Faculty Members Who Mentor PhD in Nursing Students Aging Research Healthcare Technology Social Determinants of Health 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 kda8xj@virginia.edu 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 jla7e@virginia.edu (434) 924-1585 Windy Williams Alonso, PhD, MS, RN, FHFSA, FAHA Chair, Department of Nursing Research, and associate professor RESEARCH AREAS: Heart failure, rural health, exercise interventions for heart failure, preserved ejection fraction cqm6ys@virginia.edu Kelley Anderson, PhD, RN, FNP, CHFN Associate Professor of Nursing RESEARCH AREAS: Heart failure, preventative care, cardiac disease symptoms, nutrition counseling, rural healthcare gaps kma8mk@virginia.edu Alanna Bergman, PhD, AGNP-BC, RN Assistant Professor of Nursing RESEARCH AREAS: Global health, health equity, stigma reduction, and infectious diseases including HIV, tuberculosis dhm8ax@virginia.edu Cathy Campbell, PhD, RN, FAAN Associate Professor of Nursing RESEARCH AREAS: hospice and palliative care nursing, end-of-life care, transgender elders at end of life clc5t@virginia.edu Crystal Chu, PhD, RN Assistant Professor RESEARCH AREAS: Decision tools, decisional regret, breast cancer, oncology nursing, guided treatment decision-making cdm9b@virginia.edu Katrina Debnam, PhD, MPH Associate Professor of Nursing RESEARCH AREAS: adolescent relationships and sexual development, peer support, relationship development of teenagers kjd2m@virginia.edu Elizabeth Epstein, PhD, RN, HEC-C, FAAN Professor and PhD Program Lead RESEARCH AREAS: moral distress, nursing ethics, burnout, and nurse attrition, NICU family and caregiver connectivity meg4u@virginia.edu (434) 982-3285 Jessie Gibson, PhD, RN, AGPCNP-BC Assistant Professor of Nursing RESEARCH AREAS: Huntington’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, anxiety, neuropsychiatric symptoms, digital mental health js6zn@virginia.edu Randy Jones, PhD, RN, FAAN, FADLN Associate Dean for Partner Development and Engagement RESEARCH AREAS: decision aids for men with prostate cancer, health disparities, building community-engagement raj9c@virginia.edu (434) 924-0125 Jessica Keim Malpass, PhD, RN, CPNP-AC, FAAN Associate Professor RESEARCH AREAS: Health economics, artificial intelligence, implementation science, children with medical complexity jlk2t@virginia.edu Dominique Tobell, PhD 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 rnp6dm@virginia.edu Kathryn Laughon, PhD, RN, FAAN, SANE-A/SANE-P Associate Professor of Nursing and PhD Program Director RESEARCH AREAS: Violence and health, brain injury and intimate partner violence, sexual violence and mental health klc6e@virginia.edu (434) 924-1985 Virginia LeBaron, PhD, APRN, FAANP, FAAN 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 vtl6k@virginia.edu Jeongok Logan, PhD, RN Associate Professor of Nursing RESEARCH AREAS: The connection between arterial stiffness, cardiovascular disease, and cognitive decline jl3zj@virginia.edu Meghan Mattos, PhD, RN, CNL Associate Professor of Nursing RESEARCH AREAS: Interplay between dementia, sleep, insomnia, and cognitive decline, aging in place, sleep and cognition ms2bv@virginia.edu (434) 243-3936 Maria Alexandra McDonald, PhD, RN, FNP-C Assistant Professor RESEARCH AREAS: Genetic indicators of depression, mental health, women's health mm5we@virginia.edu Emma Mitchell, PhD, MSN, RN Associate Professor of Nursing RESEARCH AREAS: Novel methods for cervical cancer screening and treatment in low-resource settings, global health, HPV emm6z@virginia.edu Victoria Petermann, PhD, RN Assistant Professor RESEARCH AREAS: Uterine cancers, rural health, social determinants of health yuz9kv@virginia.edu Paula Sherwood, PhD, RN, CNRN, FAAN Professor of Nursing RESEARCH AREAS: Brain cancer patients and their caregivers' behavioral and biological experiences, caregiving and stress gxf6qx@virginia.edu (434) 243-3974 Ishan Williams, PhD, FGSA Professor of Nursing RESEARCH AREAS: Equitable healthcare AI data, dementia and caregiving, Alzheimer's disease, caregiver support icw8t@virginia.edu (434) 924-0480