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Biobehavioral Health Science Faculty

BHS Faculty

*Tenured | **Tenure Track | +Non-Tenure & Clinical Tracks

Mary Ann Anderson*, PhD, RN - Associate Professor 
maa928@uic.edu - Phone: 309.757.9467  
Faculty Page

  • Health Care Delivery/System Issues 
  • Continuity of Care 
  • Interorganizational Communication 
  • Discharge Planning/Case Management 
  • Referrals of Elderly Clients 
  • Quality Improvement Issues 
  • Funding Nursing Education: Health Care 
  • Resource Utilization in Home Health Care 
  • Hospital Readmissions During Home Care Services 
  • Rural Health Care and Nursing Practice Issues 
  • Patient Education/Staff Education 
  • Patient Outcomes 

Barbara Berger, PhD, RN - Clinical Assistant Professor
beberger@uic.edu - Phone: 312.996.7844 
Faculty Page

  • Evidence-Based Practice 
  • Stigma and Chronic Illness 
  • HIV Disease 
  • Psychological Aspects of Chronic Illness 

Jean Berry, PhD, RN - Clinical Associate Professor 
jkberry@uic.edu - Phone: 312.996.7931 
Faculty Page

  • Respiratory Muscle Strength in COPD Patients 
  • Respiratory Muscle Training 
  • Exercise in the COPD Patients 
  • Aging 
  • Nutrition and Measurement of Body Composition
  • Cardio-Metabolic Risk in Advanced Practice Nursing 

Sandy C. Burgener, PhD, APRN-BC, FAAN - Associate Professor
sburgenr@illinois.edu - Phone: 217.333.3083
Faculty Page

  • Quality of Life in Persons with Dementia
  • Interventions to Promote Functioning in Persons in Early Stage Dementia
  • Maintaining "Personhood" in Persons with Dementia throughout the Disease Stages
  • Personality Maintenance and the Relationship of Personality to Outcomes in Persons with Dementia
  • The Effects of Support Interventions on Outcome of Persons with Dementia
  • Stigma Associated with Dementia and the Impact of Stigma on the Person with Dementia
  • Development and Dissemination of Educational Programs to Increase Competence in Care Providers for Older Adults

Sandra Burke, PhD, RN - Clinical Assistant Professor
sd-burke@uic.edu - Phone: 217.333.9585
Faculty Page

  • Redesigning Educational Strategies for Nursing Research
  • Evidence-Based Practice
  • Clinical Decision Making

David W. Carley, PhD - Professor
dwcarley@uic.edu - Phone: 312.996.3827
Faculty Page

  • Sleep Quality

Melissa Carlucci, MS, RN, ACNP-BC - Visiting Teaching Associate
mcarlu2@uic.edu - Phone: 312.413.0054
Faculty Page

Eileen Collins*, PhD, RN - Professor
ecollins@uic.edu - Phone: 312.413.5621
Faculty Page

  • Rehabilitation
  • Exercise/Physical Activity
  • Pulmonary Rehabilitation
  • Peripheral Vascular Disease
  • Quality of Life

Susan J. Corbridge, PhD, APN, ACNP - Director, Acute Care Nurse Practitioner and Clinical Nurse Specialist Programs
sjsmith@uic.edu - Phone: 312.413.3457 
Faculty Page

  • Pulmonary
  • Critical Care

Margaret Covey, PhD, RN - Associate Research Professor
mkcovey@uic.edu - Phone: 312.996.9543
Faculty Page

  • Pulmonary Rehabilitation
  • Symptom Management in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
  • Exercise Training and Testing in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
  • Bone Mass Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Holli DeVon, PhD, RN, FAHA - Associate Professor
hdevon1@uic.edu - Phone: 312.413.5362
Faculty Page

  • Symptoms of acute coronary syndrome
  • Influence of gender on symptoms
  • Inflammatory markers and acute coronary syndrome
  • Symptoms and inflammatory markers in stroke
  • Instrument development and psychometrics

Nasrat Esbai, PhD, RN - Visiting Clinical Instructor
nesbai@uic.edu - Phone: 312.996.7925
Faculty Page

