Nicholas (Nick) Metheny, PhD, MPH, RN is an Assistant Professor (tenure track) at the Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing at Emory University and holds affiliate positions at St. Michael’s Hospital, Toronto and the University of Cape Town, South Africa. Dr. Metheny’s research takes a social-ecological approach to preventing and mitigating the harms of intimate partner violence (IPV) in heterosexual women and LGBTQ+ communities in the United States and South Africa. 

Using his training in nursing science, health policy, and public health, Dr. Metheny conducts  interdisciplinary, community-engaged research using advanced quantitative methods with the goal of creating interventions to prevent and mitigate intimate partner violence. He is particularly interested in the role of relationship violence mitigation in HIV-related outcomes among gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men as well as post-sexual violence nursing care in low-resource settings. His research has been funded by US, Canadian, and UK government agencies, including the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, the UK’s National Institute of Health Research, and US National Institutes of Health via the Center for AIDS Research Adelante program.

Dr. Metheny holds a Bachelor of Arts in Public Health and Hispanic Studies from The College of William and Mary (2009), a Master of Public Health in Global Health Policy from the Milken Institute School of Public Health at George Washington University (2011), a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing (2014), and a PhD in Nursing Science from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (2019). He also completed a postdoctoral fellowship in Population Health at the MAP Centre for Urban Health Solutions, St. Michael’s Hospital/University of Toronto (2020). 

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*Metheny, N., Tran, N., Scott, D., Lubensky, M., Lunn, M., Obedin-Maliver, J., Flentje, A. (2024) Intimate partner violence is related to future alcohol use among a nationwide sample of LGBTQIA+ people: results from The PRIDE Study. Drug and Alcohol Dependence. In press.

*Metheny, N., Mkhize, SP, Scott, D., Hatcher, AM. Violence Victimization and Depressive Symptoms among a Sub-Sample of Sexual and Gender Minority Adults in a Population-based Survey in South Africa (2024). Journal of Interpersonal Violence. In press.

*+Spencer, C., Herbert, M., Khalil, M. Patwardhan, V. Twalibu, A., Stein, C., Cagney, J.…. Chandan, J; Metheny, N., Gakidou, E. The health effects of intimate partner violence and childhood sexual abuse: a Burden of Proof study (2023). Nature Medicine. 29(3243–3258). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41591-023-02629-5

*Juwono, S., Anato, JLF., Kirschbaum, AL., Metheny, N., Dvorakova, M., Skakon-Sparling, S., Moore, D….Maheu-Giroux, M. (2024) Prevalence, determinants, and trends in the experience and perpetration of intimate partner violence among a cohort of gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men in Montréal, Toronto, and Vancouver, Canada (2017-2022). (2024). LGBT Health. In press

*Porter, A., Falcon, A., Graefe, B., Metheny, N., Cooper, S., Astorini, A., "Swipe Left on Sexual Harassment: Understanding and Addressing Technology-Facilitated Sexual Violence on Dating Apps". (2024) Journal of Interpersonal Violence. In press.

*Baeza, M.J., PhD, De Santis, J.P., Cianelli, R., Metheny, N. & Villegas, N. Bearing (aguantando) with intimate partner violence: A grounded theory study of self-silencing among Hispanic women who experienced intimate partner violence. (2024) Qualitative Health Research: doi: 10497323231225144.

*Kirschbaum, A., Metheny, N., Palachi, A., Saskoon-Sparling, S., Grace, D., Yakubovich, A., Cox, J., Sang, J., O’Campo, P., Hart, T. Syndemic Factors and Bidirectional Intimate Partner Violence Among Gay, Bisexual, and Other Men Who Have Sex with Men. LGBT Health.  (2023) 0(S1):S89-S97. doi: 10.1089/lgbt.2023.0117.

*Metheny, N., Scott, D., Chavez, J., Buch, J., Fallon, S. Trusted sources of information and COVID-19 vaccine uptake in a sample of Latinx sexual and gender minorities in South Florida. (2023) Journal of Public Health Management and Policy. 29(5):p 729-734. Doi: 10.1097/PHH.0000000000001757.

Rosa, W.E., Metheny, N., Shook, A., Adedimeji, A.A. (2023). Safeguarding LGBTQ+ lives in an epoch of abandonment. The Lancet Global Health 11(9), e1329-e1330

Textbook: Campbell, J., Hooker, L., Metheny, N., & Williams, J. (Eds.). Family Violence in Nursing Practice- a Global Perspective. Springer Nature. (in process)

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2022
“People’s Choice Award” for research presented at the 24th meeting of the Nursing Network on Violence Against Women International, Durham, NC, USA

2022
Lancet Public Health “Editors’ Pick” for the publication Housing interventions for women experiencing intimate partner violence: a systematic review

2022
Fellow, Jewish National Fund Faculty Fellowship in Israel Program

2017-2019
Jonas Nurse Leader Scholar, Cohort V, Jonas Philanthropies 

2018
Sigma, the Honor Society of Nursing, selection as a Rising Star of Research and Scholarship

2018
New Investigator Award, University of Michigan School of Nursing 

2017
Biennial Meeting of the World Association for Sexual Health, Top 10 Abstract Award