About Cathy Koetting
Dr. Koetting earned her Ph.D. in Nursing from Dusquesne University in 2021 and her Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) from Case Western Reserve in 2010. She is dually certified as both a Family and Pediatric Nurse Practitioner and has been in practice since 2006. Dr. Koetting has been teaching in academia since 2003 and has taught in both undergraduate and graduate nursing curriculums. Her research focuses on health outcomes in people with intellectual disabilities; particularly those who experience adverse life events and chronic illness. She has received grant funding for her research regarding the education of nursing students in Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT), and her research has been published in several peer-reviewed nursing journals. Dr. Koetting is a member of the editorial board for the Journal of Forensic Nursing along with active membership in the International Association of Forensic Nurses, St. Louis Nurses in Advanced Practice, and the International Society of Nurses in Genomics.