Dr. Intima Alrimawi is a professor at Georgetown University’s Berkley School of Nursing. She brings over ten years of experience in nursing education and more than two decades of clinical, community, and research experience in pediatric, public health, and community-based nursing. Her teaching portfolio spans public health nursing, research methods, evidence-based practice, nursing theory, and honors seminar courses at both undergraduate and graduate levels.
Dr. Alrimawi’s program of research focuses on improving the health, well-being, and quality of life of underserved children with complex health care needs and their families, with particular attention to health inequities, family functioning, and unmet health and social needs, with a strong emphasis on low- and middle-income countries. Her scholarship also focuses on innovation in health professions education, particularly developing and evaluating evidence-based educational approaches that strengthen clinical learning and improve learner and patient outcomes.
Dr. Alrimawi holds numerous national and international leadership roles. She is a member of the Nursing Research Advisory Committee (NRAC) at Children’s National Hospital, served as President of the Epsilon Zeta Chapter of Sigma Theta Tau International (2023–2025), and is actively engaged in the International Family Nursing Association (IFNA) through its research and nominating committees. She also served as Co-Chair of the Health Services Research Interest Group (2023–2025) and served as a Board Member on the Communications Committee of the Eastern Nursing Research Society (ENRS), contributing to strategic research dissemination and professional advancement within the discipline (2024-2025). In 2025, she served as a Fulbright Specialist, leading a Training-of-Trainers initiative in collaboration with Egypt’s Ministry of Health and Population to strengthen nursing and health professions education.
Her work has been recognized with multiple honors, including the Virginia Nurses Foundation 40 Under 40 Award (2018), the Highly Recommended Pittu Laungani Award for scholarly excellence in international health promotion (2022), and the Excellence in Education Award from Sigma Theta Tau International, Epsilon Zeta Chapter (2023). In 2025, she was inducted as a Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing (FAAN) in recognition of her sustained contributions to nursing education, research, leadership, and global child and family health. In 2026, she received the Excellence in Social Justice & Health Equity Award from the Eastern Nursing Research Society (ENRS), a national recognition honoring sustained contributions to advancing health equity and social justice through nursing scholarship, education, and leadership.
Academic Appointment(s)
- Primary
- Professor, SON - Nursing Academic Department