Joy Sessa, Ph.D.

Email: jsessa2011@health.fau.edu

Mentor: Cheryl Krause-Parello, Ph.D.

Affiliation: Canines Providing Assistance to Wounded Warriors

Joy Sessa, Ph.D., has been a registered nurse for 25 years specializing in critical care, stroke treatment/prevention, and brain health initiatives. She received a bachelor's in nursing from Malone University, Ohio, in 1999, master's in nursing from Walden University, Minnesota, in 2007, and a doctorate degree from Florida Atlantic University in 2019. Sessa is currently a post doctoral fellow with Canines Providing Assistance to Wounded Warriors, working on a variety of research projects that include research on PTSD and TBI.