Uniformed Services University

Sandra Bibb
DNSc, RN
CAPT, NC, USN (Ret.)

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)
• Using BRFSS Data to Study the Relationship Between Access & Total Force Fitness (TSNRP)

MAJ Daniel A. Blaz
AN, USA
MSN, FNP-BC

CLINICAL INTEREST:

• Family Nurse Practitioner

RESEARCH INTEREST:

• Wellness and Fitness
• Population Health

Donna M. Burge
PhD, BC-APRN, CNS
LT, USN (RC)

CLINICAL INTEREST:

• Acute Care
• Gerontology
• Perioperative Care

RESEARCH INTERESTS:

• Pain
• Quantitative Research Methodologies
• Older Adults

GRANTS FUNDED:

• Intervention to Improve Pain Medication Self-Management Behavior (Intramural)

CDR Sean P. Convoy
NC, USN
MSN, PMHNP

CLINICAL INTEREST:

• Psychiatric Mental Health
• Nurse Led Clinical Programs

RESEARCH INTERESTS:

• Outcomes Evaluation of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
• Trauma Spectrum Conditions and Psychological First Aid

Matthew D'Angelo
DNP, CRNA
MAJ, USAR

CLINICAL INTERESTS:

• CRNA

RESEARCH INTERESTS:

• Fluid Resuscitation
• Trauma Anesthesiology

GRANTS FUNDED:

• Evaluation of a Mathematical Blood Volumne Model to Guide Intraoperative Fluid Therapy (Intramural)

Patrick H. DeLeon
PhD, JD, MPH

CLINICAL INTERESTS:

• Clinical Psychology

RESEARCH INTERESTS:

• Health Care Policy

Cynthia M. Dullea
RN, MBA, BC, CHAM
RADM, USN (Ret.)

CLINICAL INTERESTS:

• Healthcare and Clinical Informatics
• Healthcare Operations
• Humanitarian Assistance/Disaster Relief

RESEARCH INTERESTS:

• Informatics
• Strategic Planning
• Leadership
• Humanitarian Assistance/Disaster Relief
• Development of Healthcare IT Systems

Susanne Gibbons
PhD, C-ANP, C-GNP

CLINICAL INTERESTS:

• Geriatric Care
• Adult Nurse Practitioner Care

RESEARCH INTERESTS:

• Health/Wellness Issues Related to Aging
• Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
• Evidence-Based Practice
• mTBI Curriculum Development

GRANTS FUNDED:

• Cognitive/Behavioral Coping Used by Military Health Professionals Depolyed to OIF or OEF (Intramural)

Lt Col (sel) Shawna Greiner
NC, USAF
MSN, CRNA

CLINICAL INTEREST:

• Nurse Anesthesia

RESEARCH INTERESTS:

• Patient outcomes as they relate to anesthesia, for example, emergence delirium, patient safety, eye injuries related to eye taping techniques, and recall for military trauma victims
• PT safety issues as related to general and total intravenous anesthesia
• Difference, if any, in trauma care provided in civilian facilities vs. multiple deployment locations
• 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

CDR Robert Hawkins
NC, USN
DNP, MBA, CRNA

CLINICAL INTERESTS:

• Nurse Anesthesia
• Management of the Difficult Airway

RESEARCH INTERESTS:

• Doctor of Nursing Practice
• Patient Satisfaction
• Simulation, Measurement of Patient Satisfaction with Anesthesia

Grants Funded:

• Changing Nurse Anesthetist's Perceptions of Anesthesia Patient Simulations (AANA)

Ernest Hepler, Jr.
COL, USA (Ret.)
PhD

CLINICAL INTEREST:

• Audiology

RESEARCH INTEREST:

• Susceptibility to Noise Induced Hearing Loss

Capt Mary Hillanbrand
NC, USAF
DNP(C), MSN, RN, CNOR

CLINICAL INTEREST:

• Perioperative Nursing
• Perioperative Patient Safety
• Infection Control in the Perioperative Environment

RESEARCH INTEREST:

• Perioperative Nursing
• Reducing the Cost of Medical Waste
• HLD of Gastrointestinal Endoscopes
• Phase I and Phase II Recovery
• Greening in the Operating Room
• Impact of Educational Interventions to Improve Compliance with Recommended Practices of Cleaning and De-Contamination of Surgical Instrumentation

Patricia Hinton Walker
PhD, RN, FAAN

CLINICAL INTERESTS:

• Health Care and Nursing Informatics
• Patient Safety Issues
• Health Coaching Related to Health IT and Policy
• Healthcare Administration and Management
• Improving Health Outcomes and Health Status
• Cost Effective-Coordinated Care
• Interdisciplinary Technology-Assisted Clinical Practice
• APRN Practice in Primary and Preventive Care

RESEARCH INTERESTS:

