Sheila M Gephart

Dr. Sheila Gephart, PhD, RN, FWAN, FAAN is a Nurse Scientist with expertise in informatics, necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC), and implementation science. Her work started in the NICU when she was working at the bedside as a nurse and was troubled by the sudden development of NEC in a cluster of preterm infants. She developed and has refined a tool for NEC risk recognition called GutCheckNEC. She has worked with parent and clinical stakeholders to create a toolkit called "NEC-Zero."  She has also worked in informatics, focused on clinical decision support, predictive modeling, and technology burden. She is currently refining GutCheckNEC and using telehealth delivered mentoring (Project ECHO) to improve adoption of NEC prevention practices in the U.S. She enjoys working students across all levels, mentoring junior colleagues and service-leading across the university.