Research Faculty Interests
Research Faculty Interests
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Dr. Said Abusalem
Associate Professor
Research interests: Health Service Research, Patient safety; infection control
Dr. Fawwaz Alaloul
Assistant Professor
Research interests: Quality of Life and Experience with Chronic Health Conditions
Dr. Diane Chlebowy
Associate Professor, MEPN Program Director
Research interests: Diabetes Self-management in Adults (especially African Americans); Motivational Interviewing
Dr. Becky Christian
Professor, PhD Program Director
Research interests: Chronic Illness in adolescents, Cystic Fibrosis
Dr. Paul Clark
Assistant Professor
Research interests: Health Services Research – Resilience and Moral Distress in the Emergency Department
Dr. Mary-Beth Coty
Associate Professor
Research interests: Self-management of Arthritis (especially in the Hispanic/Latino Population)
Dr. Lynne Hall
Associate Dean for Research, Professor
Research interests: Mental Health of Low-income Women with Young Children
Dr. Sonya Hardin
Dean, Professor
Research interests: Critical Care, Geriatrics, Cardiovascular and Neurology
Dr. Kimberly Hartson
Assistant Professor
Research interests: Health Promotion and Behavior Change in Adolescents and Young Adults; Physical Activity
Dr. Marianne Hutti
Professor
Research interests: Perinatal loss; grief in subsequent healthy pregnancy after perinatal loss; effects of perinatal loss on the family; development and use of the Perinatal Grief Intensity Scale
Dr. Cindi Logsdon
Professor
Research interests: Women’s Mental Health; Academic Clinical Partnerships; Mothering
Dr. Whitney Nash
Associate Dean of Practice and Service, Associate Professor
Research interests: Interprofessional education
Dr. Lynn Roser
Assistant Professor
Research interests: Healthcare – Associated Infections, Infection Preventation, Heart Failure
Dr. Melanie Schrader
Assistant Professor
Research interests: Impact of Social Support on Heart Failure and Cardiovascular Diseases
Dr. Celeste Shawler
Associate Professor
Research interests: Cardiovascular health in elderly women and their adult daughters
Dr. Rachel Vickers Smith
Assistant Professor
Research interests: Emerging Drugs of Abuse & Surveillance Through Natural Language Processing
Dr. Ruth Staten
Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs
Research interests: Young adult health and well-being; substance abuse; military/veteran mental health