• Health Care Informatics
• Patient Safety
• Cost and Quality Outcomes
• Comparative Effectiveness Research
• Health Care Management through Data Analytics
• Interdisciplinary Education
• Cost Consequences of Care in Context of Policy Changes to Reduce Costs
• Competency-Based and Technology-Facilitated Education

Lt Col Heather Johnson
NC, USAF
DNP, FNP-BC, FAANP

CLINICAL INTERESTS:

• Children in Disaster, Humanitarian and Civic Assistance Operations
• Autism Spectrum Disorders
• Military Members and their Families
• Clinical Decision-Making Tools

RESEARCH INTEREST:

• Clinical Decision-Making Tools

Christine Kasper
PhD, 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
• Nuclear Control of Muscle Cell Size
• Traumatic Brain Injury

GRANTS FUNDED:

• Catecholamine Induced RyR1 Ca2+ Release in Malignant Hyperthermia Sensitive Human B-Lymphocytes (AANA)-Co-I
• PET-CT Imaging of Tissue Alterations of Embedded Metal Fragments (VA)

Patricia Kelley
PhD, RN, FNP-C, GNP-C
CAPT, NC, USN (Ret.)

CLINICAL INTERESTS:

RESEARCH INTERESTS:

• Factors Associated with Retention of Military Nurses

GRANTS FUNDED:

• Clinical Knowledge Development: Continuity of Care of War Injured Service Members (TSNRP)

Patricia Kenney
RN, MS, RN
CAPT, NC, USN (Ret.)

CLINICAL INTERESTS:

• Psychiatric Clinical Nurse Specialist

RESEARCH INTERESTS:

• Interdisciplinary Continuing Education
• DOD/VA Partnerships
• National & State Board Processes for Identifying and Treating Impaired Providers
• Health Literacy
• Health Care Information Exchanges

Paul C. Lewis
PhD, FNP-BC
AN, USA

CLINICAL INTEREST:

• Family Care
• Soldier Wellness
• Ambulatory Care
• Population Health

RESEARCH INTERESTS:

• Tobacco Use and Prevention
• Effects of Deployment on Soldier Physical and Mental Health
• Alternative Treatment Modalities

FUNDED GRANTS:

• Effect of Smoking Cessation on Healing and Rehabilitation (TSNRP)

Catherine Ling
PhD, FNP-BC, CRNP

CLINICAL INTEREST:

• Family-Centered Primary Care
• Population Health
• Community-Based Care

RESEARCH INTERESTS:

• Physical Activity
• Obesity
• Lifestyle Modification for Chronic Disease Prevention and Treatment
• Community-Based Prevention Programs
• Primary Care Translational Research

Marguerite Littleton-Kearney
PhD, RN, FAAN
CAPT, NC, USN (Ret.)

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 (NINR)
• Post Ischemic Cerebral Blood Flow Following TBI

GRANTS FUNDED:

• Effect of Oral HRT on Ischemic Cerebral Vessels of Young and Aged Rats (NIH-NINR)
• Gender-Specific Difference in Regional CBF and Glucose Metabolism after Moderate Lateral Fluid Percussion Injury (CNRM)
• Effects of Oral HRT on Cerebral Vessels After Injury (USU Intramural)

LTC Michelle L. Munroe
AN, USA
MN, CNM

CLINICAL INTEREST:

• CNM

RESEARCH INTERESTS:

• Leadership
• Quality Management
• Patient Safety
• Health Promotion and Wellness

CDR Lisa Osborne
NC, USN
PhD, CRNA

CLINICAL INTEREST:

• Nurse Anesthesia
• Regional Anesthesia
• Ultrasound Guided Regional Anesthesia

RESEARCH INTERESTS:

• Combat and Trauma
• Obstructive Sleep Apnea
• Evidence-Based Obstetric Anesthesia
• Pain and Stress Research
• Outcomes: Aero-medical Evaluation Platforms

GRANTS FUNDED:

• Reintegration: Anticipatory Concerns of U.S. Nurses Returning Home from Afghanistan

Diane Padden
PhD, CRNP, FAAN

CLINICAL INTERESTS:

• Family Nurse Practitioner
• Military Family Health

RESEARCH INTERESTS:

• Health Promotion in Military Spouses
• Stress, Coping, and Well-Being in Military Families
• Deployment and Reintegration in Military Families

GRANTS FUNDED:

• Determinants of Health-Promoting Lifestyles in Family Members of Active Duty Military (Intramural)
• Deployment of Military Mothers During Wartime (TSNRP)
• Management of Ethical Issues in Military Nursing Practices during Wartime (TSNRP)

Lt Col Susan M. Perry
NC, USAF
PhD, CRNA

CLINICAL INTERESTS:

• Certified Nurse Anesthetist
• Clinical Anesthesia

RESEARCH INTERESTS:

• Malignant Hyperthermia
• Operational Anesthesia Safety
• Use of Dexmetatomidine
• Infection Control in Anesthesia
• Pain Management/Guided Imagery
• Heat Stress

Capt Regina Owen
NC, USAF
APRN, PMHNP-BC

CLINICAL INTEREST:

• Psychiatric Mental Health

RESEARCH INTEREST:

• Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
• Substance Abuse

Penny F. Pierce
PhD, RN, FAAN
COL, NC, USAF (Ret.)