Miriam O. Ezenwa, PhD, RN - Assistant Professor
moezenwa@uic.edu - Phone: 312.996.5071
Faculty Page

Carol Ferrans*, PhD, RN, FAAN - Professor and Associate Dean for Research; Co-Director, UIC Center of Excellence in Eliminating Health Disparities
cferrans@uic.edu - Phone: 312.996.8445 
Faculty Page

  • Quality of Life in Cancer Survivors--Particularly Breast and Prostate Cancer
  • Delay in Detection of Breast Cancer
  • Instrument Development, Including Cognitive Interviewing
  • Quality of Life in Cancer, Cardiac, and Other Illness Groups
  • Cross-Cultural Research
  • Health Care Disparities

Cynthia Fritschi, PhD, RN, CDE - Visiting Clinical Assistant Professor
fritschi@uic.edu - Phone: 312.996.4260  
Faculty Page

Vilija Gelezuite, RN - Visiting Clinical Instructor
vgelez2@uic.edu - Phone: 312.996.4842

Valerie A. Gruss, PhD, CNP-BC - Clinical Assistant Professor
vgruss@uic.edu - Phone: 312.996.2193  
Faculty Page

  • Multimodal Approaches to Dementia Care
  • Money Follows the Person, State of Illinois
  • Interprofessional Education (IPE)
  • Advance Practice Nursing Council
  • Clinical Liaison Program UICMC/CON
  • Antipsychotic Use Among the Elderly, Task Group
  • Nurse Expert Legal Consultants

Eileen Danaher Hacker, PhD, APN, AOCN - Clinical Associate Professor
ehacker@uic.edu - Phone: 312.996.7924
Faculty Page

  • Quality of Life in Cancer Patients
  • Quality of Life in People Receiving Allogeneic Islet Cell Transplantation
  • Intensive Cancer Therapy
  • Oncology Nursing
  • Fatigue
  • Symptom Assessment and Symptom Management
  • Exercise Interventions for Cancer Patients

Mark Ibe, MSN, BSN, RN - Teaching Associate
mibe2@uic.edu - Phone: 312.355.2037
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Mary Kapella, PhD, RN - Research Assistant Professor
mkapel1@uic.edu - Phone: 312.355.3150
Faculty Page

  • Chronic Pulmonary Disease Symptom Management
  • Fatigue and Insomnia Interventions
  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia

Mi Ja Kim*, PhD, RN, FAAN - Professor and Interim Dean
mjkuic@uic.edu - Phone: 312.996.5275 
Faculty Page

  • Cardiovascular Health Disparities in Korean Americans
  • Culturally Sensitive Care for Asian Americans

Maripat King, RN, MSN, ACNP - Clinical Instructor
friday84@uic.edu - Phone: 312.413.7340  
Faculty Page

  • Cardiopulmonary Nursing
  • Electrophysiology and Cardiology Care of the Adult
  • Pacemakers and Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators
  • Heart Failure
  • Atrial Fibrillation

Kathleen Kociak, MS, APRN-BC - Clinical Instructor
kociak@uic.edu - Phone: 312.996.2182
Faculty Page

  • Primary Care of the Older Adult
  • Gerontological Nursing
  • End-of-Life Issues
  • Caring for Persons with Memory Problems and Dementia
  • Ethical Concerns in Geriatrics
  • Role of the NP in Long-Term Care

Teresa J. Krassa, PhD, RN, CNE - Clinical Assistant Professor
tjkrassa@illinois.edu - Phone: 217.333.9584 
Faculty Page

  • Nurse Political Behavior
  • Health Policy
  • Clinical Decision Making
  • Women's Health Issues in Breast Cancer and Cardiovascular Disease
  • Ethics and Quality of Life
  • Self-Efficacy, Health Promotion, and Wellness
  • Nursing and Patient Education
  • Critical Thinking and Self-Concept
  • Advanced Practice Nursing Roles and Outcomes
  • Health Care Delivery Systems
  • Questionnaire Development
  • Cultural Competence of Health Care Professionals

Tracy MacSwain, MS, RN - Clinical Instructor
macswain@uic.edu - Phone: 312.413.5364
Faculty Page  

