College of Nursing and Health Sciences

The Department of Nursing

Faculty Research

Department of Nursing faculty engage in qualitative and quantitative research, advancing the field in areas including cultural competency, successful aging, rural health and end of life care.

Faculty/Staff Member	Area of Expertise and/or Research
Michael Abajian, M.D., M.P.H.	Vermont Department of Health Internship: Creation of Vermont State Health Plan
Sarah Abrams, Ph.D., RN	Development of cultural competency and outcome measurement for cultural competency Health status and infrastructure in developing countries Nursing history
Margaret Aitken, M.S., APRN	Adult Primary Care
Jennifer Allaire, M.S., APRN	Adult Primary Care Palliative Care
Jean Beatson, Ed.D., RN	Family-centered practice Cross-cultural health care Integration of health and education
Marcia Bosek, D.N.Sc., RN	Ethical decision-making Qualitative methods Simulation learning
Brandon Brown, M.S., RN, CNL	Medical Surgical Nursing Nursing Education Nursing Practice and Climate Change
Carol Buck-Rolland, Ed.D., APRN	Development of cultural competency Pediatric Care
Tara Burnham, M.S., RN	Clinical Care
Jeanine Carr, Ph.D., RN	Qualitative research methods Nursing regulation Ethics Leadership
Rosemary L. Dale, Ed.D., APRN	Administration and Management Congestive heart failure Hypertension
Elizabeth Ellis-Kempner, M.S.	Dance/movement Maternal-child, family and urgent care nursing
Kate FitzPatrick, D.N.P., RN, ACNP, NEA-BC, FAAN	Health care quality and patient safety Administrative nursing practice/acute care leadership Professional nurse peer review Clinical practice: emergency, trauma
Jason Garbarino, D.N.P., RN-BC, CNL	Gerontological Nursing Medical-Surgical Nursing
Mary Alice Giannoni, M.S., APRN	Maternal Child Health
Emily Glassman, RN	Critical Care
Brenda Hamel-Bissell, Ed.D., RN	Mental Health Psychiatric Illness Substance Use Assessment and Treatment
Christina Harlow, D.N.P., FNP-BC, APRN	Primary care Integrative medicine Depression and anxiety in primary care
Jennifer Laurent, Ph.D., APRN	Dr. Laurent’s research focuses largely on how dietary sugars affect brain reward circuits, gut metabolism, and eating behaviors such as addictive-like eating in obese adolescents.
Nancy Lemieux, M.S., RN, CHSE	Clinical Simulation Interprofessional Education Emergency Nursing
Laura Foran Lewis, Ph.D., RN	Autism Spectrum Disorder Qualitative Research Methods
Ellen Long-Middleton, Ph.D., APRN	HIV prevention in adolescent young women Delivery of interprofessional primary care services The role of nurse practitioners in national and international communities
Islane Raymond Louis, M.S., RN	Psychiatry/mental health
Hendrika Maltby, Ph.D., RN	Cultural Competency Nursing Education
Rebecca Marin, M.S., FNP	Family Medicine/Primary Care
Lili Martin, M.S.N., RN	Nursing Education Medical Surgical Nursing Simulation Active Learning
Loretta G. McManus, M.S., RN, LNHA	Acute care hospital settings Long term care complex environment Gerontology
Genell Mikkalson, M.S., CNM, APRN, RN	Midwifery Incivility and unkindness in the healthcare workplace Sex Therapy
Rebecca Nagle, M.S., PNP, RN	Pediatrics
Sarah Narkewicz, M.S., RN, CDE	Community Health Improvement Diabetes Education Quality Improvement Chronic Disease Self-Management Care Coordination Community Health Needs Assessment Pediatric Nursing Asthma Management Grants Management
Mary Val Palumbo, D.N.P., APRN	Interprofessional education Nursing workforce Alzheimer's disease
Kerry S. Prendergast	Gerontology Wound care
Sarah Pinard Rogers, M.S., RN	Maternal/Newborn Care Surgical/Pediatric Intensive Care Nursing
Abilene A. Smith, M.S., M.H.A., RN	Nurse case management Utilization review Acute care rehabilitation Stroke management
Deborah Wachtel, D.N.P., M.P.H., APRN	Endocrinology with a focus on diabetes and obesity Health care reform/ Health policy Harm reduction
Ellen Watson, M.S., APRN	Health Behavior Change Behavioral Health in Primary Care
Stuart L. Whitney, Ed.D., RN, CNL	Clinical Practice Curricular/ Nursing Education Educational Leadership & Policy