Current Scholars
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Terrah L. Foster, Ph.D., R.N. would like to decrease suffering and enhance life for children undergoing palliative care. Her current research involves developing a legacy-making intervention which will be used to test the effects on suffering in children with cancer who have a poor prognosis and their parent caregivers.
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Dr. Galik is an Assistant Professor at the University of Maryland School of Nursing. Her research interest is in developing and testing interventions to improve functional performance, physical activity, and quality of life among older adults with dementia. She also teaches in the adult and geriatric nurse practitioner program, and maintains a clinical practice focused on dementia symptom management.
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Dr. Gates is an Assistant Professor in the School of Nursing at San Diego State University. His research interests include the nursing workforce, workplace diversity, and the utilization of technology in nursing education. He is particularly interested in the link between the supplemental nursing workforce and outcomes of care. He has current work underway that examines nurse labor market behaviors, nurse migration, and nursing employment trends.
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Dr. Goodman is an Associate Professor at MGH Institute of Health Professions School of Nursing. Her research is focused on the mental health of women and families with the primary goal of developing interventions for preventing and treating maternal postpartum depression and the associated negative effects on the mother-infant relationship and child development.
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Motivated by a vision that psychiatric nurses can be leaders and advocates for respectful, effective and timely care for individuals with mental illness, Nancy Hanrahan, Ph.D., R.N., is examining inpatient psychiatric environments to document organizational effectiveness, quality patient care, and the efficient and effective use of the psychiatric nursing workforce. Learn more about the work of this Assistant Professor of Nursing at the University of Pennsylvania>>
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Dr. Kathleen T. Hickey is an Assistant Professor at Columbia University School of Nursing. Her research interest focuses on the prevention of sudden cardiac death (cardiac arrhythmias) through the application of genetics. She is the recipient of a clinical translational service award and funding from the National Institutes of Health (NINR).
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Dr. Hodges is an Assistant Professor in the School of Nursing at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. His primary research interest is on behavioral nutrition during infancy and early childhood including the relationship between parent-child feeding interaction, parenting, child development, and culture. Dr. Hodges aims to design and test developmentally effective, evidence-based family feeding interventions to support optimal growth and development of young children with particular emphasis on prevention of childhood obesity.
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E. Alison Holman, Ph.D., F.N.P. is Assistant Professor at the University of California, Irvine. Her research addresses the relationship between acute responses to psychological trauma and long-term mental and physical health. She is currently focused on using genetics to identify early interventions for at-risk populations that decrease the likelihood of developing trauma-related health problems, especially cardiovascular disorders. -
Dr. Hudson is Assistant Professor at University of California, Los Angeles School of Nursing (UCLA). Her research involves developing interventions that facilitate health promotion and risk reduction behaviors among adolescents in foster care. In addition, she is Faculty-in-Residence at UCLA, where she provides mentoring and service learning opportunities for undergraduate students living on campus.
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Dr. Johnson-Mallard is an Assistant Professor in the College of Nursing at the University of South Florida. Her primary research interest is in the development of web-based interventions that enhance knowledge and decrease risky sexual behavior among young adults. Her research goal is to serve as a model for other researchers and health care providers to teach safer-sex strategies acceptable among culturally diverse young adults.