Clinical Assistant Professor
Department
Department of Health Behavior and Clinical Sciences
Undergraduate Studies Program
Contact
University of Michigan School of Nursing
400 North Ingalls Building
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-5482
Interests
Mental Health
Psychedelic Therapies
Evolutionary Medicine and Bladder Health
Teaching
Dr. Hortsch teaches both didactic and clinical courses in the undergraduate program. Her teaching pedagogy centers around developing critical thinking skills in a supportive and motivating learning environment. She challenges students to reflect on their biases and assumptions and believes that her passion for teaching and the nursing profession is instrumental in motivating her students.
Affilliations/Service
Member, Sigma Theta Tau, Rho Chapter, 2003-present
Member, American Nurses Asociation, 2018-present
Member, International Society of Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurses, 2019-present
Member, University of Michigan Center for Global Health Equity, 2020-present
Member, Organization of Psychedelic and Entheogenic Nurses, 2023-present
Education
BA, Psychology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 1984
BS, Nursing, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 2003
MSW, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 1990
Ph.D., University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 2018
Publications Highlights
Stuart, J, Weston, D, Lohr, N, Benjamin, J, Becker, S, Vorus, N, & Silk, K (1990). Object relations in borderlines, depressives, and normals: An examination of human responses on the Rorschach. Journal of Personality Assessment. 55(1&2): 296-318.
Ford, B, Dalton, V, Lantz, P, Lori, J, Noll, T, Rodseth, S, Ransom, S, Siefert, K. (2005). Racial disparities in birth outcomes: Poverty, discrimination, and the life course of African American women. African American Research Perspectives. 11 (1), 48-64.
Miller, JM, Rodseth, SB, Ying, G (2011). Cluster analysis of intake, output, and voiding habits collected from diary data. Nursing Research. Mar-April; 60(2): 115-23.
Miller, JM, Garcia, CE, Hortsch, SB, Ying, G, Schimpf, MO (2016). Does instruction to eliminate coffee, tea, alcohol, carbonated, and artificially sweetened beverages improve lower urinary tract symptoms: A Prospective Trial. Journal of Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nursing.43 (1):69-79.
Miller, J.M., Schimpf, M., Hawthorne, K., Hortsch, S.B., Garcia, C., & Smith, A.R. (2022). Fluids affecting bladder urgency and lower urinary symptoms: Results from a randomized controlled trial. International Urogynecology Journal, 33(5), 1329-1345.
Hortsch, SB, Smith, AR, Schimpf, MO, Miller, JM. (2022). The Beverage Intake Explosion: An evolutionary mismatch proof of concept. Evolution, Medicine, and Public Health. Submitted for review.
Lukacz, E.S., Fok, C.S., M. Bryant, M., Rodriguez-Ponciano, Casas-maya, M., Meister, M., Mueller, Lewis, C.E., Lowder, J., Smith, A.L., Stapleton, A., Ayala, A., Pakpahan, Horstch, S., Putnam, S., Rudser, K., Song, S., Knight, R., Brubaker, L., for the PLUS Research Consortium. (2023) Feasibility of home collection for urogenital microbiome samples. (Accepted, Urogynecology)
Brady, S.S., Klusaritz, H.A., Falke, C., Gahagan, S., Hebert-Beirne,J., Hortsch, S.B., Kenton, K.,Lewis, C.E., Lipman, T.H., McGwin, G., Nodora, J.N., Norton, J.M., Nuscis, K., Rodriguez-Poinciana, D.P., Rudser, K.D., Sutcliff, S., Wilson-Powers, E., Cunningham, S.D. (2024) Ethnic and racial social identity, socioeconomic position, and women’s bladder health. (Under review)