Pamela Cone, PhD, RN, CNS, PHN
Professor Emerita, School of Nursing
Research:
- Spiritual care education
- Spirituality and religion among the homeless
- Homelessness and other vulnerable populations
Methodological Expertise:
- Grounded theory
- Qualitative methods (focus groups, observation methods)
Vivien Dee, PhD, RN, NEA-BC,FAAN
Professor Emerita, School of Nursing
Research:
- Mental health nursing
- Health systems/Nursing administration
- Nurse sensitive indicators/Patient outcomes
Methodological Expertise:
- Middle-range nursing theory in research
Felicitas dela Cruz, DNSc
Professor Emerita, School of Nursing
Research:
- Hypertension among Filipino Americans
- Second careers and nursing
Methodological Expertise:
- Integrative review of the literature
Rhoberta Haley, PhD, RN, FNP
Research:
- Entrepreneurship/Business of health care
- Diffusion of innovation theory
- Use of innovation and technology in health care and nursing education
Methodological Expertise:
- Grounded theory and qualitative research
Diane Newman
Research:
- Grant Administrator
Methodological Expertise:
- Funding announcements
- Institutional/Faculty eligibility for grant submission
Carl Renold, PhD
Research:
- Gerontology
- Health care administration
- Public policy
Methodological Expertise:
- Statistical analysis
- The role of statistics in quantitative proposal development
Catherine Todero, PhD, MSN, RN
Research:
- Circadian rhythms/Sleep-wake cycles
- Nursing education
- Symptom management in chronic illnesses: HF Diabetes
Methodological Expertise:
- Underserved and vulnerable populations proposal development
- Intervention studies
- Cosigner analysis: A method to determine the presence of a rhythm in repeating data by fitting a cosine curve to identify the period, peak, and amplitude of the rhythm
Sheryl Tyson, PhD, APRN, CNS
Professor Emerita, School of Nursing
Research:
- Family violence (child, partner, elder abuse)
- Suicide prevention in high risk youth
- Psychiatric mental health and illness
Methodological Expertise:
- Human subjects protections and Institutional Review Board (IRB) application
- Proposal development
- Qualitative methods (focus groups, interpretive phenomenological analysis)
Leslie Van Dover, PhD, MScN, PN, RN, FNP-BC
Professor Emerita, School of Nursing
Research:
- Community health promotion: Smoking cessation
- Reproductive, maternal, child health
- Parish nursing and spiritual care
Methodological Expertise:
- Spiritual care proposal development
Cheryl Westlake, PhD, RN, ACNS
Professor Emerita, School of Nursing
Research:
- Health literacy, self care, symptom management and outcomes in patients with heart failure
- Depression, spirituality, sexuality, norepinephrine, quality of life, and outcomes of patients with heart failure
Methodological Expertise:
- Theoretical modeling
- Intervention studies
- Multidisciplinary research
- Mixed methods
- Statistical analysis
Note: This information is current for the 2023-24 academic year; however, all stated academic information is subject to change. Refer to the current Academic Catalog for more information.