University of Washington School of Nursing Faculty
with Aging-Related Interests
Name
UW Appointment
Maggie Baker, PhD, RN, CNL,
FAAN
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs,
SoN; Associate Professor, BNHS
Basia Belza, PhD, RN, FAAN
Professor, BNHS; Aljoya Endowed
Professor in Aging
Eleanor Bond, PhD, RN,
FAAN
Diana M. Taibi Buchanan,
PhD, RN
Professor, BNHS
Noel Chrisman, PhD
Professor, PCH
Phyllis Christianson, MN,
ARNP
Barbara Cochrane, PhD, RN,
FAAN
Senior Lecturer, BNHS
Interests
School of Nursing (Seattle)
George Demiris, PhD
Assistant Professor, BNHS
Professor, FCN; de Tornyay
Endowed Professor for Healthy
Aging; Director, de Tornyay Center
for Healthy Aging
Professor, BNHS
Ardith Doorenbos, PhD, RN,
FAAN
Azita Emami, PhD, MSN,
RNT, RN, FAAN
Margaret Heitkemper, PhD,
RN, FAAN
Deborah Kearnes, MN,
ARNP
Marcia Killien, RN, PhD,
FAAN
Rebecca Logsdon, PhD
Associate Professor, BNHS
Susan McCurry, PhD
Research Professor, PCH
Barbara Burns McGrath, RN,
PhD
Research Associate Professor, PCH
Kerry Meyer, PhD, ARNP
Pamela Mitchell, PhD, RN,
FAHA, FAAN
Associate Professor, BNHS
Professor, BNHS
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Dean of the School of Nursing;
Professor, BNHS
Professor and Chair, BNHS
Senior Lecturer, BNHS
Professor, FCN
Research Professor, PCH
Elder abuse and neglect and factors that influence
the ability of community-dwelling elders to
maintain their independence
Healthy aging, evidence-based health promotion
programs, physical activity, public health
interventions and policy
Critical care nursing; education and training of
gerontological advanced practice nurses
Insomnia related to arthritis or menopause, CAM
therapies for older persons with insomnia
(particularly herbals and yoga)
Health beliefs and practices, participatory action
research, clinically applied anthropology,
community organization
Geriatric and functional assessment, dementia
and delirium
Older women's health, healthy aging, symptoms
and symptom management, menopausal
hormone therapy, living with chronic illness
Health informatics, home based technologies,
technology and aging
Palliative care, gerontology, and culturally
congruent care
Gerontology and health of older adults,
transcultural nursing care
Gastrointestinal physiology, enteral nutrition,
geriatrics
Frail elderly in nursing homes, health/ cost burden
of urinary tract infections
Women's health, reproductive decision making,
work and family health
Assessment and treatment of cognitive,
behavioral, and psychological disturbances in
dementia, quality of life; healthy aging
Sleep disturbances in Alzheimer's disease;
behavioral treatments for dementia patients
and caregivers; cross-cultural differences in
dementia onset and progression; successful
aging
Medical anthropology, death and dying, HIV/AIDS,
science and technology, US Pacific Islanders,
community based participatory research
Gerontology, primary care
Neuroscience nursing, care delivery systems,
clinical & translational research
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University of Washington School of Nursing Faculty
with Aging-Related Interests
Name
UW Appointment
Tatiana Sadak, PhD, ARNP
Assistant Professor, PCH
Hsin-Yi (Jean) Tang, PhD,
APRN, PMHNP-BC
Assistant Professor, PCH
Sarah Shannon, PhD, RN
Associate Professor, BNHS
Linda Teri, PhD
Professor, PCH; Director, Northwest
Research Group on Aging
Hilaire Thompson, PhD, RN,
CNRN, ACNP-BC, FAAN
Associate Professor, BNHS
Joie Whitney, PhD, RN,
CWCN, FAAN
Associate Dean for Research;
Professor, BNHS; Harborview
Medical Center Endowed
Professor in Critical Care
Dean Emeritus; Professor, BNHS; CoDirector, de Tornyay Center for
Healthy Aging
Professor, BNHS; Co-Director,
Center for Health Sciences
Interprofessional Research,
Education, and Practice
Nancy Fugate Woods, PhD,
RN, FAAN
Brenda Zierler, PhD, RN,
FAAN
Interests
Study of geriatric multi-morbidity and
neurodegenerative disorders, developing
models of comprehensive dementia health
services, defining leadership roles of nurses in
providing dementia care
Brainwave entrainment for the management of
hyper-arousal related health conditions such as
insomnia and hypertension.
Health care ethics; end-of-life decisions, including
family experiences, organizational patterns, and
communications
Epidemiological and longitudinal studies of
dementia and normal aging; assessment and
treatment of behavioral problems in dementia;
clinical outcome trials; caregiving interventions
Traumatic brain injury; geriatric trauma;
biomarkers; gerontechnology; health services
research; evidence-based practice
Wound healing, specifically clinical interventions
and tissue repair in acute and chronic wounds
Women's health, menstrual cycle, menopause
transition, healthy aging in women
Health systems and patient outcomes;
interprofessional education, practice and
research; prevention and management of deep
vein thrombosis
Nursing Program (Bothell)
Bonnie Blachly, MN, RN
Carol Leppa, PhD, RN
Assistant Director for Recruitment
and Community Outreach;
Lecturer and Clinical Coordinator
Professor
Suzanne Sikma, PhD, RN
Professor
Marjorie Dobratz, DNSc, RN
Professor; Graduate Program
Coordinator
Professor
Gerontology, hospice and palliative care,
management and leadership in long-term care
and nursing ethics
End of life/palliative care, health care ethics and
policy, international comparative health care
systems, quality of life in long term care,
internet-assisted education, critical thinking in
nursing education
Self-determination and practice models for
community-based care systems for older adults,
enhancing geriatric nursing competency with
high-quality pedagogical techniques
Nursing Program (Tacoma)
June Lowenberg, PhD, RN
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Development/coordination of home hospice
programs, palliative care research
Social construction of health and illness and loss,
death, and grief
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