RESEARCH ACTIVITIES

Faculty Member	Areas of Scholarly Expertise and Interest
Abbott, Patti, PhD, RN, FAAN, FACMi	User-Centered design, Human Factors, Health Care informatics, Quality/Safety via Healthcare Intfomation Technologies, ICT in low resource settings
Allen, Jerilyn, RN, ScD, FAAN	Preventive cardiology, cardiac rehabilitation, health promotion. Cardiovascular Risk Factors; Primary and Secondary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease; Women and Heart Disease; Nurse Case Management; Risk Factor Interventions; Cholesterol Management; Cardiac Rehabilitation; Health Promotion
Jacqueline Campbell, PhD, RN, FAAN	Domestic violence (physical, sexual, dating violence, abuse during pregnancy) and violence prevention especially among vulnerable and ethnic minority populations and the contribution of violence and trauma to health disparities, including HIV/AIDS.
Dennison, Cheryl, RN, ANP, PhD	Cardiovascular Risk Management; Chronic Illness Management; Hypertension; Heart Failure; Quality of Care; Interdisciplinary Teamwork; Provider Behavior; Evidence Based Practice
Farley, Jason, PhD, MPH, MSN, CRNP	Infectious disease prevention and control; prevalence, risk factors and molecular characteristics of drug resistant organisms in persons living with HIV/AIDS; Nurse prescribing in resource poor settings; Infection control in resource poor settings.
Gaston-Johansson, Fannie, PhD, RN, FAAN	Symptom management and coping. Cancer interventions, health disparities, pain, cardiovascular disease
George, Maureen, PhD, RN, AE-C	qualitative research, complementary and alternative medicine, health disparities, asthma, health literacy, cultural competency, behavioral health, vulnerable populations, patient-provider communication, adherence
Gerson, Linda	psychiatry, abnormal psychology (including human development), and behavioral science
Nancy Glass, PhD, MPH, RN	Health Disparities, Intimate Partner Violence, Community-based participatory research methods
Hae-Ra Han, PhD, RN	Community-based outreach programs, cancer control, cardiovascular health promotion, health disparities, instrumentation, evidence based practice
Hill, Elizabeth (Beth)	Long-term Care (assisted living, nursing homes), Falls, Older Adults
Kearney, Marguerite, PhD, RN, FAAN	Hormone status and platelet biology, cerebral ischemia, microvascular blood flow, shock, mediators of shock and ischemia
Kim, Miyong, PhD, RN, FAAN	Cardiovascular health promotion or cancer prevention research, research methods of cross-cultural research, and program evaluation; instrumentation, statistical analyses and intervention evaluation; prevalence, risk factors, and factors associated with prevention and treatment of coronary heart disease among Korean American immigrants
Mark, Hayley	Sexually transmitted disease prevention; Stigma; Herpes Simplex Viruses; Risk behavior; Psychosocial and behavioral impact of disease.
Marie T. Nolan, PhD, RN	Patient and family decision making in serious illness; End of life decision making; Living organ donor decision making
Page, Gayle, RN, DNSc, FAAN	pain, psychoneuroimmunology, biologic outcomes
Rose, Linda	psychiatry, qualitative methods, family research, health disparities
Sharps, Phyllis	Perinatal health disparities, domestic violence, infant mortality, parenting, home visiting and women’s health in community settings. Domestic violence and physical and mental health consequences for women, infant mortality, and women’s health.
Szanton, Sarah, PhD, CRNP	Biobehavioral, Health Disparitites, Aging, Psychosocial stressors and health
Tanner, Ibby	Health Promotion and gerontology, self management and aging, social activity/social support in promoting independent self-managemnt in aging, depression
Taylor, Laura	Patient and Family Decision Making
Benita Walton-Moss, DNS, RNCS, FNP	Family practice, prenatal care utilization, perinatal substance abuse.
Wenzel, Jennifer	Oncology, Health Disparities, Health Services Research, Managed Care, Case Management, Treatment Decision-making, Computer Assisted Qualitative Data Analysis
White, Kathi (Kathleen)	nursing administration, care enhancement delivery models, cost and outcomes of care
Woods, Nancy	intimate partner violence on immune system, symptom clusters of pain, fatigue and depression, women's health, nurse-midwifery

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