Faculty Global Engagement
As the Office of Global Outreach (GO) encourages students to pursue global opportunities to enrich their educational experience, many School of Nursing faculty lead by example through pursuing research interests abroad.
| Name | Region of Interest | Global Research Interests |
|---|---|---|
| Patricia Abbott | Latin America | Global health infomatics |
| Carol Boyd | Sub-Saharan Africa | Reduction of maternal mortality, women’s rights, Global Feminism Project |
| Barbara Brush | Pacific Rim, Middle East and North Africa | Nurse migration, brain drain, health workforce capacity, urban homeless populations |
| Megan Eagle | Latin America/Caribbean | Health disparities, maternal mortality, rural health |
| Christopher Friese | Europe | Health disparities in cancer screening and care, Health Policy, Oncology Nursing |
| Beatrice Kalisch | East Asia, Latin America/Caribbean | Missed nursing care and patient outcomes, teamwork, quality of care, comparative health systems |
| Lisa Kane Low | Europe, Latin America/Caribbean | Comparative health systems, safe motherhood, childbirth practices in developing countries, PTSD and psychological effects of childbirth, pelvic floor dysfunction post-childbirth |
| Maria Katapodi | Europe | Health disparities in cancer screening and care, heredity and cancer |
| Janet Larson | Russia/CIS | COPD, smoking, physical activity and COPD, quality of care in post-Soviet Russian healthcare system |
| Jody Lori | Sub-Saharan Africa | Skilled birth attendance, community-based Interventions, human rights, neonatal mortality |
| Kristy Martyn | Europe | Event history calendars and sexual risk communication |
| Janis Miller | Sub-Saharan Africa | Gender-based violence, GBV in conflict settings |
| Katie Moriarty | East Asia | Complementary/Alternative healing, women’s reproductive health, integrative healthcare |
| Laurel Northouse | UK/Ireland | Quality of life in cancer patients and their family caregivers |
| Kathleen Potempa | Southeast Asia | Chronic disease in developing countries, human resources in nursing, community-based interventions |
| Richard Redman | Sub-Saharan Africa, Southeast Asia | Healthcare quality and safety, interdisciplinary team performance in emergency care |
| Denise Saint Arnault | East Asia, Europe | Comparative health systems, immigrant health, mental health, depression, transcultural psychiatry, gender-based violence |
| Norma Sarkar | Sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America/Caribbean | Community health nursing, maternal/child health, health promotion |
| Julia Seng | Australia/Oceana | Post-traumatic stress disorder after childbirth |
| Marita Titler | Southeast Asia, Europe, Canada | Effectiveness and implementation science, aging populations, translation science |
| Antonia Villarruel | Latin America/Caribbean | Sexual risk reduction among adolescents, health promotion with Latino populations, sexual communication |
| Rosemary Ziemba | Caribbean/East Asia | Aging & disability, home and community based long term care |