Degree Program Offered: Doctor of Philosophy
Interim Director of Ph.D. Program: Rula Btoush, PhD, RN, 180 University Avenue, Newark, NJ 07102 (973-353-5650; email:
Rula.Btoush@rutgers.edu)
Website:
http://nursing.rutgers.edu/academics/phd/index.html
Members of the Nursing Graduate Faculty
Ann D.
Bagchi, Ph.D., Wisconsin (Madison); D.N.P., (Rutgers); FNP-C; APN
HIV-related stigma; telehealth/telemedicine; language
barriers in health care; health policy; community health
Judith Barberio, Ph.D., Rutgers; M.S.N., G.N.P., B.S.N., R.N., Seton Hall; M.A.,
Montclair State; F.N.P.,
Northern Kentucky; Certificate (Palliative Care), Colorado; Certificate
(Fellowship-Addiction), Rutgers New Jersey Medical School; NP, APN-BC (Adult/Gerontology);
RN-BC (Pain)
Pain
management; palliative and hospice care; addiction and substance use disorders;
HIV; aging
Rula Btoush, Ph.D.,
Columbia; M.S.N., Georgetown; R.N., B.S.N., Jordan
Research;
health disparities; health promotion; access to health care services
Ying-Yu Chao, Ph.D., M.S.N., SUNY (Buffalo);
R.N., B.S.N., Chang Gung (Taiwan); GNP-BC
Gerontology; physical activity; mental health; health disparity
Jill Cox, Ph.D., M.S., Rutgers; R.N., B.S.N., William Paterson
Clinical
Focus: Wound, ostomy, continence advanced practice nurse. Research: Pressure
injury risk detection in critically ill adults
Karen
D'Alonzo, Ph.D., Rutgers; M.S.N., Pennsylvania; R.N., B.S., Rutgers; FAAN
Health promotion, particularly exercise and prevention/management of obesity in diverse groups of women; immigrant
health; community-based participatory research
Pamela B. de Cordova, Ph.D., Columbia; M.S.N., Pennsylvania; R.N., B.S.N., Georgetown Postdoctoral Fellowship (Outcomes
Research), Center for Health Outcomes and Policy Research, University
of Pennsylvania School of Nursing
Nursing
workforce; staffing; policy evaluationsLinda Flynn, Ph.D., M.S., Rutgers; B.S., Maryland (Baltimore); FAAN
Health care systems research
D. Anthony (Tony) Forrester, Ph.D., New York; M.S.N., R.N., B.S.N., Texas; ANEF, FAAN
Leadership; mentorship; health care policy
Login George, PhD, U of Connecticut;
postdoctoral fellowship, Memorial Sloan clinical Psychologist and a psycho-oncologist; psycho-social processes; healthcare utilization
Cheryl Holly, Ed.D., M.Ed. (Nursing), Columbia; B.S., Pace
Acute delirium; gun safety education; meta analysis; metasynthesis
William L. Holzemer, Ph.D., Syracuse; M.A., Miami (Ohio); B.S.N., San Francisco State; R.N.,
B.S., Washington
Academic nursing; HIV
Emilia Iwu, PhD, Rutgers; MS, Rutgers
Global health/HIV nursing; adolescent HIV diagnosis disclosure and caregiving; emerging health workforce models in low and middle-income countries
Yuri Jadotte, M.D., Rutgers; Ph.D., Rutgers and NJIT; M.P.H.,
SUNY (Stony Brook)
Preventive medicine;
systematic review and meta-analysis; cancer prevention and control; urban
health
Olga F. Jarrín Montaner, Ph.D., M.S., B.S., R.N., Connecticut
(Storrs)
Gerontology; nursing
outcomes; health services research; comparative effectiveness research;
patient-centered outcomes research; community health; home health care; health
disparities; health policy
Mary L.
Johansen, Ph.D., Rutgers; M.A., Columbia; R.N., B.S.N., Rutgers; NE-BC
Health services research; work environment; process of
care
Corina
Lelutiu-Weinberger, Ph.D., CUNY Graduate Center; M.A., Hunter College
Prevention intervention research for individual- and
structural-level change; mobile health technologies; global health;
racial/ethnic, sexual, and gender minority health inequities; stigma-driven
determinants of health; mental health; HIV; substance and alcohol use
Mengting Li, PhD, The Chinese University of Hong Kong; postdoctoral fellowship, Rush University Medical Center
Gerontology, elder mistreatment, caregiving, intergenerational relations, immigration, resilience, social determinants of health, cognitive function, health disparities
Haiqun Lin, PhD, Cornell University; MD Peking University Health Science Center (China)
Biostatistics, longitudinal and multilevel modeling, missing data, and mediation analysis
Frances Rieth Maynard, Ph.D., M.B.E., M.S.N., B.S.N., Pennsylvania; Post-master Certificate (Teaching), Pennsylvania; Post-master Certificate (Clinical Ethics Consultation and Policy)
Clinical
ethics; research ethics
Darina V. Petrovsky, PhD, U Penn; Postdoctoral Fellow, U Penn; MS, Case Western Reserve University; BA, University of Michigan
Coping, health promotion, cognitive impairment
Rubab Itrat Qureshi, Ph.D., UMDNJ/NJIT/Rutgers; M.D., M.B.B.S., Peshawar (Pakistan)
Social determinants of health; systematic review; sexual and gender minorities health; health inequities; cultural competence; immigrant
health
Susan Salmond, Ed.D., Columbia; M.S.N., Seton Hall; R.N., B.S.N., Villanova
Qualitative metasynthesis; evidence-based practice;
population health; compassion fatigue; leadership
Beth Savage, PhD, Rutgers; MS, Seton Hall; BS, Rutgers
Oncology nursing; pediatrics; health promotion; health disparities
Charlotte
Thomas-Hawkins, Ph.D., M.S.N., Pennsylvania; B.S.N.,Thomas Jefferson; R.N.
Diploma, Temple
Nephrology nursing workforce; patient safety; disparities
in health care service use; health policy
Peijia
Zha, Ph.D., UMDNJ/NJIT/Rutgers; M.A., Louisiana Tech; B.A., Xi'An Foreign
Language (China)
Social epidemiology; social determinates of health;
program evaluation; statistics
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