UMass Amherst Faculty
Stephen Cavanagh RN PhD MPA FACHE FAAN
Conceptual Interests
- National and International workforce planning
- Models of innovation associated with nursing and business/industrial collaboration
- Machine learning and nursing
Population Interests
- Nurses, countries, organizations, and healthcare providers
Methodological Interests
- Instrument development
- Quantitative
- Data modelling
Genevieve Chandler, RN, PhD
Conceptual Interests
- the effects of Adverse Childhood Experiences, Trauma Informed Care and Resilience, Resilience intervention
- Mental health: The coercive practices of restraints and seclusion and the hope of recovery.
- Training student nurses to screen, use brief intervention and referral to treatment (SBIRT) for alcohol and addictive drugs.
Population Interests
- Adolescents, young adults and adults
- Athletes
Methodological Interests
- Qualitative methods
- A narrative lens of strength, solution-focus emphasizing the question what works? rather than what is wrong?
- Intervention research
Jeungok Choi, RN, PhD, MPH
Conceptual Interests
- Nursing informatics
- Patient education using technology (mini-tablet)
Population Interests
- Older adults
- Low-literate patients
- Patients after hip surgery
Methodological Interests
- Intervention research
- Instrument validation study
Kimberley Dion, PhD
Conceptual Interests
- Harm reduction and substance use /disorder.
- The relationship between the person who uses drugs and the nurse
- Decreasing healthcare providers stigma and discrimination of persons who use drugs, and improving health care access for substance dependent population
Population Interests
- People using drugs
- Nurses
- People in recovery from addiction
Methodological Interests
- Qualitative
Emma Dundon, PhD, RN, CPNP
Conceptual Interests
- Utilizing brief interventions for behavior change (SBIRT)
- Substance Abuse
- Depression
- Transition to college for students with Type 1 Diabetes
Population Interests
- Adolescents
- Young Adults
Methodological Interests
- Qualitative
Cynthia Gaudet, PhD, RN, CNEE
Conceptual Interests
- Nurse-Patient Interaction associated with EMR
- Development of schematics to apply nursing theory
- Technology in nursing education
Population Interests
- Practicing nurses
- Nursing Students
- Healthcare Educators
Methodological Interests
- Ethnography
- Qualitative
Stephanie Griggs, MSN, RN
Conceptual Interests
- Hope theory development
- Measurement
- Core self-evaluations
- Emotional well-being
- Sexual risk taking
- Substance use
- Academic performance.
Population Interests
- Emerging adults
- High-risk teens
Methodological Interests
- Self-evaluation
Elizabeth Henneman, RN, PhD, CCNS, FAAN
Conceptual Interests
- Identification of medical errors and adverse events
- Impact of interruptions on patient identification and medical errors
- Nurse behaviors and visual scanning patterns during routine, error prone
- processes
Population Interests
- Healthcare clinicians
- Patients receiving blood transfusions
- Nursing profession
Methodological Interests
- Model-driven processes
- Eye-tracking
Maeve Howett, PhD, APRN, CPNP-PC, IBCLC, CNE
Conceptual Interests
- Breastfeeding and early childhood exposures.
- The at-risk mother-infant dyad made vulnerable by poverty, early childhood malnutrition, and toxicant exposures.
Population Interests
- Early childhood
- Mother-infant
Cynthia Jacelon, RN, BC, PhD, CRRN-A, FAAN
Conceptual Interests
- The dignity, function, and sense of control of elders with chronic health problems
- How using handheld and wearable devices can help elders self-manage their symptoms
- How these concepts are related to maintaining health and independence and how health care providers can enhance an elder's dignity, sense of control and self-management of the symptoms of chronic health problems
Population Interests
- Older adults
- Self-management interventions
Karen A. Kalmakis, PhD, MPH, FNP-BC, RN
Conceptual Interests
- The biological stress response following exposure to adversity/trauma
- Managing stress to reduce symptoms of fatigue
- Screening and brief intervention for adverse childhood experiences among adult primary care patients
- Translating research to practice
Population Interests
- Adult primary care patients
- Self-management interventions
Clare Lamontagne, RN, BSN, MSN, CNE, PhD
Conceptual Interests
- The impact of simulation as a teaching methodology on student anxiety and learning.
