Christine Ateah, RN, PhD

Child and family health promotion, parenting, parent education, use of physical punishment by caregivers and prevention of child abuse, and interprofessional education. Doctoral research consisted of an examination of the determinants of maternal use of physical punishment and the implications for the prevention of child physical abuse.

 Dean Care, RN, EdD 

Distance education; Nursing education; Administration

 Wanda Chernomas, RN, PhD

Women living with serious mental illness; Social support; Complex trauma responses and trauma-informed care; Transition of new graduates into the profession

 Diana Clarke, RN, PhD

Mental health, Research methods, Emergency mental health care, and mental health care systems

 Benita Cohen, RH, PhD   

Social determinants of health and health inequities; promoting the health of socially excluded/marginalized populations; social justice/equity issues in Public Health policy and practice; Public Health systems capacity for health equity action. Health equity impact assessment.

 Dauna Crooks, RN, DNSc

Supportive cancer care and health services research with a focus on access, burden and appropriate use of nursing practitioners within the cancer system.

 Ruth Dean, RN, PhD

Palliative care, bereavement support, cross-cultural nursing, international health, nursing ethics

 Lesley Degner, RN, PhD

Research Methodology, Measurement of Psychosocial Variables, Human Responses to Illness (Cancer), and Cancer Nursing Research. Evidence-Based Practice.

 Bill Diehl-Jones, RN, PhD

Neonatology, Pathophysiology, Therapeutics/Pharmacology, Cell Biology

 Cheryl Dika, RN, MN, NP

NP primary care, rural/remote nursing, Women's Health, Prenatal and Postpartum Health, Pediatrics Primary Care

 Elsie Duff, RN, MEd, ANP

Primary care NP, rural health, adult/post-secondary/NP education, Advanced Practice Nurse (APN) role competence, APN models/theory, nursing theory, structural empowerment, and self-efficacy.

 Marie Edwards, RN, PhD

The work of nurses, conflict related to treatment decisions, the role of the nurse as a member of the inter-disciplinary team, knowing the patient, advance care planning, moral distress, ethical issues in clinical practice, and research ethics.

 Deb Fraser, MN, RNC-NIC

High Risk Newborns, Breast Milk Supplements, Collaborative Practice Education

 Lorna Guse, RN, PhD

Quality of life in personal care homes; research ethics; student engagement in the classroom; healthy learning environments.

 Tom Hack, BComm, BSc, MA, PhD    

Psychosocial Oncology; Patient-Health Provider Communication; Psychosocial Oncology; Psychosocial Adjustment to Illness; Research Methods; Statistics

 Nicole Harder, RN, MPA

Technology in laboratory settings

 Maureen Heaman, RN, PhD

Maternal health; perinatal epidemiology; prenatal care; pregnancy outcomes; perception of pregnancy risk; health behaviors in pregnancy; program planning and evaluation; quantitative and qualitative research

NP and APN education, mentorship, emergency nursing.

 Anne Katz, RN, PhD

Cancer and sexuality; men’s health; women’s health; human sexuality

 Sandy Kluka, RN, PhD

Transition to parenthood, breastfeeding, community health; Health promotion of expectant and young families

 Michelle Lobchuk, RN, PhD

Adult cancer patients, family caregivers, chronic illness, symptom management, treatment decision-making, empathic communication, perceptual congruence, theory-based nursing interventions, palliative care, cancer care, lung cancer

 Donna Martin, RN, PhD

Vulnerable population health, aboriginal health, women's health, child health, medical/surgical nursing practice, health education, higher education, qualitative research methods, mixed methods, decolonizing and critical methodologies, feminist theories

 Susan McClement, RN, PhD

Palliative nursing care; symptom distress; nutritional care in advanced cancer; palliative care education; dignity in terminal illness, qualitative research; ethical issues in end of life care

 Diana McMillan, RN, PhD

Sleep, sleep disturbance (especially in patients with advanced cancer, fibromyalgia, insomnia, and back pain), sleep health promotion interventions, acute and chronic pain, quality of life, coping, stress, heart rate variability.

 Caroline Park, RN, PhD

Technology Enhanced Clinical Education; mobile, simulation and internet case studies. Trans-disciplinary research. Persistence and attrition. Communities of Learning.

 Jo-Ann Sawatzky, RN, PhD

Cardiovascular health and illness trajectory; cardiac surgery outcomes; physical activity; mentorship; retention and recruitment in critical care

 Judy Scanlan, RN, PhD

Clinical teaching, nursing education, patient education, reflection, international nursing, nursing administration, qualitative research

 Annette Schultz, RN, PhD

Tobacco use and dependence treatment within the context of health care services, policy, and education; the primary intent is to enhance availability of tobacco dependence treatment. I have explored the use of Rights-based Discourse within tobacco control program and policy development. Recently, I began to integrate an equity perspective related to tobacco control issues and public health in general. Framing of my research interests tends to be through a socio-ecological lens, which means contextual, systemic, and/or organizational influences are investigated along with individual factors.
Studies within my program of research have included a variety of methodological approaches; quantitative, qualitative and mixed methods.

 Lynn Scruby, RN, PhD

Community health, health promotion, building community and organization capacity, collaboration, including low-income women with children in health and social policy, equity and social justice, vulnerable and marginalized populations, feminist theory and research, qualitative methodology, community health nurses: policy roles, women's health: rural and urban.

 Bev Temple, RN, PhD

Families with children with chronic illness; families with children with developmental disabilities; smoking and smoking cessation; health programs and outcomes; qualitative and quantitative methodologies; health promotion programs and outcomes

 Genevieve Thompson, RN, PhD

Palliative nursing care, long-term care, dementia care, health services research, family caregivers, quantitative and qualitative research.

 Roberta Woodgate, RN, PhD