Researchers
Our researchers study complex health care issues in several main categories:
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Ready to Join our Team?
If you have questions about job openings for tenure-track faculty, contact Associate Professor & Associate Dean for Research Carolyn Smith, at carolyn.smith@uc.edu.
Vulnerable Populations & Health Disparities
Randi Bates, PhD, RN, APRN-CNP, FNP-C
Assistant Professor
Focus: Child and Caregiver Mental Health; Parenting; Social Determinants of Health; Family Systems
Ann Gakumo, PhD, RN
Associate Professor
Focus: Health Disparities among African Americans with HIV
Jacob Gordon, PhD, MSW
Assistant Professor
Focus: Mental health impact of social media use among LGBTQ+ youth
Beverly Hittle, PhD, RN, FAAOHN
Associate Professor
Focus: Occupational Health; Shiftwork; Sleep & Fatigue; Health Promotion & Disease Prevention
Minjin Kim, PhD, MSN, RN
Assistant Professor
Focus: HPV; Cancer Prevention; Health Disparities
Rebecca Lee, PhD, RN, PHCNS-BC, CTN-A, FTNSS
Associate Professor & Director, RN to BSN Online Program
Focus: Social Determinants of Health; Homelessness; Health Promotion; Culture and Health; Transcultural Nursing; Interprofessional Education & Practice; Public Health; Nursing Workforce Development
Elaine Miller, PhD, RN, CRRN, FAAN, FAHA
Professor
Focus: Technology-Enhanced Learning; Disaster Training; Crisis Leadership
Caroline Morrison, PhD, RN, CNL
Associate Professor
Focus: Oncology; Self-Management; Symptoms; Health Disparities
Yuqing Zhang, PhD, RN
Assistant Professor
Focus: Oral Health; Behavioral Intervention; Health Disparities
Chronic Illness & Aging
Tamilyn Bakas, PhD, RN, FAHA, FAAN
Professor & Jane E. Procter Endowed Chair
Focus: Stroke; Caregiving
Cleopatra Kum, PhD, RN
Assistant Professor
Focus: Stroke Family Caregiver Health
Violence
Carolyn Smith, PhD, RN, CNE, FAAOHN
Associate Professor & Associate Dean for Research
Focus: Violence Against Women; Workplace Violence; Occupational Health
Quality & Safety
Dania Abu Alhaija, PhD, RN
Assistant Professor
Focus: Occupational Health & Safety for Health Care Workers; Health Promotion & Disease Prevention
Kim Johnson, PhD, RN, CEN, FAEN
Associate Professor & Director, PhD Program
Focus: Quality & Safety
Elizabeth McKinley, PhD, MSN, RN
Assistant Professor
Focus: Occupational Health; Respiratory Exposure; Health Care Worker Exposure; Respiratory Exposures in the Home Environment
Data Science
Sayonara Barbosa, PhD, RN
Assistant Professor
Focus: Artificial Intelligence, M-Health, Health/Nursing Informatics
Anthony Faiola, PhD, MFA
Professor
Focus: Digital Health Solutions, Health Behavior.
Paul Norrod, DrPH, RN
Assistant Professor
Focus: Occupational Injury Prevention, Artificial Intelligence, Mental Health Conditions and Suicide, Rural Health