  • Gerontological Nursing and Issues
  • End-of-Life Issues and Palliative Care
  • Lateral Violence
  • The Public Image of Nursing

Pamela Martyn-Nemeth, PhD, RN - Assistant Professor
pmartyn@uic.edu - Phone: 312.996.7903 
Faculty Page

Valerie Matthiesen, PhD, RN - Clinical Associate Professor
vjmatth@uic.edu - Phone: 312.996.1644  
Faculty Page

Richard McLaughlin, RN - Clinical Instructor
rhamcmc@uic.edu - Phone: 815.395.5624
Faculty Page

Jean Mills, MS, RN, BC - Clinical Instructor
jmills@illinois.edu - Phone: 217.244.5405  
Faculty Page

Anne M. Padwojski, PhD, RN - Clinical Assistant Professor
annep@uic.edu - Phone: 309.671.3411 
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Mariann Piano*, PhD, MS, BS, RN - Professor and Head
piano@uic.edu - Phone: 312.413.0132 
Faculty Page

  • Cardiovascular Physiology and Pathophysiology 
  • Heart Failure
  • Sex Differences in Cardiovascular Physiology and Pathophysiology
  • The Adverse Effects of Long-term Heavy and Binge/Bender Alcohol Consumption on the Cardiovascular System 

Anita Preston+, RN, MSN - Clinical Instructor
apreston@uic.edu - Phone: 312.413.0054
Faculty Page

  • Cardiac
  • Respiratory Critical Care Nursing

Lauretta Quinn**, PhD, MS, BSN, RN - Clinical Associate Professor 
lquinn1@uic.edu - Phone: 312.996.7906 
Faculty Page

  • Diabetes Mellitus: 
    • Effects of Exercise on Glycemic Control, Insulin Sensitivity and Insulin Secretion in Noninsulin-Dependent Diabetes Mellitus (NIDDM) 
    • Methods of Measuring Insulin Sensitivity in NIDDM and Obesity 
    • Exercise Induced Hypoglycemia in Insulin-Dependent Diabetes Mellitus 
    • Quality of Life in NIDDM Metabolic Bone Disease 
  • Paget's Disease of the Bone: 
    • Effects of Exercise on Insulin Sensitivity 
    • Effects of Exercise on Insulin Secretion 
    • Effects of Exercise on Lipid Metabolism 
  • Metabolic Bone Disease: 
    • Paget's Disease 
    • Steroid-Induced Osteoporosis 

Kimberly Ann Cooper Reese, MSN, RN, FNP - Teaching Associate
kreese2@uic.edu - Phone: 312.996.8080 
Faculty Page

Kathryn Wirtz Rugen, PhD, RN, CS - Clinical Assistant Professor
kpowell3@uic.edu
Faculty Page

  • Primary Care
  • Medication Adherence
  • Neurological Disorders
  • Neurosurgical Nursing

Catherine Ryan+, PhD, RN, APN, CCRN - Research Assistant Professor
cryan4@uic.edu - Phone: 312.996.2180
Faculty Page

  • Cardiovascular Disease
  • Acute Myocardial Infarction
  • Symptom Interpretation
  • Symptom Clustering
  • Heart Failure

Afrodita Salievska, MSN, RN - Clinical Instructor
asalie2@uic.edu - Phone: 312.996.7920

Julie Schwind,MS, BSN, RN - Clinical Instructor
jpizzi1@uic.edu - Phone: 312.996.5893   
Faculty Page

Barbara Simmons, PhD, RN - Clinical Assistant Professor
simmonsb@uic.edu - Phone: 312.413.0581
Faculty Page

  • Clinical Reasoning
  • Evidence-Based Practice
  • Informatics
  • Forensic Nursing

Lynda Slimmer, PhD, RN - Associate Department Head  
lyndas@uic.edu - Phone: 312.996.4766
Faculty Page

  • Mental Health Promotion in Children
  • Depression in the Elderly
  • The Scholarship of Teaching
  • Research Subject Advocacy
  • Evidence-Based Nursing
  • Education for Health

Eva Smith*, PhD, MS, BS, RN, FAAN - Associate Professor 
edsmith@uic.edu - Phone: 312.996.7925 
Faculty Page

