College of Nursing Faculty Clinical and Research Interests

Name	Certifications	Research Interests	Clinical Interests
Sarah H. Ailey, PhD, RN	PHNA-BC CNE CDDN	Intellectual disabilities, mental health prevention, improving acute care intellectual disabilities, transitional care coordination	Improvement of care for persons with disabilities, particularly intellectual disabilities; improving competencies of healthcare professionals in care of persons with disabilities, particularly intellectual disabilities
Margaret Perlia Bavis, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC	FNP-BC		Internal medicine, immigrant health, access to health care, motivational interviewing, cultural humility, APRN clinical training, diagnostic and clinical reasoning
Mallory Bejster, DNP, RN		Youth/young adult health, health promotion/disease prevention, public health nursing (education and practice)	Youth/young adult health, health promotion/disease prevention, public health nursing (education and practice)
Beth Bolick, DNP, FAAN	PPCNP-BC, CPNP-AC		Pediatric emergency care, pediatric critical care, incivility and bullying in healthcare
Christine Ann Borgstrom, DNP	FNP-BC, PNP-C		Pediatrics and family nurse practice
Susan W. Buchholz, PhD, RN, FAANP, FAAN	Adult Nurse Practitioner	Physical activity, mHealth, systematic reviews	Adult health, health promotion
Cathy Catrambone, PhD, RN, FAAN		Asthma management, smoking cessation	Global leadership, shared governance, nurse residency programs
Heide Cygan, DNP, RN	PHNA-BC	Student health and wellness, school nursing, quality improvement	Child and adolescent public health
Kathleen Delaney, PhD	PMHNP	Nursing workforce safe environments - psychiatry patient experience	Interpersonal engagement, psychiatric services for vulnerable youth, health policy - psychiatry nursing, models of care
Melinda Earle, DNP, RN, NEA-BC, FACHE	NEA-BC		Health care organization leadership, leadership development, finance and business skills, innovation, coaching and mentoring, governance, primary care and behavioral health for people experiencing homelessness
Cynthia Farina, DNP, CRNA, CNE	CRNA	Clinician burnout, incivility among health care workers, managing sleep deprivation and fatigue in nurse anesthesia practice	Neuroanesthesia, obstetric anesthesia
Raechel Ferry-Rooney, DNP, APRN-ANP	Adult Nurse Practitioner	Care of underserved populations, adolescent health, health policy, primary care, asthma, trauma informed care	Care of underserved populations, adolescent health, primary care, asthma, trauma informed care
Louis Fogg, PhD		Math modeling and research design
Lauren Franker, DNP, APRN, ACNP-BC	ACNP-BC	Spine	Mixed neurosurgery spine
Katherine Friedmann, DNP	PMHNP-BC	Supportive care needs of parents/caregivers and individuals with rare disease, core impairments of rare inherited diseases and their associated developmental disorders (Fragile X Syndrome, Angelman Syndrome, Niemann Pick Type C)	Rare inherited diseases (Fragile X Syndrome, Angelman Syndrome, Niemann Pick Type C) and associated neurodevelopmental and degenerative disorders, Autism Spectrum Disorder, ADHD and anxiety in children, adolescents and young adults
Tanya Friese, DNP, RN, USN (ret)	CNL	Individuals with disabilities to include ID/D Individuals who identify as LGBTQAI+, military veterans and their families	Public/community health, mental health
Alice Geis, DNP, APRN-FPA, PMHNP-BC	Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner	Integrated healthcare, health promotion for people with SMI, interdisciplinary team collaboration, academic practice partnerships	Integrated healthcare, health promotion for people with serious mental illness, interdisciplinary team collaboration, tobacco dependence treatment
Eileen Giardino, PhD, APRN, FNP	Family and Adult Nurse Practitioner	Education improving clinical practice	Primary care, quality improvement
Shawna Hebert, DNP, RNC-MNN, PHNA-BC	Maternal-Newborn Nursing and Advanced Public Health Nursing	Developing a benchmark for faculty not certified in APHN to become advisors for APHN students	Public health, systems leadership, mother/baby
Mary Heitschmidt, PhD, APRN, CCRN-K, FAHA	CCRN-K	Quality of life, family presence, family engagement, stress and burnout, transition from pediatric to adult care, academic and clinical partnerships	Critical care, hematology oncology, congenital heart disease (pediatric and adult), cardiac catheterization lab, chronic health conditions; mentoring nurses on research, QI, or EBP projects
