Current Ph.D. students and recent graduates

Current Ph.D. students

Our doctoral students have varied interests and backgrounds, and focus on their scholarship with the benefit of a strong mentoring and peer relationships.

 

Charlotte Ahr

Charlotte Ahr

Pre-Candidate (admitted 2023)

Primary Mentor: Milisa Manojlovich, Ph.D., RN, FAAN

Area of Study: Nurse Safety and Well-Being in Acute Care Settings

Julianne Armijo

Julianne Armijo

Pre-Candidate (admitted 2023)

Primary Mentor: Marie-Anne Rosemberg, PhD, MN, RN, FAAOHN

Area of Study: Registered Nurses with Bipolar Spectrum Disorders (BSDs)

Loren Dobkin

Loren Dobkin

Pre-Candidate (admitted 2023)

Primary Mentor: Erin Kahle, PhD MPH

Area of Study: Sexual and Reproductive Health Disparities

 

Patricia Drenth

Pre-Candidate (admitted 2022)

Primary mentor: Yasamin Kusunoki, Ph.D., MPH

Area of study: Positive Childhood Experiences and Intergenerational Trauma Transmission

kellypj@umich.edu

Bethany Emery

Bethany Emery

Pre-Candidate (admitted 2023)

Primary Mentor: Clayton J. Shuman, Ph.D., MSN, RN

Area of Study: The impact of maternal pre- and postnatal factors on infant and child growth and development

Misun Hwang

Misun Hwang

Pre-Candidate (admitted 2022)

Primary mentor: Yun Jiang, Ph.D., MS, RN

Area of study: Technology-based solution for improving self-management of patients with chronic conditions

misunh@umich.edu

 

Katherine Kruger

Katherine Kruger

Pre-Candidate (admitted 2023)

Primary Mentor: Sue Anne Bell, PhD, FNP-BC

Area of Study: Women's Health Disparities in Western Pacific Islands

Theresa Lanyo

Theresa Norpeli Lanyo

Pre-Candidate (admitted 2023)

Primary Mentor: Jody Lori, PhD, CNM, FACNM, FAAN

Area of Study: Exploring and Developing Innovative Interventions Towards Improvement of Maternal and Reproductive Health Care

Kathryn Lee Portrait

Kathryn Lee 

Candidate (admitted 2020)

Primary mentor: Olga Yakusheva, Ph.D.

katalee@umich.edu

Joshua Lidtke-O’Callaghan

Joshua Lidtke-O’Callaghan

Pre-candidate (admitted 2022)

Primary mentor: Erin M. Kahle, Ph.D., MPH

Area of study: Health promotion in transgender populations

lijoshua@umich.edu

Chelsea Moore

Chelsea Moore

Pre-Candidate (admitted 2021)

Primary mentor: Sarah Stoddard, Ph.D., CNP, FSAHM, FAAN

Area of study: Adverse childhood experience (ACE) exposure and adolescent mental health outcomes

chelsm@umich.edu

Farida Bibi Mughal

Farida Bibi Mughal

Pre-Candidate (admitted 2022)

Primary mentor: Denise M. Saint Arnault, Ph.D., RN, FAAN

Area of study: Women's mental health and mental health promotion through gender-based violence prevention

faridam@umich.edu

Christopher Nelson

Christopher Nelson

Pre-Candidate (admitted 2022)

Primary mentor: Primary Mentor: Marie-Anne Rosemberg, PhD, MN, RN, FAAOHN

Area of Study: Allostatic load and chronic disease in indigenous populations

cnelso@umich.edu

 

David Ryamukuru

David Ryamukuru

Pre-Candidate (admitted 2021)

Primary mentor: Milisa Manojlovich, Ph.D., RN, FAAN

Area of study: Improving operating room throughput via communication

davidrya@umich.edu

Hannah Ratliff

Hannah Ratliff 

Candidate (Admitted 2020)

Primary mentor: Olga Yakusheva, Ph.D.

