Research and Scholarly Interests
Research and Scholarly Interests
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Gerontology and palliative care focused on: older adults living with serious illness in post-acute skilled care and long-term residential care in nursing homes; implementation of evidence-based practices; pragmatic clinical trials; non-pharmacological interventions for people living with dementia. |
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The mechanisms of molecular neuroprotective biomarkers associated with acute brain injury, especially cerebral ischemia (traumatic brain injury and stroke) in translational science (bench evidence and bedside practice). This groundwork for the proposed research includes the neuro-functional and psychosocial behaviors relevant to the cerebral ischemia, and by establishing strong ties with short-term critical/acute care to long-term neurological recovery. |
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Pain modulatory systems; neurophysiological mechanisms of placebo and nocebo effects; brain and learning mechanisms; expectations and computational models; genetic approaches to chronic pain; sex, race, and age influences on pain modulation; ethical and translational aspects of placebo and nocebo effects |
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Care transitions in adults with chronic diseases, medication reconciliation |
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Worksite wellness with healthcare workers; workplace stress and total worker health interventions with healthcare workers; behavioral interventions to reduce cardiovascular disease risk factors; and inter-professional community-based interventions to improve health equity.
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Translational research aimed at elucidating the molecular, cellular and genetic mechanisms underlying chronic pain to identify new therapeutic targets |
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Integration of biological social and psychological factors into health and health related behaviors; stress and alleviation of stress; animal companions/pets and human health; Rrsearch methods and multivariate approaches to analyses of health-related data |
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Care of older adults with dementia, specifically optimizing function and physical activity and utilizing non-pharmacological approaches to managing behavioral symptoms |
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Nursing faculty shortage, faculty development, assessment of learning outcomes, measurement, quality of life in cardiac patients |
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Biomedical informatics; health care database development, optimization, and evaluation; health care software and game development; game theory; human-computer interaction; intelligent patient care technologies; artificial intelligence; data mining |
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Nutritional interventions (e.g., Mediterranean diet, time-restricted eating) to address cancer-related fatigue and other symptom science outcomes, mitochondrial and circadian mechanisms underlying cancer-related fatigue. |
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Studying how cancer chemotherapy causes side-effects such as neuropathy and distress using psychophysiology (measuring heartbeats, skin conductance), neuroimaging (fMRI), epidemiology, behavioral science, and computational methods. Also conducting clinical trials to prevent or treat these symptoms using exercise and healthy eating.
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How various ‘OMICS’ (genetics, genomics, inflammatory markers, bioenergetics, and proteomics) in addition to psychosocial variables influence symptoms such as pain, fatigue, resilience or depression and health outcomes such as sepsis in adults with chronic disease; bringing meaningful activity to cognitively impaired residents in assisted living settings through personalized volunteer activities. |
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Palliative and end-of -life care, minority population, culturally competent care, and interprofessional education |
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Biostatistics, statistical genomics, bioinformatics; methodological research in biomedical, public health and healthcare data; risk assessments and predictions for common complex diseases and health conditions; data mining and machine learning for high dimensional big data; longitudinal mixed model, multi-level/hierarchical model, causal inference, Bayesian approaches |
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Maternal/newborn outcomes; health disparities in maternal/child health; environmental exposures during pregnancy; vaginal microbiota in pregnancy; health promotion in early childhood education settings, academic-community partnerships, nursing education.
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Use of eHealth/mHealth interventions to promote to manage the health of adult populations; web-based research and usability testing; computer-mediated social support among older adults; hospital information systems evaluation and implementation |
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Socio-cultural and behavioral factors of HIV prevention intervention, women's health and HIV-related disparities, smart phone technology intervention, cross-cultural research |
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Health inequities in maternal child health outcomes; cultural competency; global health nursing & education, nurse migration, neonatal outcomes; and dissemination and implementation science research |
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Interrelationships among neurobiological (i.e., hormonal stress responses, brain dopamine function), behavioral (i.e., risk-taking and impulsive personality traits), and environmental (i.e., stress, childhood trauma) factors that contribute to risks for substance abuse and other stress-related disorders |
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Adolescent health; integrative health; health promotion; school based interventions to increase coping, mindfulness and decrease stress; community engagement/community-based participatory research; vulnerable and underserved populations; Nurse Practitioner education |
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Translational research aimed at building understanding about the complex care process and physiologic systems that influence maternal and neonatal childbirth outcomes |
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Physiological mechanisms and psychophysical characteristics of chronic pain in clinical populations and preclinical models trauma, cancer, and chemotherapy-induced pain |
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Care of older adults particularly with regard to motivation to engage in healthy behaviors with a major focus on function and physical activity; measurement; dissemination research |
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Qualitative methodology, interventions to improve medical co-morbidities in patients with severe mental health disorders |
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Schneidereith, Tonya, PhD, CRNP, PPCNP-BC, CPNP-AC, CNE, CHSE |
Use of simulation to assess behaviors related to medication administration in prelicensure students, including the 5 Rights of Medication Administration and the ability to question perceived authority to mitigate medication errors; integration of Google glass in simulation to view student behaviors; simulation to replicate clinical situations. |
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Women’s health, opioid use in pregnant /parenting women, obesity risk factors, health disparities, perinatal and child health, obesity risk factors, comparative effectiveness studies, patient-reported outcomes (PRO) and community-based participatory research. |
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Nursing work schedule, working conditions, and impact on care outcomes; injuries to health care workers; patient care outcomes- acute and long term care; substance use problems, obesity |
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Biostatistical methods and applications in biomedical, public health, and health care research; joint modeling of longitudinal observations and recurrent events; latent class and growth analyses; semiparametric and nonparametric methods |