Researchers
Our researchers study complex health care issues in several main categories:
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Vulnerable Populations & Health Disparities
Randi Bates
Assistant Professor
Focus: Mother Stress, Child Stress, Poverty, Health Behaviors
Samantha Boch, PhD, RN
Assistant Professor
Focus: Social Determinants of Health
Angela Clark, PhD, RN
Assistant Professor
Focus: Opioid Use Disorder; Community-based Interventions; Nursing Workforce Development Pathways
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
Assistant 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
Brittany Punches, PhD, RN, CEN
Assistant Professor
Focus: Pain; Substance Abuse
Chronic Illness & Aging
Tamilyn Bakas, PhD, RN, FAHA, FAAN
Professor & Jane E. Procter Endowed Chair
Focus: Stroke; Caregiving
Caroline Morrison, PhD, RN
Assistant Professor
Focus: Self-Management; Symptoms; Oncology
Violence
Gordon Gillespie, PhD, DNP, RN, CEN, CNE, CPEN, PHCNS-BC, FAEN, FAAN
Professor & Associate Dean of Research
Focus: Workplace Violence
Carolyn Smith, PhD, RN
Associate Professor & Deputy Director of Occupational Health Program
Focus: Violence Against Women; Workplace Violence; Occupational Health
Quality & Safety
Big Data
Education
Greer Glazer, PhD, RN, CNP, FAAN
Dean & Schmidlapp Professor of Nursing
Focus: Educational Disparities; Violence Against Women
Denise Gormley, PhD, RN
Professor & Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
Focus: Nursing Workforce Issues; Leadership