Research at the College of Nursing and Health Sciences
Research at The College of Nursing and Health Sciences covers a wide variety of disciplines with two major themes:
Basic, Clinical, Developmental & Behavioral Science
Public Health Systems & Services
Basic, Clinical, Developmental & Behavioral Science
Public Health Systems & Services
Basic, Clinical, Developmental & Behavioral Science
- Health and wellness approaches to treating and preventing obesity and related comorbidities
- David Brock (adult obesity and exercise adherence)
- Connie Tompkins (pediatric obesity)
- Characterizing and treating the underlying postural control mechanisms of neuromuscoskeletal conditions
- Sharon Henry (low back pain)
- Jesse Jacobs (low back pain, Parkinson's Disease)
- Susan Kasser (multiple sclerosis)
- Ge Wu (elderly, Tai Chi)
- Understanding social cognition and communication in typical and special populations using behavioral and and neuroimaging strategies
- Michael Cannizzaro (traumatic brain injury)
- Tiffany Hutchins (autism)
- Patricia Prelock (autism)
- Laboratory-based biological research
- M. Ahmad Chaudhry (effects of radiation on human cells)
- Paula Deming (cell signaling)
- Social behavioral factors related to health
- Deborah O'Rourke (quality of life in children with disabilities)
- Betty Rambur (integrative health)
- Jeremy Sibold (psychosocial factors and fitness/exercise)
- Speech and language impairments
- Michael Cannizzaro (acquired neurogenic communication disorders)
- Barry Guitar (nature & treatment of stuttering)
- Tiffany Hutchins (nature & treatment of autism)
- Patricia Prelock (nature & treatment of autism)
- Determining the effectiveness of interventions for reducing physical impairments activity limitations and participation restrictions
- Justine Dee (Lymphedema)
- Susan Kasser (Multiple Sclerosis)
- Lee Nelson (Lymphedema)
Public Health Systems & Services
- Health services
- Diane Jette (physical therapy practice and education)
- Health workforce development and diversity
- Sarah Abrams & Hendrika Maltby (development of cultural competency)
- Alan Maynard (athletic training workforce)
- Mary Val Palumbo (Nursing workforce)
- Betty Rambur (health profession workforce)
- Quality systems in health
- Sarah Abrams (outcome measurement for cultural competency)
- Hendrika Maltby (measurement of cultural competency)
- Betty Rambur (quality improvement and organizational outcomes)
- Carol Buck-Rolland (development of cultural competency)
- Burt Wilcke (Quality assurance within public health laboratory systems)
- Health infrastructure in developing countries
- Sarah Abrams (rural Ugandan health)
- Hendrika Maltby (development of competent nursing workforce in Bangladesh)
- Burt Wilcke (strategies for assuring laboratory infrastructure)
- Ethical dimensions of health
- Marcia Bosek (clinical ethics & decision-making)
- Judy Cohen (moral distress)
- Betty Rambur (moral distress, organizational ethics & culture)
- Hospice and palliative care
- Christina Melvin (referrals to palliative care)