Frank D. Hicks, PhD, RN	CNE	Theory and theory development, judgment and decision-making, evaluation research	Adult acute care, nursing leadership, curriculum/program development and evaluation
Barbara Hinch, DNP, ACNP-BC, FAHA	Acute Care NP	Heart failure, transitions of care	Heart failure, transitions of care, DNP education - DNP project sustainability models
Jacqueline M. Hoffman, DNP, ARNP, NNP-BC	Neonatal Nurse Practitioner, Board-Certified		Neonatal sepsis/antibiotic stewardship, neonatal GI disorders and the gut microbiome, neonatal nutrition, congenital heart defects
Josie Howard-Ruben, PhD, APRN-CNS	AOCN	Food allergy	Oncology, palliative care, food allergy, policy
Urmeka T. Jefferson, PhD, RN		Breastfeeding, mHealth interventions, health disparities research, neonatal care, participatory health research	Breastfeeding, neonatal care
Amanda Johnson, DNP, APRN	CPNP PC/AC		Pediatric neurosurgery, pediatric TBI, adolescent transition to adult care
Melissa Kalensky, DNP	FNP-BC, CNE	Interdisciplinary team based care, value based care and alternative payment models, integration of primary and mental health care	Primary and psychiatric care across the lifespan, community health, access to care for vulnerable populations
Michael Kremer, PhD, CRNA, CHSE, FNAP, FAAN	CHSE, CRNA	Patient safety and quality of care, clinical decision making	Clinical anesthesia practice, human patient simulation
Belinda JS Large, DNP, APRN, CPNP-AC/PC	Acute Care Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, Primary Care Pediatric Nurse Practitioner	Delirium, early palliative medicine involvement in the pediatric CVICU	Pediatric intensive care, pediatric cardiovascular intensive care, pediatric palliative medicine, end-of-life nursing education trainer
Sally Lemke, DNP, APRN, WHNP-BC	WHNP-BC	School-based health and wellness, adolescent health, adolescent mental health, sexual and reproductive health	School-based health and wellness, adolescent health, adolescent mental health, sexual and reproductive health, system-based quality improvement, LGBTQ+ health
Sarah Livesay, DNP, APRN, FNCS, FAAN		Stroke, stroke systems of care, neurocritical care quality	Stroke, neurocritical care, neurology, neurosurgery
Julie A. Lopez, DNP, RN	NE-BC, FACHE		Adult cardiology and ICU care, leadership/operations
Danuta Mankiewicz, MSN, RN	CMSRN, CVDTT		Adult health, gerontology
Keith A. Marino, CRNA, MSN, APN	Nurse Anesthesia, BLS, ACLS, PALS	Trauma/burn anesthesia	Thoracic, trauma/burn anesthesia
Jill Marks, DNP, APRN, CPNP-AC	CPNP-AC		Acute care pediatrics, pediatric neurology, pediatric pulmonary care, pediatric emergency care
Amy Manion, PhD, CPNP-PC	Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Primary Care	Gun violence, breastfeeding, adolescents, transition to adulthood, quality of life, childhood obesity, asthma, anxiety in children and adolescents, growth and development, motor development	Pediatrics, growth and development, gun violence, childhood obesity, childhood asthma, transitioning to adulthood, adolescents, breastfeeding
Masako Mayahara, PhD, RN, CPHN, FPCN	CHPN	Pain management in hospice and end of life care	Facilitating pain and analgesic management by hospice caregivers
Erik McIntosh, DNP, RN	ACNP, CCRN	LGBTQ health	LGBTQ health, hospital medicine
Kathleen Mikos, DNP, RN	NEA-BC		Patient throughput, nursing administration, ERAS, Lean process
Rose Milano, DNP, RN	ACNP-BC	Post traumatic immunosuppression in adult trauma patients	Simulation strategies for acute care nurse practitioners, developing critical thinking skills in acute care nurse practitioners
Lynn Mohr, PhD, APRN, PCNS-BC, CPN, FCNS	Pediatric Clinical Nurse Specialist, Certified Pediatric Nurse	Pediatric and neonatal wound ostomy and continence concerns, patient/family centered care, quality improvement, qualitative methodology	Pediatric and neonatal issues across the lifespan and acuity
Glenda Morris-Burnett, PhD, MUPP, BSN		Population health and health care, public health, health policies and practices	Population health and health care, engaging community partners, women’s health across the lifespan, health inequities
Angela Moss, PhD, RN, APRN-BC		Nurse managed models of care, community clinic, development, academic-practice partnerships, ROI and outcome measurement of community practices	Primary care for minoritized populations
