CHP faculty research profiles (.ppt)

College of Health Professions:Faculty Research Interests

Academic Year 2009-10

Maureen Anthony, PhD, RN, APRN, CDE

• Background Information– Pulmonary Clinical Nurse

Specialist– Diabetes Educator

• Research Interests– Migrant Farmworkers– Incivility

• Recent Publications• Anthony, M. (2010). Caring for

migrant farmworkers on medsurg units. Medsurg Nursing

• Anthony, M., Martin, E., Avery, A. & Williams, J. (2009). Self-care and health seeking activities of migrant and seasonal farmworkers. Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health.

• Current Studies– Incivility in clinical education

Greg Bozimowski CRNA MS

• Background Information– Master of Science, Anesthesia: Mercy

College of Detroit,1988– Bachelor of Science, Nursing: Wayne

State University, 1985– Nursing Diploma, Henry Ford Hospital

School of Nursing, 1982– Asst. Professor, UDM - December

2002 – Present– Manager Anesthesia Pain Service,

Huron Valley Sinai Hospital, Detroit Medical Center - August 2001- Present

– Staff Nurse Anesthetist (Contingent status) December 2005-Present-Providence Hospital Novi MI

Research Interests• Professional Growth and Development of CRNAs• Pain Management• PharmacologyRecent Publications• “Clinical Monitoring 2 Respiratory and Metabolic

Systems” Book Chapter in Nurse Anesthesia-Nagelhout and Zaglaniczny To be included in 4th edition Publication pending in 2008

• “Epidural Analgesia: Concepts, Pharmacology and Nursing Care” Written module and video presentation for Health and Sciences Television Network, Trinity Healthforce Learning, Carrolton Texas. December 2006

• Book Review, “Ambulatory Anesthesia: The Requisites in Anesthesiology” in AANA Journal, October 2006 (74:356)

Current Studies• Professionalism Among Nurse Anesthetist (survey

of MANA members, data collection completed)• Patient perceptions of Pain Management Therapy-

A comparison of Real Time Assessment with Post Discharge Satisfaction Tools and Nurses Perception , Huron Valley Sinai Hospital, pending WSU IRB review.

Joyce Conley RN, PhD

• Background Information– Staff Nurse, Nurse Manager,

Director of Nursing, Director of Research Administration, Project Director McAuley Nurse Managed Health Center

– Taught in undergraduate and graduate programs in Nursing and Education at Michigan State University, the University of Michigan and the University of Detroit Mercy

• Research Interests– Sustainability of Nurse

Managed Centers – Health Literacy– Motivation to change

health behaviors, especially in relation to weight loss

Amy Dereczyk, PA-C

• Background Information– Clinical Coordinator

Physician Assistant Program

– Clinical Physician Assistant• Emergency Medicine

• Research Interests– Academic Integrity– Professionalism in clinical

students

Current Studies– Maturity level and

professionalism of PA students in the 5 year track compared to the traditional PA students

• Recent Publications– Physician Assistant Students

Attitudes and Behaviors Toward Cheating and Academic Integrity, submitted to JPAEA

– Predictors of Success for a Physician Assistant Program: A comparison Study Across Universities, submitted to JPAEA

Lori A. Glenn RN, MS, CNM• Background Information

– Registered Nurse: NICU, High Risk Labor and Delivery

– Certified Nurse Midwife– Public Health, FEMA trained– Family Planning, Title X– BCCCP– Adjunct Lecturer and Guest

Faculty University Of Michigan-Flint Nursing Program

– Clinical Instructor • CNM, NP, RN, Medical

Students

• Research Interests– Women’s perspectives regarding

the escalating medicalization of birth

– Labor and Delivery nurses role in initiating breastfeeding

– Demographics and birth behaviors of American women seeking natural birth

– Effect of exercise on peri-menopausal symptoms

• Previous Research– “Role of the Personal Prenatal Care

Record on Perceived Participation in Prenatal Care” (1992) Unpublished Research Project, University Of Illinois at Chicago.

Carla J. Groh, PhD, APRN-BC

• Background Information– Associate Professor,

MSON– Director Psychiatric

Services, Holy Cross Hospital

– CNS, Geri psychiatry, Lafayette Clinic

• Research Interests– Women’s mental health – Impact of poverty on

mental health

• Recent Publications– Groh, C.J. (2007). Poverty, Mental

Health and Women: Implications for Psychiatric Nurses in Primary Care Settings. Journal of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association. 13(5), 267-274.

