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Name Graduate Faculty Area(s) or Research Interest Area(s) of Expertise
Amoako, Emelia Yes
  • Diabetes in older African-American women
  • Gerontology
  • OB/GYN
Bannon, Mary J. No
  • Depression in older adults
  • Health promotion/chronic disease
  • Gerontology
  • Case management
Barba, Beth Yes
  • Human/Companion animal relationships (particularly w/ older adults)
  • Dementia care mapping
  • Curriculum development in Geriatrics
  • Faculty development in Geriatric Nursing
Bartlett, T. Robin Yes
  • AD/HD
  • Problem Behaviors
  • How problem behaviors cluster in adolescents
  • Problem behaviors in adolescents
  • Risk and protection
  • Developmental science
Blue, Carolyn Yes
  • Predictors of physical activity & healthy eating among adults at risk for diabetes
  • Psychosocial predictors of physical activity of blue-collar workers
  • Prevention of back injuries among nurisng personnel
  • Predictors of musculoskeletal injury among fire fighters
  • Diabetes prevention intervention
  • Occupational health
Brown, Hazel Yes
  • Adolescent pregnancy prevention
  • Various nursing administrative topics
  • Caring & nursing administration
  • Adolescent pregnancy prevention
  • Nursing administration
Courts, Nancy Yes
  • Chronic illness
  • Patients and families
  • Adult Health
  • Counseling
Cowen, Kay
  • Use of gaming in the classroom
  • Care of the hospitalized child
  • Pediatrics
  • Use of gaming in classroom
Cowling, Richard  
  • Guided imagery
  • Alternative therapies
  • Violence against women
  • Survivorship
  • Qualitative methods
  • Theory development
  • Gerontology
Crane, Patricia Yes
  • Cardiovascular: CHF and MI
  • Fatigue
  • Quantitative methods
Debrew, Jacqueline
  • Older adults
  • Gerontology CNS
Dick, Margaret Yes
  • Breastfeeding Attrition
  • Education
  • Burnout: Organizational Studies
  • Maternal - child
  • Education
  • Organizational Climate
Evans, Marilyn Adjunct
  • Breasfeeding Attrition
  • Instructional Design
  • Breastfeeding
  • Instructional Design
Hancock, Debbie
  • Osteoperosis
  • Diabetes - Type 1 and Type 2
  • Pediatric Nursing
  • NICU
Hancock, Margaret
  • Complementary health modalities
  • Women's health
  • Maternity nursing
Helfers, Mary Jo
  • Complementary/alternative therapy
  • Nutrition
  • Adult Health
Herrick, Charlotte
  • Systems of Care
  • Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing across the life Span
  • Case Management
  • Nursing Administration
  • Nursing Leadership
  • Systems of Care
  • Psychiatric Mental Health Nurisng
Herron, Dorothy  
  • Hospital Practice
  • Nutrition
  • Gerontology
  • Adult Health
Hu, Jie Yes
  • Health-related quality of life
  • Chronic disease in older adults/minority populations
  • Quantitative research methods
  • Health-related quality of life
Ivanov, Louise Yes
  • Access & delivery of health care services to immigrants/refugees from Former Soviet Union
  • Effects of migration on health behavior of immigrants/refugees from Former Soviet Union
  • Prevalence of the Mtabolica Syndrome among Russian residents
  • Health services research in US and Russia related to access & delivery of health care services
  • Health policy analysis
  • Cost-benefit analysis
Jones, Ellen Yes
  • Metabolic Syndrome & Russians
  • Health Center outcomes
  • Type II Diabetes and older adults
Karb, Virginia Yes
  • Nursing Education
Kautz, Donald Yes
  • Sexuality & intimacy in older adults
  • Dementia
  • Clinical reasoning
  • Adult health - neruo and rehab
  • Sexual issues across the lifespan
Kennedy-Malone, Laurie Yes
  • Practice characteristics of gerontological nurse practitioners
  • Diabetes and Older African-Amer.
  • Medication evaluation in older adults
  • Interested in looking at an intervention to use with AD patients while sleeping
Kohlenberg, Eileen Yes
  • Nursing mentorship program
  • Nurse Anesthesia Manpower Study
  • Nursing education
  • Administration of Nursing Ed
  • Health of middle Aged Adults
Krowchuk, Heidi Yes
  • Improving the health of vulnerable children and their mothers
  • Increasing folic acid intake among high-risk groups
  • Identifying strategies to optimize health behaviors
  • Maternal/Child health; ambulatory care
  • Improving the health of vulnerable children and their mothers
  • Increasing folic acid intake among high-risk groups
  • Identifying strategies to optimize health behaviors
Lane, Roberta No
  • Health insurance
  • School health
  • Role of PND
Letvak, Susan Yes
  • RN workforce issues
  • Occupational health & safety
  • Relational theory
  • Aerontology
  • Qualitative methods
  • Workforce issues, aging RN
  • Occupational health & safety
Lewallen, Lynne Yes
  • Breastfeeding
  • Pregnancy
  • Nursing education
  • Breastfeeding
  • Pregnancy
  • Nursing education
Lutz, Jayne Adjunct
  • Impact of older adults attending the SON-run Health Centers on Quality of life
  • Older adults in the community
  • Community
  • Gerontology
  • Maternal/child health
Maree, Nancy
  • Nurse Anesthesia Education
  • CRNA Manpower Issues
McNeal, Linda Adjunct
  • Health professionals and stress
  • Critical care and oncology
  • Leadership & management
O'Rourke, Maureen Yes
  • Prostate Cancer
  • Family decision making across the cancer trajectory
  • Family responses to cancer
  • Oncology - Adult
Ouellette, Sandra Yes
  • Nursing - CRNA shortage
  • Nurse Anesthesia education
  • Anesthesia Clinical Access
Reiker, Michael  
  • Nursing-CRNA shortage
  • Nurse Anesthesia education
  • Anethesia Clinical Access
Rossen, Eileen Yes
  • Late-life transition - community relocation to congregate living
  • Quality of life
  • Depression
  • Community mental health
  • Qualitative research
  • Gerontology
Sandoval, Jenny Adjunct
  • Ethical decision making
  • Preceptorships
  • Critical care
Shattell, Mona
  • Patient satisfaction
  • Quality of care
  • Psych.
  • Mental Health
  • Qualitative methods
Stanford, Deb
  • Maternity
  • Critical care
  • Education
  • Maternity - post-partum
  • Adult Health recovery rm & ICU
  • Pre-eclampsia
Tesh, Anita Yes
  • Outcomes research
  • Psychometrics
  • Geriatrics
  • Statistics, research design, psychometrics, geriatrics, end of life care
Van Horn, Elizabeth
  • Trauma
  • Critical care
  • Hospital care
Wallace, Debra
  • Gerontology
  • Health risks/promotion
  • Outcomes research
  • Minority health
  • Health services research
  • Quantitative methods
  • Adult health
  • Health services research
  • Psychometrics
  • Large databases

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