PhD Degree Programs
Current PhD Students
Research Interests: Psychoeducation for family caregivers, and exploring how spirituality, hope, and resilience, combined with innovative telehealth approaches, can significantly improve their mental health and well-being.
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Raheleh Bahrami
Research Interests: Alcohol Use, Risky Sexual Behaviors, Condom Nonuse, Sexual Violence, Alcohol Expectancies
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Weiqi Chen
Research Interests: Supportive Care/Palliative Care for Individuals Living Alone with Dementia, Dementia-Specific Education for Frontline Healthcare Workers and Care Transitions for Individuals Living with Dementia
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Sara Crance
Concurrent PhD/DNP student
Research Interests: Women's mental health, Maternal mortality, Reproductive/maternal mental health, Maternal suicide, Maternal/child health, Behavioral Health Integration, Health and Mental Health Policy, Suicidology/Suicide Prevention, Peer Support
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Cindy Herrick
Research Interests: Immersive reality, Heart rate variability, Biofeedback, Chronic Pain, Neuromodulation, Digital therapeutics, Rural health interventions
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Jane Hook
Research Interests: Cancer rehabilitation, Exercise referral, Decision-support algorithm, Survivor empowerment, Supportive care
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Nancy Howe
Research Interests: Alzheimer's Diseases Related Dementia (ADRD), Caregiving, Sleep Health, Social Connection
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Yingyan Huang
Research Interests: Parenting, parent-child interactions, child behaviors, child sleep, especially how parenting affects child behaviors including sleep
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Nana Jiao
Concurrent PhD/DNP student
Research Interests: Cognitive changes within normal and abnormal aging, Early indicators of Alzheimer’s Disease, Transition in cognitive health to atypical aging , Non-pharmacological interventions to prevent and/or delay cognitive decline, Cognitive assessments and/or cognitive stimulation for preventive measures
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Raena Nolan
Research Interests: digital interventions, psychosocial wellbeing, stress, couples and other dyads, and cancer patients
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Kavya Juwadi
Research Interests: Long-Term Care for Older Adults with Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias, Family Caregiving, Social Determinants of Health, Implementation Science
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Junyub Lim
Research Interests: The experience of a Latino caregivers of people with Alzheimer’s disease or other related dementia across their caregiving life-span. Also, developing accessible interventions that promote resilience and mindfulness in this population.
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Alma Manzo
Research Interests: Maternal Health, Maternal Safety, Racial Concordance, Black Populations, Minority Health, Health Disparities, Community Based Research, Survey Development
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Kadeeja Murrell
Research Interests: Primary and secondary prevention of substance use disorders with a special interest in young adults, adverse life, neurovisceral integration model and its application in addiction research, severe mental illness management, heart rate variability biofeedback for substance use disorders, stress, resilience coping, and post-traumatic growth.
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Lakshmi Nair
Research Interests: I am interested in exploring and examining strategies that support caregivers of persons with dementia to thrive during and after the dementia caregiving process.
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Gemma O'Donnell
Research Interests: Indigenous health research, addressing health disparities, cultural sensitivity, community, engagement, policy and advocacy, holistic approach, culturally appropriate interventions, cultural competency, ethical considerations, cultural appropriate methodologies, traditional healing, social determinants, environmental factors, cultural safety, self-determination, cultural resilience, community-based participatory research.
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Kristin Payestewa
Research Interests: LGBTQ Health, Sexual Health, Adolescent Health, School-Based Health, Substance Use, Mental Health, Mattering, Belonging, School-Based Interventions, Health Education, Social Emotional Learning
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Sarah Portle
Research Interests: Strategies to ameliorate symptoms of PTSD in veterans
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Johanna Reinhard
Research Interests: Pediatric healthcare philosophy, pediatric healthcare, health policy and systems, healthcare ethics, low-value care
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Clare Schuchardt-Vogt
Research Interests: simulation-based competency assessment, simulation to mitigate workplace violence, understanding of simulation nurse faculty workload, and situation awareness
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Chantal Skon
Research Interests: evidence-based health promotion and disease prevention among vulnerable populations, with specific interests in prevention of homelessness, public systems and safety for individuals living with dementia and mild cognitive impairment, and cognitive health of older adults in resource-constrained locations
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Alisa Squires
Concurrent PhD/DNP student
Research Interests: Machine learning and causal inference for HIV care outcomes in healthcare informatics
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