Mount Sinai’s Translational Research and Implementation Science for Nurses (TRAIN) program supports Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) students from disadvantaged backgrounds to become experts in translating research into clinical practice.

Learn more about the 2025 TRAIN program cohort participants below.

Keisha Burrell, RN, MSN, FNP-BC
New York, NY
Family Nurse Practitioner, SUNY University of Buffalo,
Medical-Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner, NYC Health + Hospitals/Woodhull
Mentor: Milla Arabadjian, PhD, FNP-BC, RN

Selamawit Gebrezghi, MSN, FNP-c
Santa Rosa, CA
Executive Leadership, Johns Hopkins University
Emergency Nurse Practitioner, Kaiser Permanente
Mentor: Jessica Draughon Moret, PhD, RN 

Nickisha Mortimer, MS, RN
New York, NY
Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner, Columbia University
Licensed Practical Nurse, Visiting Nurse Service of New York
Mentor: Ruth Masterson Creber, PhD, MSc, RN, FAAN, FAHA

Crystal Tucker, BSN, PMH-RN-BC
Charlotte, NC
Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner, Gardner Webb University
Registered Nurse, Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center
Mentor: Billy A. Caceres, PhD, RN, FAHA, FAAN, FPCNA

Tanmaiyee Vaddepati, MSN, MPH, RN
Boston, MA
Family Nurse Practitioner, Boston College
Patient Care Associate II, Newton-Wellesley Hospital
Mentor: Alex Federman, MD, MPH