Faculty Clinical and Research Interests
Larry B. Aramanda
MAJ, USA
AN, ARNP, BC
CLINICAL INTERESTS:
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
Sandra Bibb
DNSc, RN
CLINICAL INTEREST:
- Ambulatory Care
RESEARCH INTEREST:
- Population Health and Outcomes
- Determinants of Health
- Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
- Health Disparities
GRANTS FUNDED:
- Moderators of Utilization of Preventive Health Services in Older Adults with Health Insurance (Intramural)
Roopa Biswas
PhD
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
- Chronic inflammatory diseases like Cystic Fibrosis, Asthma and COPD
- Mechanism of dysregulated expression of the pro-inflammatory cytokine and chemokine genes including interleukin-8 (IL-8)
- Post-transcriptional mechanisms that regulate genes characterized by the presence of AU-rich elements (AREs) in the 3'-UTR, key regulatory elements that accelerate mRNA degradation
- Recently, microRNAs (miRNAs) have been found to be key players in post-transcriptional mechanisms. The mis-regulation of specific miRNAs has been demonstrated in a variety of diseases in humans including inflammation and immune disorders. Despite several studies, the multi-factorial mechanisms regulating inflammation is yet unknown. Our long term goal is to investigate the role of miRNAs in the mechanism of regulation of inflammation. We will use constitutively pro-inflammatory Cystic Fibrosis (CF) cells as well as airway smooth muscle cells as appropriate model systems to determine the mechanism of dys-regulated inflammation.
- Moreover, we are also investigating the mechanism by which the processing of miR-155 is regulated in a pro-inflammatory cellular environment using cell culture models, including cystic fibrosis cell lines and mouse macrophages cell lines.
GRANTS FUNDED:
- microRNA Fingerprints in Cystic Fibrosis (CFF)
- Role of microRNAs in Cystic Fibrosis (Intramural)
Donna M. Burge
PhD, BC-APRN, CNS
CLINICAL INTEREST:
- Acute Care
- Gerontology
- Perioperative Care
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
- Pain
- Quantitative Research Methodologies
Iluminada Chinneth
LTC, USA
MN, ARNP
CLINICAL INTEREST:
- Family Health with Emphasis on Disease Prevention/Health Promotion
RESEARCH INTEREST:
- Work site Wellness
Susanne Gibbons
PhD, C-ANP, C-GNP
CLINICAL INTERESTS:
- Geriatric Care
- Primary Care
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
- MTBI
- PTSD
- Self Management
- Chronic Disease
- ETOH
Shawna Greiner
Maj, USAF
MSN, CRNA
CLINICAL INTEREST:
- Nurse Anesthesia
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
- Pt satisfaction with total intravenous anesthesia - difference in complications
- Difference in anesthestic recall in military trauma victims vs civilian trauma victims
- Incidence of military trauma victims - anesthesia and ptsd
- Difference, if any, in trauma care provided in civilian facilities vs multiple deployment locations
- Pt safety issues as related to anesthesia - both ga&Tiva
- All anesthesia related patient safety issues
- Applying EBP to anesthesia clinical implication, encouraging/ transforming the workplace as well as application of EBP in education to formulate evidence based practitioners
Robert Hawkins
CDR, USN
DNP, MBA, MS, CRNA
CLINICAL INTERESTS:
- OB Anesthesia
- Management of the Difficult Airway
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
- Simulation, measurement of patient satisfaction with anesthesia
- Funded by ANA Foundation grant for Simulation Project
Pamela Herbig (Wall)
LCDR, USN
PMHNP-BC, PMHCNS-BC
CLINICAL INTEREST:
- PTSD/TBI
RESEARCH INTEREST:
- PTSD/TBI
- Grant with Jonas Scholar
Mary Hillanbrand
Capt, USAF, MSN
RN, CNOR
CLINICAL INTEREST:
RESEARCH INTEREST:
Patricia Hinton Walker
PhD, RN, FAAN
CLINICAL INTERESTS:
- Nursing Informatics
- Patient Safety Issues
- Nursing Administration and Management
- Improving Health Outcomes and Health Status
- Cost effective-Coordinated Care
- Interdisciplinary Practice
- APN Practice in Primary Care and Community-Based Settings
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
- Health Care Informatics
- Patient Safety
- Cost and Quality Outcomes
- Interdisciplinary Education
