UMass Lowell Faculty

Lisa Abdallah PhD, RN, CNE

Conceptual Interests

• Nurse Practitioner Roles and Practice Activities in Long Term Care

• Health Promotion and Risk Reduction of Hospitalized Older Adults

• Bring Diversity to Nursing: Recruitment, Retention, and Graduation of Diverse Nursing Students

• Delirium Recognition and Prevention and Cognitive Health in Older Adults

Population Interests

• Nurse Practitioners, Older Adults, Informal Caregivers

Methodological Interests

• Qualitative and Quantitative Methods., Tool Development and Testing

Karen Devereaux Melillo

Conceptual Interests

• Gerontological Nursing & Gero- psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing

• Nurse Practitioner Role in LTC

• Cognitive Health

• Wandering in Dementia

• Health Promotion - Physical Activity and Exercise in Older Adults, and Older Latinos specifically

• Increasing Nurse Practitioner Preceptor and Faculty Capacity

• Implementation and Evaluation of a Dedicated Education Unit in Long-term Care

• Bring Diversity to Nursing: Recruitment, Retention, and Graduation of Diverse Nursing Students

• A-GNP and Geropsychiatric Mental Health Nursing Competencies

• Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services (CLAS) for Health Disparities Reduction

Population Interests

• Older Adults, including older Latinos

• Nurse Practitioners in Primary Care

• Economically- and Educationally-Disadvantaged Groups Typically Underrepresented in Nursing

• Community-dwelling and institutionalized older adults

Methodological Interests

• Quantitative secondary data analysis

• Qualitative research, including focus group, key informant interview methods

• Survey research

• Systematic reviews and evidence-based research practice guideline development

• Evaluation research

• Case study research

Mazen El Ghaziri, PhD, MPH, RN

Conceptual Interests

• Workplace violence; Occupational health and wellness; Gender differences in occupational exposures

Population Interests

• Nursing workforce (correctional nurses), Correctional Officers, Public Sector

Methodological Interests

• Quantitative research, Psychometrics, Community Based Participatory Research/Participatory Action Research

Heidi Collins Fantasia PhD, RN, WHNP-BC

Conceptual Interests

• Reproductive health, sexual risk behaviors, HPV, physical and sexual violence screening, sexual consent

Population Interests

• Adolescents and young adults, adolescents

Methodological Interests

• Qualitative research, narrative methods, mixed methods

Margaret Knight PhD, PMHCNS  

Conceptual Interests

• Cognitive Health and Cognitive Aging, Metabolic risk  in persons with mental health problems, Interventions to improve outcomes in persons with serious mental illness

Population Interests

• Older adults, persons with mental illness

Methodological Interests

• Quantitative and qualitative methods

Ainat Koren, PhD, RN

Conceptual Interests

• Sexual Health Promotion

• HIV & STI Prevention

• Teen Pregnancy, Socioecological theory, Health Promotion, Childhood obesity

Population Interests

• High risk teens, Men

• Women's health, Pediatrics

Methodological Interests

• Qualitative research, Quantitative research, Mixed methods,  Community-engaged research methods

• Storytelling (Video), Photovoice

Barbara Mawn, PhD RN

Conceptual Interests

• Health promotion of children and families living with HIV infection and other chronic illnesses

• Nutritional epidemiologic research in pediatric HIV infection

• Social policy research related to occupational risks for health-care workers

Population Interests

• Health care workers, children and families

Methodological Interests

• Qualitative research methods,  Quantitative research methods

Annette McDonough, PhD, RN

Conceptual Interests

• Chronic cardiovascular and respiratory illness, teen pregnancy, health promotion

Population Interests

• Pedi, adolescents, young adults

Methodological Interests

• Qualitative research and mixed methods research

Sandra Mote, M.S., C.S., A.R.N.P., Ph.D.(c)

Conceptual Interests

• Mental health stigma, mental health promotion, interprofessional education, use of nursing simulation for psychiatric mental health and interprofessional education

Population Interests

• Nursing workforce (emergency nurses),  adults with mental illness

Methodological Interests

• Qualitative research, qualitative research, community-engaged participatory action research, interventional research

Brenna Quinn

Conceptual Interests

• Pain in children with intellectual disability, school health

Population Interests

• Children aged 3-22 with intellectual disability, school nurses, healthcare providers for children with intellectual disability

Methodological Interests

• Qualitative research (focus groups), quantitative research

Yuan Zhang, PhD, RN

Conceptual Interests

• Occupational health and health promotion; shift work, sleep, and musculoskeletal disorders; workplace participatory interventions

Population Interests

• Healthcare workforce, shift workers

Methodological Interests

• Quantitative research, qualitative research, community-engaged participatory action research, workplace interventions