| Name | Certifications | Research Interests/Expertise | Clinical Interests/Expertise |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dana Anderson, MSN, APRN | PMHNP-BC | Child and adolescent mental health, mental health care across the lifespan | |
| Mallory Bejster, DNP, RN | CNL | Public health nursing, nursing education, academic-practice partnerships | Public health nursing, youth and young adult health |
| Jessica Bishop-Royse, PhD, MS | Population health, public health, health equity, research methods, statistics | No clinical expertise (just a PhD) | |
| Cathy Catrambone, PhD, RN, FAAN | Asthma management | Leadership and mentoring | |
| Yasmin Cavenagh, DNP, MPH, RN | Health coach, yoga | Social determinants of health, maternal/child health, health disparities, health equity, health promotion, community/population health, faculty practice models, global health, nursing leadership | Global health, nursing leadership, health promotion, faculty practice, maternal/child health |
| Krista Christianson, PhD, MA, CRNA | CRNA | Emotional intelligence in student registered nurse anesthetists | Regional anesthesia, ERAS protocols |
| Manju Daniel, PhD, MSN, APRN, FNP-BC | Family Nurse Practitioner | Immigrant health, health disparities, physical activity lifestyle modification | Health disparities related to CVD, diabetes, and obesity |
| Tomeka Dowling, RN, DNP | Educational equity, inclusive learning environments, belonging, DEI curricular threads, nursing education | ||
| Jason Earle, PMHNP, RN | State of Illinois: PMHNP, RN | Autism Spectrum Disorder, neuroscience of psychiatric disorders, cultural psychiatry, sociology and anthropology of mental health | Autism Spectrum Disorder, child and adolescent mental health, cultural psychology and psychiatry |
| Chuka Emezue, PhD, MPH, MPA | CHES | Violence prevention and co-occurring mental health and substance use issues, health disparities. | Intimate partner, teen dating, and domestic violence screening, service referrals, hospital-based wrap-around services for victims of various forms of violence, allostatic load among victims of partner violence (all gender) |
| Raechel Ferry-Rooney, DNP APRN ANP | Adult Nurse Practitioner | Isolation housing for people experiencing homelessness, academic practice partnerships among faculty, trauma informed care | Primary care, adolescent healthcare, asthma, trauma informed approach |
| Tanya "Doc" Friese, DNP, RN | CNL | Individuals with disabilities, military veterans, individuals who identify as LGBTQ+ | Individuals with disabilities, military veterans, individuals who identify as LGBTQ+ |
| Krzysztof Garbarz, DNP, FNP-BC | FNP | Global health, telehealth | Primary care, global health |
| Alice Geis, DNP, APRN-FPA, PMHNP | Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner | Integrated models of care, academic practice partnerships, interprofessional clinical care and education, trauma-informed care | Group medical visits, psychiatric care of people with serious mental illness and multiple medical comorbidities, wellness/health promotion interventions, including chronic disease self-management, tobacco dependence treatment, complementary modalities |
| Bryce Harbert, MSN | CMSRN, CNE | Physical activity, pain relief, mobility | Patient mobility, geriatrics |
| Shawna Hebert, DNP, RNC-MNN, PHNA-BC | Maternal Newborn Nursing, Advanced Public Health Nursing | Identifying qualified faculty to advise advanced public health nursing students in the absence of certification | Identifying best practices to implement in the online classroom for optimal faculty-student outcomes |
| 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, chronic health conditions, mentorship in research, QI, or EBP |
| Frank Hicks, PhD, RN | CNE | Philosophy of science, philosophy of nursing science theory development and application, curriculum and program development and evaluation, accreditation and regulatory systems, clinician and patient decision-making | Quality and safety metrics, clinical education models, competency-based education |
| Barbara Hinch, DNP, ACNP-BC, FAHA | ACNP | DNP education, heart failure quality improvement initiatives | Heart failure transitions of care models |
| Josie Howard-Ruben, PhD, RN | Formerly AOCN, CHPN | Food allergy | Food allergies, oncology nursing, palliative care and advanced directives, policy and advocacy |
| Melissa Kalensky, DNP, APRN | FNP-BC, PMHNP-BC, CNE | Student/provider mental health, integrated behavioral health care models, health policy | Pediatric, adolescent, and adult psychiatry, integrated behavioral health care models, community mental health, trauma disorders and trauma informed care, application of mental health assessment, diagnosis, and treatment within the primary care setting |
| Hyejin Kim, PhD, RN | Late-life cognitive changes (e.g., Alzheimer's disease and related dementias), dementia caregiving | ||
