PhD, RN, OCN, FAAN
Frances Hill Fox Distinguished Professor, School of Nursing
Senior Associate Dean, Office of Strategy and Global Affairs, School of Nursing
UNC-Chapel Hill
Cancer Prevention and Control Research Program
Area of Interest
Dr. Ashley Leak Bryant is the Frances Hill Fox Distinguished Professor in the UNC School of Nursing. She is dually certified as an oncology and gerontological nurse. Dr. Bryant’s research interests and passions lie in team-based palliative care interventions for older adults with cancer and their care partners.
Awards and Honors
- Advanced Practice Trailblazer Award, Healio & Oncology Nursing Society, 2025
- Faculty Award for Excellence in Doctoral Mentorship and Education, UNC School of Nursing, 2019, 2025
- Fellow in the American Academy of Nursing, 2020
- Distinguished Educator in Gerontological Nursing, National Hartford Center of Gerontological Nursing Excellence, 2018
- Fellow, Gerontological Society of America, 2018
- Clinical Scholar, National Institutes of Health Loan Repayment, 2017-2019
- American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), Gerontology Content Expert Panel Member, 2011-2014
- Gordon H. DeFriese Career Development in Aging Research Award, Institute of Aging, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2010
- The Pauline W. Brown Diversity Scholarship Award, School of Nursing, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2010
- Best Poster, Challenges in Geriatrics Practice: Advances in Geriatrics, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2009
- Interdisciplinary Best Poster, Interdisciplinary Center for Aging Research: Uniting Scientists (ICARUS) Award, NC Aging Exchange, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2009
- Best Poster, 20th Challenges in Geriatrics Practice: Advances in Geriatrics, 2009
News and Stories
Oncology nursing fellowship graduates its 10th class
The UNC Lineberger-Sylvia Lauterborn and Warren Trent Piver Oncology Nursing Fellowship program celebrated its 10th anniversary and honored its latest class of fellows.
UNC Lineberger faculty and trainees present research, receive honors at cancer research meeting
UNC Lineberger faculty and trainees presented research findings and participated in panel discussions at the American Society of Clinical Oncology’s annual meeting in Chicago.
