Research Faculty Interests

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Dr. Said Abusalem

Associate Professor

Research interests: Patient safety; infection control

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

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

Dean of Research, Professor

Research interests: Mental Health of Low-income Women with Young Children

Dr. Muna Hammash

Assistant Professor

Research interests: Self-management of heart failure

Dr. Carla Hermann

Professor

Research interests: Palliative care in oncology patients

Dr. Marcia Hern

Dean and Professor, School of Nursing

Research interests: Genetics in adolescents

Dr. Vicki Hines-Martin

Professor

Research interests: Health disparities; community engagement

Dr. Luz Huntington-Moskos

Assistant Professor

Research interests: Adolescent smoking cessation

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