Mercy N. Mumba, PhD, RN, CMSRN

Education:
As a professor, she enjoys transferring knowledge to the next generation of nurse clinicians, nurse educators, nurse leaders, and nurse scientists. She is especially grateful for the opportunity to mentor the next generation of scientists, regardless of discipline and profession. She is an exceptional researcher and her intra-professional research lab at the University of Alabama is home to several undergraduate and graduate honor students from various professions and disciplines, including nursing, medicine, biochemistry, psychology, public health, social work, engineering, and education. She has worked collaboratively with and mentored high-achieving students for almost 10 years. She believes that mentoring has benefits for both the mentor and mentee because it invigorates passion for inquiry and discovery.
Dr. Mumba is also a passionate servant leader who believes in the power of advocacy to affect policy changes that result in positive population outcomes. She serves on many boards and committees internationally, nationally, and locally, including the International Organization of African Nurses, Lovebound International, the American Psychiatric Nurses Association, the Southern Nurses Research Society, and Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing. She currently also serves as a Sigma Liaison to the United Nations. She believes in giving back to the profession of nursing through service, scholarship, and mentorship. Professional engagement and service make Dr. Mumba’s work worthwhile and allow her the opportunity to interact with people from all walks of life around the world.
Every summer, Dr. Mumba takes a group of nursing students to Zambia, Africa where she was born and raised on medical mission trips. They set up mobile clinics in rural areas, providing free healthcare services to some of the most vulnerable and disadvantaged communities in Zambia. This is something she is especially passionate about and prioritizes because it is her way of giving back to the communities in which she grew up. She also works collaboratively with the University of Zambia School of Nursing and Lusaka Apex Medical University to provide consultative services related to the uptake and implementation of evidence-based nursing in both the nursing school curricula and practice settings. Dr. Mumba’s long-term goal in relation to Africa is to improve the quality of nursing education in Zambia and other African countries, increase the number of doctoral-prepared nurses on the African continent and improve patient outcomes through the implementation of person-centered health care systems and processes.
- Ph.D, Nursing Science Research and Education, The University of Texas at Arlington, 2016
- BSN, Bachelor of Science in Nursing, The University of Texas at
- Arlington, 2010
- Biography:
- Dr. Mercy Ngosa Mumba is an award-winning scientist and philanthropist. She is a published author in peer-reviewed scientific journals, and her research is widely funded by various agencies, including the National Institutes of Health (NIH). She is an associate professor and founding director of the Center for Substance Use Research and Related Conditions in the Capstone College of Nursing at the University of Alabama. She graduated with her PhD from the University of Texas at Arlington College of Nursing and Health Innovation in December 2016 and with her honors bachelor of science in nursing in December 2010. Her research focuses on substance use disorders, addictive behaviors and their comorbid mental health conditions. She is particularly interested in the impact of social determinants of health and the role of health disparities in preventing, treating and managing these conditions. Dr. Mumba is passionate about improving the human condition through evidence-based initiatives and interventions and is a strong advocate for increasing research productivity, infrastructure and human capital globally. She is
As a professor, she enjoys transferring knowledge to the next generation of nurse clinicians, nurse educators, nurse leaders, and nurse scientists. She is especially grateful for the opportunity to mentor the next generation of scientists, regardless of discipline and profession. She is an exceptional researcher and her intra-professional research lab at the University of Alabama is home to several undergraduate and graduate honor students from various professions and disciplines, including nursing, medicine, biochemistry, psychology, public health, social work, engineering, and education. She has worked collaboratively with and mentored high-achieving students for almost 10 years. She believes that mentoring has benefits for both the mentor and mentee because it invigorates passion for inquiry and discovery.
Dr. Mumba is also a passionate servant leader who believes in the power of advocacy to affect policy changes that result in positive population outcomes. She serves on many boards and committees internationally, nationally, and locally, including the International Organization of African Nurses, Lovebound International, the American Psychiatric Nurses Association, the Southern Nurses Research Society, and Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing. She currently also serves as a Sigma Liaison to the United Nations. She believes in giving back to the profession of nursing through service, scholarship, and mentorship. Professional engagement and service make Dr. Mumba’s work worthwhile and allow her the opportunity to interact with people from all walks of life around the world.
Every summer, Dr. Mumba takes a group of nursing students to Zambia, Africa where she was born and raised on medical mission trips. They set up mobile clinics in rural areas, providing free healthcare services to some of the most vulnerable and disadvantaged communities in Zambia. This is something she is especially passionate about and prioritizes because it is her way of giving back to the communities in which she grew up. She also works collaboratively with the University of Zambia School of Nursing and Lusaka Apex Medical University to provide consultative services related to the uptake and implementation of evidence-based nursing in both the nursing school curricula and practice settings. Dr. Mumba’s long-term goal in relation to Africa is to improve the quality of nursing education in Zambia and other African countries, increase the number of doctoral-prepared nurses on the African continent and improve patient outcomes through the implementation of person-centered health care systems and processes.