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Women, Children and Family Health Science

WCFHS Faculty

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

Aleeca Bell, PhD, RN, CNM - Assistant Professor
abell2@uic.edu - Phone 312-996-8051
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Jennifer Benson, MS, RN - Teaching Associate
jlbenson@uic.edu - Phone: 312.996.1871

Sue G. Boyer, MN, RN - Clinical Instructor
sgboyer@uic.edu - Phone: 312.996.7855
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Barbara Camune, CNM, WHNP-BC, DrPH, FACNM - Clinical Associate Professor, Coordinator of the Nurse Midwifery/Women's Health Care Nurse Practitioner Programs
bcamune@uic.edu - Phone: 312.355.3038
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Dana Casey, CNP, CNS, RN, MS - Adjunct Faculty 415- CON/WCFHS Department
dmotze2@uic.edu - Phone: 708.347.5698
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Kathleen Dunne, MS, RN, APN, CNM - Clinical Instructor
kdunne@uic.edu - Phone: 312.996.7948
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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 Associate Professor
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**, PhD, RN, WHNP - Assistant Professor
carmeng7@uic.edu - Phone: 312.355.2718
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Mary Dawn Hennessy, PhD, RN - Assistant Professor
marydh@uic.edu - Phone: 312.996.7942

Patricia Hershberger**, PhD, APRN, BC - Assistant Professor
phersh@uic.edu - Phone: 312.996.1305
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Pamela Hill*, Phd, RN, CBE, FAAN - Professor
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

Amanda F. Hopkins, PhD, RN - Clinical Instructor
hopkinsa@illinois.edu - Phone: 217.244.6683

Linda L. Irle, MSN, APN, CNP - Clinical Instructor
llirle@uiuc.edu - Phone: 217.333.4720
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Wacharee Jamjun, MS, RN - Clinical Instructor
wacharee@uic.edu - Phone: 312.996.7948
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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

LiAnne Kitchen, MS, RN - Clinical Instructor
lmkitche@illinois.edu - Phone: 217.333.1996

Carrie Klima, PhD, CNM - Clinical Associate Professor
cklima@uic.edu - Phone: 312.996.1863
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Barbara McFarlin**, PhD, CNM, RDMS, FACNM - Assistant Professor
bmcfar1@uic.edu - Phone: 312.996.0516
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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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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 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

Jennifer Obrecht, RN, PCNS-BC, MS - Clinical Instructor, Coordinator of the Pediatric/Perinatal CNS Programs
jobrecht@uic.edu - Phone: 312.996.9290
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Mary Orth, RN, APN, MS - Clinical Instructor
morth@uic.edu - Phone: 312.243.3741; 312.996.2242, page 2459
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Lisa Potts, BSN, RN - Clinical Instructor
lpotts2@uic.edu - Phone: 312.996.3099

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

Catherine Schoenfeld, MSN, CNM, WHNP - Clinical Instructor
cschoe2@uic.edu - Phone: 312.996.7886
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Ruth Schumacher, MSN, RN, CPN - Teaching Associate
rns@uic.edu - Phone: 312.996.2496
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Terrence Studer, RN, MSN, APN, CPNP - Clinical Instructor
tstuder@uic.edu - Phone: 312.996.7417; 312.996.2242, page 3837

Catherine (Kate) Vincent*, PhD, RN - Associate 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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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