Research Faculty Interests
Research Faculty Interests
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Dr. Fawwaz Alaloul
Assistant Professor
Research interests: Quality of life in oncology patients; cancer survivorship
Dr. Diane Chlebowy
Associate Professor, MEPN Program Director
Research interests: Diabetes Self-management in Adults (especially African Americans)
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 projects, improving staff workplace health improvement in the patient care setting through staff critical incident debriefing interventions and improved understanding of moral distress through studies of workplace bullying & incivility as well as the relationship between personal resilience, moral distress and workplace engagement.
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: Associated Infections, Infection Preventation, Heart Failure
Dr. Sonya Hardin
Dean, Professor
Research interests: Critical Care, Geriatrics, Cardiovascular and Neurology
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. Whitney Nash
Associate Dean of Practice and Service, Associate Professor
Research interests: Interprofessional education
Dr. Melanie Schrader
Assistant Professor
Research interests: 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 Professor
Research interests: Young adult health and well-being; substance abuse; military/veteran mental health