Assistant Professor
East Carolina University College of Nursing
Graduate Department
3122 Health Sciences Building
Mail Stop 162
Greenville,
NC
USA
27858-4353
kovarc15@ecu.edu
Biographical Sketch:
2015-present-Assistant Professor, Graduate Department, East Carolina University, College of Nursing, Greenville, NC
2007-2015 - Family Planning/Reproductive Health State Nurse Consultant, NC Division of Public Health, Women's Health Branch, Raleigh, NC
Serve as a medical accuracy reviewer for the Office of Adolescent Health's PREP (Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program) curricula (2009-present)
Served on the Infertility Prevention Program (IPP) Advisory Board for Region IV as the FP representative (2008-2013)
Author or co--author of 3 peer reviewed articles related to adolescent high risk behaviors including STDs
Numerous poster and oral presentations at national conferences, including the 2012 National STD Prevention conference. Poster presentation - The adoption of vaginal CT/GC kits in the family planning and STD clinics in North Carolina