Tracey Yap PhD, RN, WCC, CNE, FGSA, FAAN

Tracey L Yap, PhD, RN, WCC, CNE, FGSA, FAAN, is an associate professor in the Duke University School of Nursing. The overarching goal of her research is to improve the quality of care delivered by nursing staff to older adults, regardless of setting, and she aims to advance nursing’s ability to improve health care outcomes by increasing the mobility/movement of individuals through nursing’s use of cueing approaches, such as reminder messages and behavioral alerts. She has had research grant funding by Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, National Institute of Nursing Research, National Institute of Safety and Health, and The John A. Hartford Foundation. In recognition of her accomplishments, she was inducted into the American Academy of Nursing as a Fellow in 2015, and into the Gerontological Society of America as a Fellow in 2018. In 2019 she received the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE).