Dr. Goddard is Chair of the Ph.D. in Nursing Program at Endicott College, a pediatric nurse practitioner, nurse educator, scholar, and healthcare leader with more than 20 years of experience across clinical practice, higher education, research, quality improvement, and health policy. Her scholarship focuses on trauma-informed care and education, pediatric and population health, school-based health, and quality improvement.
Dr. Goddard’s work has contributed to national quality measures for school-based health centers, state and national healthcare improvement initiatives, and scholarship advancing trauma-informed approaches in nursing practice and education. She is a Fellow of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners and has held national leadership and advisory roles in pediatric healthcare, nursing, school health, and quality improvement.
Vanderbilt University
Ph.D.
Nursing Science
2015
Yale University
Master of Science in Nursing
Pediatric Nurse Practitioner
2005
Westminster College
Bachelor of Science
Biology, Pre-Medicine
2002
Goddard has taught undergraduate, master's, and doctoral nursing students in across many areas including nursing research and evidence-based practice, quality improvement, pediatric nursing, community and population health nursing, nursing leadership, advanced practice nursing, and doctoral scholarship.
Fellow, American Association of Nurse Practitioners, 2023
Rising Star Award, National School-Based Health Alliance, 2020
Kelly Reed Advanced Practice Community Impact Award, Pediatric Nursing Certification Board, 2020
First Place Poster Presentation, National School-Based Health Alliance, 2019
Centennial Fellowship Recipient, Vanderbilt University School of Nursing, 2011–2015
Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Advocacy Award, Pediatric Nursing Certification Board, 2011
Consumer Publication Award, National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners, 2011
Goddard, A., & Peck, J. (2026, March). Compassion in Action: Trauma-Informed Care Through Patient and Student Voices. National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners (NAPNAP), 47th National Conference on Pediatric Health Care, Pittsburgh, PA.
Goddard, A., Cushing, K., & Fields, P. (2022). The Role of Community-Sponsored School-Based Health Services as School Partners in Providing Trauma-Informed Care. Annual Conference on Advancing School Mental Health. Washington, D.C.
Goddard, A., & Cushing, K. (2022). Providing Trauma-Informed Care & Building Resilient Providers in a School-Based Health System. National School-Based Health Alliance Annual Conference. Washington, D.C.
Jones, R., & Goddard, A. (2021). Building Blocks to Student Resilience: Trauma-Informed Education. National League for Nursing Education Summit, Washington, D.C.
Jones, R., & Goddard, A. (2021). Course Redesign to Embed Trauma-Informed Care of the Nurse in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic. American Association of Colleges of Nursing Clinical Nurse Leader Summit.
Goddard, A., & Etcher, L. (2026). Acid reflux. In K. Maynard (Ed.), Case Studies in Advanced Pathophysiology, Physical Examination, and Pharmacology for Nurse Practitioners. Elsevier.
Griffin, S. O., Lin, M., Scherrer, C. R., Naavaal, S., Hopkins, D. P., Jones, A. A., Alexander, T., Black, V. A., Clark, E., Cofano, L. K., Garcia, R. I., Goddard, A., Grover, J., Kansagra, S. M., Kottke, T. E., Lense, E. C., Zokaie, T., & The Community Preventive Services Task Force. (2025). Effectiveness of school fluoride delivery programs: A Community Guide systematic review. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 69(1), 107633. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amepre.2025.04.003
Yu-Brillhart, M., Goddard, A., & Stinchfield, P. (2025). Non-pharmacologic interventions: Developmental considerations for pandemic preparedness. In M. Yu-Brillhart (Ed.), COVID-19 impacts on child health: A holistic framework for pediatric supportive care (pp. 79–117). Springer Nature. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-80369-7
Igoe, A., Keller, S., Stallings, M., Goddard, A., Van Graafeiland, B., Roney, L. N., & Peck, J. (2025). Trauma-informed care: Practical application for pediatric-focused advanced practice registered nurses. Journal of Pediatric Health Care, 39(2), 265–275. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pedhc.2024.10.008
Miller, K., Goddard, A., & Cushing, K. (2023). Exploratory qualitative focus group analysis of school-based health center policy issues: Insights from state leaders. Journal of Pediatric Health Care, 37(6), 626–635. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pedhc.2023.06.006
Soleimanpour, S., Geierstanger, S., Goddard, A., Cushing, K., Fields, P., & Love, H. (2023). Developing national standardized performance measures for school-based health centers: The National Quality Initiative. The Journal of School Health, 93(2), 97–106. https://doi.org/10.1111/josh.13236
Larkin, M., Bode, S., Schumacher, H., Dooley, D., O’Leary, S., & Goddard, A. (2023). Commentary from the Council on School Health: School-based health centers and pediatric practice. Pediatrics.
