Sharron L. Docherty, Ph.D., PNP, is Professor and Vice Dean for Research Innovation and Executive Director of the Ruby L. Wilson Center for Nursing Science and Innovation. She is also a Professor in the Department of Pediatrics in the School of Medicine at Duke University. Her research examines how serious chronic illness and associated life-sustaining treatments affect the short- and long-term functioning of children, adolescents, and young adults, as well as their families, and the development, testing, and translation of interventions to address these impacts. She has methodological expertise in qualitative and mixed-methods, trajectory science and visualization methods for complex data exploration.

Dr. Docherty has a strong history of external research funding. She has served on numerous federal grant review panels, including NIH NINR-NRRC (training grants and career development awards), NCI, NIMHHD, and special review panels for RFAs/PAs/FOAs, as well as foundation and private review panels. She recently chaired the review panel for Strategies to Improve Health Outcomes and Advance Health Equity in Rural Populations (RFA-NR-24-005). She has taught graduate-level courses in qualitative and mixed methods.