- Cost Consequences of Care provided by APN versus MDs
- Competency-Based Education
Heather Johnson
Lt Col, USAF
MSN, FNP-BC
CLINICAL INTERESTS:
- Efficiency in Health Care
- Evidence-based Practice
- Deployment Health
RESEARCH INTEREST:
- Clinical decision-making
Christine Kasper
Ph.D., RN, FAAN, FACSM
CLINICAL INTERESTS:
- Recovery and Testing of Embedded Metals from Wounded Warriers
- Prevention and Recovery from Atrophy due to Microgravity Environments
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
- Behaviorial and drug interventions for Blast Related Traumatic Poraui Injury
- Genotoxicity of Embedded Heavy Metals
- Complex Adaptive Systems in Relation to Systems biology
GRANTS FUNDED:
- Recovery from Mild and Severe TBI (VA)
- Effect of Militarily-Relevant Metals on Muscle Wound Repair (USAMRMC)
Paul C. Lewis
COL, USA
PhD, FNP-C
CLINICAL INTEREST:
- Family Care
- Soldier Wellness
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
- Tobacco Use and Prevention
- Effects of Deployment on Soldier Physical and Mental Health
- Alternative Treatment Modalities
FUNDED GRANTS:
- Community-Based Smoking Prevention in Military Schools
- Effect of Smoking Cessation on Healing and Rehabilitation
Catherine Ling
PhD, FNP-BC
CLINICAL INTEREST:
- Family-centered primary care
- Population Health
- Community Based Care
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
- Physical Activity (occupational/leisure)
- Obesity
- Lifestyle Modification for Chronic Disease Prevention and Treatment
- Community-Based Prevention Programs
- Primary Care Translational Research
Marguerite Littleton-Kearney
PhD
CLINICAL INTERESTS:
- Traumatic injuries - multiple trauma, blast injury; critical care issues,
- disaster management in healthcare facilities.
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
- Cerebral ischemia and effect of hormones on blood flow recovery (funded R01 by NIRN)
- Post ischemic cerebral blood flow following TB
GRANTS FUNDED:
- Effect of Oral HRT on Ischemic Cerebral Vessels of Young and Aged Rats (NIH)
Patricia Kelley
CAPT, USN
PhD, RN, FNP, GNP
CLINICAL INTERESTS:
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
GRANTS FUNDED:
- Factors Associated with the Retention of Army, Navy, and Air Force Nurses (TSNRP)
- Clinical Knowledge Development: Continuity of Care (TSNRP)
David Markell
CDR, USN
MSN, CRNA
CLINICAL INTEREST:
- Trauma and Obstetrical Anesthesia
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
- Trauma and Evidenced Based Practice
George Nussbaum
COL, USA
PhD, CNOR
CLINICAL INTERESTS:
- Perioperative patient transport safety
- Interoperative and immediate post-operative hypothermia
- Reduction of O.R. waste
- Role of ambient therapy in sustaining surgical team resiliency
- Role of canine therapy in the treatment of mild TBI and PTSD
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
- Effect of O.R. table as single perioperative transport system in reduction of staff back injuries
- Effect of single perioperative transport system in maintaining normal temperature regulation in perioperative patients.
- EEG and affect changes in normal subjects in the presence of ambient sounds.
Lisa Osborne
PhD, CRNA, CDR
CLINICAL INTEREST:
- Regional Anesthesia
- Ultrasound Guided Regional Anesthesia
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
- Combat and Trauma
- Obstructive Sleep Apnea
- Evidence-based Obstetric Anesthesia
- Pain
GRANTS FUNDED:
- Reintegration: Anticipatory Concerns of U.S. Nurses Returning Home from Afghanistan
Diane Padden
Padden PhD, CRNP
CLINICAL INTERESTS:
- Family Nurse Practitioner
- Military Family Health
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
- Health Promotion in Military Spouses
- Stress, Coping, and Well-Being in Military Families
GRANTS FUNDED:
- Determinants of Health-Promoting Lifestyles in Family Members of Active Duty Military (Intramural)
Susan Perry
Lt. Col., USAF
MSN, CRNA
CLINICAL INTERESTS:
- Certified Nurse Anesthetist
- Clinical Anesthesia
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
- Malignant Hyperthermia
- Heat Stress
- Use of Guided Imagery in Anesthesia
GRANTS FUNDED:
- Catecholamine Augmentation of RyR1 Ca2+ Release in MHS B-Lymphocytes (AANA)
Pierce, Penny F.
