Research Directory - Faculty & Staff - The University of Iowa College of Nursing

Research Directory

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The faculty at The University of Iowa College of Nursing, as well as associates at University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, have wide-ranging research expertise. We welcome your interest in our work and have compiled the information on the following pages in order to facilitate finding those who share your interests. If you have any questions concerning research at the College of Nursing, please feel free to contact the Office for Nursing Research.

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Faculty and UIHC Associates

Name	Research Focus
Lioness Ayres, PhD, RN	Family management of chronic illness Disability Qualitative methods
Jane M. Brokel, PhD, RN	Healthcare information technology implementations Clinical decision support expert rules Work redesign of care delivery processes Nursing outcomes - community
Kathleen Buckwalter , PhD, RN, FAAN	Geriatric mental health Caregivers of persons with dementia Long-term care staff training Rural delivery systems
Howard Butcher , PhD, RN, PMHCNS-BC	Enhancing meaning making in Alzheimer's disease family caregivers Identification and treatment of mild syndromes of depression in later life
M. Kathleen Clark , PhD, RN	Behavioral, biologic, and hormonal determinants of bone density and body composition Consequence of estrogen deficiency in premenopausal women Women's health Patterns of change in weight, fat mass, lean mass and fat distribution among young adult women
Perle Slavik Cowen , PhD, RN	Child maltreatment prevention and interventions Family violence prevention Teen pregnancy prevention
Martha Craft-Rosenberg , PhD, RN, FAAN	Children and family Classification of nursing language
Kennith R. Culp , PhD, RN	Delirium: prevalence and risk Aging workforce
Sandra Daack-Hirsch, PhD, RN	Orofacial clefting Complex disorders and families
Joann Eland , PhD, RN, FAAN	Pain in children Cancer pain Technology and education
Rita A. Frantz , PhD, RN, FAAN	Chronic wound healing Pressure ulcer prevention Evidence-based practice: Clinical outcomes and costs
Sue E. Gardner , PhD, RN	Wound healing Wound infection Pressure ulcer treatment and prevention
Kathleen S. Hanson , PhD, RN	History of nursing Health services outcomes: Community/public health Intellectual history of nursing: Individualization of care
Keela A. Herr , PhD, RN	Pain in older adults End of life care
Diane Huber , PhD, RN, FAAN, CNAA	Case management Nursing administration and nursing management minimum data set
Lisa Skemp Kelley , PhD, RN	Gerontology: Care of community-dwelling elders Community health and community partnerships Global health
Charmaine Kleiber, PhD, RN, CPNP, FAAN	Nursing interventions for pain and distress related to medical procedures Pain and children Nursing interventions for children and women
Der Fa Lu, PhD, RN	Nursing informatics: Knowledge discovery and knowledge representation Chinese American elders: Health services use
Meridean L. Maas , PhD, RN, FAAN	Nursing interventions for person with dementia in nursing homes and their family caregivers Classification testing of outcomes that are responsive to nursing interventions Nursing effectiveness research
Rene' Martin , PhD, MA, BSN	Lay representations of health and illness Treatment delay behavior Social influence processes in health behaviors Symptom perception and personality
Ann Marie McCarthy , PhD, RN, PNP	Pediatric psychology, children with chronic conditions Cognitive-behavioral interventions to alleviate child distress during painful procedure School health/school nursing
Paula Mobily , PhD, RN	Pain in the elderly Nonpharmacologic pain management EOL care
Lou Ann Valjacic Montgomery , PhD, RN	Sibling support Family centered care Ergonomics for patient handling
Sue Moorhead , PhD, RN	Standardized language development and use Job satisfaction Outcomes of care and effectiveness research
Barbara Rakel , PhD, RN	Pain management in older adults Hyperalgesia Nonpharmacologic pain interventions Acute care Evidence-based practice
Sandra L. Ramey, PhD, RN	Cardiovascular disease risk and morbidity reduction Health promotion
Deborah P. Schoenfelder , PhD, RN	Falls prevention in older adults Exercise: Older adults
Marianne Smith, PhD, RN	Dementia-related anxiety Interventions to reduce behavioral and psychological symptoms in dementia Dementia care in assisted living residences
Janet K. Specht , PhD, RN	Incontinence Dementia Caregivers
Elizabeth A. Swanson , PhD, RN	Nursing outcomes Family involvement in care
Janette Taylor , PhD, RN, ARNP, WHCNP	Intimate partner violence (e.g., domestic violence) Incarcerated women Health disparities, underserved populations and women's health
Edward Thompson , PhD, RN, CRNA
Toni Tripp-Reimer , PhD, RN, FAAN	Ethnicity and health behaviors Ethnogerontology Qualitative methods
Janet Williams , PhD, RN	Genetics Genetic testing Chronic illness