About Our Program

Kathleen Ballman, DNP, APRN, ACNP-BC, CEN
Associate Professor of Clinical Nursing; Coordinator, Adult-Gerontology Acute  Care Nurse Practitioner Programs
CON Professional Studies Team - 0038
ballmake@ucmail.uc.edu 
 

Christine Colella DNP, APRN-CNP, FAANP, Professor and Executeive Director of Graduate Programs at the University of Cincinnati, College of Nursing

I am a practicing DNP prepared adult nurse practitioner with over 25 years of clinical experience.  My NP certification is in adult primary care and I have also achieved advanced oncology practice NP certification. I currently hold a faculty position teaching graduate and doctoral level nursing students while I continue my clinical practice. Since 2006, my clinical practice area has been in radiation oncology. In this position, I see patients independently as well as collaborate with a Radiation Oncologist. Maintaining advanced oncology certification benefits my clinical practice as well as my teaching. As an Assistant Professor at the University of Cincinnati College of Nursing, I teach core courses within the MSN program, am the appointed Coordinator of the distance learning AGPC (Adult Gero Primary Care) program since October 2015, serve as Chair and Committee member for Doctoral Student Committees and teach in the Doctorate of Nursing Practice Program.

Dr. Sherry Donaworth is an Associate Professor of Clinical Nursing at the University of Cincinnati, College of Nursing.  She is board certified as both an Adult-Acute Care Nurse Practitioner and a Family Nurse Practitioner. Her extensive clinical practice experience has included critical care, cardiology, geriatrics as well as primary care.   As lead faculty for advanced pharmacology and clinical management of adult health problems, she has utilized the “flipped classroom” and advanced technology in teaching, for both onsite and distance learners.  Dr. Donaworth serves as a content expert on an ANE HRSA grant for interactive case studies for distance learning students.

Doctoral-prepared Advanced Practice Nurse with certifications in both Family Practice (AANP; ANCC) and Lifespan Psychiatric Mental Health (ANCC).  Experience in academia includes teaching in both undergrduate (ADN) and graduate (MSN, DNP) programs.  Clinical expertise includes family practice, psych mental health, and management of chemical dependence. 

Dr. Trees has been a registered nurse for over 40 years and has practiced clinically in medical/surgical nursing, emergency departments, prehospital care, and occupational health settings. He has clinical experience as a staff nurse, charge nurse, and manager. He has been a family nurse practitioner for over 14 years practicing primarily in occupational medicine. He enjoys students and has precepted many students during his career.

Areas of expertise:
Family Practice / Primary Care
Occupational Medicine
Emergency / Urgent Care / Retail Clinics

I have been an Assistant Professor of Clinical and Director of the Neonatal Nurse Practitioner Program here at the University of Cincinnati for 18 years. I am a practicing Neonatal Nurse Practitioner. I have forty years of experience in the neontal field. I have been a Neonatal Nurse Practitioner since 1992.

Results-oriented healthcare executive who has successfully assumed increasingly complex responsibilities throughout a service career. Experience includes case management leadership, productivity enhancement, expense reduction, organizational restructuring, performance improvement and process review and design in both the not for profit and for profit healthcare arenas as an executive and consultant.  Initially assumed faculty positions in both  RN to BSN as well as  associate degree nursing  programs, and  is now teaching graduate  nursing courses, using distance learning strategies. Responsibilities include coordination of the leadership graduate programs and dvelopment of the case management certificate program at the College of Nursing.

Beth Ann Clayton is an Associate Professor of Clinical Nursing and the Nurse Anesthesia Program Director at the University of Cincinnati. She is a Fellow in the American Academy of Nursing. 

She leads over 80 nurse anesthesia students in doctorate level programing. She oversees curriculum, DNP projects, faculty teaching for 15 didactic faculty members and over 80 clinical nurse anesthesia  faculty members at UC Physcians, as well as 18 clinical coordinators over 17 different clinical sites. She is responsible for compliance with the Council on Accreditation of Nurse Anesthesia Educational Programs and Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education.  

Dr. Clayton is a practicing Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist. She provides anesthesia services at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center and with NorthStar Anesthesia at Mercy-Health Fairfield Hospital. She specializes in obstetric anesthesia and delivers care at  Level II and Level III labor and delivery units. 

With experience spanning over 20 years, Dr. Clayton is a respected clinician, researcher, and educator to practicing CRNAs, nurse anesthesia students and  other healthcare professionals. A primary author of the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists obstetric anesthesia practice guidelines, she advocates tirelessly for evidence-based practice improvements through years of working with the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists (AANA).  Her commitments include the AANA Closed Claims Committee, Practice Committee and Spinal/Epidural and Ultrasound Workshops. Her research analyzes closed malpractice claims to facilitate the identification of  patterns of injuries, precipitating events and interventions to improve care. Her work in obstetric anesthesia has improved maternal and fetal care across the country and the world through dissemination at over 100 national and international conferences, several peer-reviewed publications and participation in community and national task forces to advance patient care.  A recipient of two AANA national awards in education and research, Dr. Clayton serves as a journal reviewer for the AANA Journal and Pain Management Nursing Journal.  In addition, Dr. Clayton is leading an opioid sparing pain control technique with demonstrated results in place at multiple Ohio hospitals.  

