Faculty Research Directory

Lioness Ayres Associate Professor Emeritus lioness-ayres@uiowa.edu Research Focus: Family management of chronic illness Children with physical disabilities Qualitative and mixed methods research Select Publications	Kathleen Buckwalter Professor Emeritus kathleen-buckwalter@uiowa.edu Research Focus: Geriatric mental health Caregivers of persons with dementia Long-term care staff training Rural delivery systems
Jacinda Bunch Assistant Professor jacinda-bunch@uiowa.edu Research Focus: Patient safety Team communication and dynamics Health systems as high reliability organizations Safety culture in acute hospital settings simulation Select Publications	Howard Butcher Associate Professor Emeritus howard-butcher@uiowa.edu Research Focus: Testing written emotional expressive as a meaning to enhancing health in informal family caregivers Standardized language development and use (Nursing Intervention Classification [NIC]) Nursing intervention testing research Identification and treatment of depression and dispiritedness in later life Rogers science of unitary human beings research and practice methodologies Interpretive and descriptive phenomenological methods Select Publications
Jill Cawiezell Professor Emeritus jill-cawiezell@uiowa.edu Research Focus: Patient safety International health care Capacity building Select Publications	Catherine Cherwin Assistant Professor catherine-cherwin@uiowa.edu Research Focus: Cancer symptom science Gastrointestinal microbiome Non-pharmacologic management of syptoms Select Publications
Mary Clark Professor mary-clark@uiowa.edu Research Focus: Biologically-based weight management interventions Behavioral, biologic, and hormonal determinants of bone density and body composition Depo-provera and bone mineral density 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 Select Publications	Laura Cullen EBP Scientist laura-cullen@uiowa.edu Research Focus: Evidence-based practice Translation research/implementation science Select Publications
Kennith Culp Professor ken-culp@uiowa.edu Research Focus: International/minority health Agricultural workplace hazards Aging workforce Select Publications	Sandra Daack-Hirsch Associate Professor, Interim Executive Associate Dean sandra-daack-hirsch@uiowa.edu Research Focus: Genetic disorders and families Knowledge and perception of genetic information Familial health risk—perception and communication Select Publications
Amany Farag Associate Professor amany-farag@uiowa.edu Research Focus: Health care quality and safety Leadership and nursing workforce Organizational behavior and work environment Select Publications	Sue Gardner Professor sue-gardner@uiowa.edu Research Focus: Wound healing Wound infection Diabetic foot ulcers Chronic wound microbiome Wound pain Multimorbidity Cancer survivorship Select Publications
Stephanie Gilbertson-White Associate Professor, Director, PhD Program stephanie-gilbertson-white@uiowa.edu Research Focus: Cancer symptom science Palliative care e-Health technologies and interventions Select Publications	Ruth Grossmann Adjunct Assistant Professor ruth-grossmann@uiowa.edu Research Focus: Impact of vitamin D supplementation on clinical outcomes in cystic fibrosis Impact of nutrient dense diet on clinical outcomes in primary and secondary progressive multiple sclerosis Select Publications
Patricia Groves Assistant Professor patricia-groves@uiowa.edu Research Focus: Patient safety Hospital safety culture Nursing work Select Publications	Kirsten Hanrahan Director, Nursing Research and Evidence-Based Practice at UI Hospitals & Clinics kirsten-hanrahan@uiowa.edu Research Focus: Select Publications
Keela Herr Kelting Professor in Nursing, Associate Dean for Faculty, Co-Director of the Csomay Center for Gerontological Excellence keela-herr@uiowa.edu Research Focus: Pain in older adult -- assessment, treatment, and caregiver support End-of-life and palliative care Promoting evidence-based practice and translation science Select Publications	Diane Huber Professor, Director, Health Systems/Administration diane-huber@uiowa.edu Research Focus: Innovation in nursing Health systems administration Case, disease and population health management Select Publications
Charmaine Kleiber Associate Professor Emeritus charmaine-kleiber@uiowa.edu Research Focus: Select Publications	Melissa Lehan Mackin Associate Professor melissa-lehan@uiowa.edu Research Focus: Women's health Sexual education Developmental disability Select Publications
Wen Liu Assistant Professor wen-liu-1@uiowa.edu Research Focus: Mealtime difficulties, eating performance, function, and nutrition in dementia Behavioral engagement, dyadic interaction, and dining environmental stimulation Tool development and validation Select Publications	Ann Marie McCarthy Professor ann-mccarthy@uiowa.edu Research Focus: Children with chronic health conditions Cognitive-behavioral interventions to alleviate child distress during painful procedure School health/school nursing Select Publications
Chooza Moon Assistant Professor chooza-moon@uiowa.edu Research Focus: Sleep and circadian rhythms in aging Lifestyle factors contribute to Alzheimer's disease and dementia Sleep and cognitive impairment in cardiovascular disease Select Publications	Sue Moorhead Associate Professor sue-moorhead@uiowa.edu Research Focus: Standardized language development and use (NIC NOC) Outcomes of care and effectiveness research Select Publications
Pamela Mulder Assistant Professor (Clinical) pamela-mulder@uiowa.edu Research Focus: Breastfeeding Newborn behavior Maternal-newborn interaction Childhood obesity	Barbara Rakel Professor, Associate Dean for Research and Scholarship barbara-rakel@uiowa.edu Research Focus: Evaluating efficacy of non-pharmacologic pain management strategies Movement-evoked pain versus resting (or overall) pain Risk factors and prevention of acute to chronic postsurgical pain Select Publications
Sandra Ramey Associate Professor (Instructional) sandra-ramey@uiowa.edu Research Focus: Biological markers of stress CVD risk and morbidity Health promotion and resilience intervention development Select Publications	Lisa Segre Associate Professor lisa-segre@uiowa.edu Research Focus: Development and evaluation of maternal depression screening and treatment programs with an emphasis on low income and ethnic minority women Select Publications
Marianne Smith Associate Professor marianne-smith@uiowa.edu Research Focus: Improving the lives of older adults who experience depression, anxiety, and/or dementia by developing innovative and pragmatic ways to reduce disability and promote function Select Publications	Barbara St. Marie Assistant Professor barbara-stmarie@uiowa.edu Research Focus: Acute pain Chronic pain Coexistence of chronic pain and substance use disorder Select Publications
Victoria Steelman Associate Professor Emeritus victoria-steelman@uiowa.edu Research Focus: Perioperative patient safety Evidence-based practice Select Publications	Elizabeth Swanson Associate Professor Emeritus elizabeth-swanson@uiowa.edu Research Focus: Nursing outcomes Simulation in patient care Select Publications
Toni Tripp-Reimer Professor toni-reimer@uiowa.edu Research Focus: Ethnicity and health behaviors Ethnogerontology Self-care Chronic illness Qualitative methods Select Publications	Janet Williams Professor janet-williams@uiowa.edu Research Focus: Disclosure of genetic information Huntington disease Select Publications