Researchers
Our researchers study complex health care issues in several main categories:
Ready to join us? View and apply to our open tenure-track faculty position or our open Endowed Chair in Diversity, Equity and Inclusion position.
To inquire about open faculty positions, contact Gordon Gillespie, professor and associate dean for research, at gordon.gillespie@uc.edu.
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
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
Aaron Murnan, PhD
Assistant Professor
Focus: Family Systems Interventions; Sex Trade Involvement; Substance Use; Community-Partnered Interventions
Brittany Punches, PhD, RN, CEN
Assistant Professor
Focus: Pain; Substance Abuse
Yiuqing Zhang, PhD
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
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 for 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
Data Science
Education
Greer Glazer, PhD, RN, CNP, FAAN
Professor and Dean Emeritus
Focus: Educational Disparities; Violence Against Women
Denise Gormley, PhD, RN
Interim Dean
Focus: Nursing Workforce Issues; Leadership