Temple University cherry "T" logo

Barnett College of Public Health

Search Keywords

Krista Schroeder

Profile Picture of Krista Schroeder

Krista Schroeder

  • Barnett College of Public Health

    • Nursing

      • Associate Professor

Biography

Dr. Krista Schroeder (she/her) is a tenured Associate Professor of Nursing at Temple University College of Public Health and a Burn ICU nurse at Temple University Hospital. Her career is dedicated to advancing health equity via trauma-informed, healing-centered nursing care.

She completed a PhD and NIH-funded predoctoral fellowship at Columbia University, followed by an NIH-funded T32 postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Pennsylvania. Earlier in her career, she led a program of externally funded research examining how adversity, social conditions, and healthcare experiences shape health and health equity across the lifespan.

Today, she focuses on translating that evidence into real-world impact through equity-focused nursing education and sustained clinical practice in a safety-net hospital. Complementing her scholarly work, Dr. Schroeder has more than a decade of critical care experience across burn, trauma, medical, surgical, cardiac, and neurosciences intensive care units at Level I trauma centers serving urban communities.

Through her role as both educator and clinician, she prepares future nurses to deliver evidence-based, compassionate care and equips them to address the social, structural, and clinical factors that shape health, healing, and well-being.

Curriculum Vitae 

Google Scholar: Krista Schroeder's Google Scholar profile

Courses Taught

Number

Name

Level

NURS 8201

Health Indices of Urban Populations in Primary Healthcare

Graduate

Selected Publications

Recent

  • Schroeder, K. (2026). Comment on: The impact of psychological trauma on weight loss, psychosocial functioning, and psychopathology in bariatric and metabolic surgery candidates: a systematic review. Surg Obes Relat Dis, 22(7), e21-e22. United States. 10.1016/j.soard.2026.03.023

  • Robinson, T.J., Kazokas, C., Campbell, A., Deb, A., Minor, S., Owusu, A., Schroeder, K., & Tabb, L.P. (2026). Developing a county-level cardiovascular health score utilizing the American heart Association's Life's essential 8 framework: How important is the geographic patterning of cardiovascular health across US counties? Public Health, 254, 106236. Netherlands. 10.1016/j.puhe.2026.106236

  • Sinko, L., Baehr, L.A., Murray, E.H., Kobulsky, J., Mcloughlin, G.M., Schroeder, K., & Schumacher, L.M. (2026). Fostering Responsible Conduct of Research for Early-Stage Investigators: Challenges and Opportunities. Health Promot Pract, 27(2), 200-204. United States. 10.1177/15248399241278966

  • McClellan, L., Emezue, C.N., Reed, M., Schroeder, K., & Ruppar, T. (2026). Go-Along Virtual INTERview (GVIv): A Novel Nurse-Led Qualitative Method for Exploring Neighborhood Lived Experience and Health. Glob Qual Nurs Res, 13, 23333936261448868. United States. 10.1177/23333936261448868

  • DuBois, T.D., Lynch, S.M., Banks, J., Sarwer, D.B., & Schroeder, K. (2025). Associations Between Neighborhood Environment, Childhood Adversity, and Cancer Risk: A Geospatial Analysis. Cancer Med, 14(21), e71331. United States. 10.1002/cam4.71331

  • Francis, L., Peterson, J.K., Peary, A., Estrada-Ibarra, E., Russell, N.G., & Schroeder, K. (2025). Nurse-Involved Policy, Systems, and Environmental School-Based Interventions for Supporting Healthy Nutrition and Obesity Prevention Among Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Review. J Sch Nurs, 41(1), 5-35. United States. 10.1177/10598405241288538

  • Schroeder, K., Sinko, L., Ibrahim, J., & Sarwer, D.B. (2024). Supporting student learning and development through trauma-informed campuses. J Am Coll Health, 72(9), 3681-3689. United States. 10.1080/07448481.2023.2187647

  • Schroeder, K., Dumenci, L., Day, S.E., Konty, K., Noll, J.G., Henry, K.A., Suglia, S.F., Wheeler, D.C., Argenio, K., & Sarwer, D.B. (2024). The Association Between a Neighborhood Adverse Childhood Experiences Index and Body Mass Index Among New York City Youth. Child Obes, 20(8), 598-610. United States. 10.1089/chi.2024.0215

  • Skiendzielewski, K., Forke, C.M., Sarwer, D.B., Noll, J.G., Wheeler, D.C., Henry, K.A., & Schroeder, K. (2024). The intersection of adverse childhood experiences and neighborhood determinants of health: An exploratory spatial analysis. Psychol Trauma, 16(Suppl 1), S125-S132. United States. 10.1037/tra0001320

  • Kobulsky, J., Schroeder, K., Schuler, B., Patrick, E.L., Lang, Y., & Wu, J. (2024). Developmental timing of child maltreatment in relation to obesity and substance use disorder in late adolescence. Psychol Violence, 14(1), 24-33. United States. 10.1037/vio0000495

