Yodit Oliver is a graduate research assistant currently in the Nursing PhD program at Georgia State University. She holds a Master’s degree from Kennesaw State University as a Family Nurse Practitioner and a post Master’s certificate as an Adult Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner from the University of South Alabama. Yodit currently works as an acute care nurse practitioner at Piedmont Hospital. She plans on focusing her research on the effects of social isolation on individuals with pulmonary disorders.