– Litwinczuk, K. & Groh, C.J. (2007). The relationship between spirituality, purpose in life, and well-being in HIV-positive persons. Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care. 18(3), 13-21.

– Knight, D., Moser, S., & Groh, C. (2007). Service leaning as a component of physician assistant education: The development of a compassionate practitioner. Journal of Physician Assistant Education. 18(2), 49-52.

– White, M.L. & Groh, C.J. (2007). Depression and quality of life in women following a mi. Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing. 22(2), 138-144.Publication

• Current Studies– Screening for depression in primary care

settings. (BCBS Foundation Funding, Mercy Primary Care, Detroit, MI)

Suzanne K. Guzelaydin, MS, RN

• Background Information– August 2005 to present:

Coordinator of Simulation Practice Technology Integration Center, Clinical faculty for Community Health SDO

– Adjunct Clinical Faculty: Wayne State University, University of Michigan-Flint, Oakland Community College

• Teaching background– Community Health, Leadership &

management, Family Practice, Medical Terminology

• Research Interests– Simulation– Informatics

Rose Higgins, MS, PA-C

• Background Information– Clinical Coordinator

Physician Assistant Program

• Research Interests– Professionalism as

perceived by PA students– REM Behavior Disorder as

a precursor to Dementia

• Recent Publications– None

• Current Studies– Self-evaluation of

professionalism by students and as documented by preceptors

John Knisely, RN, NP

• Background Information– Assistant Professor, MSON– Chair, Second Degree

Option Program– Consulting Director Clinical

Services, Behavioral Center of MI

– NP, Consultation/Liaison Psychiatry, Henry Ford Hospital

– Consultant to Director of Nursing, Havenwyck Hospital

• Research Interests– family and relationship counseling – substance abuse issues

• Recent Publications– Lambert, J., Knisely, J., & Cleveland, S.D.

(2006). Integrating Pediatric, Medical Surgical and Psychiatric Didactic Content. First International Symposium on Excellence in Second-Entry Baccalaureate Nursing Education, MacDonald G. & O’Keefe-McCarthy, S. (Eds.), Toronto, Canada, p. 59-61.

– Shelley, S. and Knisely, J., Re-engineering in behavioral medicine, "Nursing Management", vol. 28, #4 (April), 1997.

– Knisely, J. & Northouse, L., The relationshhip between social support, help-seeking behavior, and psychological distress in psychiatric clients. "Archives of Psychiatric Nursing", Vol. VIII, #6 (December), 1994

• Current Studies– Social support in an Accelerated Nursing

program– Curriculum changes to support psychiatric

nursing in an accelerated program– Milieu therapy in acute care psychiatric units

Andrea N. Kwasky, DNP, PMHCNS-BC, PMHNP-BC

• Background Information – Family Psychiatric/Mental

Health Nurse Practitioner– Child/Adolescent

Psychiatric/Mental Health Clinical Nurse Specialist

– Doctor of Nursing Practice: Oakland University, 2007

– Master of Nursing Science: Wayne State University. 2002

– Bachelor of Science: Western Michigan University, 1999

– Assistant Professor: University of Detroit Mercy, MSON, 8/2009-present

– Adjunct Clinical Faculty: Oakland University, 2008-2009

• Research Interests– Child/Adolescent Mental

Health• Trauma/Adverse

Childhood Events• Therapeutic

Communication

• Pending Publication– “Quality of Life and

Dementia: An Integrative Review of Literature”

Sharon Moser, M.S., PA-C, LLP

• Background Information– Practice background

includes psychiatry, neurology and adult medicine

– Also, a psychologist (since 1984)

– I have been teaching clinical medicine in the physician assistant program since January, 2000; pathophysiology since 2008

• Research Interests– Professionalism

development :students transitioning into professionals

– Anything in neurology– Traumatic and acquired brain

injury • Recent Publications

– Impact of Service Learning as a component of Physician Assistant Education

– Parkinson’s Disease: New Therapies

– Herpes Encephalitis– Predictors of Success

• Current Studies– Predictors of Success– Professionalism and Personality

Traits

Mary S. O’Shaughnessey, M.S.,CCC-A,MHSA, DHA(c)

