PhD
Faculty with PhD Doctoral Faculty status can serve as a PhD student advisor, PhD Program Committee chair, or as a PhD Program committee member. Faculty with Graduate Faculty status can serve as a PhD Program committee member.
| Name | Status | Nursing Specialty | Interest Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alexander, Gregory L. | Doctoral | Clinical Informatics, Human Computer Interaction | Gero-informatics research and national health policy along with IT effects on quality of care in nursing homes and long term care. Development organizations and health policy about nursing practice that impacts geriatric patients is also a focus. |
| Armer, Jane | Doctoral | Community Health, Gerontological Nursing, Oncology (Breast Cancer) | Measurement and management of post-breast cancer lymphedema; management of chronic illness; health beliefs and behaviors among diverse elders; relocation adjustment of rural elderly; qualitative research methods |
| Bloom, Tina L. | Doctoral | Intimate partner violence and violence prevention interventions, Maternal-child health, Collaborative and community-based research | Developing and testing effective violence interventions that decrease exposure to intimate partner violence, decreasing the negative impact that violence exposure has on their health. |
| Bostick, Jane | Graduate | Community/Mental Health Nursing; Geropsychiatric Nursing | Nursing home care quality; nursing homes staffing; Minimum Data Set quality indicators; nursing home environmental design; dementia and depression in older adults; reminiscence therapy to improve depression levels in the older adult |
| Bowman, Katherine G. | Graduate | Maternity and newborn nursing care, Maltreatment among adults maltreated as children | |
| Chase, Jo-Ana D. | Graduate | Gerontology, Cardiovascular nursing | Chronic disease self-management, Physical activity behavior and physical function among community-dwelling older adults, Healthy aging |
| Conn, Vicki S. | Doctoral | Gerontological nursing, Health behavior change | Health behavior research including exercise and medication adherence behavior among healthy and chronically ill adults. |
| Despins, Laurel | Graduate | Adult critical care, Healthcare systems, Quality improvement | Patient safety, situational awareness, signal detection, healthcare systems |
| Enriquez, Maithe | Doctoral | Infectious diseases/HIV, Immigrant health care | Infectious diseases, Syndemic health conditions (HIV and violence), Participatory action research, Development of interventions to prevent and manage chronic disease |
| Finfgeld-Connett, Deborah | Doctoral | Mental health | Psychosocial issues relating to women’s health, Theory development, Qualitative systematic review methods |
| Ganong, Lawrence | Doctoral | Research methods, family health | Resilience processes in post-divorce families |
| Jefferson, Urmeka T. | Graduate | Maternal-child health and Community-Based Participatory Research | Intervention research to reduce disparities in breastfeeding behavior and improve health outcomes for vulnerable infants. |
| Johnson, Rebecca | Doctoral | Adult nursing, Gerontological nursing | Human-companion animal interaction and well-being for humans and animals; Relocation of older adults. |
| Lane, Kari R. | Graduate | Adult acute care nursing, Gerontological nursing | Hearing health care, Improved communication, Supporting ADA rights, Health policy changes for hearing impaired |
| Oliver, Gina | Graduate | Nursing education; Adult health | Teaching and evaluation methods, curriculum |
| Pennington, Lila | Graduate | Family and gerontological nurse practitioer | Public health, primary care, and health of perimenopausal and older women |
| Phillips, Lorraine J. | Doctoral | Gerontology, Long-Term Care, Disability, Active Aging | Physical activity to optimize functioning and slow disability for older adults in senior housing; Long-term care environments that facilitate active aging; Detection and effects of depression in long-term care residents |
| Popejoy, Lori L. | Doctoral | Adult nursing, gerontological nursing | Care coordination, Transitional care, Discharge planning Advance Care Planning, Health Information Technology |
