Research Honors Program Participating Faculty

Jerilyn Allen, ScD, RN, FAAN
Reducing Total Cardiovascular Risk in an Urban Community
This study is based on the premise that a community-based participatory research partnership model using a team of an advanced practice nurse case manager, community health worker, and physician, can be translated into urban community clinics and can improve the quality of care and reduce disparities in cardiovascular health in minority and other underserved populations.

Jacquelyn Campbell, PhD, RN, FAAN
Dr. Campbell's overall research and policy initiatives are in the area of family violence and violence against women, with continuous research funding since 1984 from NIH. Specific research areas include risk factors and assessment for intimate partner homicide, abuse during pregnancy, marital rape, physical and mental health effects of intimate partner violence, prevention of dating violence and interventions to prevent and address domestic violence.

Cheryl Dennison, PhD, RN, ANP
The goal of this research project is to design and pilot test an innovative, web-based clinical decision support system (CDSS) to improve provider (nurse and physician) implementation of national guidelines and improve quality of care among HF patients at Johns Hopkins Hospital.

Jason Farley, PhD, MPH, CRNP
Dr. Farley's current research involves the epidemiologic interactions of patients with HIV/AIDS and drug resistance infections. He currently is participating in research projects on multi-drug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) in South Africa as well as MRSA colonization and prevention studies among persons with HIV/AIDS in Baltimore.

Nancy Glass, PhD, MPH, RN
Health Disparities, Intimate Partner Violence, Community-based participatory research methods.

Deborah Gross, DNSC, RN, FAAN
Dr. Gross' research focuses on the prevention of mental health problems in young children. This research primarily centers on working with parents of children at elevated risk for social and emotional disorders in the first 5 years of life.

Hae-Ra Han, PhD, RN
Dr. Han's primary research interests are developing and evaluating community-based outreach programs for cancer prevention and cardiovascular health promotion in ethnic minorities. Dr. Han currently is investigating the effect of a community health worker outreach intervention program combined with computerized tailored health messages on improving cancer screening behaviors among predominantly monolingual Korean American women.

Miyong Kim, PhD, RN, FAAN
Cardiovascular health promotion or cancer prevention research, research methods of cross-cultural research and program evaluation; instrumentation, stastistical analyses and intervention evaluation; prevalence, risk factors, and factors associated with prevention and treatment of coronary heart disease among Korean American immigrants

Hayley Mark, PhD, RN, MPH
Accuracy of Serological Assays for Diagnosis of Herpes Simplex Virus Type 1 (HSV-1) and 2 (HSV-2) The goal of this research project is to determine the clinical utility of serological tests for HSV-1 and HSV-2 and to develop testing strategies and recommendations for screening and counseling asymptomatic populations for HSV-

Marie Nolan, PhD, MPH, RN
Factors Related to Living Organ Donor Decision
The purpose of this study is to use quantitative hypothesis testing and qualitative analysis to examine the relationship of situational and relational factors in decision-making to outcomes associated with partial liver and kidney donation.

Gayle Page, DNSc, RN, FAAN
Neonatal Pain, Adult Biobehavioral Responses to Stress
The overall objective of this study is to explore in the mature animal the biobehavioral consequences of repetitive neonatal pain.

Phyllis Sharps, PhD, RN, CNE, FAAN
Dr. Sharps' research has focused on a variety of factors that impact the health of women, specifically reproductive and mental health. Research activities have included examining factors related to high-risk pregnancies and infant mortality. Factors investigated are utilization of prenatal care, low birth weight infants, intimate partner abuse, depression, self-esteem and parenting practices. Other investigations have been examining women's health, lifestyle, and health behaviors related to menopausal health. Dr. Sharps' research related to intimate partner abuse has focused on risk factors for intimate partner femicide.

Sarah Szanton, PhD, CRNP
Dr. Szanton is exploring the effectiveness of a low-cost, low-tech approach to promote the health of low-income, minority older adults, a population at greater than average risk for disability and death. Szanton and her team are building on anecdotal evidence to systematically evaluate health outcomes of ElderSHINE (Support, Honor, Inspire, Nurture, Evolve), a program that trains low-income minority seniors in mindfulness-based meditation and self-efficacy. Through this research, Szanton hopes to determine if ElderSHINE's meditation and self-efficacy training can help improve health measures and reduce stress in this population of elders.

Jennifer Wenzel, PhD, RN, CCM
Building the foundation for an intervention to provide health care and health system navigation services to cancer patients and families through the process of diagnosis and treatment. The planned intervention will be targeted to assist individuals who are at risk for poor outcomes due to race/ethnicity (African Americans), age (elders), and rurality.