Research Directory - Research - The University of Iowa College of Nursing

Research Directory

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	Written emotional expressive as a meaning to enhancing health in informal family caregivers Identification and treatment of mild syndromes of depression in later life
M. Kathleen Clark, PhD, RN, ARNP, FNP	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
Kennith R. Culp, PhD, RN, FAAN	International health, agricultural workplace hazards, cognitive functioning in older adults, aging workforce
Sandra Daack-Hirsch, PhD, RN	Orofacial clefting Complex disorders and families
Martha Driessnack, PhD, RN	Researching children’s perspectives Art-based assessment and intervention methods Impact of lay beliefs on health behavior Genetic literacy
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 Diabetic foot ulcers
Kathleen S. Hanson, PhD, RN	History of nursing Health services outcomes: Community/public health and rural Intellectual history of nursing: Individualization of care
Keela A. Herr, PhD, RN, AGSF, FAAN	Pain in older adults End of life pain management Pain assessment and measurement Promoting evidence-based practices
Diane Huber, PhD, RN, FAAN, CNAA	Case and population health management and dosage of intervention activity Nursing administration and nursing management minimum data set
Charmaine Kleiber, PhD, RN, CPNP, FAAN	Pain, infants 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 persons 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, RN	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, FAAN	Pediatric psychology, children with chronic conditions, school health/school nursing Cognitive-behavioral interventions to alleviate child distress during painful procedure
Paula Mobily, PhD, RN	Evidence-based practice in long-term care Pain in the elderly Nonpharmacologic pain management
Lou Ann Valjacic Montgomery, PhD, RN	Sibling support Family centered care Ergonomics for patient handling
Sue Moorhead, PhD, RN	Standardized language development and use (NIC NOC) 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 and biological markers of stress
Deborah P. Schoenfelder, PhD, RN	Falls prevention in older adults Exercise: Older adults
Jill Scott-Cawiezell, PhD, RN	Health care organizational capacity to create and sustain improvement Patient safety as it relates to critical working conditions Medication safety practices
Lisa Segre, PhD	Development and evaluation of maternal depression screening and treatment programs with an emphasis on low income and ethnic minority women
Leah Shever, PhD, RN	Outcomes effectiveness research Health services research and quality
Lisa Skemp, PhD, RN	Building Community Capacity for Healthy Aging: Basic research on the natural systems of elder care Community based diabetes prevention, diagnosis and care Community based dementia diagnosis and care International/global health: Ethnographic Community Based Participatory Research with Caribbean, Sudanese & Hispanic communities
Marianne Smith, PhD, ARNP, BC	Dementia-related anxiety Interventions to reduce behavioral and psychological symptoms in dementia Dementia care in assisted living residences
Janet K. Specht, PhD, RN, FAAN	Incontinence Dementia Caregivers Translational research
Elizabeth A. Swanson, PhD, RN	Nursing outcomes Simulation in patient 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, FAAN	PI: Rural Nurse Anesthesia Education Grant (HRSA)
Toni Tripp-Reimer, PhD, RN, FAAN	Ethnogerontology Qualitative methods
Janet Williams, PhD, RN, FAAN	Genetic testing Chronic illness

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