Ishan Williams teaches PhD students

Faculty Research

The School's faculty scholars and scientists are leaders not only in nursing but in domains that touch nursing. Faculty members' research interests are grouped into three distinct domains, our Research Areas of Excellence: Aging, Social Determinants of Health, and Healthcare Technology.

In addition to a fully-funded PhD in nursing program, a robust Distinguished Majors Program, and a roster of paid undergraduate research interns who work with funded nurse scientists at the School across the summer and throughout the academic year, faculty members publish and present at regional, national, and international conferences and are leaders in their respective fields.

Explore our scientists' investigations by research topic or by individual. Faculty members' most recent scholarly publications are accessible on their individual profile pages, along with other information about who they are, why they study what they do, and what research lenses most inspire and compel their research.

Aging Research

Healthcare Technology

Social Determinants of Health

Meet UVA School of Nursing's Research Faculty

Kimberly D. Acquaviva, PhD, MSW, CSE
Betty Norman Norris Professor of Nursing
RESEARCH AREAS: Inclusive hospice and palliative care, LGBTQ+-inclusive care, healthcare AI, artificial intelligence
Jeanne Alhusen, PhD, CRNP, RN, FAAN
Associate Dean for Nursing Research
RESEARCH AREAS: Violence's impact on maternal-child health, reproductive care access for women with disabilities
(434) 924-1585
Kelley Anderson, PhD, RN, FNP, CHFN
Associate Professor of Nursing
RESEARCH AREAS: Heart failure, preventative care, cardiac disease symptoms, nutrition counseling, rural healthcare gaps
Cathy Campbell
Associate Professor of Nursing
RESEARCH AREAS: hospice and palliative care nursing, end-of-life care, transgender elders at end of life
Katrina Debnam
Associate Professor of Nursing
RESEARCH AREAS: adolescent relationships and sexual development, peer support, relationship development of teenagers
Elizabeth Epstein
Professor of Nursing
RESEARCH AREAS: moral distress, nursing ethics, burnout, and nurse attrition, NICU family and caregiver connectivity
(434) 982-3285
Jessie Gibson
Assistant Professor of Nursing
RESEARCH AREAS: interventions to support patients with Huntington's disease, negativity bias, online support tools
Randy Jones
Associate Dean for Partner Development and Engagement
RESEARCH AREAS: decision aids for men with prostate cancer, health disparities, building community-engagement
(434) 924-0125
Dominique Tobbell Klakoski
Professor & Director of the Eleanor Crowder Bjoring Center for Nursing Historical Inquiry
RESEARCH AREAS: Nursing history, the history of healthcare, the evolution of American nursing programs
Kathryn Laughon
Associate Professor of Nursing and PhD Program Director
RESEARCH AREAS: Violence and health, brain injury and intimate partner violence, sexual violence and mental health
(434) 924-1985
Virginia LeBaron
The Kluge-Schakat Associate Professor of Compassionate Care in Nursing
RESEARCH AREAS: Smart technology for at-home cancer pain management, technology to improve clinicians' communication
Jeongok Logan
Associate Professor of Nursing
RESEARCH AREAS: The connection between arterial stiffness, cardiovascular disease, and cognitive decline
Meghan Mattos
Associate Professor of Nursing
RESEARCH AREAS: Interplay between dementia, sleep, insomnia, and cognitive decline, aging in place, sleep and cognition
(434) 243-3936
Emma Mitchell
Associate Professor of Nursing
RESEARCH AREAS: Novel methods for cervical cancer screening and treatment in low-resource settings, global health, HPV
Paula Sherwood
Professor of Nursing
RESEARCH AREAS: Brain cancer patients and their caregivers' behavioral and biological experiences, caregiving and stress
(434) 243-3974
Ishan Williams
Professor of Nursing
RESEARCH AREAS: Equitable healthcare AI data, dementia and caregiving, Alzheimer's disease, caregiver support
(434) 924-0480