Post-doctoral Fellowship, Center for Sleep and Circadian Neurobiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 2011
PhD, Nursing Science, University of Maryland School of Nursing, Baltimore, MD, 2009
MS, Pediatric Advanced Practice (Primary Care Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Program), University of Maryland School of Nursing, Baltimore, MD, 1997
BS, Nursing, Michigan State University, E. Lansing, MI, 1975
Research:
Principal Investigator, Sleep Disturbances in Neurobehaviorally Challenged Children with Sickle Cell Disease: A Pilot Study (2013-2014)
Principal Investigator, Comparative Measurement of Periodic Limb Movements in Sleep Between Polysomnography and Actigraphy in Children with Sickle Cell Disease (2010-2011)
Project Manager, Sleep Loss, Sleepiness and Neurocognition in 12-Hour Nurses (Geiger-Brown, PI; 2006-2009)
Recent Publications:
Geiger-Brown, J., Rogers, V.E., Han, K., Trinkoff, A.T., Bausell, R.B., Scharf, S.M. (2013). Occupational Screening for Sleep Disorders in 12-hour Shift Nurses Using the Berlin Questionnaire. Sleep & Breathing, 17(1), 381-388. DOI 10.1007/s11325-012-0705-3.
Rogers, V.E., Gallagher, P.R., Marcus, C.L., Ohene-Frempong, K., Traylor, J.T., Mason, T.B.A. (2012) Capturing PLMS and their variability in children with sickle cell disease: Does ankle activity monitoring measure up to polysomnography? Sleep Medicine, 13(8):1013-20. DOI 10.1016/j.sleep.2012.06.016.
Geiger-Brown, J.,Rogers, V.E.,Trinkoff, A., Kane, R., Bausell, R.B., Scharf, S.M. (2012). Sleep, sleepiness, fatigue and performance of 12-hour shift nurses. Chronobiology International, 29(2), 211-219.
Rogers, V.E., Marcus, C.L., Jawad, A.F., Smith-Whitley, K., Ohene-Frempong, K., Bowdre, C., Allen, J., Arens, R., Mason, T.B.A. (2011). Periodic limb movements and disrupted sleep in children with sickle cell disease. Sleep 34(7), 899-908.
Geiger-Brown J., Trinkoff A., Rogers V.E.(2011). The impact of work schedules, home, and work demands on self-reported sleep in registered nurses. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 53(3), 303-307.
Rogers, V.E. (2011). Living life on the dark side: Delayed sleep phase disorder. TheAmerican Journal for Nurse Practitioners 15(7/8), 23-25,30-32.
Rogers, V.E., Lewin, D.S., Winnie, G., Geiger-Brown, J. (2010). Polysomnographic characteristics of a referred sample of children with sickle cell disease. Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine, 6(4), 374-381.
Resnick, B., Galik, B., Pretzer-Aboff, I., Rogers, V., Gruber-Baldini, A.L. (2008). Testing the reliability and validity of self-efficacy and outcome expectations of restorative care performed by nursing assistants. Journal of Nursing Care Quality, 23(2), 162-169.
Geiger-Brown, J., Rogers, V., Trinkoff, A., Selby, V. (2008). Work schedules and stress among health professionals. Chapter 10 in: J.R.B. Halbesleben, (Ed.). Handbook of stress and burnout in health care (pp. 127-140). Hauppauge, NY: Nova Science Publishers, Inc.
Resnick, B., Rogers, V.E., Galik, B., Gruber-Baldini, A.L. (2007). Measuring restorative care provided by nursing assistants: Reliability and validity of the Restorative Care Behavior Checklist. Nursing Research, 56(6), 387-98.
Rogers, V.E. (2007). Care of the child with an ostomy. Chapter 8 in: N.T. Browne, L.M. Flanigan, C.A. McComiskey, & P. Pieper (Eds.). Nursing care of the pediatric surgical patient (2nd ed., pp. 105-129). Boston: Jones & Bartlett Publishing.
Rogers, V.E. (2007). Wound management in neonates, children, and adolescents. Chapter 34 in: N.T. Browne, L.M. Flanigan, C.A. McComiskey, & P. Pieper (Eds.). Nursing care of the pediatric surgical patient (2nd ed., pp. 477-493). Boston: Jones & Bartlett Publishing.
Borkowski, S., Rogers, V.E. (2004). Similar gastrostomy peristomal skin irritations in three pediatric patients. Journal of Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nursing, 31(4), 201-206.
Rogers, V.E. Managing preemie stomas: More than just the pouch. (2003). Journal of Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nursing, 30(2), 100-110.
Primary Teaching Areas:
NURS 611: Pediatric Assessment in Advanced Practice Nursing
NURS 743: Neonatal and Pediatric Pharmacology
Academic & Professional Activities:
Member, Admissions and Progression Committee for PhD Students, University of Maryland School of Nursing