Faculty Interests

Research Interests
Symptom science/self-management
Technology enhanced interventions
Community/patient engagement
Health disparities in food allergy
Psychosocial impact of food allergy on caregivers and families
Food insecurity related to food allergy
Health disparities among underserved populations
Policy change related to social determinants of health.

Research Interests
Human factors
Patient safety
Human error
Quality improvement
Human-centered systems design
Teamwork & communication
Trauma care
Robotic surgery

Research Interests
Mental health care disparities
Racial/ethnic minority youth mental health
Technology-based treatment delivery
Cultural-modification of evidence based treatments
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
Depression

Research Interests
Improving the culture of health in vulnerable populations
Educational outcomes in DNP APRN education

Research Interests
Trauma, maltreatment, and abuse
Prevention and health promotion
Implementation science for evidence-based mental health treatments
Access to and equity of mental health care
Community-based research methods
Child welfare practice and policy
Technology-enhanced interventions
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

Research Interests
Interprofessional education and practice
Chronic disease management
Health disparities
Quality Improvement

Research Interests
Implementation science
Bariatric surgery
Disparities
Big data analysis

Research Interests
Geriatrics
Skin temperature self monitoring
Chronic venous disease
Biometrics
Cryotherapy
Leg ulcer prevention
Wound healing

Research Interests
Pain pathways/modulation
Pain-sleep interactions
HPA-axis stress responsivity
Intruder model, sucrose preference, pain & sleep (murine model)
Early life pain and its consequences (murine model)
Cancer and treatment-related symptoms
Palliative care

Research Interests
Child and Adolescent mental health disorders
Social emotional intelligence in early childhood
Early childhood development
Educational outcomes in graduate nursing
Self-care/compassion fatigue in nurses
Psychodynamic psychotherapy

Research Interests
Quantitative methods
Healthcare workforce improvement
Workplace violence
Quality and patient safety
Implementation science
Organizational change

Research Interests
Quality of Life
Palliative care
Advanced Lung Disease
Caregivers
Self-Management

Research Interests
Health Disparities in Asthma & COPD
Perception of Dyspnea
Psychophysiology
Complex Neuropathologies & Impaired Airway Defense Mechanisms
Psychological Comorbidities in Chronic Respiratory Diseases
Telehealth in Asthma & COPD

Research Interests
Development of applications for decision support in the care of premature infants using machine learning algorithms such as artificial neural networks

Research Interests
Health promotion/disease prevention in underserved and vulnerable populations
Health disparities among racial and ethnic minorities
Community-based participatory research methods
Global Health
Ethics (clinical and research)
Children, adolescents, and families
Veteran and military health
Chronic health conditions (obesity, diabetes, and metabolic syndrome)

Research Interests
Children with Medical Complexity
Children and Adolescents with Sickle Cell Disease
Health Care Utilization
Access to Care
Rural Disparities
Community HealthDissemination and Implementation of Evidence-Based Interventions for Health Promotion in Children, Adolescents, and Families

Research Interests
Global health and global community-based research in low and middle income countries
Palliative care
Cancer
Dementia and the elderly
Access to care
Health disparities for Ethnic and racial minorities
Dissemination and Implementation for evidence based interventions for health promotion and disease prevention
Technology based interventions

Research Interests
Pediatric trauma
Child and caregiver mental health
Technology-enhanced interventions
Enhancing service access and quality
Traumatic stress
Delivery of mental health interventions in healthcare settings

Research Interests
Technology applications in health care
Health promotion and disease prevention
Health and mental health disparities
Children and families
Traumatic stress
Disaster response and recovery
Self-management interventions
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
Depression

Research Interests
Suicide
Stigma
Help seeking
Mental health
Loneliness
Addiction
Substance Abuse

Research Interests
Population health strategy, design, methods, implementation, management, and evaluation
Health services, translational, outcomes, and feasibility research
Quality improvement
Data analysis, structure, definitions, design, and management

Research Interests
Epilepsy
Pediatric psychology
Psychosocial adjustment to pediatric chronic illness
Evidence-based psychosocial intervention
Self-Management

Research Interests
Early Childhood Development
Primary Healthcare of Children in Immigrant Families
School Preparedness
Evidenced-based parenting support