| Rantz, Marilyn | Doctoral | Gerontological nursing, Nursing administration, Aging in Place, Technology in aging | Quality of care in long-term care; Quality measurement; Aging in place; Nurse care coordination; Technology to enhance aging in place |
| Ruppar, Todd M. | Doctoral | Gerontological nursing, Community-health nursing | Chronic illness self-management in older adults; Health behavior change interventions; Adherence to medication regimens |
| Sherwin, LeeAnne B. | Graduate | Gastroenterology, Family Nurse Practitioner | Enhance patient outcomes by identifying complex symptoms and symptom clusters, investigating bio-behavioral markers and initiating interventions that will improve health and symptom outcomes in chronic gastrointestinal conditions across the lifespan |
| Vogelsmeier, Amy | Doctoral | Gerontological nursing, Healthcare systems, Nursing homes | Healthcare systems including acute and long term care, nursing leadership, patient/medication safety and safety practice implementation. |
| Wakefield, Bonnie J. | Doctoral | Gerontology, Informatics, Chronic Illness | Implementation and evaluation of home, mobile and web-based communication technologies to improve care for chronically ill elders |
| Wipke-Tevis, Deidre D. | Doctoral | Adult Health Nursing | Wound healing and human microcirculation; prevention and treatment of pressure and venous leg ulcers; measurement of wound perfusion, skin oxygen and carbon dioxide; nursing care of patients with cardiovascular disease |
DNP
Faculty with DNP Doctoral Faculty status can serve as DNP student advisor, DNP Committee chair, or as a DNP committee member. Faculty with Graduate Faculty status can serve as a DNP Program Committee member.
| Name | Status | Nursing Specialty | Interest Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alexander, Gregory | Doctoral | Clinical Informatics, Human Computer Interaction | Gero-informatics research and national health policy along with IT effects on quality of care in nursing homes and long term care. Development organizations and health policy about nursing practice that impacts geriatric patients is also a focus. |
| Armer, Jane | Doctoral | Community Health, Gerontological Nursing, Oncology (Breast Cancer) | Measurement and management of post-breast cancer lymphedema; management of chronic illness; health beliefs and behaviors among diverse elders; relocation adjustment of rural elderly; qualitative research methods |
| Bader, Val | Doctoral | Maternal child health, Women’s health | Health promotion for women |
| Beck, Mary | Doctoral | Leadership, Clinical Quality, Patient Safety Systems | Leadership development, focusing on positioning nurse’s advancement to be on boards, councils and commissions at the local, state and national level, clinical quality and patient safety in systems of care |
| Birtley, Nancy | Doctoral | Psychiatry, Mental Health | Geriatric Psychiatry and Psychopharmacology |
| Bloom, Tina | Doctoral | Intimate partner violence and violence prevention interventions, Maternal-child health, Collaborative and community-based research | Developing and testing effective violence interventions that decrease exposure to intimate partner violence, decreasing the negative impact that violence exposure has on their health. |
| Bostick, Jane | Doctoral | Community/Mental Health Nursing; Geropsychiatric Nursing | Nursing home care quality; nursing homes staffing; Minimum Data Set quality indicators; nursing home environmental design; dementia and depression in older adults; reminiscence therapy to improve depression levels in the older adult |
| Bowman, Katherine | Graduate | Maternity and newborn nursing care, Maltreatment among adults maltreated as children | |
| Butler, Miriam | Doctoral | Family Nurse Practitioner | Patient education and drug prevention education |
| Chase, Jo-Ana |
Graduate | Gerontology, Cardiovascular nursing | Chronic disease self-management, Physical activity behavior and physical function among community-dwelling older adults, Healthy aging |
| Conn, Vicki | Doctoral | Gerontological nursing, Health behavior change | Health behavior research including exercise and medication adherence behavior among healthy and chronically ill adults |
| Crumley, Carolyn | Doctoral | Clinical Nurse Specialist-Adult Health, Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nurse | Post-Thrombotic Syndrome, Venous Thromboembolism, Evidence-Based Practice |
