The faculty of the UMDNJ School of Nursing are conducting collaborative cutting edge research on a variety of significant health concerns of high clinical and public health relevance to the citizens of New Jersey, the United States, and the world.
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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. |
- Health Issues Associated with Intimate Partner Violence among Minority Women (PI); Sponsor: UMDNJ Foundation
- International collaboration on cultural views towards wife abuse (PI); Sponsor: none.
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Ongoing |
Caldwell, Barbara, PhD, MA, MSN, RN, CNS, C
Associate Professor |
Sleep; Psychological trauma; Psychiatric issues in nursing; Stress; Burnout |
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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 |
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- Implementation of a Doula Project for Adolescents & Pakistani Women in York, UK/Consultant/British Health Services (PI); Sponsor:
- Implementation of a Doula Project in the ante partum clinic at UH/PI (PI); Sponsor:
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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 |
- Efficacy of a Skin Tear Education Program (Co-PI); Sponsor:
- Efficacy of Vibracoustic Therapy/adult oncology patients on radiation therapy. (Co-PI); Sponsor:
- Vocera: Healthcare provider perceptions & satisfaction (PI)
- Efficacy of gum chewing in reducing post-op ileus (PI); Sponsor:
- Stroke patient Satisfaction throughout continuum of Care (Co-PI); Sponsor:
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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 |
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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 |
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Pacquiao, Dula, EdD, RN, CTN
Associate Professor |
Cultural diversity in health care and cultural competency in education |
Qualitative research; Nvivo software |
- Health Issues Associated with Intimate Partner Violence among Minority Women (Consultant); Sponsor: UMDNJ Foundation
- Perception of Culturally competent Care by Hispanic Seniors (PI); Sponsor: UMDNJ Foundation
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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 |
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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. |
- Multigenerational legacies of diabetes and self-care decision-making (PI); sponsor: UMDNJ Foundation
- Tailored intervention for inpatients with diabetes: transitional care coordinator versus conventional care (PI); sponsor: International Diabetes Federation
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2007-2008
2008-2010
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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 |
- The relationship among Obstructive Sleep Apnea Hypopnea Syndrome, Difficulty Sleeping, and Excessive Daytime Sleepiness and Type 2 diabetes (PI); Sponsor: UMDNJ Foundation
- 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
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- In publication preparation
- Pilot study- in data collection
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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 |