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Women, Children and Family Health Science

WCFHS Faculty

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

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

Aleeca Bell, PhD, RN, CNM - Assistant Professor
abell2@uic.edu - Phone 312-996-8051
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Amanda F. Hopkins, PhD, RN - Clinical Instructor
hopkinsa@illinois.edu - Phone: 217.244.6683
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Barbara Gawron, RN, MSN - Clinical Instructor
bgawron@uic.edu- Phone: 312-355-0335

Barbara McFarlin**, PhD, CNM, RDMS, FACNM - Associate Professor and Interim Department Head
bmcfar1@uic.edu - Phone: 312.996.0516
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Carol Suzanne Fahrenwald, MS, BSN, RN - Clinical Instructor
css@uic.edu - Phone: 312.996.7967
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Carrie Klima, PhD, CNM - Clinical Associate Professor
cklima@uic.edu - Phone: 312.996.1863
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Catherine Schoenfeld, MSN, CNM, WHNP - Clinical Instructor
cschoe2@uic.edu - Phone: 312.996.7886
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Catherine (Kate) Vincent*, PhD, RN - Associate Professor
vincentc@uic.edu - Phone: 312.355.3283
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Claudia Whitaker, RN, APN, WHNP- Clinical Instructor
cwhita2@uic.edu- Phone: 312.996.1867

Dana Casey, CNP, CNS, RN, MS - Adjunct Faculty 415- CON/WCFHS Department
dmotze2@uic.edu - Phone: 708.347.5698
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Elizabeth Gabzdyl, CNM, APN, MSN, DNP- Clinical Associate Professor
egabzdyl@uic.edu - Phone: 312.996.1731
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Heather Sipsma**, PhD - Assistant Professor
sipsmah@uic.edu   - Phone: 312.996.2718
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Jennifer Benson, MS, RN - Teaching Associate
jlbenson@uic.edu - Phone: 312.996.1871

Jennifer Obrecht, RN, PCNS-BC, MS, DNP - Clinical Assistant Professor, Coordinator of the Pediatric/Perinatal CNS Programs
jobrecht@uic.edu - Phone: 312.996.9290
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Joy Vanderway, RN, MSN - Clinical Instructor
joyvande@uic.edu- Phone: 312.996.1871

Julienne Rutherford, PhD - Assistant Professor
ruther4d@uic.edu   - Phone: 312.996.1865

Karen Kavanaugh*, PhD, RN, FAAN - Professor Emeritus
KarenK@uic.edu - Phone: 312.996.7936
Faculty Page

  • Perinatal Loss
  • Palliative and End-of-Life Care for Newborns and Families

Karyn Roberts MSN, RN, CPEN - Clinical Instructor - GEP Program
krober25@uic.edu - Phone: 847-393-3539

Kathleen Dunne, MS, RN, APN, CNM - Clinical Instructor
kdunne@uic.edu - Phone: 312.996.7948
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Kathleen F. 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

Leta Vaughan, APN, CNM-BC, DNP - Clinical Instructor
lvaugh4@uic.edu   - Phone: 312.996.3099
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LiAnne Kitchen, MS, RN - Clinical Instructor
lmkitche@illinois.edu - Phone: 217.333.1996

Linda L. Irle, MSN, APN, CNP - Clinical Instructor
llirle@uiuc.edu - Phone: 217.333.4720
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Lindsey Garfield, RN, PhD - Post Doctoral Research Associate
ltravi2@uic.edu- Phone: 312.355.3170

Linnea J. Mead, MSN, APN, CPNP - Clinical Instructor, Coordinator of the Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Program, Assistant Department Head
ljmead@uic.edu - Phone: 312.996.3445
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Mary Dawn Hennessy, PhD, RN - Assistant Professor
marydh@uic.edu - Phone: 312.996.7942
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Patricia Hershberger**, PhD, APRN, BC - Assistant Professor
phersh@uic.edu - Phone: 312.996.1305
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Rosemary White-Traut*, PhD , RN, FAAN - Professor
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

Ruth Schumacher, MSN, RN, CPN - Teaching Associate
rns@uic.edu - Phone: 312.996.2496
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Shana Salik, RN, MS, MPH - Clinical Instructor
ssalik2@uic.edu   - Phone: 312.996.7929

Sue G. Boyer, MN, RN - Clinical Instructor
sgboyer@uic.edu - Phone: 312.996.7855
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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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Teresa A. Savage,PhD, RN - Research Assistant Professor
tsavag2@uic.edu - Phone: 312.355.0210
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  • Ethical Decision-making
  • Pediatric Neurological and Neurobehavioral Nursing
  • Ethics and Disabilities
  • Health Care Policy and Social Ethics

Terrence Studer, RN, MSN, APN, CPNP - Clinical Instructor
tstuder@uic.edu - Phone: 312.996.7417; 312.996.2242