FACULTY AREAS OF RESEARCH AND INNOVATION
All Faculty
Margaret Brace, PhD
Research Assistant Professor
Statistical methods for health research
Sherry Burrell, PhD, RN, CNE
Associate Professor
Needs of caregivers of veterans with cancer
Linda Copel, PhD, RN, PMHCNS, BC, CNE, ANEF, NCC, CGP, FAPA
Director PhD Program, Professor
Research examining vulnerable populations with current studies focused on experiences of intimate partner violence, ableism, and health disparities.
Elizabeth B. Dowdell, PhD, RN, AFN-C, IVSE-C, FAAN
Coordinator Undergraduate Research & BSN Honors Program Coordinator, Professor
Research examines vulnerable, high-risk persons and highlights the significance of the interrelationships among physical, sexual, emotional, and electronic aggression as related to violence, trauma, and/or victimization.
Anne Fink, PhD, RN, CNE
Associate Dean for College and Student Services, Assistant Professor
Director, LEAD Professional Development Program
Care of Puerto Rican women and infants from pregnancy through the postpartum period and culturally appropriate care.
Gail Furman, PhD, RN, CHSE-A
Executive Director, Simulation and Learning Resource Center
Clinical Professor
Research examining communication skills improvement with practice; improving social justice attitudes in freshman nursing students; improving nursing response to microaggressions.
Michelle Lockett Green, DNP, RN
Clinical Assistant Professor
Research focuses on the disability-to-prison pipeline and the intersection between the environment and its impact on individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD).
Sunny G. Hallowell, PhD, APRN, PPCNP-BC
Associate Professor
Research focused on injury prevention, educational innovation, and the hospital work environment to improve pediatric health outcomes and promote family-centered care.
Donna Havens, PhD, RN, FAAN
Connelly Endowed Dean
Professor
Organization of nursing in hospitals and nurse workforce issues to shape nursing practice environments and promote quality outcomes
Michelle M. Kelly, PhD, CRNP, CNE, FAANP, FAAN
Associate Professor
Co-Director Mid-Atlantic Center for Children’s Health and the Environment (Region 3 PEHSU)
Research focused on the influence of environment on long-term health of people born preterm
Brittany Koons, PhD, RN
Assistant Professor
Research focused on improving patient-caregiver dyadic engagement in transplant self-care and clinical and person-centered outcomes for patients and caregivers before and after lung transplantation.
Evie Lengetti, PhD, RN, NPD-BC
Associate Dean Health Care Professional Development Program
Testing teaching strategies and the impact on providing safe quality patient care by improving nurses’ clinical competence
Catherine Lovecchio, PhD, RN
Associate Dean of the Undergraduate Program
Clinical Associate Professor
Effectiveness of Innovative Dedicated Education Units on students’ transition to practice.
Meredith MacKenzie Greenle, PhD, RN, CRNP, CNE
Associate Professor
Research focused on improving the self-care and quality of life of adults with chronic illnesses and their caregivers, including palliative and end of life care. Additionally, educational research focused on the development of clinical reasoning, social justice, diversity and inclusion.
LeRai Carter Martin, EdD, MSN, RN
Clinical Assistant Professor
Qualitative study to learn nursing faculty’s understanding of the experiences of Black nursing students at PWIs and the supports in place for those students. Faculty perceptions of their roles in developing nursing professional identity in their students and how students are socialized into the profession
Ruth McDermott-Levy, PhD, MPH, RN, FAAN
Professor
Co-director, Mid-Atlantic Center for Children’s Health and the Environment (Region 3 PEHSU)
Environmental and climate change factors that influence health of vulnerable groups
Michelle A. McKay, PhD, RN, CCRN
Assistant Professor
Research focused on falls prevention in older adults, symptom burden management, and the critical care management of older adults who experience falls.Â
Amy McKeever, PhD, RN, CRNP, WHNP-BC
Associate Professor
Secondary Data Analysis of the American Association of Birth Centers Midwifery OutcomesÂ
Carlene McLaughlin PhD, CRNA, CHSE
Clinical Associate Professor
Research focused in simulation on interprofessional education (IPE) and on Methods of Debriefing in Simulation.
