Current Doctoral Students
welcome to our incoming Nursing Phd students!
Helena Addison - Charissa Ahmed - Caitlin Clason - Ying Dai - Shayleigh Dickson Paige - Anessa Foxwell - Christina Iroegbu - Austin Matus - Erin Kennedy
UPenn’s Doctoral Nursing Students
Name |
Start Year |
Faculty Advisor(s) | Research Interest(s) |
Traditional Doctoral Student 2014 Cohort |
Julie Fairman |
Archival and oral history, Black feminism, Black women’s history, and 20th century American nursing, Black political history | |
Olivia Arnold |
Traditional Doctoral Student 2018 Cohort | Jianghong Liu | |
Traditional Doctoral Student 2016 Cohort |
Therese Richmond Heath Schmidt |
Substance abuse, violence, and incarceration | |
Hillman Scholar in Nursing Innovation 2015 Cohort |
Connie Ulrich Jennifer Pinto-Martin |
Bioethics, adult critical care |
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Traditional Doctoral Student 2015 Cohort |
Barbara Riegel Lisa Lewis |
Effects of Marginalization on readmission of Heart failure patients | |
Stephen Bonett |
Hillman Scholar in Nursing Innovation 2016 Cohort |
Bridgette Brawner Robin Stevens |
Sexual Health, Adolescent Health, Community-Based Participatory Research |
Jackelyn Boyden |
Traditional Doctoral Student 2014 Cohort |
Mary Ersek Janet Deatrick |
Pediatrics; Palliative care; Hospice care; Home- and Community-based care |
Elizabeth Broden |
Hillman Scholar in Nursing Innovation |
Martha Curley Janet Deatrick |
Pediatric critical care, end of life in the PICU, parent/family bereavement |
Marta Maria Bruce |
Hillman Scholar in Nursing Innovation |
Therese Richmond Connie Ulrich |
Psychological recovery following serious trauma injury; PTSD; Geospatial analysis; Health equity |
Karen Celestine | Traditional Doctoral Student 2018 Cohort | ||
Marguerite Daus |
Hillman Scholar is Nursing Innovation 2019 Cohort |
Margo Brooks Carthon Matthew McHugh |
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Fanghong Dong |
Traditional Doctoral Student 2017 Cohort |
Jianghong Liu Barbara Medoff-Cooper |
Environmental and psychosocial factors related to adolescence mental health |
Rachel French | Traditional Doctoral Student 2018 Cohort |
Margo Brooks Carthon Matthew McHugh |
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Robert Wood Johnson Scholar 2017 Cohort |
Connie Ulrich Alison Buttenheim |
Bioethics, behavioral economics, implementation science, mental health | |
Yeji Hwang | Traditional Doctoral Student 2018 Cohort | ||
Hillman Scholar in Nursing Innovation 2014 Cohort |
Martha A.Q. Curley Cynthia Connolly |
Pediatric Critical Care and Cognitive Function | |
Amy Ketcham | Traditional Doctoral Student 2018 Cohort | ||
Marion Leary | Traditional Doctoral Student 2018 Cohort | ||
Hillman Scholar in Nursing Innovation 2014 Cohort |
Linda Aiken Matthew McHugh |
Online Communities, Serious Games, Mental Health, Digital Community Health Interventions, Citizen Science | |
Traditional Doctoral Student 2015 Cohort |
Barbara Riegel Joseph Libonati |
Heart failure self-care | |
Traditional Doctoral Student 2015 Cohort |
Rosemary Polomano Sharon Irving |
Children’s acute pain management practices in resource-limited areas |
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Traditional Doctoral Student 2016 Cohort |
Terri Lipman
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School Health, |
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Brianna Morgan |
Traditional Doctoral Student 2018 Cohort |
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Traditional Doctoral Student 2015 Cohort |
Connie UIrich Lisa Lewis |
Prevention of cardiovascular disease, health promotion, health equality |
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Hillman Scholar in Nursing Innovation 2015 Cohort |
Peggy Compton Rosemary Polomano |
Post-operative pain and ICU delirium in older adults | |
Hillman Scholar in Nursing Innovation 2015 Cohort | Catherine McDonald | Athletic Injury, sports participation, Recovery from injury, Misuse of prescription opioids, adolescents, young adults | |
Kathryn Riman | Traditional Doctoral Student 2018 Cohort |
Linda Aiken Karen Lasater |
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Bruno Saconi | Traditional Doctoral Student 2018 Cohort | ||
Patrina Sexton |
Hillman Scholar in Nursing Innovation 2015 Cohort |
Connie Ulrich Salimah Meghani |
End-of-life care, health equity and disparities, quality measures, LGBTQ health at the end-of-life, and spirituality and health |
Lauren T. Starr |
Hillman Scholar in Nursing Innovation 2014 Cohort |
Mary Ersek Christine Bradway |
End of Life and Palliative Care for Persons with Advanced Dementia and their Caregivers and Families; Bioethics |
Michael Stawnychy |
Traditional Doctoral Student 2018 Cohort |
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Elise Tarbi | Traditional Doctoral Student 2017 Cohort |
Christine Bradway Salimah Meghani |
Care of older adults; palliative care; end-of-life care; existential concerns |
Jesse Wool | Traditional Doctoral Student 2017 Cohort |
Salimah Meghani Connie Ulrich |
Communication between parents and clinicians in the PICU |
Stefanie Zavodny |
Hillman Scholar in Nursing Innovation 2013 Cohort |
Margaret Souders Jennifer Pinto Martin |
Depression in Mothers of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders |