Education

PhD (Nursing), Azusa Pacific University, Azusa, California
MS (Nursing Education), Georgia Baptist College of Nursing at Mercer University, Atlanta, Georgia
BSc (Healthcare Management), Clayton State University, Morrow, Georgia
BSN (Nursing), Clayton State University, Morrow, Georgia
BA (Linguistics), University of Benin, Nigeria

Awards and Honors

Indiana University Global Classroom Fellow, 2022
Best Research and Information Exchange Poster Award, Western Institute of Nursing Conference, Spokane, Washington, 2018

Biography

Dr. Chidiebele Obichi is a Clinical Assistant Professor at Indiana University School of Nursing's Fort Wayne campus. She received a dual BSc in Nursing and Healthcare Management from Clayton State University, Georgia; her master’s in nursing education from Georgia Baptist College of Nursing at Mercer University, Georgia; and her PhD in nursing from Azusa Pacific University, California. Dr. Obichi has taught in both graduate and undergraduate nursing programs. Her teaching expertise focuses on psych/mental health, community/public health, and nursing theory with a clinical background in trauma med-surg and psych mental health.

Dr. Obichi recently received the Fall 2022 funding from Indiana University OVPIA and successfully implemented a Global Classroom project to reduce the stigma associated with substance-related addictive disorders.

Dr. Obichi’s research focuses on health disparities with particular emphasis on promoting the health and well-being of the minority health care workforce. Her goal is to identify barriers to their well-being and create interventions that help them take charge of their health. Dr. Obichi is currently PI on a study exploring experiences of minority healthcare workers at the frontlines of COVID-19. She is the primary author of four publications and has presented research findings at local, national, and international conferences. In addition, Dr. Obichi received the Western Institute of Nursing's Best Research and Information Exchange Poster Award based on her dissertation that examined associations of sociodemographic factors and cardiovascular risk levels among West African immigrants in the United States.

Media Features

Featured in the Council for Advancement of Nursing Science (CANS) Quarterly Newsletter, Dec. 2021

IU Monday’s Memo-Scholarly Updates: An Indiana University School of Nursing employee publication, Vol. 33, # 23. 2020

Featured in Indiana University Northwest LinkedIn & Facebook pages for making and donating 30 home-made masks to local ER nurses at the frontlines of the COVID-19 pandemic. 2020

Publications

CC Obichi, V Dee. (2022), Acculturation, Cultural Beliefs, and Cardiovascular Disease Risk Levels Among Nigerian, Ghanaian and Cameroonian Immigrants in the United States https://doi.org/10.1007/s10903-021-01321-5 

CC Obichi, JE Anieche, EO Osuala, UM Oruche. (2021). The Role and Practice of Clinical Nurse Specialist in Nigeria. In Clinical Nurse Specialist Role and Practice: An International Perspective. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-97103-2_17


CC Obichi, AD Newton, UM Oruche. (2020). Interprofessionality: A Pathway to a More Sustainable National Healthcare System. In
Evaluating Challenges and Opportunities for Healthcare Reform, 195-214 1 https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-2949-2.ch009