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Linda Ciofu Baumann, Professor. PhD: University of Wisconsin–Madison. Research interests: Community health; primary health care; international health.
Barbara J. Bowers, Associate Dean for Research and Sponsored Programs and Helen Denne Schulte Professor of Nursing. 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 qualitiy.
Patricia Flatley Brennan, Lillian S. Moehlman-Bascom Professor. PhD, University of Wisconsin–Madison. Research interests: Nursing informatics; health services research; innovative care delivery systems.
Susan M. Heidrich, Professor. PhD, University of Wisconsin–Madison. Research interests: Gerontology; aging and chronic illness; aging and cancer; symptom management; women's health.
Dorothy M. Lanuza, Professor. PhD, University of Illinois, Chicago. Research interests: Patients' responses to illness and treatment; improving patient care.
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.
Susan K. Riesch, Professor. PhD, Rush–Presbyterian–St. Lukes. Research interests: Parent–child communication; youth health risk behaviors.
Sandra E. Ward, Helen Denne Schulte Professor of Nursing. PhD, University of Wisconsin–Madison. Research interests: Nursing care of persons in health-related crises; with an emphasis on coping with cancer and chronic pain.
Carolyn R. Aradine, Associate Professor. PhD, University of Michigan. Research interests: Nursing and mental health of infants/children and their families; interdisciplinary collaboration.
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.
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 health and caregiving; stress and coping; parenting stress; parenting adolescents.
Kristine Kwekkeboom, Assistant Professor. PhD, University of Wisconsin–Madison. Research interests: Use of complementary therapies for pain and symptom management.
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.
Audrey Tluczek, Assistant 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.
Earlise C. Ward, Assistant Professor. PhD, University of Wisconsin–Madison. Research interests: Mental health of older African American women.