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Barbara J. Bowers, Associate Dean for Research and Charlotte Jane and Ralph A. Rodefer Chair. PhD: University of California, San Francisco. Research interests: Care of frail; older adults across settings; evolving models of care; supervising front line staff in long term care settings; impact of organizational design and public policy on care quality.
Patricia Flatley Brennan, Lillian S. Moehlman-Bascom Professor of Nursing and Industrial Engineering. PhD: University of Wisconsin–Madison. Research interests: Nursing informatics; health services research; innovative care delivery systems.
Diane R. Lauver, Professor. PhD: University of Rochester. Research interests: Women's health issues and behaviors; primary care.
Nadine M. Nehls, Associate Dean for Academic Programs and Professor. PhD: University of Wisconsin–Madison. Research interests: Women and mental health; nursing education.
Linda D. Oakley, Professor. PhD: University of Washington. Research interests: Psychosocial rehabilitation for post treatment impairment associated with major depression.
Eileen J. Porter, Professor. PhD: University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Research interests: Older women who live alone, especially description of their health-related experiences, risk recognition and reduction, and interactions with support networks.
Susan K. Riesch, Professor. PhD: Rush Presbyterian – St. Luke’s Medical Center. Research interests: Parent–child communication; youth health risk behaviors.
Kristine Kwekkeboom, Associate Professor. PhD: University of Wisconsin - Madison. Research interests: Use of complementary therapies for pain and symptom management.
Mary Ellen Murray, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Associate Professor. PhD: University of Michigan. Research interests: Health services research with a focus on microeconomics in health care systems.
Audrey Tluczek, Associate Professor. PhD: University of Wisconsin-Madison. Research interests: Psychosocial issues related to genetic testing in newborn screening; multiple contexts of childhood chronic illness: development, family, and culture.
Susan J. Zahner, Associate Professor. DrPH: University of California–Berkeley. Research interests: Public health system performance; public health nursing education and practice improvement.
Lori S. Anderson, Assistant Professor. PhD: University of Wisconsin - Madison. Research interests: Children with special health care needs; school nursing; family adaptaion; stress and coping.
Karen A. Kehl, Assistant Professor. PhD: University of Wisconsin-Madison. Research interests: Family caregivers of individuals with terminal or life-limiting illness; care needs in the last week of life; symptom management in the final days of life.
Rebecca J. Muehrer, Assistant Professor. PhD: University of Wisconsin - Madison. Research interests: Quality of life of kidney transplant recipients and persons with chronic kidney disease.
Dolores J. Severtson, Assistant Professor. PhD: University of Wisconsin - Madison. Research interests: Environmental health risk communication.
Earlise C. Ward, Assistant Professor. PhD: University of Wisconsin-Madison. Research interests: Mental health of older African American women.