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Maternal-Child Nursing

MCN Faculty

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

Jo Ann Allen, RN, MSN, IBCLC-Clinical Instructor
joallen@uic.edu - Phone: 312.996.7948

Vicki Andreoni, MS, RN, CPNP - Clinical Instructor
andreoni@uic.edu - Phone:312.996.3099
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Sue G. Boyer, MN, RN - Clinical Instructor
sgboyer@uic.edu - Phone: 312.996.7855
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Linda Cassata, PhD, RN - Assistant Clinical Instructor
lcassa1@uic.edu - Phone: 312.996.1871
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  • Adolescent Pregnancy
  • Adolescent health
  • Fertility theory

Barbara Camune - Clinical Associate Professor
bcamune@uic.edu - Phone: 312.355.3038

Kathleen Dunne - Clinical Instructor
kdunne@uic.edu - Phone: 312.996.7937

Nancy C. Endress, MA, PNP, RN - Clinical Instructor
nendress@uiuc.edu - Phone: 217.244.1316
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Carol Suzanne Fahrenwald, MS, BSN, RN - Clinical Instructor
css@uic.edu - Phone: 312.996.7967
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Elizabeth Gabzdyl, CNM, APN,MSN - Clinical Instructor
egabzdyl@uic.edu - Phone: 312.996.1731
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Agatha Gallo*, PhD, APN, CPNP, FAAN - Professor
agallo@uic.edu - Phone: 312.996.1868
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  • Health Siblings in Childhood Chronic Illness
  • Chronic Illness in Children and Families
  • Parenting Issues

Carmen Giurgescu - Postdoctoral Fellow
carmeng7@uic.edu - Phone: 312.996.5801

Terry Griffin - Clinical Instructor
tgriffn@uic.edu - Phone: 312.996.3099

Patricia Hershberger, PhD, APRN, BC - Assistant Professor
phersh@uic.edu - Phone: 312.996.1305

Pamela Hill*, Phd, RN, CBE, FAAN - Professor, Director of the Quad Cities Regional Program
phill@uic.edu - Phone: 309.757.9467
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  • Breast-feeding Among Low-Income Mothers
  • Duration of Breast Feeding : Mothers of Term and LBW infants
  • Insufficient Milk Supply
  • Lactation Hormones and Milk Volume in Mothers of Term & Preterm Infants

Carol Humpherys, DNS, RN - Clinical Assistant Professor, Regional Director for Urbana
chumpher@uiuc.edu - Phone: 217.333.9585 / 217.333.2507
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Linda L. Irle, MSN, APN, CNP -Clinical Instructor, Course Coordinator
llirle@uiuc.edu - Phone: 217.333.4720
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Wacharee Jamjun - Clinical Instructor
wacharee@uic.edu - Phone: 312.996.7948

Karen Kavanaugh*, PhD, RN, FAAN - Professor
KarenK@uic.edu - Phone: 312.996.6828
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  • Perinatal loss
  • Palliative and end of life care for newborns and families
  • Phenomenological Research
  • Parenting in the Special Care Nursery

Carrie Klima, PhD, CNM - Clinical Assistant Professor
cklima@uic.edu - Phone: 312.996.1863
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Lisa Maduzia - Clinical Instructor
lmaduzia@uic.edu - Phone: 312.996.7948

Barbara McFarlin, PhD, CNM, RDMS, Research Assistant Professor
bmcfar1@uic.edu - Phone: 312.996.0516
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Tracy Magee - Postdoctoral Fellow
tramagee@uic.edu - Phone: 312.996.5801

Linnea J. Mead, MSN, APN, CPNP - Clinical Instructor
ljmead@uic.edu - Phone: 312.996.3445
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Karla Nacion, PhD, CNM - Clinical Associate Professor
Knacion@uic.edu - Phone: 312.996.1865
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  • Cost Effective Women's Health Care Across Childbearing Years
  • Primary Health Care for Women and Infants
  • Pain in Labor - Purpose and Relief

Kathleen Norr*, PhD - Professor
Knorr@uic.edu - Phone: 312.996.7940
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  • Birth Experiences, Maternal Attachment, Teen Mothers
  • Primary Health Care, Evaluating Health Care Delivery Strategies
  • AIDS Prevention, especially internationally, and for women

Jennifer Obrecht, RN, APN, MS - Clinical Instructor, Director of Pediatric/Perinatal CNS Programs
jobrecht@uic.edu - Phone: 312.996.9290
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Mary Orth, RN, APN, MS - Clinical Specialist Coordinator
morth@uic.edu - Phone: 312.996.4128

Tracy Purseglove, MSN, APN, CPNP - Clinical Instructor
tracyap@uic.edu - Phone: 217.671.8463
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Teresa A. Savage, PhD, RN - Research Assistant Professor
tsavag2@uic.edu - Phone: 312.355.2836
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  • Ethical Decision-making
  • Pediatric Neurological and Neurobehavioral Nursing'
  • Ethics and Disabilities
  • Health Care Policy and Social Ethics

Catherine Schoenfeld, MSN, CNM, WHNP - Clinical Instructor
cschoe2@uic.edu - Phone: 312.996.7886

Ruth Schumacher, MSN, RN - Clinical Instructor
rns@uic.edu - Phone: 312.996.7967
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Claudia P. Sittler, RN, MS, CNM - Clinical Instructor
Csittler@uic.edu - Phone: 312.996.7942
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Geri Sonneveld, RNC, MS, APN, CNS - Clinical Instructor
song0331@uic.edu - Phone: 312.996.7948

Terrence Studer, MS, APN, CPNP - Clinical Specialist
tstuder@uic.edu - Phone: 312.996.1394

Sandi Tenfelde, MSN, APN - Clinical Instructor
stenfeld@uic.edu - Phone: 312.996.1867
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Catherine (Kate) Vincent**, PhD, RN - Assistant Professor
vincentc@uic.edu - Phone: 312.355.3283
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Susan Vonderheid, PhD, RN - Research Assistant Professor
vonde@uic.edu - Phone: 312.996.7982
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  • Reducing Health Disparities among pregnant women and their children
  • Organization, quality and costs of health services
  • Primary health care, nurse-managed primary care centers
  • Health care policy

Susan Walsh, MSN, RN,CPNP - Clinical Instructor
swalsh@uic.edu - Phone: 312.355.4321
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Julie Anne White - Research Specialist
jawhite6@uic.edu - Phone: 312.996.7948

Rosemary White-Traut*, PhD , RN, FAAN - Professor, Department Head
rwt@uic.edu - Phone: 312.996.7935
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  • Relationship of Maternal Stimulation of the Premature Infant to Mother-Infant Interactions
  • Adolescent Parenting
  • Developmental Interventions for Premature Infants
  • Relationship of the NICU Environment to Physiologic Events in the Neonate
  • Multi-sensory Intervention for Drug/Alcohol Prenatally Exposed Infants
  • Feeding Responses of Preterm Infants Receiving Stimulation