  • Social Support and Chronic Illness: Hypertension, Breast Cancer 
  • Patient/Teacher Education 
  • Cancer Prevention and Early Detection 
  • Gerontology 
  • Culture and Health Care 
  • Health Promotion 

Jennifer Tiffen, RN, MSN, APN-BC, FNP - Coordinator, Adult and Geriatric
Nurse Practitioner Program
jtiffen@uic.edu - Phone: 312.996.2185
Faculty Page

  • Advanced Practice Nursing
  • Simulated Learning

Robin J. Trupp, PhD, RN, ACNP-BC, CHFN, FACC- Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor
rjtrupp@uic.edu - Phone: 312.996.7900
Faculty Page

Kathryn VanderZwan, MS, APN/CNP - Clinical Instructor
kszige1@uic.edu - Phone: 312.996.3024
Faculty Page

Karen Vuckovic, RN, MSN, APRN-BC, CCRN - Teaching Associate
Vuckovic@uic.edu - Phone: 312.996.1042
Faculty Page

  • Heart Failure
  • Critical Care
  • Cardiology

Karen Warner+, BSN, MSN - Clinical Instructor
kbwarner@uic.edu - Phone: 312.996.7900
Faculty Page

  • General Medical-Surgical Nursing
  • Cardiac

Terri Weaver, PhD, RN, FAAN - Professor and Dean
teweaver@uic.edu - Phone: 312.996.7808
Faculty Page

  • Interventions for individuals with chronic pulmonary and sleep disorders
  • Assessment of daytime sleepiness on daily behaviors, treatment outcomes, quality of life and functional status
  • Development of instruments to evaluate functional status in individuals with chronic pulmonary disorders and other sleep disorders

Diana J. Wilkie*, PhD, RN, FAAN - Professor and Harriet H. Werley Endowed Chair for Nursing Research
diwilkie@uic.edu - Phone: 312.413.5469
Faculty Page

  • Assessment of Pain and Other Symptoms
  • Use of Pharmacological and Nonpharmacological Treatments for Cancer Pain and Symptom Management
  • Use of Informatics to Promote Patient-Centered Cancer Care
  • Palliative and End-of-Life Care
  • Sickle Cell Disease Pain Management
  • Community-Based Participatory Research for Early Cancer Detection
  • Massage Therapy for Cancer Pain and Symptom Management

Jeffery L. Williams, RN-BC, MSN, FAACM - Clinical Instructor
jlwill@illinois.edu - Phone: 217.333.4394
Faculty Page

Sue Wilson, RN, MS - Clinical Instructor
sbwilson@uic.edu - Phone: 312.996.8080
Faculty Page

Julie Johnson Zerwic*, PhD, RN, FAAN - Associate Professor and Executive Associate Dean  
juljohns@uic.edu - Phone: 312.996.8431 
Faculty Page

  • Interpretation of Symptoms and Delay in Seeking Treatment During a Myocardial Infarction 
  • Gender and Ethnic Differences in Cardiovascular Disease 
  • Modification of Cardiovascular Risk Factors 
  • Stress and Coping with Physical Illness 


Faculty Emeriti

Gloria Bonner, PhD, RN - Assistant Professor Emerita  
gjbonner@uic.edu - Phone: 312.996.0066 
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MaryBeth Buschmann*, PhD, RN - Professor Emerita 
marybeth@uic.edu - Phone: 312.996.7900 
Faculty Page

Alice Dan*, PhD - Professor Emerita
alicedan@uic.edu - Phone: 312.996.7908 
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Marquis Foreman, PhD, RN, FAAN - Professor Emeritus
mdforemn@uic.edu - Phone: 312.996.7900 
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Janet Larson*, PhD, RN, FAAN - Professor Emerita  
jllarson@uic.edu - Phone: 312.996.7955 
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Minu Patel*, BSc, Msc - Emeritus
mkp@uic.edu - Phone: 312.996.7930 
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Dorie Schwertz*, PhD, BSN, BA, RN, FAAN, FAHA - Associate Professor Emerita 
schwertz@uic.edu - Phone: 312.996.7934 
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Joan Shaver*, PhD, RN, FAAN - Professor and Dean Emerita
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