• Background InformationFormer Speech Pathologist

and Audiologist; Administrative Officer for Ambulatory Care at VANC Ann Arbor; Consultant to Rehabilitation; Director of Rehabilitation at acute care hospitals; Director of Partnership for Training; Teaching graduate students in audiology through VAMC training program

• Research Interests– Patient dissatisfaction– Quality Improvement in

healthcare administration• Recent Publications

– Diabetes: A Global Analysis

– #2 Individual Behavior and Motivation – Chap in Organizational Behavior

• Current InterestsInvestigation of the Determinants of Patient Dissatisfaction with Hospitalization

Thelma Phillips RN, MSN

• Background Information - Full time and Adjunct

faculty primarily in undergraduate nursing program

- Instructor: College of Health Professions

• Research Interests– Research interest #1Obesity in postpartum Afro American

women focus on adolescents

– Research interest #2Art of pedagogy and informatics with a

comparison of classroom versus online or distant learning.

• Recent Publications– none

• Current Studies– pending

Maia A. Platt, PhD

• Assistant Professor, Department of Health

Services Administration – Courses taught:

• Health Economics

• Microeconomics

• Macroeconomics

– Programs:• Graduate (Master of

Health Services Administration)

• Undergraduate (Health Services Administration, Nursing, among others)

• Research Interests– Effects of Health Insurance on Costs and Utilization of Health

Care – Healthcare Costs and Utilization Patterns among Mental Health

and Substance Abuse Patients

• Grants– “Exploring Deductibles: Substance Abuse Parity Applications”.

Principal Investigator. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA/NIH) September 2004-September 2006

– “Mental Health Parity: Can Michigan Afford it?” Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Foundation, Detroit, Michigan, August 2004.

• Conference presentations– Estimating Mental Health / Substance Abuse Parity Costs: Do Deductibles

Matter? (6th World Congress on Health Economics, Copenhagen, Denmark, 07/2007)

– Exploring Deductibles: Do They Matter in the Era of Managed Care (Inaugural Conference of the American Society of Health Economists, Madison, Wisconsin, 06/2006)

• Research in Progress– Effect of Deductibles on Behavioral Health Cohorts: Comparative Analysis of

Annual Costs and Utilization in Mental Health vs. Substance Abuse Diagnostic Groups.

Patricia Rouen, PhD, FNP

• Background Information

– Staff nursing background: critical care

– Family Nurse Practitioner: with prior practice in suburban and urban communities managing health and illness concerns

– Assistant Professor, MSON: primarily teach in the Family Nurse Practitioner program

• Research Interests– Women’ s Health, Menopause, Diabetes

• Current /Recent Studies– Study of Women veterans in Menopause

• Recent Publications– Rouen PA, Lukacs, JL, & Reame, NE. (in

press). Adipokine Concentrations in Non-obese Women: A Study of Reproductive Aging, Body Mass Index and Menstrual Cycle Effects. Biological Research for Nursing

– Rouen, PA., Krein, SL, Roberts, J. & Reame, NE. (2009) Glucose Control is a Important Correlate of Menopause Symptom Severity in Women with Diabetes. Menopause 16(6), 1252

Jennifer Ruel DNP, FNP-BC• Background Information

– Teaching• Assistant Professor UDM, MSON,

FNP program, Prelicensure• Adjunct Faculty at Oakland

University area of L&D– Education

• Doctor of Nursing Practice degree 2007 Oakland University

• Family Nurse Practitioner Certification, 2004, UDM

• MSN, 2002, University of Phoenix• BSN, 1998, Oakland University

– Work History• Nurse Practitioner: ER, Retail

Clinic• Registered Nurse: ER, L&D,

Orthopedics, Neurology, ICU, Med/Surg, Home IV Infusion & Pain Management

• Research Interests– Advanced Practice Nursing Issues

• Practice issues• Professionalism• Mentoring• Evidence-based practice• Curriculum

– ER, Labor & Delivery– Teaching & Learning

• Recent Publications– “A Principle-Based Concept

Analysis”, 2009, AAJNP– “Pneumonia Recognition in the

Retail Setting”, 2009, Advance for Nurse Practitioners

• Current Studies– iClickers– Interdisciplinary Professionalism

study

Mitzi M. Saunders, PhD, RN

• Background Information– BSN Graduate, Uni of Kansas

(1989), Master’s in Adult Health Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) OU (1995), PhD in Nursing, WSU (2006).