| Despins, Laurel | Graduate | Adult critical care, Healthcare systems, Quality improvement | Patient safety, situational awareness, signal detection, healthcare systems |
| Enriquez, Maithe | Doctoral | Infectious diseases/HIV, Immigrant health care | Infectious diseases, Syndemic health conditions (HIV and violence), Participatory action research, Development of interventions to prevent and manage chronic disease |
| Evans-Smith, Pam | Graduate | Critical care | Pain management in the ICU patient |
| Ganong, Larry | Graduate | Research methods, family health | Resilience processes in post-divorce families |
| Harris, Robin | Doctoral | Pediatrics, Systems Leadership | |
| Jefferson, Urmeka | Doctoral | Maternal-child health and Community-Based Participatory Research | Intervention research to reduce disparities in breastfeeding behavior and improve health outcomes for vulnerable infants |
| Johnson, Rebecca | Doctoral | Adult nursing, Gerontological nursing | Human-companion animal interaction and well-being for humans and animals; Relocation of older adults |
| Lane, Kari | Doctoral | Adult acute care nursing, Gerontological nursing | Hearing health care, Improved communication, Supporting ADA rights, Health policy changes for hearing impaired |
| Oliver, Gina | Doctoral | Nursing education; Adult health | Teaching and evaluation methods, curriculum |
| Pennington, Lila | Doctoral | Family and gerontological nurse practitioner | Public health, primary care, and health of perimenopausal and older women |
| Phillips, Lorraine | Doctoral | Gerontology, Long-Term Care, Disability, Active Aging | Physical activity to optimize functioning and slow disability for older adults in senior housing; Long-term care environments that facilitate active aging; Detection and effects of depression in long-term care residents |
| Popejoy, Lori | Doctoral | Adult nursing, gerontological nursing | Care coordination, Transitional care, Discharge planning Advance Care Planning, Health Information Technology |
| Rantz, Marilyn | Doctoral | Gerontological nursing, Nursing administration, Aging in Place, Technology in aging | Quality of care in long-term care, Quality measurement, Aging in place, Nurse care coordination, Technology to enhance aging in place |
| Revelle, Sara | Graduate | Family nurse practitioner | Family practice |
| Ruppar, Todd | Doctoral | Gerontological nursing, Community-health nursing | Chronic illness self-management in older adults; Health behavior change interventions; Adherence to medication regimens |
| Sherman, Jan | Doctoral | Neonatal | Prenatal drug exposure to illicit and licit substances, Prevention of nosocomial neonatal infections, Neonatal pathophysiology |
| Sherwin, LeeAnne | Graduate | Gastroenterology, Family Nurse Practitioner | Enhance patient outcomes by identifying complex symptoms and symptom clusters, investigating bio-behavioral markers and initiating interventions that will improve health and symptom outcomes in chronic gastrointestinal conditions across the lifespan |
| Thomas, Shelby | Doctoral | Emergency/Trauma, Cardio-Vascular, Cardio-Thoracic, Open-Heart Surgery, Post-Anesthesia Care, Urgent Care | Intimate Partner Violence (IPV): Enhancing Vigilance of Screening, Treatment and Referral in the Primary Care Setting |
| Ulbrich, Sherri | Doctoral | Critical care nursing | Interprofessional education, Nursing education, Health literacy, Physical activity in adults to reduce cardiovascular disease risk |
| Vogelsmeier, Amy | Doctoral | Gerontological nursing, Healthcare systems, Nursing homes | Healthcare systems including acute and long term care, nursing leadership, patient/medication safety and safety practice implementation |
| Wakefield, Bonnie | Doctoral | Gerontology, Informatics, Chronic Illness | Implementation and evaluation of home, mobile and web-based communication technologies to improve care for chronically ill elders |
| Wipke-Tevis, Deidre | Doctoral | Adult health nursing | Wound healing and human microcirculation, prevention and treatment of pressure and venous leg ulcers, measurement of wound perfusion, skin oxygen and carbon dioxide, nursing care of patients with cardiovascular disease |
| Wood, Lea | Doctoral | Family practitioner, Women’s health | Simulation, Intimate partner violence, Interactive education, and Interprofessional collaboration |