Anne Giampietro

Biography

Anne Giampietro is a Graduate Teaching Assistant/Clinical Instructor for first-semester BSN students in the WSU pre-licensure BSN program. She is concurrently pursuing her Doctor of Nursing Practice-Family Nurse Practitioner degree at WSU. Anne has a background in basic biological research and has worked in research laboratories at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, where she investigated the observed association of atherosclerosis with inflammation and enlargement of immune tissues in mouse models, and at the National Institutes of Health, where she conducted an independent research project investigating the role of brown fat in thermogenesis and whole body metabolism using a novel mouse model. Anne then decided to pursue a career in nursing and completed her BSN at the University of Maryland School of Nursing in 2015. She has worked in cardiac, ICU, and telehealth settings. She has held various leadership positions throughout her career and currently serves as the chair of the evidence-based practice committee in the ICU where she works per diem. Outside of work and school, Anne enjoys hiking, traveling, and spending time with her family.

Education

• Bachelor of Science in Nursing, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD
• Bachelor of Science in Cell Biology & Molecular Genetics, University of Maryland, College Park, MD

Honors and Awards

Flora Hoffman Turan Convocation Memorial Award, 2015
University of Maryland School of Nursing, Baltimore
Presented to Bachelor of Science in Nursing graduates who have demonstrated academic excellence, leadership, and commitment to the philosophy of the University of Maryland School of Nursing through involvement in its activities.

Unconventional Student Scholarship Award, UMANS Convention, 2015
Maryland Association of Nursing Students Convention
Awarded to a student entering nursing as a second career or another unconventional road to their nursing career.

Interprofessional Global Health Grant, 2014
University of Maryland, Baltimore
Traveled with an interprofessional team of students to the Philippines on a two-week trip. Met with government and non-profit officials to learn how the country views and responds to health, human rights, neglected and abandoned persons, social justice, and disaster preparedness and response.

Selected Publications

1. Park, Y. K., Wang, L., Giampietro, A., Lai, B., Lee, J. E., & Ge, K. (2017). Distinct roles of transcription factors KLF4, Krox20, and peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor γ in adipogenesis. Molecular & cellular biology, 37(2), e00554-16.
2. Lee, J. E., Wang, C., Xu, S., Cho, Y. W., Wang, L., Feng, X., *Baldridge, A., Sartorelli, V., Zhuang, L., Peng, W., Ge, K. (2013). H3K4 mono- and di-methyltransferase MLL4 is required for enhancer activation during cell differentiation. eLIFE, 2:e01503
3. Wang, L., Xu, S., Lee, J. E., *Baldridge, A., Grullon, S., Peng, W., & Ge, K. (2013). Histone H3K9 methyltransferase G9a represses PPARγ expression and adipogenesis. EMBO J— highlighted by NatRevMCB and EMBO J, 32, 45-59.

updated 09/16/24