Graduate Research Associate
School of Nursing
University of Connecticut
231 Glenbrook Rd U-4026
Storrs, CT 06269
bright.eze@uconn.edu

Education

MSN - Nursing, University of Connecticut
BS - Nursing, University of Connecticut
PHMD - Pharmacy, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Enugu

Curriculum Vitae

Bright is a third year PhD student in the Nursing PhD program. His project, with research mentor Angela Starkweather uses measures of pain genomics and health equity research tools to advance understanding of social and genetic risk factors in chronic pain.

Publications

Starkweather, A. R., Ward, K., Eze, B., Renn, C., Dorsey, S. G. (2022). Neurophysiological and
transcriptomic predictors of chronic low back pain: Study protocol for a longitudinal inception cohort study. Research in Nursing and Health . doi: 10.1002/nur.22200. Epub 2021 Dec 5. PMID: 34866207; PMCID: PMC8792278.

Adhikari, B., Starkweather, A., Xu, W., Acabchuck, R., Ramesh, D., Eze, B...Park, C. (2022). A pilot and Feasibility studies of gene expression and epigenetic modifications following a yoga
intervention for chronic low back pain. Pilot & Feasibility Studies doi: 10.1186/s40814-022-
01103-2

Eze, B., LaChance, D. (2021). Pain associated with COVID-19 infection. Topics in Pain Management, 37(1), 1-9.

Eze, B., Kumar, S., Yang, Y., Kilcoyne, J., Starkweather, A., & Perry, M. A. (2022). Bias in
musculoskeletal pain management and bias-targeted interventions to improve pain
outcomes. Orthopaedic Nursing, 41(2), 137-145. https://doi.org/10.1097/nor.0000000000000833

Eze, B., & McDonald, D. (2020). African American Young Adults’ Pain and Pain Reduction Strategies. Pain Management Nursing: Official Journal of the American Society of Pain Management Nurses. doi: 10.1016/j.pmn.2020.05.004. Epub 2020 Jun 24. PMID: 32591328.