Ph.D. Student Profiles

Jennifer Ashley

Veronica Barber

Shannon Elam

Christina Greenwood

Briana Aaron
South Carolina

Research Interest: Promoting Language Through Provider Preparedness
Research Mentor: Dr. Suparna Qanungo

Publication:
Chargualaf, K.A., Aaron, B., & Russin, K. (2024). Perceived learning and confidence to apply nursing theories to clinical practice through simulation: A pilot study. Clinical Simulation in Nursing. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecns.2023.101476

Arianne Fritts
Florida

Research Interest: Recruitment of caregivers for persons living with dementia into clinical trials
Research Mentors: Dr. Teresa Kelechi and Dr. Diana Layne

Publications:
Mintzer, J., Donovan, K. A., Kindy, A. Z., Lock, S. L., Chura, L. R., & Barracca, N. (2019). Lifestyle Choices and Brain Health. Frontiers in Medicine. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmed.2019.00204

Brawman-Mintzer, O., Tang, X. C., Bizien, M., Harvey, P. D., Horner, M. D., Arciniegas, D. B., Raskind, M., Johnson-Greene, L., Martineau, R. J., Hamner, M., Rodriguez-Suarez, M., Jorge, R. E., McGarity, S., Wortzel, H. S., Wei, Y., Sindowski, T., Mintzer, J., Kindy, A. Z., Donovan, K., & Reda, D. (2021). Rivastigmine Transdermal Patch Treatment for Moderate to Severe Cognitive Impairment in Veterans with Traumatic Brain Injury (RiVET Study): A Randomized Clinical Trial. Journal of Neurotrauma. https://doi.org/10.1089/neu.2020.7146

Poster Presentation:
Karla, A. L., Fritts, A., Mintzer, J., Reynolds, B., Chadwick, M., Brawman-Mintzer, O., Jicha, G., Kindy, M., Huisa-Garate, B., Keller, J., Clanton, T., Smith, B., Grill, J. D., Aisen, P., Raman R. (2023 October 24-27). Establishing an evidence-based patient recruitment strategy through a site recruitment needs assessment for a hospice-eligible population with dementia. Poster Presentation presented at the Clinical Trials on Alzheimer's Disease (CTAD). Boston, MA.

Emily Morgan
South Carolina

Research Interest: Comparative telehealth implementation research addressing rural populations' access to and utilization barriers of COPD care
Research Mentors: Dr. Sarah Miller

Erica Richards
Maine

Research Interest: Learning Disorders and Emotional-Behavioral Dysregulation
Research Mentor: Dr. Michelle Nichols

Sarah Rose Thornton
Florida

Research Interest: Transition Care in Pediatric Liver Transplant Recipients
Research Mentors: Dr. Shannon Phillips

Susan McCabe
New York

Research Interest: Allostatic Load
Research Mentor: Dr. Sarah Miller

Jennifer Huggins
South Carolina

Research Interest: Educational Needs of Informal Caregivers of Head and Neck Cancer Patients
Research Mentor: Dr. Kathleen Lindell

Danielle Edmonds
Georgia

Research Interest: Fertility preservation in pediatric oncology and health services.
Research Mentor: Dr. Sarah Miller

Angela Lentini-Rivera
Texas

Research Interest: Evaluation of the barriers and facilitators Pediatric Childhood Cancer survivors experience as they transition from acute cancer treatment into survivorship.
Research Mentor: Dr. Shannon Phillips

Kesha Levesque
Maryland

Research Interest: Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) Factors Affecting Kidney Transplant Evaluation for African Americans
Research Mentors: Dr. Susan Newman

Poster Presentation: 
Levesque K., Mueller M., Gander J., Magwood G., Anderson J., Newman S. (2025).   Exploring the effect of Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) Factors on the time to Kidney Transplant Evaluation Completion for African American End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Patients. The Council for the Advancement of Nursing Science (CANS) Abstract Symposium "Nursing Science: Informing Policy, Advancing Health". October 2025; Washington, D.C.

Mary Prybylo
Maine

Research Interest: Supporting self-management and a positive self-perception of health in older adults residing in rural areas with multiple chronic conditions
Research Mentor: Dr. Teresa Kelechi 

Yulia Romazanova
South Carolina

Research Interest: Burnout in nurse leaders
Research Mentor: Dr. Susan Newman

Shannon D'Alton
South Carolina

Research Interest: Bereavement in Adolescents after Loss of a Sibling
Research Mentor: Dr. Shannon Phillips

Scott Hale
Virginia

Research Interest: Mistreatment of Nursing Faculty
Research Mentor: Dr. Sarah Miller