Elizabeth Kostas-Polston, PhD, Aprn

Elizabeth A. Kostas-Polston, PhD, APRN, WHNP-BC, FAANP, FAAN, is a United States Air Force Veteran; Associate Professor of Nursing at the Daniel K. Inouye Graduate School of Nursing at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda MD; a board-certified women's health nurse practitioner at Holy Cross Hospital, Germantown, Maryland; and a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Nurse Faculty Scholar alumna. She received her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Arizona State University...See more

Elizabeth A. Kostas-Polston, PhD, APRN, WHNP-BC, FAANP, FAAN, is a United States Air Force Veteran; Associate Professor of Nursing at the Daniel K. Inouye Graduate School of Nursing at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda MD; a board-certified women's health nurse practitioner at Holy Cross Hospital, Germantown, Maryland; and a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Nurse Faculty Scholar alumna. She received her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Arizona State University, a Master of Science in Nursing with specialization in women's health (obstetrics, gynecology, and primary care of women) from the University of Florida, and a doctor of philosophy from Loyola University Chicago. Over the last 38 years, her clinical practice, scholarly activities, and leadership have impacted women's health---both within and outside of the U.S. Department of Defense. In her research role, Dr. Kostas-Polston's innovative scholarship is focused on enhancing military women's health and warfare capability through the development of innovative technologies designed to support and maintain urogenital health and operational readiness. She also works to effectively translate new knowledge to inform novel approaches to health promotion and infectious disease prevention in our nation's female warfighters when serving in austere environments across the globe. She has received funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH)/National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR); the Department of Defense (DoD); the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation; Sigma Theta Tau International (STTI) Nursing Honor Society; and the Faye G. Abdellah Center for Military and Federal Health Research Endowment. The primary aim of Dr. Kostas-Polston's clinical practice is to improve the health of women across the life space and their families. Toward this end, she works with others interested in the development of health promotion and disease-prevention strategies, evidence-based clinical guidelines, and health policy. She is a Fellow and the Immediate Past-Chair of the American Academy of Nursing's Women's Health Expert Panel. See less