– Clinical Specialty: Adult Health Acute Care

– UDM Faculty since 1999, currently associate professor

– Coordinator of CNS Adult Health Graduate Program

– CCNE Accreditation Program Representative

• Research Interests– Family Caregiving for HF patients– Practice of the CNS

• Recent Publications– Indicators of Health-Related

Quality of Life in Heart Failure Family Caregivers (Journal of Community Health Nursing. in )

– Family Caregiver Support and Hospitalizations of Patients with Heart Failure (Home Healthcare Nurse, 2008)

• Current Study – Needs of Caregivers Caring for

Heart Failure Patients

Shirley Sherrick-Escamilla, Ph.D., RN

• Background Information– Chair, Prelicensure

Program– Teach in Prelicensure

Programs: Traditional, BSN Completion and Second Degree Accelerated Program.

– Expertise: Obstetrics

• Research Interests– Physical Activity– Obesity in Children ages

10-12– Health Promotion Model

• Recent Publications– Contributor to: Saunders

Comprehensive Review NCLEX-RN Examination 4th ed by Linda Ann Silvestri

• Current Studies– None

Julia Stocker Schneider,PhD• Background:

– Associate Professor, MSON and Coordinator of Health Systems Management Program

• Previous roles include – Research Associate, Nursing

Outcomes Classification(NOC) and Hands-On Automated Nursing Data System (HANDS) Projects,

– Director of Nursing in home care– Director of Clinical Services in

home care– Quality Review Coordinator in

home care. 

• Research Interests:

– Educational outcomes of use of automated care planning using HANDS in theundergrad curriculum. 

– Outcomes of the QI process when staff nurses are empowered in QI efforts

– Outcomes of Interdisciplinary collaboration– Home Health Care Outcomes– Nursing Sensitive Outcomes Measurement

Issues

• Recent Publications:

– Stocker Schneider, J., & Haynes Slowik, L. (2009). The use of the NursingInterventions Classification (NIC) with cardiac patients receiving homehealth care. International Journal of Nursing Terminologies &Classifications, 20(3), 132-140.

– Stocker Schneider, J., Barkauskas, V. H., & Keenan, G. (2008). Evaluatinghome health care nursing outcomes with OASIS and NOC. Journal of NursingScholarship, 40(1), 76-82.

Nutrena Tate MS, RN, CPNP - PC

• Background Information– Current and Previous Roles

• Faculty, McAuley School of Nursing

• Faculty, Wayne State University

• Pediatric Nurse Practitioner• Clinical Nurse Specialist• Staff Nurse

• Research Interests– Weight Control in Children of Color– Faculty/Student Perceptions of

Quality Nursing Education

• Current Studies– Biopsychosocial Factors Affecting

Weight Control Behaviors in 3rd – 6th grade African American Children

• Recent Publications– Benkert, R, Peters, R., & Tate, N.

(2007). Trust and Mistrust of Nurse Practitioners and Physicians among African Americans with Hypertension. Accepted in the Journal of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners.

– Aroian, K., VanderWal, J., Peters, R., & Tate, N. (2006). Consumer Dissatisfaction, Self Treatment, and Health Service Use in Low Income African American and White Older Persons. Accepted in the Journal of Cultural Diversity.

– Lindsey, T., Watts – Tate, N., Southwood, E., Routhieaux, J., Beatty, J., Calamaras, D., et al. (2005). ChronicBlood Transfusion Therapy Practices in Children with Sickle Cell Disease. Journal of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners, 17, 7, 277-282.