PhD, RN, FAAN
CLINICAL INTEREST:
- Decision Behavior of Patients facing life-threatening illnesses
- Development of patient decision making theory
- Measurement of Decision styles
RESEARCH INTEREST:
- Post-deployment effects on Physical and Emotional Health
- Retention following wartime service
Current Grants:
- Deployment, Resilience and Retention
- An Introspective Approach to Personal Decision Making in Cancer Care
- Psychometric Teting of Pre-decision Measures in the Context of Breast Cancer Screening and Treatment
Richard Prior
LTC, USA
MSN, FNP-BC
CLINICAL INTEREST:
- Primary Care
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
- History of Military Nursing and Military Medicine
Gloria C. Ramsey
JD, RN, FAAN
CLINICAL INTERESTS:
- Clinical and Applied Ethics
- Improving Health Disparities
- Health Policy
- Health Law
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
- End of Life Care
- Health Disparities
- Improving Health Status and Outcomes
- Community Health
- Community-Based Participatory Research
- Research Ethics
- Recruitment and Retention of Minority and Women in Research Study
- Intersection of Research and Policy to Improve Health
- Nursing Ethics
Thomas Rawlings
MAJ, USA
CLINICAL INTEREST:
- Perioperative Nursing
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
- Enhancing perioperative care for trauma patients utilizing TeamSTEPPS
- Radiation Safety for patients in the perioperative setting.
- Mortality rate of combat patients undergoing care by a full FST vs. a split FST
Carol A. Romano
PhD, RN, FAAN, FACMI
RADM USPHS (Ret)
CLINICAL INTEREST:
- Clinical Informatics
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
- Informatics Education
- Confidentiality of Health Records
- Adoption of Innovation
Diane Seibert
PhD, CRNP
CLINICAL INTERESTS:
- Women's Health
- Genetics
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
- Genetics
- Telehealth
- Educational Technologies
Michaela Shafer
Col., USAF
PhD, MSN, BSN
CLINICAL INTERESTS:
- Deployment and Emergency Medicine
- Attitude & Hyperbaric Physiology
- Critical Care
- Hospital Administration
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
- Women's Issues in Deployment
- Deployment Cycle issues PTSD for Healthcare Workers
- Nurse staffing/management techniques
- Ethical dilemmas during deployment
- Recruitment/retention of military nurses
- Experiences of wounded warriors during care and A/E home
Linda Wanzer
COL, USA, (Ret.)
MSN, CNOR
CLINICAL INTERESTS:
- Perioperative Nursing
- Patient safety
- Medication Safety
- Productivity
- Quality Improvement within the Perioperative Continuum of Care
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
- Medication Safety
- Patient Safety within the Perioperative Setting
- Improving Systems to Enhance Delivery of Care
Tyler Wilson
MAJ, USA
PhD, CRNA
CLINICAL INTERESTS:
- All Anesthesia Areas
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
- Emerging Delirium Following General Anesthesia with those who've Deployed
- Attrition Rates with Graduate Schools
Off-site Faculty Clinical and Research Interests
Arnel Barba
LCDR, USN, MSN, CRNA
CLINICAL INTERESTS:
- Anesthesia Outcomes
Brent Bushey
CDR, USN, MS, CRNA
CLINICAL INTERESTS:
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
Buss, Kevin P.
CDR, USN, MS, CRNA
CLINICAL INTERESTS:
- Regional anesthesia
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
- GSN student projects currently supported at clinical site
Couture, Darren
CDR, USN, PhD, MS, CRNA
CLINICAL INTERESTS:
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Davis, Roger
LCDR, USN, MSN, CRNA
CLINICAL INTERESTS:
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
King, Heather
CDR, USN, MS, CRNA
CLINICAL INTERESTS:
- OB Anesthesia
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
- Wounded Warrior Rehabilitation
- Sleep
- Complementary & Alternative Medicine
McGuire, Jason
LCDR, NC, USN, PhD, CRNA
CLINICAL INTERESTS:
- Regional anesthesia
- Trauma
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
- Emergence Delirium
- Obstructive Sleep Apnea
McPherson, Jennifer
CDR, USN, MSN, CRNA
CLINICAL INTERESTS:
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Oudekerk, Christopher
CDR, CRNA, DNP, NC, USN
CLINICAL INTERESTS:
- Anesthesia for Trauma
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
- Total Intravenous Anesthesia Technique
Parrott, Justice M.
CDR, USN, BSN, MS, CRNA
CLINICAL INTERESTS:
- Advancement of Nursing Anesthesia in the Military Setting
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
- Impact of Use of Simulators for APN Training Programs
- Impact of Varying Levels of Oxygen to Mothers on Fetal pH
- APGAR Scores for those undergoing delivery via elective cesarean section
Spence, Dennis L.
CDR, USN, PhD, CRNA
CLINICAL INTERESTS:
- Obstetric Anesthesia
- Difficult Airway Management
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
- Perioperative Stress
- Obstetric Anesthesia
- Sleep Apnea
Larry A. Todd
Lt Col, USAF, MSN, CRNA
CLINICAL INTERESTS:
- Ultrasound Guided Regional Anesthesia
- Trauma/Battlefield Anesthesia
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
- Perioperative Diabetes Management
- Anesthesia Information Systems/Electronic Medical Records
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