COLLEGE OF NURSING GRADUATE FACULTY
RACHEL ALLEN
Assistant Research Professor
SYDNEY AXSON
Assistant Professor
Research Interests:
SUNDAY AZAGBA
Associate Professor
MONIQUE BALTHAZAR
Assistant Professor
Research Interests:
MARIE BOLTZ
Elouise Ross Eberly and Robert Eberly Endowed Chair; Professor
Research Interests: Interventions to promote functional health and cognition in older adults; caregiving efficacy and coping with dementia and delirium; complex aging-related care issues; transitional and health services research
KRISTEN BRANSBY
Associate Teaching Professor
Assistant Dean for Undergraduate Nursing Education at the Commonwealth Campuses, Teaching Professor
Research Interests: end-of-life and palliative care, chronic illness and quality of life, and nursing education
Research Interests: delirium in persons with dementia; inappropriate medication use; non-drug interventions for persons with delirium and dementia
Associate Dean for Equity and Inclusion; Research Professor
Research Interests: developing HIV prevention strategies/programs for communities of color with a special emphasis on young men of color
SANDRA HALBRUNER
Research Interest: Active learning techniques in the multi-site (or online) classroom
Associate Professor, Co-Director, Center for Geriatric Nursing Excellence
Research Interests: cognitive impairment in older adults; prevention of cognitive decline; person-centered cognitive interventions; personality and cognition; everyday function in older adults; mobile technology
JENNIFER KOWALKOWSKI
Assistant Professor
Research Interest:
Research Professor and Director of CON Research Initiative, and Director DNP-NP Options
Research Interest: womans health,rural health, vulnerable populations, nursing innovation and leadership
Professor; and Director PhD Program
Research Interests: enhancing end-of-life care in complex organizations such as prisons, health attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors of community-dwelling and incarcerated older men, older adults coping with multiple chronic health conditions
Assistant Research Professor, Coordinator, Adult Gero Acute Care NP Option
Research Interest: outcomes, quality, and value in healthcare, pparticularly the quality of care provided by nurse practitioners, Acute care, critical care and cardiovascular disease
Assistant Dean for Professional Graduate Nursing Program, Associate Teaching Professor
Research Interest: Leadership, Nurse Characteristics and their Effects on Quality, Qualitative Methods.
Principal Investigator, SAFE-T Center
Research Interests: Utilizing administrative databases to improve predictive risk tools to identify families at risk of recurrent subsequent serious maltreatment; use of telehealth to improve forensic care for children in rural communities; development of tools to support positive parent- child relationships and the promotion of healthy dating relationship choices using mobile health and gaming interventions.
Clinical Placement Coordinator and Assistant Teaching Professor
Research Interests: Stroke Systems of Care; Rural Health Disparities; Community Health Partnerships; Quality Improvement in Healthcare
ANJU PAUDEL
Assistant Professor
Associate Teaching Professor, Coordinator FNP, and Adult Gero Primary Care NP Option
Research interests:
Associate Teaching Professor, Assistant Dean for Outreach and Professional Development
Research Interests: Leadership, Healthcare Systems, Process Improvement, Transition of Care, Distance Learning, Military/Veterans Issues, Disaster Nursing