Miranda V. McPhillips, PhD, RN
Eastwood Family Endowed Assistant Professor
Improving sleep and health related quality of life in older adults; enhancing sleep education for nurses
Jim Mendez, PhD, CRNP, ANP-BC
Clinical Associate Professor
Psychosocial predictors of transplant outcomes. Factors influencing decision-making regarding donor acceptance
Helene Moriarty, PhD, RN, FAAN
Professor
Diane L. & Robert F. Moritz Jr. Endowed Chair in Nursing Research
Nurse Scientist, Corporal Michael J. Crescenz VA Medical Center
Developing and testing innovative rehabilitation interventions for Veterans and civilians with traumatic brain injury and their families (NIH-funded RCT: R01NR018655; VA-funded study: I21RX003578)
Gwendolyn D. Morris, MSN, CRNP, PMHNP-BC
Clinical Assistant Professor
PMHNPs Acceptance and Use of TMH During and After the COVID-19 Pandemic Research focused on health informatics, mental health disparities, and mental illness prevention strategies.
Rebecca C. Mueller, PhD, RN, FNP-BC, CRNP
Clinical Assistant Professor
Coordinator, Family Nurse Practitioner Track
Best practices to educate NP students about transgender health
Tracy Oliver PhD, RDN, LDN
Associate Professor
Research focused on weight bias reduction interventions implemented in both undergraduate and graduate nursing students.
Jaclyn Parkinson, MSN, RN, PCCN, CHSE
Clinical Assistant Instructor
Interventions to mitigate moral distress in undergraduate nursing students
Interprofessional education (IPE) in simulation with undergraduate nursing students
Monika Pogorzelska-Maziarz, PhD, MPH, CIC, FAPIC, FSHEA, FACE
Professor
Research focused on patient safety, including prevention of healthcare-associated infections, antibiotic stewardship, infection prevention workforce, telehealth. Methodological expertise in epidemiology, study design, mixed-methods and survey research.
Bridgette M. Rice, PhD, MDiv, APRN, FAAN
Associate Dean for Research and Innovation
Richard and Marianne Kreider Endowed Professor in Nursing for Vulnerable Populations
Director, Research for Equity and Justice Collective (REJC)
Research to promote health equity and justice in marginalized populations
Jennifer Gunberg Ross, PhD, RN, CNE, ANEF
Associate Professor
Impact of innovative teaching methods and simulation on undergraduate nursing students’ outcomes
Anne Schneider, MSN, RN
Clinical Assistant Professor
Coding responses in a qualitative study of readiness for discharge from home health services
Wendi Smith, RN, MSN
Clinical Assistant Professor
Nurses’ perceptions and practices of Family-Centered Care in Pediatric Intensive Care Units
Kimberly K. Trout, PhD, RN, CNM, FACNM, FAAN
Associate Professor
Establishing evidence for promoting health and health equity and reducing preventable causes of maternal morbidity and mortality in reproductive-aged women
Guy M. Weissinger, II PhD, MPhil, RN
Diane Foley Parrett Endowed Assistant Professor
Suicide prevention and adolescent mental health with a focus on family and health systems.
Mental health of nurses.
Christina R. Whitehouse, PhD, AGPCNP-BC, CDCES, FADCES
Associate Professor
Research focuses on transitions in care, social isolation, diabetes management, and food insecurity among older adults.
Jesse Wool, PhD, MBE, RN
Assistant Professor
Research on parent-provider miscommunication in the pediatric intensive care unit.
Jennifer Yost, PhD, RN, FAAN
Professor
Promoting the use of evidence in research and health care decisions