Jan Odiaga, DNP, APRN CPNP-PC	PNCP	Interprofessional education, oral health, global health	Pediatrics, Primary care
Joy Okpaleke, MSN, RN		Public health nursing	Clinical teaching nursing students
Kathryn Osborne, RN, CNM, PhD, FACNM	Certified Nurse-Midwife	Health policy, health promotion, evidence-based practice, second stage of labor	Health policy, health promotion, evidence-based practice, second stage of labor
Shannon O’Shea, MSN, RN	CNL
Janice Phillips, PhD, RN, CENP, FAAN	CENP	Health policy, health policy analysis, health equity	Health policy
Marcia Phillips, PhD, RN		Palliative care	Palliative care and ethics
Kathleen Piotrowski-Walters, MSN, RN, PCNS-BC, CNL, CCRN		Mother’s own milk knowledge, attitude and skills of pediatric acute care health care providers	Pediatric critical care, pediatric critical care transport, nursing management of pediatric cardiothoracic patients, skin surveillance in pediatric critical care, staff education and professional development
Lois Platt, DNP, APRN	PMHNP-BC, LCPC	Benzodiazepine crisis in the U.S.	Psychodynamic psychotherapy, psychopharmacology, postpartum depression
Monique Reed, PhD, RN		Childhood obesity, community based participatory research, marginalized populations, family approaches, diversity, equity, inclusion, social justice & health equity, pipeline programs
Ruth Rosenblum, DNP, PNP-BC, CNS	PNP	PNP education, pediatric neurology, headaches and concussions	Pediatrics, pedi neurology, concussions, high risk infant follow up, electronics and ‘apps’ for children and adolescents, pediatric education
Todd Ruppar, PhD, RN, FAHA, FAAN	RN, GCNS-BC	Heath behavior change, medication adherence, gerontology, community health	Heath behavior change, medication adherence, gerontology, community health
Katherine (Kate) M. Schafer, MSN, APRN	PCNS-BC, CNL, CCRN, CHSE	Simulation-based interprofessional education, simulation-based nursing education, use of simulation to increase support for family presence during resuscitation	Pediatrics, pediatric critical care, congenital heart disease, family presence during resuscitation, healthcare simulation
Mike Schoeny, PhD		Statistics research methods
Erika Schwelnus, DNP, APN, CNP, CNL	NP,CNL	Clinical	Medical-surgical, acute care
Barbara Shaw, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC	ANCC (FNP)	Health informatics	Primary care of immigrants and refugees, primary care of people with disabilities across the spectrum (mobility, psychiatric, sensory, developmental)
Kathryn Shaw, RN, BSN, MSN			Medical surgical nursing
Rozmeen Shivji, DNP, ACNP, MSN, RN	Acute Care Nurse Practitioner	Rapid response team APN education and role development, rejection in lung transplant	Critical care, lung transplant
Martha Siomos, DNP	ADM-BC, CHC/ASH-BC, FNP-BC	Diabetes, renal disease	Family practice, diabetes management, hypertension management, clinical teaching models
Janet Stifter, PhD, RN, CPHQ	Certified Practitioner of Healthcare Quality	Nurse staffing and healthcare acquired safety events, usability testing and electronic health records, shared governance and nursing leadership	Pediatric critical care performance improvement, patient safety nursing leadership
Jen’nea Sumo, PhD, RN, CNL		Parental caregivers, intervention research, family and community health, epigenetics	Family and community health
Barbara Swanson, PhD, RN, FAAN	ACRN	HIV infection, marine oils, sensor arrays, metabolomics/microbiomics	Care of persons with HIV infection
Kathryn Swartwout, PhD, APRN, FNP-BC	FNP BC	School-based health, population health, primary care redesign, NP education, program grant writing	Adolescent health, primary care
Susan Swider, PhD	PHNA-BC	Effectiveness of community health workers, community engagement-models, effectiveness health promotion in urban communities	Public health nursing, health policy, health promotion for populations, population health
JoEllen Wilbur, PhD, RN, FAHA, FAAN		Women’s health, behavioral change, physical activity, prevention of CVD	Public health and family nurse practitioner
Jongwon Yoo, PhD, APRN	Adult and Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner	Kidney transplantation, equitable access to transplantation, frailty in kidney transplantation	Kidney transplantation, acute/chronic kidney disease, end stage renal disease
Mary C. Zonsius, PhD, RN		Quality improvement, patient safety, Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias, evaluation	Quality improvement, gerontological nursing