| 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 |
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Beckstead, Jason W. PhD |
Decision-making
Judgment tasks |
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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 |
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Capewell, Roberta A. MSN |
Safe patient handling
Occupational health
Alleviating musculoskeletal injuries |
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Evans, Mary E. RN, PhD, FAAN |
Systems of care
Children's mental health |
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Fitzgerald, Shirley PhD |
Quality of life
Assistive technology
Traumatic brain injury
Outcome measures
Data coordination |
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Gonzalez, Laura RN, MS, ARNP |
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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 |
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Hall, Nicholas R. S. PhD |
Psychoneuroimmunology
Mind and body
Emotions and health
Immune system and brain
Stress and health
Stress and inflammation |
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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 |
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Johnson, Afriyie RN, MS/FCNS/FNP-C |
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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) |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Morris, Gregory M. CRNA, MS, ARNP |
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Nurse anesthesiology |
Morris, Joan BSN, MSN, ARNP |
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Adult health
Community health |
Morris, Steve MD, RN |
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Bioterrorism and disaster training |
Overcash, Janine PhD, ARNP, BC |
Functional status and falls
Oncology
Geriatric assessment |
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Passmore, Denise BA, MA |
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Distance education
Instructional Technology |
Perl, Joan A. BS, MSN |
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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 |
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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 |