentialing Center
Academic Positions
- Assistant Professor, McNeese State University
Professional Affiliations
- Sigma Theta Tau International
- National League of Nursing
Areas of Research Interest
- Overweight and Obesity in African American Adolescents
Selected Publications & Presentations
- Podium Presentation: (August 10, 2012) (TRIP) The Relationship of Dietary Patterns, Physical, Self-Perception and HRQOL among normal weight and overweight African American Female Adolescents living in Souyhwest Louisiana
- Podium Presentation: (April 19, 2012) Academic Summit on Service Learning-FYI UR BMI is PDI (For your Information your BMI is pretty darn important)
- Poster Presentation: (February 23, 2012) SNRS- The Relationship of Dietary Patterns, Physical, Self-Perception and HRQOL among normal weight and overweight African American Female Adolescents living in Southwest Louisiana
- Faculty Colloquia Presentation: (January 28, 2010 ) Recruitment and Retention of high School Seniors into Nursing in Calcasieu Parish
- Poster Presentation: (April 30, 2010) Louisiana State Nurse AssociationDual Enrollment as A Strategy to Recruit Nursing Students
- Poster Presentation: (April 3, 2009) Research Symposium Southern University Assessing Physical Activity in Obese Adolescents: Review of Literature
Selected Funded Projects and Research
- Dual Enrollment as a Strategy to Recruit and Retain Nursing Students (with A.Warner, R. Riley), Johnson & Johnson, 2008
- Pinnacle Award- FYI UR BMI IS PDI Associate Degree Nursing students involved in educating African American female adolescents about BMI, nutrition, and the consequences. Service Learning Project, 2011
