Researchers
Our researchers study complex health care issues in several main categories:
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Vulnerable Populations & Health Disparities
Randi Bates, PhD
Assistant Professor
Focus: Mother Stress, Child Stress, Poverty, Health Behaviors
Samantha Boch, PhD, RN
Assistant Professor
Focus: Social Determinants of Health
Ann Gakumo, PhD, RN
Associate Dean for Inclusion and Community Impact, Associate Professor and Endowed Chair for Diversity, Equity and Inclusive Excellence
Focus: Health Disparities among African Americans with HIV
Beverly Hittle, PhD, RN
Assistant Professor
Focus: Occupational Health; Sleep & Shiftwork
Minjin Kim, PhD, MSN, RN
Assistant Professor
Focus: HPV; Cancer Prevention; Health Disparities
Jennifer Lanzillotta-Rangeley, PhD, CRNA
Associate Professor
Focus: Opioid Epidemic
Rebecca Lee, PhD, RN, PHCNS-BC, CTN-A
Associate Professor
Focus: Homelessness; Health Disparities; Cultural Competence
Elaine Miller, PhD, RN, CRRN, FAAN, FAHA
Professor
Focus: Technology-Enhanced Learning; Disaster Training; Crisis Leadership
Aaron Murnan, PhD
Assistant Professor
Focus: Family Systems Interventions; Sex Trade Involvement; Substance Use; Community-Partnered Interventions
Yuqing Zhang, PhD
Assistant Professor
Focus: Oral Health; Behavioral Intervention; Health Disparities
Chronic Illness & Aging
Tamilyn Bakas, PhD, RN, FAHA, FAAN
Professor and Jane E. Procter Endowed Chair
Focus: Stroke; Caregiving
Cleopatra Kum, PhD, RN
Assistant Professor
Focus: Stroke Family Caregiver Health
Caroline Morrison, PhD, RN
Associate Professor
Focus: Self-Management; Symptoms; Oncology
Kelly Stacy, PhD, MHA, RN
Assistant Professor
Focus: Dementia, Family Caregivers
Violence
Gordon Gillespie, PhD, DNP, RN, CEN, CNE, CPEN, PHCNS-BC, FAEN, FAAN
Professor & Interim Dean
Focus: Workplace Violence
Carolyn Smith, PhD, RN
Associate Professor & Director of Occupational Health Program
Focus: Violence Against Women; Workplace Violence; Occupational Health
Quality & Safety
Dania Abu Alhaija, PhD
Assistant Professor
Focus: Health Promotion; Disease Prevention; Occupational Health; Cancer Prevention
Elizabeth Bien, PhD, MSN, RN
Assistant Professor
Focus: Occupational Health; Respiratory Exposure; Health Care Worker Exposure; Respiratory Exposures in the Home Environment
Data Science
Paul Norrod, DrPH, RN
Assistant Professor
Focus: Occupational Injury Prevention, Artificial Intelligence, Mental Health Conditions and Suicide, Rural Health