Bibha Gautam, Ph.D., R.N., CNE

Bibha Gautam is a nurse faculty and researcher. Nursing career started in 1993, currently an Associate Professor for School of Nursing teaching in the Accelerated BSN Program in TTUHSC Lubbock campus. Dr. Gautam is passionate in nursing research and has been involved in many research studies nationally and internationally.

Within the School of Nursing, she has demonstrated her leadership in planning, coordinating, and conducting educational research studies aimed at promoting evidence-based teaching.  Some of the key educational research studies that she contributed within the School of Nursing are; use of Point of care technology in nursing, assessing the needs of Accelerated BSN Program second-degree clinical coaches, and use of deliberate practice in nursing education. Currently, she is actively involved in university funded TTUHSC DEI Research Grant.  Dr. Gautam is an active member in several professional nursing organizations; Sigma Theta Tau international, American Nurses Association, Texas Nurses Association. She serves on advisory board of Society of American Nepalese Nurses (SANN) and Texas Tech University Obesity Research Institute (ORI).

Research Interests

• Developmental origins of obesity
• Biology of Obesity
• Antecedents of Obesity
• Time Restricted Eating

Completed Research Studies

• Prevention of HIV-1 transmission via breast milk
• Obesogenic Toxins in Breast Milk of Lactating Women
• Post-partum Sleep and Weight
• Accelerated BSN Program Coaching Model