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College of Nursing Faculty Name

Research Interests

Education/Training Interests

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
Interaction between genetics and environment (behavior)
Motivational Interviewing
Genetic markers for coronary heart disease
Inflammatory cytokines

 

Beckstead, Jason W.  PhD

Decision-making
Judgment tasks

 

Berarducci, Adrienne  PhD, ARNP, CS

Biomarkers of bone metabolism in smokers
Bone resorption/bone formation markers
Secondary data analysis
Health promotion
Osteoporosis
Osteoporosis & bone health in unique populations
Outcomes research
Instrument development/testing

Risk communication and health education
Adult health

Burns, Candace M.  PhD, ARNP

Adult health
Adult obesity

Occupational health nursing

Burns, Patricia A.  PhD, RN, FAAN

Incontinence

Workforce development

Cahill, Kathleen  DNP, ARNP

Pain management
Headache management
Practice and prescribing Patterns in Nurse Practitioners in Pain and/or Headache Management
Pain Management from Battlefield Injuries
Pain Measurement
Headache Measurement
Simulation 

Undergraduate Nursing Students
Evidence Based Practice

Cadena, Sandra  PhD, ARNP, CS

Schizophrenia

Accelerated students

Cantero, Deborah J.  MS, ARNP-C

Osteoporosis effects of exercise on bone density
Postural stability and bone remodeling markers
Quality of life

 

Capewell, Roberta A.  MSN

Safe patient handling
Occupational health
Alleviating musculoskeletal injuries

 

Evans, Mary E.  RN, PhD, FAAN

Systems of care
Children's mental health

 

Fitzgerald, Shirley  PhD

Quality of life
Assistive technology
Traumatic brain injury
Outcome measures
Data coordination

 

Gonzalez, Laura  RN, MS, ARNP

 

Simulation
Electronic health records

Gonzalez, Lois O.  PhD, ARNP, BC

Complementary and alternative health care
Women’s health
Women’s issues in psychiatric / mental health care
Long term effects of allostatic load

Psychiatric-mental health nursing

Gottel, Debra G.  MHS, RN

Smoking cessation

Psychiatric-mental health nursing

Gower, Sierra  CRNA, MS, ARNP

Cardiac surgery and glycemic control related to wound infection outcomes

Nurse anesthesiology

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

 

Hall, Nicholas R. S.  PhD

Psychoneuroimmunology
Mind and body
Emotions and health
Immune system and brain
Stress and health
Stress and inflammation

 

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 papilloma virus
Sexually transmitted infections/disease
Education and behavioral intervention
Minority health/health disparity
Cervical cancer
Health communication (culturally appropriate)

 

Kennel, Susan  BSN, MSN, PhD

Complementary and alternative therapies Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder Risk behaviors in adolescents with diabetes

Pediatric primary care

Kip, Kevin E.  PhD

Data coordination
Cardiovascular disease
Epidemiology
Obesity and diabetes
Complementary and alternative medicine

 

Lehman, Brandy  BSN, MS, CNS

Sleep
Inflammation
Caregiver stress
Alzheimer’s
Pyschoneuroimmunology

Perioperative nursing
Medical-surgical nursing

Lengacher, Cecile A.  RN, PhD

Mindfulness based stress reduction
Caregivers
Breast cancer
Psychoneuroimmunology and breast cancer
Complementary/alternative therapies
Health promotion
Role strain
Women's health
Role socialization
Outcomes research
Asthma education
Instrument development/testing

 

Maguire, Denise J.  PhD, RN-BC

Neonatal skin
Pediatric pain                             

Accelerated students
Web-based learning

McCormick, Raymond  MSN, RN

Right to die
Self-determination
Adult education
Cardiovascular critical care
Cardiac surgery
Writing skills of nursing students
Online education
Simulation training

Writing skills and APA format
Community nursing
Nutrition
Simulation training

McMillan, Susan C.  PhD, RN, FAAN

Oncology
Hospice caregivers
Pain
Quality of life at end-of-life
Constipation

 

Morris, Gregory M.  CRNA, MS, ARNP

 

Nurse anesthesiology

Morris, Joan  BSN, MSN, ARNP

 

Adult health
Community health

Morris, Steve  MD, RN

 

Bioterrorism and disaster training

Overcash, Janine  PhD, ARNP, BC

Functional status and falls
Oncology
Geriatric assessment

 

Passmore, Denise  BA, MA

 

Distance education
Instructional Technology

Perl, Joan A.  BS, MSN

 

Healthcare informatics
Spirituality
Eastern Medicine
Distance education
Adult Education
Complementary health care
Innovative technologies

Rankin, Frances M.  PhD, ARNP, FAANP

Insulin resistance
Metabolic syndrome
Obesity
Preventive cardiology
Primary care

 

Vonnes, Cassandra  MS, ARNP-BC

Geriatrics and cardiology

Cardiology
Internal medicine
Nephrology
Simulated learning for undergrad nurses

Zambroski, Cheryl  PhD, RN

End of life care for patients with heart failure
Quality of life in cardiovascular disease
Symptom management in heart failure
Patients with Ventricular Assist Devices
Cardiovascular illness
Symptom management strategies
Theory of Unpleasant Symptoms

End of life care
Research methods (interested in additional training)
Instrument development testing