College of Nursing Core Research Areas

Julie Bertram, PhD, RN	Wilma Calvert, PhD, MPE, RN
Kimberly Werner, PhD

Promoting health to reduce health disparities among vulnerable groups

Julie Bertram, PhD, RN	Wilma Calvert, PhD, MPE, RN
Anne Fish, PhD, RN, FAHA, FAAN	Sheila Grigsby, PhD, RN, MPH, APHN-BC
Keri Jupka, MPH	Umit Tokac, PhD
Kimberly Werner, PhD

Optimizing health outcomes for individuals and families and families affected by chronic illnesses including cardiovascular disease, diabetes, HIV, and cancer

Anne Fish, PhD, RN, FAHA, FAAN	Sheila Grigsby, PhD, RN, MPH, APHN-BC
Keri Jupka, MPH

Intervening before and during pregnancy and after birth to improve health outcomes of mothers, fathers, and their infants

Wilma Calvert, PhD, MPE, RN	Christine DiRie, MSN, RN
Sheila Grigsby, PhD, RN, MPH, APHN-BC	Keri Jupka, MPH
Paula Prouhet, MSN, RN

Using technology, informatics, and healthcare systems design strategies to improve care delivery

Umit Tokac, PhD

Graduate and undergraduate curriculum development and evaluation; including multiple curricular components such as didactic presentations, service learning, simulation, and clinical

Debra D'Arcy, DNP, RN, PHCNS-BC	Amanda Finley, PhD, RN
Sheila Grigsby, PhD, RN, MPH, APHN-BC	Tonya Haynes, DNP, RN
Alicia Hutchings, PhD, RN, CNE	Keri Jupka, MPH

Understanding resilience, coping and burnout in graduate and undergraduate nursing students and developing interventions to improve resilience and coping and prevent burnout

Amanda Finley, PhD, RN	Charity Galgani, DNP, APRN, WHNP-BC
Brittania Phillips, DNP, APRN, PMHNP-BC

The Baccalaureate degree and Doctor of Nursing Practice programs and the post graduate APRN certificate program are accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Colleges of Nursing Education. The baccalaureate degree program is approved by the Missouri Board of Nursing; all programs are approved by the Higher Learning commission.