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College of Nursing Faculty Name

Research Interests

Education/Training Interests

Albright, Patricia MPH, ARNP-BC

 

Public Health

Athilingam, Ponrathi

Heart failure

Beckie, Theresa M.  PhD, RN, FAHA

Cardiovascular disease Epidemiology Inflammatory biomarkers and metabolic syndrome Risk reduction intervention for women with heart disease Obesity Diabetes Women's cardiovascular health Behavior change interventions Cardiovascular critical care Quality of life and cardiac surgery Women's health Genetic influences on heart disease Gene-environment interactions

 

Beckstead, Jason W.  PhD

Judgment and Decision-Making Development and Application of Quantitative Methods in Healthcare Research

Decision-making Judgment tasks

Belote, Marisa RN, BSN, MBA

Service Dogs and socialization of spinal cord injury wheelchair users

Simulation debriefing Decision-making Judgment tasks

Berarducci, Adrienne  PhD, ARNP, CS

Biomarkers of bone metabolism in smokers Secondary data analysis Health promotion Women's health Osteoporosis Outcomes Research Instrument development/testing

Risk communication and health education

Blasen, Linda MS, ARNP, FNP, ACNP

Family and acute care

Burns, Candace M.  PhD, ARNP

Adult health
Adult obesity

Occupational health nursing

Burns, Patricia A.  PhD, RN, FAAN

Incontinence

Workforce development

Caballer, Louis MSN, BS, RN

Operating room staff

Cadena, Sandra  PhD, ARNP, CS

Adult psychiatric-mental health Cultural Competency Health Inequities

International Nursing

Capewell, Roberta A.  MSN

Safe patient handling
Occupational health
Alleviating musculoskeletal injuries

 

Conner (Thomson), Nadine RN, MSN, APRN, BC, AGRN

HIV/AIDS

Czerwinski, Sandra ARNP, MS

D'Aoust, Rita PhD, ACNP, ANP, CNE

Competency skill development

Davis-Huffman, Paula MSN, BSN

 

Edmonds, Allison MS, FNP, ARNP-BC

Quality of life
Childhood obesity and physical activity

 

Fanning, Jane J. EdD, MS, ARNP

Competency skill development

Garrison, Christopher MS, ARNP

Simulation Gerontology

Primary care

Gonzalez, Laura  RN, MS, ARNP

 

Simulation Adult health Occupational/emergency care

Gorzka, Patricia A. PhD, ARNP

Homeless children and families

Model Development for continuing education for Advanced Practice Nurses Cross-cultural studies in nursing faculty/student interactions

Gottel, Debra G.  MHS, RN

Smoking cessation

Psychiatric-mental health nursing

Gower, Sierra  CRNA, MS, ARNP

 

Nurse anesthesiology

Gregory, Joan PhD, ARNP, FAANP

Native Americans

Adult health

Groer, Maureen E.  RN, PhD, FAAN

Psychoneuroimmunology with a special focus on women and children Influence of lactation on postpartum stress and immunity. Inflammation and autoimmune disease in the postpartum Effects of acute trauma on the inflammatory response and immune function Exercise and inflammation Immune function of preterm infants Menstrual cycle immune function Postpartum immunology

 

Gwinn, Clyde MD

 

Geriatrics Infectious diseases

Hall, Nicholas R. S.  PhD

Psychoneuroimmunology

 

Hall, Patricia RN

 

Cardiac surgical nursing

Huhn, Lisa RNC, MSN

 

Obstetrics/Gynocology

Jevitt, Cecilia  CNM, PhD

Obesity prevention/management in pregnancy Thyroid and obesity during pregnancy Maternal prenatal care Obesity prevention and management in women's health Midwifery liability prevention Midwifery workforce issues

 

Johnson, Afriyie  RN, MS/FCNS/FNP-C

 

Nursing education/international collaborations with developing countries

Johnson-Mallard, Versie  ARNP, PhD

Women’s health
Human Papillomavirus Vaccination STI Prevention Education Interactive Web Interventions Survey Development

 

Joustra, Linda RN, MSN

 

Pediatrics Obstetrics

Kip, Kevin E.  PhD

Data coordination
Data coordination Cardiovascular disease Epidemiology

 

Lee, Dennis MD

Pain

Simulation Nurse anesthesia education

Lengacher, Cecile A.  RN, PhD

Mindfulness based stress reduction Quality of life advanced stage cancer patients and Caregivers Symptom clusters, cytokines and breast cancer Complementary/alternative therapies Psycho oncology Cost effectiveness of clinical trials

 

Maguire, Denise J.  PhD, RN-BC

Neonatal skin Pediatric/neonatal pain                

Leadership/Clinical Nurse Leader outcomes

Matthie, Nadine RN, MS, CNL-BC

 

Healthcare disparities/Access to care

McMillan, Susan C.  PhD, RN, FAAN

Oncology symptom assessment and management COPE intervention for hospice caregivers of heart failure patients Hospice caregiver quality of life Quality of life at end-of-life

 

Metzger, Desiree MSN, ARNP

 

 

Morris, Gregory M.  CRNA, MS, ARNP

 

Nurse anesthesiology

Morris, Steve  MD, RN

 

Bioterrorism and disaster training

Morrison-Beedy, Dianne PhD, RN, WHNP-BC, FNAP, FAANP, FAAN

HIV prevention in adolescent girls and young women Women's health Sexual risk reduction Community based participatory research

 

O'Neil, Catherine RN, MSN, CEN

 

Acute care nursing

Passmore, Denise  BA, MA

 

Distance Education Transformative Learning Adult Learning Education

Perl, Joan A.  BS, MSN

 

Healthcare informatics
Research skills Healthcare informatics

Rankin, Frances M.  PhD, ARNP, FAANP

Sudden cardiac death Eating disorders Biomarkers of bone metabolism in smokers Secondary data analysis CAD in women Obesity Dysmetabolic syndrome Diabetes Bariatric surgery CAD and biomarkers Primary care

 

Rauch, Erik  BS, MSN, CRNA

 

 

Redding, Barbara A.  RN, EdD, CNE

Parent/child

Nursing education

Riggin, Ona  PhD

 

 

Slone, Frederick  MD

 

Gastroenterology Simulation

Stark, Laurie  RN, MS, MSN

 

 

Steele, James  MSN, RN, ANP-C

Health Assessment Informatics Evidence Based Practice in the Clinical Setting

Informatics

Steele, Linda  PhD. ARNP, ANP-BC

End of Life Care Alternative/Complementary Health Care Women's/Adolescent Health

Simulation in Advanced Practice

Tofthagen, Cindy  PhD, ARNP, AOCNP

Oncology symptom management Pain Quality of life

 

Vivien, Tanika  BS, MSN

 

Acute care nursing

Vonnes, Cassandra  MS, ARNP-BC

Geriatrics Cardiovascular Disease Critical Care Nursing

Geriatric Nurse Practitioner

Visovsky, Connie  PhD, RN, ACNP-BC

Peripheral neuropathy
Cancer Physical activity

 

Warren, Rhonda

 

Adult/continuing education

Webb, Mary S. PhD, RN

 

Adult Health Health Psychology

Zambroski, Cheryl  PhD, RN

Quality of Life at the End of Life Palliative care outcomes Heart failure

Simulation