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UMass Boston Faculty

UMass-Boston

Rosanna DeMarco, PhD, RN, PHCNS-BC, APHN-BC, FAAN

Conceptual Interests

· Public Health Nursing

· HIV Secondary and Tertiary Prevention

· Marie-Luise Friedemann: Framework of Systemic Organization and Behavior Change (Family Nursing Theory)

· Dana Jack: Theory of Silencing the Self and Safe Sex Negotiation (Social Psychology)

· Social Ecological Model and Behavior Risk Reduction

· Quality and Safety in Nurse Workplace (Bullying and Lateral Violence)

Population Interests

· Black Women Living with HIV Infection

· Employed Nurses

· Populations Experiencing Health Disparities

Methodological Interests

· Community-based, participatory research

· Experimental, Intervention Research

· Psychometrics/Measurement

· Narrative Analyses/Directed or Non-Directed Content Analyses

· Focus Group and Individual Interviews

· Peer-led Interventions

· Mixed Methods

· Storytelling Narrative Communication as an intervention and booster (film/video/DVD)

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Sun Kim, RN, PhD

Conceptual Interests

· Smoking Cessation

· Cultural Tailoring

· Gender Difference

· Mental Health

Population Interests

· Asian Immigrants

· People living with HIV

· People living in an inner urban city

Methodological Interests

· Experimental Research

· Longitudinal data analysis

· Mediation Analysis

Jacqueline Fawcett, RN; PhD; ScD (hon); FAAN; ANEF

Conceptual Interests

· Nature and structure of knowledge of nursology

· Conceptual models of nursology

· Construction of conceptual-theoretical-empirical structures for research

Population Interests

· Maternity leave policies

Methodological Interests

· Instrument development

Priscilla K Gazarian, PhD, RN

Conceptual Interests

· Clinical decision making

· Preventable harm

· Patient engagement

· Advance care planning

· Dignity and respect

· Motivational interviewing

Population Interests

· Acute care adults

Methodological Interests

· Qualitative research

· Cognitive task analysis

· Grounded theory

· Implementation Science

JoAnn Mulready-Shick, RN, CNE, EdD, ANEF

Conceptual Interests

· Watson's Caring Science and Caring Curriculum concepts

· Quality and Safety and Systems theoretical concepts

· Leadership and Professionalism

Population Interests

· Academic-Practice Partnerships for improving education and practice

· Nursing Education and Health Professions Policy

· Global/International Student Success, with focus on Students with English as an Additional Language

· Nursing Education Program Development, globally

Methodological Interests

· Critical Inquiry

· Interpretive Phenomenology

Teri Aronowitz, FNP, PhD

Conceptual Interests

· Sexual Health Promotion

· HIV & STI Prevention

· Colposcopy

· College Health

· Philosophy of Science

· Conceptual & Theoretical Foundations for Practice & Research

· Motivational interviewing

· Health Disparities

Population Interests

· Family Health

· Adolescent Health

· College Students

· African/African American Families with Adolescents

· Minority Health

· Women’s Health

· LGBTQ

Methodological Interests

· Community Participatory Action Research

· Grounded Theory

· Focus Group Methodology

· Intervention Research

Janice Foust, RN, PhD

Conceptual Interests

· Transitional care

· Medication management

Population Interests

· Older adults

· Home healthcare

Methodological Interests

· Qualitative

Lisa Heelan-Fancher, RN/BSN, CHPE, PhD

Conceptual Interests

· Evidence based practice & the translation of evidence into practice

· Ethics---patient advocacy & human dignity

· Women's health

· Childbirth

· Nursing education

Population Interests

· Childbirth/Maternity

· Prenatal care

· Women's health

· Reproductive health

· Nursing students

Methodological Interests

· Quantitative research

· Big data analysis

· Mixed methods

Suzanne Leveille, RN, PhD

Conceptual Interests

· Disablement

· Mobility

· Aging

· Self-management

· Patient engagement

· Attentional demands of chronic pain

· Population health

Population Interests

· Older adults

· Primary care patients

· Pain assessment and management

· Self-management interventions

Methodological Interests

· Epidemiology

· Quantitative methods

· Secondary data analysis

· Longitudinal methods

· Research design

· Measurement

· Statistical analysis

Emily Jones, RNC-OB, PhD

Conceptual Interests

· Health equity

· Cardiometabolic Health Promotion and Disease Prevention

· Postpartum Cardiometabolic Risk Reduction

Population Interests

· Native American and Indigenous health

· Maternal-child health

· Family health

Methodological Interests

· CBPR

· Mixed Methods

Haeok Lee, RN, DNSc

Conceptual Interests

· Health Disparities

· Cancer prevention

· Narrative intervention

· Stigma

· Situation-Specific Theory

· Intra-personal, inter-personal, and societal level health behaviors

Population Interests

· Cancer

· Asian Americans

· Africans

· Adolescents/College Students

· Global health

Methodological Interests

· Community-based participatory research

· RCTs

· Rapid Anthropology Assessment Procedure (RAP)

· Tool development

· Cognitive Interview

Mary E. Cooley, RN, PhD

Conceptual Interests

· Conceptual interests

· Symptom management and quality of life

· Decision support

· Lifestyle risk reduction (smoking, physical activity and diet) Behavioral change Evidence-based practice

Population Interests

· Lung Cancer

· Oncology

· Palliative Care

Methodological Interests

· Qualitative, Quantitative, Mixed Methods Systematic review Intervention research Implementation science

Ralph Klotzbaugh, PhD, FNP-BC

Conceptual Interests

· Culturally competent practice

· Queer Theoretical Perspectives

· Policy

· Healthcare Equity

· Curricular Development

Population Interests

· LGBTQ(queer) Communities

· Rurality

· Intersectionalities

· Medical and social disposition of Transgender and Gender Nonconforming People

Methodological Interests

· Quantitative

· Mixed Method

· Survey Development

Suha Ballout, RN, PhD

Conceptual Interests

· Health disparities

· Chronic conditions: prevention and management

· Risky health behaviors

· Health equity , stigma, discrimination

· Minority stress

Population Interests

· Men

· LGBT

· Transgender communities

· Marginalized groups

· Ethnically diverse groups

Methodological Interests

· Qualitative research

· Quantitative research

· Community-engaged research methods

Laura Hayman, MSN, FAAN, FAHA/PhD

Conceptual Interests

· Health Promotion, Disease Prevention, Health Equity, Social Determinants of Health

Population Interests

· Children, adolescents, families, marginalized groups

Methodological Interests

· Quantitative Methods, Mixed-methods, CBPR

Ling Shi, PhD

Conceptual Interests

· Cardiometabolic health

Population Interests

· Pregnant women and their children

Methodological Interests

· Statistics, randomized controlled trial