| Anna Kinderman, MSN, RN | Clinical Nurse Leader | Harm reduction r/t substance use disorder and non-disordered substance use, individual and public health impacts of incarceration | Harm reduction r/t substance use disorder and non-disordered substance use, wound care for individuals living outdoors and those experiencing housing insecurity |
| Sheila Leen, APN-BC | X-Waiver, NRCME | Health care post-incarceration, substance use, CDL drivers, workplace wellness | Health care post-incarceration, substance use, congregate living sites, CDL drivers, workplace wellness |
| Sally Lemke, DNP, WHNP-BC | WHNP-BC | School-based health care, adolescent health issues, reproductive and sexual health issues, community health | School-based health care, adolescent health issues, reproductive and sexual health care |
| Sarah Livesay, DNP, APRN | Implementation science | Quality improvement, neurocritical care, stroke guideline development | |
| Amy Manion, PhD, APRN | Pediatric Primary Care NP | Gun violence, transition to adulthood, breastfeeding, quality of life, asthma, obesity, growth and development | Pediatrics, primary Care, asthma |
| Katherine Matics, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC | FNP-BC | Adult & pediatric primary care in underserved communities, health promotion, patient empowerment, chronic disease management, quality improvement
Primary care in underserved communities, health promotion, community health, chronic disease management | |
| Erik McIntosh, DNP | ACNP-BC | LGBTQIA+ health | Hospital medicine |
| Lynn Mohr, PhD, APRN, PCNS-BC, CPN, FCNS | PCNS-BC CPN | Pediatric and neonatal wound, ostomy, continence, work of the clinical nurse specialist, qualitative research methodology | Pediatric and neonatal wound, ostomy, continence, pediatric care, role of the clinical nurse specialist |
| Beth Nachtsheim Bolick, DNP, FAAN | PPCNP-BC CPNP-AC | Scope of practice | |
| Bridget O'Brien, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC, AOCNP | FNP, AOCNP | Gastrointestinal oncology clinical trials, symptom management, diagnostic reasoning, simulation in nurse practitioner education | Gastrointestinal oncology, neuroendocrine malignancies, immunotherapy, oncology symptom management, primary care, diabetes |
| Kathryn Osborne, PhD, RN, CNM, FACNM | Certified Nurse-Midwife | Survey research, maternal-child health, normal labor | Maternal-child health/intrapartum care,health promotion, health policy, maternity care, GYN care |
| Shannon O'Shea, MSN, RN | CNE CNL | Women and children's health, specifically breastfeeding | Women and children's health, labor and delivery |
| Olimpia Paun, PhD | PMHCNS-BC | Family caregivers of persons diagnosed with dementia, long-term care, qualitative research, loss and grief, caregivers' mental health | Psychiatric nursing |
| Mary Racelis Carol, MSN, APRN, ACNS-BC, ONC-A | ANCC - Adult Health CNS & ONCB Orthopedic Advance | Outcomes comparison pre- and post-implementation of multi-modal analgesia following total joint surgery | Adult medical surgical interdisciplinary clinical practice to achieve quality patient outcomes |
| Margaret Rooney, MSN, APN, PMHNP | Psychiatric mental health | Health at every size, weight stigma, nurse burnout and career change | Mental health nursing, addictions, wellness promotion, community health |
| Jennifer Rousseau, DNP, APRN | WHNP, CNE | Student concerns prior to clinical | Safe Haven laws, postpartum home visits, postpartum depression screening, infant relinquishment/abandonment, postpartum home visits, academic-practice partnerships, program implementation and evaluation |
| Todd Ruppar, PhD, RN, FAHA, FAAN | APRN, GCNS-BC | Adherence to medication regimens meta-analysis | |
| Katherine (Kate) M. Schafer, MSN, APRN | PCNS-BC, CNL, CCRN-K, CHSE | Simulation in nursing and interprofessional education, family presence during resuscitation | Pediatrics, pediatric critical care, camp health, congenital heart disease, family presence during resuscitation, healthcare simulation, bioethics |
| Erika Schwelnus, DNP, ANP, CNP, CNL | NP, CNL | Nutrition | Acute care |
| Rozmeen Shivji, DNP, ACNP | ACNP | Developing APN r, rapid response team simulation | Pulmonary and critical care |
| Jen'nea Sumo, PhD, RN | CNL | Parental caregiver intervention research, family and community health, spiritual health, financial health, addressing housing insecurity, community development | Family and community health, nurse entrepreneurship |
| Kathryn Swartwout, PhD, APRN, FNP BC | FNP | Adolescent health, primary care models, population health, social determinants of health, school-based health care, program grants | Adolescent health, primary care |
| Susan Swider, PhD, FAAN | PHNA-BC | Community health workers, population/public health nursing education, health policy, community engagement | Public/population health |
| Jenna Wasserman, MSN, RN, CNL | CNL | Community mental health | |
| Jongwon Yoo, PhD, APRN-CNP, CCTC | Certified Clinical Transplant Coordinator | Solid organ transplantation, especially liver/kidney/pancreas | |
| Mary Zonsius, PhD, RN | Quality improvement | Quality, 4Ms-improving care of older adults, DNP project development, dementia |