Specialization and/or Research Interest

Specialized Skills

Title of Research Project (Role); Sponsor:

Project Period

Backstrand, Jeffrey, PhD
Associate Professor

Maternal/Child Health

Writing journal articles, Quantitative Research Design, SAS, some GIS

Vitamin D and Birth Outcomes (PI)

Ongoing

Btoush, Rula, DNSc, RN
Assistant Professor

Intimate partner violence, health disparities, cultural attitudes toward family violence

Peer review of proposals and manuscript; SPSS, SAS, Nvivo.

1. Health Issues Associated with Intimate Partner Violence among Minority Women (PI); Sponsor: UMDNJ Foundation
2. International collaboration on cultural views towards wife abuse (PI); Sponsor: none.

Ongoing

Caldwell, Barbara, PhD, MA, MSN, RN, CNS, C  
Associate Professor

Sleep; Psychological trauma; Psychiatric issues in nursing; Stress; Burnout

Preschool Children & Parental Stress in Inner City Parents (PI); Sponsor: ANF

Final phase

Campbell, Dee, PhD, APRN-C, CNA-BC
Assistant Professor
Chief Operating Officer

Women’s health; Continuous support in Labor

1. Implementation of a Doula Project for Adolescents & Pakistani Women in York, UK/Consultant/British Health Services (PI); Sponsor:
2. Implementation of a Doula Project in the ante partum clinic at UH/PI (PI); Sponsor:       

Ongoing

Pending

Chen, Huey-Shys, PhD, RN
Assistant Professor

Instrument development, Primary prevention of risk behavior, Cross cultural research

Quantitative data analysis, SPSS

HIV Prevention with African American Women (PI); Sponsor:

Ongoing

Forrester, D. Anthony, PhD, RN
Professor

HIV/AIDS; Critical family needs; Aggressiveness of nursing at end of life; gender-related health (minority men/women)

Available for peer consultation and review

1. Efficacy of a Skin Tear Education Program (Co-PI); Sponsor:
2. Efficacy of Vibracoustic Therapy/adult oncology patients on radiation therapy. (Co-PI); Sponsor:
3. Vocera: Healthcare provider perceptions & satisfaction (PI)
4. Efficacy of gum chewing in reducing post-op ileus (PI); Sponsor:
5. Stroke patient Satisfaction throughout continuum of Care (Co-PI); Sponsor:

Holly, Cheryl, EdD, RN
Associate Professor and Director DNP Program

Trauma, Quality, Patient safety; Systematic Reviews; Informatics

Peer review of proposal applications.  Systematic review

Qualitative Systematic Review of Family Experiences in Critical Care (PI); Sponsor: Joanna Briggs Institute.

2007-2008

Mohr, Wanda, PhD, RN, FAAN
Professor

Psychiatric, Mental Health

Qualitative, Some Quantitative

PI on two grants

Munet-Vilaro, Frances, PhD, RN
Associate Professor

Latino health

Qualitative methodology; Tool/Instrument measures; Human subjects issues;
Quantitative methodology; Grant budget issues;

Data analysis software training; statistical consultants, editor

Pacquiao, Dula, EdD, RN, CTN
Associate Professor

Cultural diversity in health care and cultural competency in education

Qualitative research; Nvivo software

1. Health Issues Associated with Intimate Partner Violence among Minority Women (Consultant); Sponsor: UMDNJ Foundation
2. Perception of Culturally competent Care by Hispanic Seniors (PI); Sponsor: UMDNJ Foundation

2007

To be implemented

Patusky, Kathleen, PhD, APRN-BC
Assistant Professor

Geropsychiatry; Relatedness, Reciprocity, Sense of Belonging; Depression; Self care management; Medical/Psych interface

Instrument development; SPSS; Peer Review of Proposal Applications

Self care Management of Psychiatric Disorders (Co-PI); Sponsor: UMDNJ Foundation.

2007-2008

Puentes, William, DNSc, RN, CNS-BC
Assistant Professor

Reminiscence; Anxiety management in early Alzheimer’s disease

Understanding the subjective experience of anxiety for individuals diagnosed with MCI and Mild AD (PI); Sponsor: none

2007

Salmond, Sue, EdD, RN
Interim Dean and Associate Professor

Family Needs in Acute and Critical Illness.
Organizational Work Environment, Satisfaction & Job Strain

Qualitative and quantitative research; SPSS
Systematic Review: meta-analysis and meta-synthesis: method and software

Qualitative Systematic Review of Family Experiences in Critical Care (Co-PI); Sponsor: Joanna Briggs Institute.
Family Needs of Critically Ill Patients: A focus on the “underserved”

2007-2008

2008

Scollan-Koliopoulos, Melissa, Ed.D., FNP, CNS, CDE, BC-ADM
Assistant Professor

Translational diabetes research and health beliefs and family influences on diabetes.

Instrument development, quantitative methods, especially multivariate analysis and experimental design, community-based participatory research and tailored real-world interventions, peer reviewer for several national journals including Research in Nursing and Health.

1. Multigenerational legacies of diabetes and self-care decision-making (PI); sponsor: UMDNJ Foundation
2. Tailored intervention for inpatients with diabetes: transitional care coordinator versus conventional care (PI); sponsor: International Diabetes Federation

2007-2008

2008-2010

Taub, Leslie, ANP-C, GNP-BC, CDE, DNSc
Assistant Professor

Interrelationship between type 2 diabetes and sleep disorders

Postdoctoral training in sleep disorders, testing (NPSG, Split studies, CPAP titration), evaluation of test results, and clinical management of sleep disorders (Obstructive and Central Sleep Apnea, Insomnia, REM sleep behavior disorder, etc.)
Quantitative analysis of research data using SPSS

1. The relationship among Obstructive Sleep Apnea Hypopnea Syndrome, Difficulty Sleeping, and Excessive Daytime Sleepiness and Type 2 diabetes (PI); Sponsor: UMDNJ Foundation
2. Compliance with CPAP treatment in those with Obstructive Sleep Apnea and long term Type 2 diabetes and a contrast group (PI); Sponsor: Postdoctoral research project conducted at the Sleep Disorders Institute

• In publication preparation

• Pilot study- in data collection

Ward, Frances Rieth, PhD RN MBe
Assistant Professor

Research ethics; Informed consent; Neonatology

Peer review of proposal applications; Qualitative analysis; Software- qualitative

Parental Beliefs about Neonatal Clinical Trials: a Qualitative Study (PI); Sponsor: NINR & STT.

Completed