CLINICAL INTEREST:

• Psychiatric Mental Health
• Decision Behavior of Patients Facing Life-Threatening Illness
• Development of Patient Decision Making Theory
• Measurement of Decision Styles

RESEARCH INTEREST:

• Post Deployment Effects on Physical and Emotional Health
• Retention Following Wartime Service
• Military Women's Health
• Decision Science in Health Care

GRANTS FUNDED:

• Deployment, Resilience & Retention (TSNRP)

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

MAJ Thomas Rawlings
AN, USA
MSN, PCNS, CNOR

CLINICAL INTEREST:

• Perioperative Nursing

RESEARCH INTERESTS:

• Trauma Assessment Competencies
• Team STEPPS Training for Improved Patient Safety
• Radiation Safety for the Surgical Patient
• Evidence Based Facilities Design for Improved Patient Outcomes
• Mortality Rate of Combat Patient Undergoing Care by a Full FST Versus a Split FST

Carol A. Romano
PhD, BC, RN, NEA, CNAA, FAAN, FACMI
RADM, USPHS (Ret.)

CLINICAL INTEREST:

• Clinical Informatics

RESEARCH INTERESTS:

• Genetics
• Educational Technologies
• Women's Health

Diane Seibert
PhD, ARNP, FAANP

CLINICAL INTERESTS:

• Women's Health
• Adult Primary Care

RESEARCH INTERESTS:

• Genetics
• Educational Technologies
• Women's Health

Susan Sheehy
PhD, RN, FAEN, FAA

CLINICAL INTERESTS:

• Emergency/Trauma Care
• Spinal Cord
• Injury Rehabilitation

RESEARCH INTERESTS:

• Continued Recovery for Post Spinal Cord Injury
• Effects of Stress on Families after a Catastrophic Injury to a Family Member

FUNDED GRANTS:

• Factors Associated with the Retention of Army, Navy and Air Force Nurses (TSNRP)

Linda Wanzer
DNP, MSN, CNOR
COL, AN, USA (Ret.)

CLINICAL INTERESTS:

• Perioperative Nursing
• Patient Safety
• Medication Safety
• Productivity
• Quality Improvement within the Perioperative Continuum of Care

RESEARCH INTERESTS:

• Translational Research
• Patient Safety within the Perioperative Setting
• Evidence-Based Practice for Clinical Decision-Making
• Medication Safety
• Improving Systems to Enhance Delivery of Care

MAJ Tyler Wilson
AN, USA
PhD, CRNA

CLINICAL INTERESTS:

• All Anesthesia Areas

RESEARCH INTERESTS:

• Emergence Delirium Following General Anesthesia with those Who have Deployed
• Attrition Rates with Graduate Schools

LCDR Arnel Barba
NC, USN
MSN, CRNA

CLINICAL INTERESTS:

• Anesthesia Outcomes

CDR Brent Bushey
NC, USN
MS, CRNA

CLINICAL INTERESTS:

RESEARCH INTERESTS:

CDR Kevin P. Buss
NC,USN
MS,CRNA

CLINICAL INTERESTS:

• Regional anesthesia

RESEARCH INTERESTS:

• GSN student projects currently supported at clinical site

CDR Darren Couture
NC, USN
PhD, CRNA

CLINICAL INTERESTS:

RESEARCH INTERESTS:

LCDR Jason McGuire
NC, USN
PhD, CRNA

CLINICAL INTERESTS:

• Regional Anesthesia
• Trauma

RESEARCH INTERESTS:

• Emergence Delirium
• Obstructive Sleep Apnea

CDR Jennifer McPherson
NC, USN
MSN, CRNA

CLINICAL INTERESTS:

• Acute Pain Management
• Ultrasound Guided Regional Anesthesia

RESEARCH INTERESTS:

• Multimodal Acute Pain Management
• Simulation for Crises Resource Management in Anesthesia

CDR Justin M. Parrott
NC, 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

Lt Col Larry A. Todd
NC, USAF
MSN, CRNA

CLINICAL INTERESTS:

• Ultrasound Guided Regional Anesthesia
• Trauma/Battlefield Anesthesia

RESEARCH INTERESTS:

• Perioperative Diabetes Management
• Anesthesia Information Management Systems/Electronic Medical Records
• Ultrasound Guided Regional Anesthesia