Grants and Research Office

Grants and Research Office

Faculty and Statistical Consulting Team

Antonia M. Villarruel, PhD, RN, FAAN
Associate Dean for Research
Professor

Antonia  Villarruel is the Nola J. Pender Collegiate Chair in Health Promotion.  Her research focuses on the development and testing of behavioral interventions to reduce the spread of HIV among Mexican and Latino youth. She has been a leader in developing policy recommendations to increase diversity in nursing education and practice, and is involved in mentoring minority students from high school through post-doctoral levels.
Villarruel is a member of the Institute of Medicine. She is president and a founding member of the National Coalition of Ethnic Minority Nursing. She was co-chair of the Diversity Working Group of the National Advisory Council for Nursing Education and Practice, for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

David Ronis, PhD
Associate Research Scientist
Director of Statistical Consulting Team

Dr. Ronis is a research psychologist and statistician with a special interest in understanding health related behaviors. Some of his current and recent projects concern preventive dental behaviors, use of hearing protection devices by factory and construction works, various health and risk behaviors among adolescents, and patient decision making about treatments for diabetes. His area of special statistical expertise is linear statistical models including structural equation modeling.

For additional information, please contact:
Associate Dean for Research, Grants and Research Office University of Michigan School of Nursing                            Phone: (734) 764-9555; Fax: (734) 615-1666