Borkowski, V., Goddard, A., & Gaffney, B. (2022). School-based health centers: A concept analysis. Journal of Pediatric Health Care, 37(5), 269–278. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pedhc.2022.11.005
Goddard, A., Jones, R. W., Esposito, D., & Etcher, L. (2022). Trauma-informed education in nursing: A concept analysis. Journal of Nursing Education, 61(6), 296–302. https://doi.org/10.3928/01484834-20220404-15
Goddard, A., Jones, R., & Etcher, L. (2022). Trauma-informed care in nursing: A concept analysis. Nursing Outlook, 1–11. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.outlook.2021.12.010
Goddard, A., Janicek, E., & Etcher, L. (2022). Trauma-informed care for the pediatric nurse. Journal of Pediatric Nursing, 62, 1–9. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pedn.2021.11.003
Goddard, A., & Esposito, D. (2022). Clinical prevention, population health & emergency preparedness. In S. DeNisco (Ed.), Role Development for the Nurse Practitioner (2nd ed.). Jones & Bartlett.
Goddard, A., & Jakub, S. (2022). Primary care and mental health: A critical intersection. In S. DeNisco (Ed.), Role Development for the Nurse Practitioner (2nd ed.). Jones & Bartlett.
Sullivan, E., Goddard, A., Fields, P., & Mackey, S. (2021). Telehealth in school-based health centers supporting continuous care during COVID-19. Health Technology, 5, 11. https://dx.doi.org/10.21037/ht-20-30
Goddard, A., Jones, R., Esposito, D., & Janicek, E. (2021). Trauma-informed education in nursing: Call to action. Nurse Education Today, 101. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nedt.2021.104880
Soleimanpour, S., Cushing, K., Goddard, A., Even, M., Green, A., Geierstanger, S., & Brey, L. (2021). 2020–21 National Survey of School-Based Health Centers: The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic. Washington, DC: School-Based Health Alliance.
Goddard, A. (2020). Neurology. In M. Meadows-Oliver (Ed.), Pediatric Nursing Made Incredibly Easy (3rd ed., pp. 209–267). Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
Goddard, A. (2020). Weight loss in an adolescent. In L. Neal-Boylan (Ed.), The Family Nurse Practitioner Clinical Case Studies (2nd ed., pp. 115–118; 371–375). Wiley.
Goddard, A. (2020). Drug use in an adolescent. In L. Neal-Boylan (Ed.), The Family Nurse Practitioner Clinical Case Studies (2nd ed., pp. 113–114; 365–370). Wiley.
Patterson-Janicek, E., & Goddard, A. (2020). Pediatric trauma. In L. Neal-Boylan (Ed.), The Family Nurse Practitioner Clinical Case Studies (2nd ed., pp. 241–243; 533–537). Wiley.
Jakub, S., & Goddard, A. (2020). Suicidal ideation and self-harm. In L. Neal-Boylan (Ed.), The Family Nurse Practitioner Clinical Case Studies (2nd ed., pp. 231–233; 519–524). Wiley.