Alanna J. Bergman, PhD, AGNP-BC, RN
Biography
Alanna Bergman, PhD, MSN, AGNP-BC, RN, a nurse practitioner, is a post-doctoral research fellow in the Office of Nursing Research. Bergman came to UVA in mid-2024 from Johns Hopkins School of Nursing, where she studied the impact of structural, institutional, and interpersonal stigma on care engagement and quality of life. That work, and her subsequent dissertation, developed and deepened her interest in global health, health equity, stigma reduction, and infectious diseases including HIV, tuberculosis, and infectious hepatitis.
An HIV specialist and certified by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency, Bergman has worked as a substance use nurse practitioner with the Behavioral Health Leadership Institute, an infectious disease nurse practitioner, with Spectrum Health Services, driving quality improvement at a Ryan White program and as an adult NP focused on people with HIV at Einstein Immunodeficiency Center.
An NINR F31 grantee, a Sigma/Association of Nurses in AIDS Care grantee, assistant editor for the Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care, and a peer reviewer for AIDS and Behavior, Bergman has taught courses in pharmacology, epidemiology, and health assessment. With more than a dozen publications to her name, Bergman has also been part of research teams led by nurse scientists in both domestic and international environments.
Publications
Advance Online Publications
Bergman, A.J., Thomas, T. (2024). Overview of the Epidemiology, Diagnosis, and Clinical Care Considerations for People Living with and at Risk for Tuberculosis in the United States. Nursing Clinics of North America. Advance online publication.
Online Journals
McNabb, K.C., Bergman, A.J., Patil, A., Lowensen, K., Mthimkhulu, N., Budhathoki, C., Perrin, N., & Farley, J.E. (2024). Travel distance to rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis treatment and its impact on loss to follow-up: the importance of continued RR-TB treatment decentralization in South Africa. BMC Public Health 24, 578. https://doi.org/10.
Salazar-Austin, N., Bergman, A.J., Mulder, C., Tudor, C., Mulatu, F., Conradie, G., Chaisson, R.E., Golub, J.E., Churchyard, G., Bedru, A., & Kerrigan, D. (2024). Improving access to tuberculosis preventive treatment for children in Ethiopia: designing a home-based contact management intervention for the CHIP-TB trial through formative research. BMC Health Serv Res 24, 1043. https://doi.org/10.
Bergman, A.J.,Budhathoki, C., Relf, M.V., Ndlouvu, N., Mthimkhulu, N., Lerefolo, S., Lowensen, K., Farley, J.E. (2024). Cognitive dissonance in tuberculosis stigma: A mixed methods analysis of tuberculosis stigma measurement in South Africa. PLoS Global Public Health, 4.
Bergman, A McNabb KC, Mlandu K, Akumbom A, Flores DD (2023). Identity management in the face of HIV and intersecting stigmas: A metasynthesis of qualitative reports from sub-Saharan Africa. PLoS Glob Public Health 3(2), e0000706. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.