Area of study: Organizational resilience as a predictor of nurse outcomes and quality of patient care

hratliff@umich.edu

Thea Senger-Carpenter

Thea Senger-Carpenter

Pre-Candidate (admitted 2021)

Primary mentors: Terri Voepel-Lewis, Ph.D., RN and Jade Burns, Ph.D., RN, CPNP-PC

Area of study: Pediatric sleep and physical, psychological symptoms and behavioral outcomes during adolescence 

 JUNG YOEN SON

Jung Yoen Son 

Pre-Candidate (admitted 2021)

Primary mentor: Janet Larson, Ph.D., RN, FAAN

Area of study: Physical activity in assisted living facilities 

monaco@umich.edu

Marie Jeanne Tuyisenge

Pre-Candidate (admitted 2021)

Primary mentor: Sheria G. Robinson-Lane, Ph.D., RN

Area of study: Enhancing Geriatric care competencies  among nurses

tuyiseng@umich.edu


  

Rebecca Williams

Pre-Candidate (admitted 2021)

Primary mentor: Clayton J. Shuman, Ph.D., MSN, RN

Area of study: Nursing Innovation for the improvement of nurse outcomes and quality of patient care

rprokopi@umich.edu

Sumiyyah Zimami

Sumiyyah Zimami

Pre-Candidate (admitted 2022)

Primary mentor: Hala Darwish, RN, APN, Ph.D., FAAN

Area of Study: Family caregivers for patients with dementia

szimami@umich.edu

2023 Graduates

Florence Johnson

Candidate (admitted 2020)

Primary mentor: Sheria G. Robinson-Lane, Ph.D., RN

Area of study: Relationship between community support use and mental health in Black family caregivers

2022 Graduates

Youmin Cho, MSN, RN, AGPCNP-BC

Candidate (admitted 2019)

Primary mentor: Yun Jiang, Ph.D., MS, RN

Area of study: Technology for Cancer Symptom Science

Josephine Granner

Primary mentor: Julia S. Seng, Ph.D., CNM, FAAN

Area of study: The childbearing year for new parents who are survivors of trauma, post-traumatic stress and early fatherhood.

Rachel Lenko

Primary mentors: Terri Voepel-Lewis, Ph.D., RN and Geoffrey J. Hoffman, Ph.D., MPH

Area of study:Achieving Goal-Concordant End-of-Life Care: The Roles of Race/Ethnicity and Advance Care Planning

Carri Polick

Primary mentor: Sarah A. Stoddard, Ph.D., RN, CNP, FSAHM

Area of study: Triggers and causable factors for MS

Weijiao Zhou

Karl Ma Scholar, 2021

Primary mentor: Janet Larson, Ph.D., RN, FAAN

Area of study: Symptom management, perioperative care (focusing on lung cancer patients).

 

2021 Graduates

Melissa Harris

Primary mentor: Marita G. Titler, Ph.D., RN, FAAN

Area of study: Interventions to improve behavioral symptoms of dementia.

HaEun Lee

Primary mentor: Jody Lori, Ph.D., CNM, FACNM, FAAN

Area of study: Enhancing health literacy in women of sub-Saharan Africa.

Katelyn Webster

Primary Mentor: Janet Larson, Ph.D., RN, FAAN

Area of study: Physical activity in older adults.

 

2020 Graduates

Dana Beck

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Future of Nursing Scholar

Primary mentor: Michelle Munro-Kramer, Ph.D., CNM, FNP-BC

Area of study: Understanding community mobilization for maternal and child health interventions. 

Megan Czerwinski

Hillman Scholar

Primary mentor: Olga Yakusheva, Ph.D. and Yasamin Kusunoki, Ph.D., MPH

Area of study: Sustainability education and competencies in nursing education.

Grace Kanzawa-Lee

Primary mentor: Ellen Smith, Ph.D., APRN, AOCN, FAAN

Area of study: Exercise to reduce chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy: A pilot RCT.

Clare Kuissel

Hillman Scholar

Primary mentor: Ellen Smith, Ph.D., APRN, AOCN, FAAN

Area of study: The impacts of pain in pediatric patients with sickle cell disease.

Amanda Missel

Robert Wood Johnson Foudation Future of Nursing Scholar

Primary mentor: Laura Saslow, Ph.D.

Area of study: Diabetes treatment and prevention.

Alex J. Fauer

Hillman Scholar

Primary mentor: Christopher Friese, Ph.D., RN, AOCN, FAAN

Research Focus: Quality, safety, and patient-centered outcomes in the contexts of cancer care and cellular therapy.

Future Plans: Postdoctoral fellowship in the National Clinician Scholars Program at UCLA.

Asa Smith

Hillman Scholar

Primary Mentor: Debra Barton, Ph.D., FAAN, RN

Research focus: Intervention development for self-management of chronic illness.

Future plans: Postdoctoral fellowship at Indiana University School of Nursing with transition into a faculty position following.

Elizabeth Umberfield

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Future of Nursing Scholar

Primary Mentor: Milisa Manojlovich, Ph.D., RN, CCRN

Area of study: Characterizing communication failures between oncology care team members.