- The impact of a patient’s mental health diagnoses and prescription drug use on student anxiety and provision of care.
Population Interests
- Nursing students
Methodological Interests
- Simulation Scenarios
Anna Paskausky, PhD, MS, FNP-BC
Conceptual Interests
- Clinical grade inflation
- Healing and balance in multiple sclerosis
- Clarification of concept of healing
Methodological Interests
- Mixed Method
Mary Paterno, PhD, MS, FNP-BC
Conceptual Interests
- Improve perinatal, postpartum, and contraceptive care for vulnerable women.
- Promote healthy and supportive experiences that will lead to positive family building and successful transition to the mothering role
- Normalizing normal birth
- Reduction of unnecessary intrapartum interventions
Population Interests
- Vulnerable women
- Maternity
- Substance use disorder in pregnancy
Methodological Interests
- Digital storytelling
- Measurement
- Mixed methods
- Narrative health promotion+MP
Kalpana Poudel-Tandukar, PhD, MPH, MPHC, CGM
Conceptual Interests
- Behavioral and social science research on the causes and solutions to health disparity and social injustice among vulnerable populations
- Applied and translational research on the development, testing, adaptation, and delivery of interventions to reduce disparities using
- The role of micronutrients on inflammation and mental health outcomes of HIV-infected persons
- Designing mental health interventions for the immigrant population.
Population Interests
- Immigrants
- HIV-infected populations
- Vulnerable populations
Methodological Interests
- Quantitative Methods
- Mixed-methods
- Community-based participatory research
Deborah Rosenbloom, PhD, AGACNP-BC
Conceptual Interests
- Self-management of sleep and pain using wearable sensors
- Delirium prevention
Population Interests
- Older adults aging in place
- Community-dwelling older adults
Methodological Interests
- Mixed Methods
- Human factors approach
- Collaborative interventions
Jean E. Swinney, PhD, RN, FAAN
Conceptual Interests
- Social Justice
- Social Determinants of Health
- Decreasing Health Disparities and providing insight regarding the impact of racism and inequality on health
- African American Women with Breast Cancer – health promotion & health maintenance
- Increasing Workforce Diversity
Population Interests
- African Americans
- Vulnerable Populations
- Veterans
Methodological Interests
- Qualitative Methods
- Mixed Methods
Rachel Walker, PhD, RN
Conceptual Interests
- Cancer survivorship
- Biomarkers, biometrics, & objective correlates of cancer-related fatigue
- Self-management
- Physical activity & sedentarism
- Environmental gerontology & aging-in-place
- Dignity & cancer-related health disparities
Population Interests
- Adult cancer survivors
- Community-dwelling older adults
- Poor, vulnerable, & medically-underserved populations
- Rural health
- Global health
Methodological Interests
- Wearable Sensors & Personalized health monitoring
- Pragmatic/ “n-of-1” trials
- Biobehavioral-environmental interventions
- CBPR & Qualitative Methods
- Eyetracking & Computational Eyeglasses
- Design Thinking
- Instrumentation & Psychometrics
Annette Wysocki
Conceptual Interests
- Wound healing; acute & chronic wounds; burn injury
- Skin biology
- Proteolytic degradation of extracellular matrix; cell adhesion & migration
- Tissue engineering & biomaterials
- Responsible conduct of research; bioethics
- Science policy
- Clinical research; clinical trials research
Population Interests
- Adults; older adults
- Faculty; postdocs; students
Methodological Interests
- Tissue culture; microscopy; histology; zymography; in vitro wound assays; dermal equivalents; protein purification; cell & molecular techniques
- Quantitative research design and analysis
Donna Zucker, RN, MS, PhD, FAAN
Conceptual Interests
- Behavioral treatment for stress in persons with incarceration experience
- Training student nurses to screen, use brief intervention and referral to treatment (SBIRT) for alcohol and addictive drugs.
Population Interests
- Persons in incarceration both in the US and abroad
- Nursing students