University of Utah Hartford Center of Geriatric Nursing Excellence

Faculty

Name  Degree
Rank
Track
Area of Expertise
Ginette A. Pepper
PhD, RN, FAAN
Professor
Tenure
Geriatric pharmacology
Former GNP; Geriatric
nursing educator; Genetics of aging
Dale Lund
PhD
Professor
Tenure
Sociology (Gerontology) Gerontology educator; Dementia; Bereavement
Patricia Berry
PhD, APRN, BC-PCM
Assistant
Professor
Tenure
Geriatric nursing educator; End-of-life; Palliative care; Pain
Susan Beck
PhD, APRN, FAAN
Professor
Tenure
Aging and cancer; Pain; Symptom management; exercise
Cherie Brunker
MD
Chief, Geriatrics
LDS Hospital
Assoc. Professor
  Geriatrician; Geriatric primary care; Nurse Case Management; Health Systems Research
Rebecca Burrage
MS, APRN, GNP
Assistant Professor
(Clinical)
Clinical
Geriatric nursing; Geriatric nursing educator
Michael Caserta
PhD
Professor
Tenure
Gerontology educator; Bereavement; Cancer survivors; Dementia caregivers
Lauren Clark
PhD, RN, FAAN
Professor
Tenure
Pain in long-term care; culture and health; community health
Margaret Clayton
PhD, RN
Assistant
Professor
Tenure
Patient-Provider communication

Alexa Doig

PhD, RN, MS

Assistant Professor

  Human Factors and the psychological response to illness
Jane Dyer MS, RN
Assistant Professor
  Women’s Health
William Dudley PhD  Research Professor   Gerontology; Cancer symptoms, Growth curve analysis; Statistician
Jackie Eaton MS

Adjunct Professor

  On-line Education; Life long learning
Lee Ellington
PhD 
Associate Professor
Tenure
Patient-Provider communication; Interdisciplinary research
Valerie Flattes
APRN, MS
Instructor
(Clinical)
Clinical
Geriatric nursing; Geriatric nurse educator
Jodi Groot
PhD, APRN

Associate Professor
(Clinical)   

 Clinical Psych/mental health
Maureen Henry
JD
Executive Director,
Commission on Aging;
Associate Professor
(adjunct)
  Elder law
Anita Kinney
PhD, APRN
Associate Professor
Tenure
Cancer prevention & screening; Long term survivorship
Connie Madden

MS, RN, BC

Assistant Professor (Clinical)
   
Kathi Mooney
PhD, RN, FAAN
Professor, Director,
Ph.D. Program
Tenure
PhD Distance Education; Cancer symptom management; Quality cancer care; Leadership
Janice Morse
PhD, RN, FAAN
Professor
Tenure
Falls and comfort; qualitative methods
Patricia Murphy
DrPH, APRN
Associate Professor
Tenure
Women’s Health; Menopause; Complementary medicine
Donna Richards
PhD, RN
Associate Professor
(Clinical)
Clinical
Exercise in older adults
Yvonne Sehy
PhD, APRN, GNP
Assistant Professor
(Clinical)
Clinical
Nursing home care ; care/case management ; geropsychiatry 
Paula Siciliano
MS, APRN, GNP
Associate Professor
(Clinical)
Clinical
Primary care 
Mark Supiano
MD
Chief, Division of Geriatrics
  Geriatric primary care, hypertension, heart failure
Gail Towsley
PhD
Assistant Professor
Tenure
Long term care, MDS and OSCAR data sets; pain 
Charlene Weir
PhD, RN
Associate Research Professor
Research
Adverse drug effects, informatics
Blaine Winters 
MS, APRN
Instructor (Clinical)
Clinical
Acute care
Scott Wright
PhD
Associate Professor
Tenure
Gerontology educator; Adult development and aging 
Helen Zsohar
PhD, RN
Associate Professor (Clinical)
Clinical
Teaching Nursing