  • McCabe, E.M., Kaskoun, J., Bennett, S., Meadows-Oliver, M., & Schroeder, K. (2024). Addressing School Connectedness, Belonging, and Culturally Appropriate Care for Newly Immigrated Students and Families. J Pediatr Health Care, 38(2), 233-239. United States. 10.1016/j.pedhc.2023.10.001

  • Schroeder, K., Young, A., Adman, G., Ashmeade, A.M., Bonas, E., Day, S.E., & Konty, K. (2023). The Association of School Nurse Workload With Student Health and Academic Outcomes: A Cross-Sectional Study. J Sch Nurs, 39(4), 305-312. United States. 10.1177/10598405211012957

  • Sinko, L., Heuer, B., Johnson, L., Brown, J., Heron, K., Lehigh, M., Gresko, S., Dickey, S., Teichman, B., & Schroeder, K. (2023). Building a culture of healing to support nurse faculty and staff well-being in the aftermath of COVID-19. Nurs Open, 10(5), 2700-2702. United States. 10.1002/nop2.1584

  • Schroeder, K., Forke, C.M., Noll, J.G., Wheeler, D.C., Henry, K.A., & Sarwer, D.B. (2022). The association between adverse childhood experiences, neighborhood greenspace, and body mass index: A cross-sectional study. Prev Med Rep, 29, 101915. United States. 10.1016/j.pmedr.2022.101915

  • Sinko, L., Montgomery, T., Terhaar, M., & Schroeder, K. (2022). Situating nursing science and public health within a shared context. Public Health Nurs, 39(5), 1065-1069. United States. 10.1111/phn.13093

  • Schroeder, K., Dumenci, L., Sarwer, D.B., Noll, J.G., Henry, K.A., Suglia, S.F., Forke, C.M., & Wheeler, D.C. (2022). The Intersection of Neighborhood Environment and Adverse Childhood Experiences: Methods for Creation of a Neighborhood ACEs Index. Int J Environ Res Public Health, 19(13). Switzerland. 10.3390/ijerph19137819

  • Schroeder, K., Dumenci, L., Sarwer, D.B., Wheeler, D.C., & Hayat, M.J. (2022). Increasing quantitative literacy in nursing: A joint nursing-statistician perspective. J Adv Nurs, 78(4), e66-e68. England. 10.1111/jan.15150

  • Lipman, T.H. & Schroeder, K. (2022). Dance for Health: A model for increasing activity in youth and their families during the pandemic. J Pediatr Nurs, 63, 154-155. United States. 10.1016/j.pedn.2022.02.017

  • Schroeder, K., Noll, J.G., Henry, K.A., Suglia, S.F., & Sarwer, D.B. (2021). Trauma-informed neighborhoods: Making the built environment trauma-informed. Prev Med Rep, 23, 101501. United States. 10.1016/j.pmedr.2021.101501

  • Saifo, Z. & Schroeder, K. (2021). Public Health Students Can Use Geographic Information Systems to Make a Positive Impact on Communities. Commonhealth (Phila), 2(2), 78-81. United States. 10.15367/ch.v2i2.488

  • Schroeder, K., Schuler, B.R., Kobulsky, J.M., & Sarwer, D.B. (2021). The association between adverse childhood experiences and childhood obesity: A systematic review. Obes Rev, 22(7), e13204. England. 10.1111/obr.13204

  • Aliyu, S., Norful, A.A., Schroeder, K., Odlum, M., Glica, B., & Travers, J.L. (2021). The powder keg: Lessons learned about clinical staff preparedness during the early phase of the COVID-19 pandemic. Am J Infect Control, 49(4), 478-483. United States. 10.1016/j.ajic.2020.10.014

  • Schuler, B.R., Vazquez, C., Kobulsky, J.M., Schroeder, K., Tripicchio, G.L., & Wildfeuer, R. (2021). The early effects of cumulative and individual adverse childhood experiences on child diet: Examining the role of socioeconomic status. Prev Med, 145, 106447. United States. 10.1016/j.ypmed.2021.106447

  • Schroeder, K., Pathak, A., & Sarwer, D.B. (2021). A call for trauma-informed intensive care. Nurs Outlook, 69(5), 717-719. United States. 10.1016/j.outlook.2021.06.001

  • Norful, A.A., Rosenfeld, A., Schroeder, K., Travers, J.L., & Aliyu, S. (2021). Primary drivers and psychological manifestations of stress in frontline healthcare workforce during the initial COVID-19 outbreak in the United States. Gen Hosp Psychiatry, 69, 20-26. United States. 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2021.01.001

  • Aliyu, S., Travers, J.L., Norful, A.A., Clarke, M., & Schroeder, K. (2021). The Lived Experience of Being Diagnosed With COVID-19 Among Black Patients: A Qualitative Study. J Patient Exp, 8, 2374373521996963. United States. 10.1177/2374373521996963