Andrea Teitel, MS, CRNA

• Background Information– Affilliate Clinical

Coordinator, UDM Nurse Anesthesia Program

– UDM Nurse Anesthesia Program 2007

– Staff CRNA, SJMHO– Clinical Instructor, SJMHO

• Research Interests– None currently– Research interest #2

• Recent Publications– None currently– Publication #2

• Current Studies– None currently

Linda Thiel, OP., Ph.D., RN

• Background Information– 30 years of combined experience

in Med/Surg., Neurosurgical Intensive Care Unit, Coronary Care Unit, Home Care, Gerontology, management, Administration and Education

– Graduate and Undergraduate Nursing Programs:

• Research Interests– Evidence-Based Practice– Women’s Health (disparity)– Academic Integrity

• Recent Publications– (2001). A clinical pathway for

congestive heart failure. Clinical pathways versus a usual plan of care: what’s the difference, part 1. Home Healthcare Nurse, 19(3), 142-150.

– (2001). A clinical pathway for congestive heart failure. Clinical pathways versus a usual plan of care: what’s the difference, part 2. Home Healthcare Nurse, 19(4), 207-217

• Current Studies– Readiness for Evidence-Based

Practice– Breast Health of Hispanic Women

Aged 65 and over in Kent County, MI

– Nursing Students and Academic Integrity

Patricia Thomas PhD, RN, CHE, CNAA, APRN-BC

• Background Information– Currently Interm Dean

CHP– Faculty in McAuley School

of Nursing– Graduate, undergraduate

and BSN completion – Adjunct positions

• Research Interests– Case Management and

Outcomes Research – Leadership

• Recent Publications– Case Manager Role

Definitions: Do They Make anOrganizational Impact?

– The Convergence of Health Policy, Managed Care, and Case Management Models: Are they Achieving Intended Outcomes?

Kate Walters, EdD, RN, MSN, CNE

• Background Information– Assistant Professor,

McAuley School of Nursing– Program Coordinator,

Nurse Educator Masters– Previously Director of

Nursing in an ADN program

– Over 14 years of teaching in nursing, both undergraduate and graduate, and in hospice education.

• Research Interests– Faculty Development– Teaching/Learning

• Current Study– An Investigation of the

Cognitive Processes that Contribute to Faculty Development Among Selected Nurse Educators in Michigan

– Study of the use of a Readiness Assessment Process to promote student preparation for class.

Mary L. White PhD(c), APRN-BC, RN

• Background Information– Chair of the Quality Process

Improvement (QPI) Committee and the Awards and Scholarship Committee.

– Adjunct faculty, UDM 2002-2004

– Instructor, UDM, 2004-2007, – Assistant Professor, UDM,

2007 – present – City of Huntington Woods –

Mayor Pro Tem– PhD candidate, Wayne State

University

• Research Interests– Women and cardiovascular disease

Focus on AA females post first myocardial infarction with respect to depression and spirituality in relation to quality of life

– Evidenced based practice– Online pharmacology with family nurse

practitioner students with relation to the use of the computer and colleagues as a way to mimic real practice

– Genetic links and sarcoidosis• Recent Publications

– White, M.L., & Groh, C.J. (2007). Depression and quality of life in women after a myocardial infarction. Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing. 22 (2): 138-144.

• Current Studies – Principal Investigator– Examining the Effectiveness of Two

Solutions: Heparin and Saline in Capped Pediatric Peripheral Lines – Study at Children’s Hospital of Michigan

Joanne Yastik, MSN,RN

• Background Information– Emergency Department

Staff Nurse, ED Management, Utilization Review/Case Manager-ED

– Began clinical teaching in 1997

– Full time at UDM since 2004; have taught in the undergraduate programs. Currently assistant professor

• Research Interests– Internet health information– Nursing Education

• Recent Publications– Yastik, J. & Anthony, M.

(2007, in press). Health assessment in a two week intensive format for second degree baccalaureate nursing students. Journal of Nursing Education

• Current Studies– Patient's use of the internet

for health care seeking decision making

Suzanne York PA-C, MPH

• Background Information– August 1990-present Tenured

Associate Professor UDM, PA Program Dept. Chairperson and Program Director

– Primary Care Physician Assistant

• Research Interests– Primary Care, Prevention– PA Practice & Education

• Recent Publications– (2008) Women’s Mental Health: A

Clinical Guide for Primary Health Care Providers (contributor)

– (2001) Primary Care Review for Physician Assistants (contributor)

– (2000) Barriers to Anticoagulation Therapy in Chronic Atrial Fibrillation (unpublished)

– (1998) Creation of a Task Force on Interdisciplinary Education (presentation)

– (1993) Patient Education for Prevention of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection