DISTINGUISHED PROFESSOR Susan C. McMillan, PhD, RN, ARNP, FAAN FT ARNP T Dipl., BSN, MEd, MSN, PhD Oncology; Quality of Life at End of Life; Symptom Assessment and Management PROFESSOR Theresa M. Beckie, PhD, RN, FAHA FT T Dipl., BSN, MN, PhD Adult Health; Women s Cardiovascular Disease; Behavioral Change Interventions; Cardiovascular Critical Care; Cardiac Rehabilitation; Genetic- Environment Interactions Candace M. Burns, PhD, ARNP FT ARNP T BSN, MS, PhD Adult Health; Stress; Effects of Trauma on the Immune System; Occupational Stress Patricia A. Burns, PhD, RN, FAAN FT ARNP T Dipl, BSN, MS, PhD Work Force Policy, Women s Incontinence John M. Clochesy, PhD, RN FT T BSN, MS, MA, PhD Critical Care and Health Disparities; Simulation, Virtual Reality to Support Providers and Consumers Maureen E. Groer, RN, PhD, FAAN FT T Dipl., BS, MA, MSN, PhD Behavioral Nursing; Women and Children, Dyadic Relationships; Breastfeeding and Human Milk Biology; Pregnancy and Postpartum Stress; Postpartum Thyroiditis Nicholas R.S. Hall, PhD PT NTT BA, PhD Psychoneuroimmunology Kevin E. Kip, PhD, FAHA FT T BA, MS, MSPH, PhD Cardiovascular Research; PTSD; Epidemiology Cecile A Lengacher, RN, PhD, FAAN FT T BSN, MSN, PhD Psych-Mental Health and Education; Psychoneuroimmunology, Psycho-Oncology Complementary Therapies; Symptom Clusters in Breast Cancer Survivors Dianne Morrison-Beedy, FT ARNP T BSN, MSN, PhD Women and Adolescent Health/HIV Aids PhD, RN, FAAN WHNP-BC, FNAP, FAANP, FAAN Cindy Munro, PhD, RN, ANP-BC, FAAN FT ARNP T Dipl, BSN, MS, PhD Health Care Acquired Infection; Ventilator- Associated Pneumonia; Streptococcal Virulence
Barbara A. Redding, RN, EdD, CNE FT T BS, MS, EdD Nursing Education; Parent/Child Health Meredeth Rowe, RN, PhD, FGSA, FAAN FT T BSN, MSN, PhD Aging Adults; Dementia Mary S. Webb, PhD, RN FT T Dipl., BS, MS, PhD Adult Health; Health Psychology; Ethical and Moral Issues Experienced by Nurses; Sexual Trauma Experienced by Female Veterans; Stress-Related Mental and Physical Illnesses in African American Women ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR Jason W. Beckstead, PhD FT T BS, PhD Statistics; Judgment and Decision-Making; Development and Application of Quantitative Methods in Healthcare Research Adrienne Berarducci, PhD, ARNP, BC, CCD FT ARNP T Dipl., BS, MS, PhD Women s Health; Health Promotion; Risk Communication; Osteoporosis Outcomes; Instrument Development and Testing Rita D Aoust, PhD, ANP-BC, CNE, FAANP, FNAP FT ARNP TE BSN, MS, PhD Nursing Education/Interprofessional Technology & Interdisciplinary Clinical Simulation; Dementia Caregiver Stress, Sleep and Depressive Symptoms; Curriculum Development and Evaluation Marcia Posey, EdD, MSN, ARNP, FNP-BC FT ARNP NTT ASN, BA, MSN, Ed.D Geriatrics and Pediatrics Linda Steele, PhD, ARNP, ANP-BC FT ARNP TE BSN, MSN, PhD Adult Health Nursing Constance G. Visovsky, PhD, RN, ACNP-BC FT ARNP T AASN, BSN, MSN, PhD Acute Care, Oncology; Chemotherapy Induced Neuropathy; Physical Activity/Exercise Cheryl Zambroski, PhD, RN FT NTT Dipl., BS, MS, PhD Ventricular Assist Devices ASSISTANT PROFESSOR Ponrathi Athilingam, PhD, RN, ACNP FT ARNP TE BScN, MS, PhD Acute Care/Heart Failure; Understanding Correlates of Cognitive Impairment in Patients With Heart Failure; Cytokines as Potential Mediators for Cognitive Impairment in Heart
Failure Sandra Cadena, PhD, ARNP, CS, CNE FT ARNP NTT BSN, MSN, PhD Adult Psychiatric Mental Health; Cultural Competency; International Nursing Rasheeta D. Chandler, PhD, ARNP, FNP-BC FT ARNP TE BSN, MSN, PhD HIV/AIDS in Older Adolescents and Young Adults; Social Marketing; Behavioral Health Amanda Elliott, PhD, ARNP FT ARNP TE BSN, MSN, PhD Older Adults; Chronic Pain/Dementia Debra Friedrich, DNP, ARNP, FNP-C FT ARNP NTT ASN, BSN, MS, DNP Preventive Cardiology-Lipidology; Statin- Induced Myalgias; Vitamin D Replacement in Patients with Cardiovascular Disease Brian Graves, PhD, RN, ACNP-BC FT ARNP TE BA, BSN, MSN, PhD Acute Care; Electronic Health Records; Acute Lung Injury; Sepsis Clyde Gwinn, MD FT NTT BS, MS, MD Geriatrics; Infectious Disease Kristen Hiscox, DNP, CRNA PT NTT BSN, MSN, DNP Nurse Anesthesia; Congenital Heart Surgery on Neonates and Infants; Pediatric Cardiac Anesthesia Afriyie Johnson, RN, MS/FCNS/FNP-C, DNP FT ARNP NTT BS, MSN, DNP Adolescents; Women s Health Susan Kennel, PhD, PNP FT ARNP NTT Dipl., BSN, MSN, PhD Pediatrics; ADHD; Autism; Tourette s Syndrome Hee (Dennis) Lee, MD PT NTT BA, MS, MD Anesthesiology; Diagnosis and Treatment of Pain Syndromes Denise Maguire, PhD, RN-BC FT TE BS, MS, PhD Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome; Moral Distress Among NICU Nurses; Neonatal Skin Integrity Versie Johnson-Mallard, ARNP, PhD FT ARNP TE BSN, MSN, PhD Women s Health; STI Prevention; Behavior Change in Response to Culturally Appropriate Nursing Interventions LaSonya Malbrough, DNP, MS, CRNP FT ARNP NTT BSN, MSN, DNP Anesthesiology; Promoting EBP in Practice; Evaluating Simulation Instructional Methods
Steve Morris, MD FT NTT BSN, MD Disaster Training; Bioterrorism LaRon Nelson, PhD, RN, NP FT ARNP TE BS, MS, PhD STD/HIV Prevention; Global and Community Health Denise Passmore, PhD FT NTT BA, MA, PhD Instructional Design Elizabeth Polston, PhD, ARNP, WHNP-BC FT ARNP TE BSN, MSN, PhD Women s Healthcare; HPV Related Cancers; Genetics, Genomics and Molecular Biology Frances Rankin, PhD, ARNP, FAANP FT ARNP TE AA, BSN, MSN, PhD Aging Studies; Biomarkers of Insulin Resistance; Post Gastric Bypass Cardiovascular Risk; Obesity; Sports Medicine and Sudden Cardiac Death Eric Rauch, MSN, CRNA, DNP FT ARNP NTT BS, MSN, DNP Nurse Anesthesiology; Intrathecal Hydromorphone for Cesarean Section; Cesarean Delivery Pain Management Melissa Shelton,PhD, MS, RN FT TE BS, MS, PhD Maternal Child Health; Poor Pregnancy Outcomes; Prenatal Maternal Stress; Immune Stress Markers in Pregnancy Cindy Tofthagen, PhD, ARNP, AOCNP FT ARNP TE ASN, BSN, MSN, PhD Oncology Symptom Management; Neuropathic Pain; Peripheral Neuropathy; Use of Technology For Symptom Management Hsiao-Lan Wang, PhD, RN, CMSRN, HFS FT TE Dipl., ASN, BS, MSN, PhD Behavioral Nursing Research; Cancer Survivorship Among Head and Neck Cancer Patients; Colorectal Cancer Screening VISITING ASSISTANT PROFESSOR Melanie Michael, DNP, MS, ARNP-C FT ARNP NTT BSN, MS, DNP Community Health Nursing; Access to Health Care for Underserved Populations; Primary Care Kathi Katz, PhD, RN, NEA-BC FT NTT Dipl., BS, BSN, MSN, PhD Acute Care; Nursing Leadership; Health Care Administration
The names of faculty who have taught one or more courses in the DNP Program and/or have otherwise been designated as DNP faculty appear in bold font.