Center for Reducing Risks in Vulnerable Populations (CRRVP)

Core Units

Administrative

Director: Julie Zerwic, PhD, RN

Co-Director: Barbara Dancy, PhD, RN, FAAN

Program Coordinator: Linda Graham, MS, RN

CRRVP Research Base Investigators

Teresita Briones, PhD, RN
Constance Dallas, PhD, RN
Carol Ferrans, PhD, RN, FAAN
Marquis Foreman, PhD, RN, FAAN
Agatha Gallo, PhD, RN, FAAN
Tonda Hughes, PhD, RN, FAAN
Kathleen Norr, PhD
Lauretta Quinn, PhD, RN
JoEllen Wilbur, PhD, RN, FAAN
Diana Wilkie, PhD, RN, FAAN
Julie Zerwic, PhD, RN

CRRVP Investigators

Maryann Bozzette, PhD, RN
Eileen Collins, PhD, RN
Margaret Covey, PhD, RN
Eileen Hacker, PhD, RN
Ruth Kleinpell, PhD, RN, FAAN
Judith McDevitt, PhD, RN
Mariann Piano, PhD, RN
Patrick Robinson, PhD, RN
Catherine Ryan, PhD, RN
Pamela Semanik, PhD, RN

CRRVP Interdisciplinary Consultants

D. Lee Alekel, PhD, RD, Nutritionist
Phyllis E. Bowen, PhD, Nutritionist
Peter Buttrick, MD, PhD, Cardiologist and Cardiac Physiologist
Karen Esser, PhD, Exercise Physiologist
Mark D. Grabiner, PhD, Kinesiologist
Edwin Langbein, PhD, Exercise Physiologist
William Law, PhD, Cardiac Physiologist
Diana Mason, PhD, RN, FAAN, Editor, American Journal of Nursing
Edward McAuley, PhD, Exercise Psychologist
Robin Mermelstein, PhD, Health Psychologist
Janice M. Morse, PhD, RN, FAAN, FAAA, FASAA, Qualitative Methodology
Debora K. Moser, DScN, RN, FAAN, Co-Editor, Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing
Thomas Prohaska, PhD, Public Health Researcher
James Rimmer, PhD, Exercise Physiologist
Robert E. Stake, PhD, Psychometrics
Gordon Wahler, PhD, Cardiac Electrophysiologist

External Scientific Advisory Committee

Michael Berbaum, PhD, UIC Health Research and Policy Centers
Noel Chavez, PhD, RD, LD, UIC Community Health Services Division, School of Public Health
Jacquelyn Flaskerud, PhD, RN, FAAN, UCLA School of Nursing
Deborah Gross, PhD, RN, FAAN, Rush University College of Nursing
Margaret Heitkemper, PhD, RN, FAAN, University of Washington School of Nursing
Pamela S. Hinds, PhD, RN, Nursing Research, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
Susan Hughes, PhD, UIC School of Public Health
Timothy P. Johnson, PhD, UIC Survey Research Laboratory
Janet L. Larson, PhD, RN, FAAN, University of Michigan School of Nursing
Sue McNeil, PhD, UIC Urban Planning & Policy and Civil & Materials Engineering
Eva Smith, PhD, RN, FAAN, UIC College of Nursing
Richard B. Warnecke, PhD, UIC Center for Health Services Research