Dr. Clayton received her BSN from Bloomsburg University and her MS in Nurse Anesthesia from Northeastern University. She later earned  her DNP at the University of Cincinnati.
 

 

Eva Fried is an experienced women’s health clinician and educator. She has made significant contributions to the professions of midwifery and advanced practice nursing through writing, advocacy work, and meeting planning. In her role as faculty member and program director, Eva is committed to excellence in distance education, fostering belongingness and community in distance education, and informing every step of each student’s experience from application through graduation with a diversity, equity, and inclusion framework.

I serve as Assistant Professor and Director of the Occupational Health Nursing (OHN) MSN Program at the University of Cincinnati (UC). In this role, I have led the conversion from an in-class, local program to an online, national program, while also developing and teaching new OHN MSN course content. I also developed the OHN Program Core section of the University of Cincinnati Education and Research Center’s grant proposal which was subsequently awarded multi-year NIOSH funding for faculty effort and trainee stipends. I also developed and taught advanced statistical courses (i.e., bivariate, multivariable, and multivariate methods course series) while serving as an advisor to three PhD Candidates in the Nursing PhD Program. Prior to this role, I worked at the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health as the only epidemiologist within two Divisions in collaboration with colleagues from multiple disciplines. I was also previously a Research Associate in UC’s Dept. of Environmental Health. Research projects in which I have been involved have spanned studies of respiratory effects of workers exposure to ceramic fibers to reproductive effects of bicycling. As a NIOSH Project Officer, I studied the respiratory health of nail salon workers. Cited publications I have coauthored demonstrate a history of transdisciplinary collaboration and inclusion of women and minorities in research. My current research focus is motivating increases in physical activity at the community level.

Dr. Tyson is an Advanced Practice Nurse holding dual doctorates in Psychiatric Nursing Practice and Theology & Spiritual Formation. He is triple-boarded, being certified as a Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner, Adult Nurse Practitioner, and Certified Addiction Registered Nurse--Advanced Practice (Nursing Addictionologist). Before entering the mental health industry Dr. Tyson served as a minister for many years, and still devotes time as Adjunct Clergy. Dr. Tyson earned degrees from Anderson University, Anderson University School of Theology, Knox Theological Seminary, University of Cincinnati, and University of Louisville. He completed a residency experience and was groomed as a psychiatric provider and psychopharmacologist at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital where he was mentored by renowned bipolar scientist, Melissa Delbello, MD, MS. He later received extensive clinical experience working with the severely mentally ill at Talbert House where many of his patients were indigent and in case management services. More recently, Dr. Tyson has offered his gifts as a psychiatric hospitalist for the Lindner Center of Hope, Beckett Springs Hospital, West Chester Hospital, Assurance Health System, and Haven Behavioral Hospital, where he rounds on patients daily. He also enjoys his role as an Assistant Professor Clinical at the University of Cincinnati College of Nursing where he directs the Psychiatric-Mental Health Program. Additionally, Dr. Tyson offers outpatient services and is the Founder and Owner of Lee Side Wellness, a regional, privately held conglomerate of PMHNPs, psychiatrists, and psychotherapists, offering innovative and empathic mental wellness, including pharmacogenomics services and transcranial magnetic stimulation. Lee Side Wellness is the largest NP-owned psychiatric practice in the state of Ohio. Dr. Tyson has published and presented multiple papers, and his specialty areas include: anxiety, bipolar, depression, PTSD, sexuality/gender issues, geriatric psychiatry, and substance abuse. Dr. Tyson hails from a small town in Louisiana and loves Cajun cuisine. He is passionate about issues of social justice and equality, loves being a husband and dad, and is a HUGE fan of the LA Lakers. If you love the Lakers you certainly have a friend in Dr. Tyson!

Professor Maus is an Assistant Professor of Clinical Nursing and the Coordinator of the Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner Program at the University of Cincinnati, College of Nursing.  She has maintained her board certification as a Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner (WHNP) for twenty-five years.  Professor Maus has practiced extensively throughout the United States providing evidence-based care to medically underserved women, including central California and the United States / Mexico border.  With her current focus on educating the next generation of nurse practitioners, she directs her energy toward technology in learning and teaching clinical skills through online and onsite simulation. Under her leadership, the 2018 WHNP graduates’ pass rate was 100% on their certification exam.  She and her team were awarded the 2017 Dean’s Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Grant.  This allowed her to develop and implement numerous online clinical skill modules covering the pelvic exam, specimen collection, microscopy, and the breast exam.  In August 2019, in cooperation with Bayer U.S., LLC., she added the PelvicSim™ (VirtaMed), a high-fidelity mobile simulator, to train students in intrauterine device (IUD) insertion for the nurse midwifery students. In late 2019, she was part of a team submitting for funding integrating SBIRT training into APN programs.  In 2020, Bayer Global awarded her team a $97,000 grant for development of simulation experiences in a distance format.  In addition, she is working with a team on mindfulness practice in teaching and the workplace.  Her scholarship and clinical practice expertise was further recognized through the publication of clinical practice articles.  In 2019 by invitation, the journal requested the article be further developed for their fall CEU edition.  Her most recent publication on PCOS was published April 2020.