~ RGVRC Affiliate Scholar ~

Annalyn DeMello, PhD, MPH, RN, CNE, is an assistant professor in the School of Nursing and adjunct professor at The Center for Violence Prevention and The School of Public and Population Health, all within The University of Texas Medical Branch. She is an alumnus of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Future of Nursing Scholars. With a blended background in public health and clinical care, her interdisciplinary research focuses on the psychosocial and behavioral sequela of firearm injury and rehabilitation among adolescents and young adults.

DeMello’s work has informed hospital-based strategies that address long-term health and safety, including behavioral interventions such as safe storage of firearms, clinician-led safety education, and increasing access to mental and behavioral support. She has co-authored position statements for the Texas Nurses Association and teaches population health at the School of Nursing. She mentors students from nursing, medical, and public health schools in firearm injury and violence prevention research and engages them in community efforts to improve social determinants of health.

DeMello graduated from the Cizik School of Nursing at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston with a bachelor of science in nursing; additionally, she received a bachelor of arts in government and Spanish from the University of Texas Austin. She earned a master of public health degree from Yale University and a PhD in nursing from The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston.