Lateasha Lennon, LCSW

Lateasha Lennon, LCSW is a doctoral student in the UNCG & NCA&T Joint Ph.D. Program in Social Work and a Case Manager for Piedmont Health Services & Sickle Cell Agency. She combines social work, healthcare, and research to improve healthcare experiences for individuals living with sickle cell disease. Her work focuses on healthcare-related stigma, pain management, health equity, and disparities among Black adults.

She is a second-year doctoral student at the University of North Carolina Greensboro and North Carolina A&T State University. Her research integrates qualitative, quantitative, participatory, and community-engaged methods to understand healthcare experiences for people with sickle cell disease. She also serves as a sickle cell disease advocate and lives with the condition herself.

She has been recognized as a Valerie Fund Scholar for 2026–2027 and a Vertex Foundation Scholar for 2026–2027. Additionally, she received the Dr. Charles F. Whiten Health Care Professional Award from the Sickle Cell Association of New Jersey in 2022.

She holds a Master of Social Work from Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, and a Bachelor of Social Work also from Rutgers. She is currently pursuing a Joint Ph.D. in Social Work through UNC Greensboro and NC A&T State University.

Her research portfolio includes a literature gap, learning outcomes, theoretical framework, and references regarding how healthcare-related stigma influences pain management and healthcare experiences among adults living with sickle cell disease. This portfolio was submitted as part of her qualifying coursework requirements.

She is developing a research agenda that focuses on how healthcare-related stigma influences pain management, healthcare decision making, and quality of life among adults living with sickle cell disease. Emerging directions for her work include intimate relationships, social support, and interpersonal violence among adults with chronic illness.

She plans to present emerging work on stigma, pain management, and lived experience in sickle cell care through conference presentations and posters. She is also working on manuscripts analyzing patient–provider communication and healthcare navigation.

She contributes to community-engaged studies centered on health equity for Black adults and is receiving training in advanced coursework for qualitative inquiry and thematic analysis. These methods support her goal of improving healthcare experiences for individuals with sickle cell disease.

The website lateashalennon.com states that she is an advocate, social worker, and researcher dedicated to improving healthcare outcomes. Her site highlights her role as a doctoral student and case manager, providing a clear overview of her professional focus.

She uses mixed methods research to examine healthcare-related stigma, pain management, health equity, and disparities among Black adults. Her approach combines qualitative, quantitative, participatory, and community-engaged methods to address these issues.

She aims to improve healthcare experiences and outcomes for individuals living with sickle cell disease through culturally responsive, community-engaged research. Her work seeks to address the unique challenges faced by this population in the healthcare system.

She is a sickle cell disease advocate and healthcare professional who lives with the condition herself. This personal experience informs her research and advocacy efforts to improve care for others with the disease.

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