Search for Research Mentor
Research mentors are those who conduct research related to a focused topic area. A research mentor’s primary role is to help students to learn how to conduct research.
Mentorship Capacity Legend
- a Dissertation chairperson and primary research mentor
- b Dissertation co-chair
- c Dissertation committee member
- d Masters or Undergraduate Mentor – May serve as a mentor to students in Masters or Undergraduate nursing programs.
- e Other– See Rackham guidelines to determine dissertation committee member eligibility because special rules may apply.
- f BSN Mentor – Can serve as a mentor to BSN students.
* Doctoral student mentor assignments are subject to Program Director approvals.
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| Name | Mentorship Capacity | Faculty Track | Research Topic | Clinical Topic |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aebersold, Michelle | b, c, d, e, f | Clinical | Education, Outcomes, Quality and Safety, Simulation, Teaching/Education, Technology | Education, Leadership, Quality and Safety, Simulation, Technology |
| Anderson, Christine | b, c, d, e, f | Clinical | Complexity, Implementation Science, Social Networks, Teamwork, Theory | Leadership, Opioid Overdose, Quality and Safety, Teams |
| Arslanian-Engoren, Cynthia | a, c, d, e, f | Tenure | Cardiac, Cognition, Decision-making, Heart Failure/Disease, Self-Management, Women’s Health | Acute Care, Cardiac |
| Bell, Sue Anne | b, c, d, e, f | Research | Aging, Climate Change, Community Health, Disaster, Emergency | Community Health, Emergency Nursing, Women’s Health |
| Blush III, Ray | d, e | Clinical | Communication (Interdisciplinary) | Emergency, Inpatient General Medicine |
| Boucher, Nicole | b, c, d, f | Clinical | Body Weight, Pediatrics, Trauma | Pediatrics |
| Brush, Barbara | a, c, d, e, f | Tenure | Community Engaged/Participatory Research, Community Health, Health Disparities, Health Inequity, Homelessness, Nurse Workforce | Advanced Practice Nursing, Chronic Illness, Community Health, Homelessness, Primary Care, Vulnerable Populations |
| Burns, Jade | a, c, d, e, f | Tenure | Adolescent Health, Community Engaged/Participatory Research, Health Disparities, Health Services, Reproductive Health, Sexual Health, Technology, Vulnerable Populations | Adolescent Health, Advanced Practice Nursing, Community Health, Health Disparities, Interdisciplinary, Pediatrics, Reproductive/Sexual Health, Technology |
| Charania, Nadia | b, c, d, e, f | Clinical | Depression, Falls, Self-Management, Women’s Health | |
| Coleman-Burns, Patricia | a, c, d, e, f | Health Disparities, Health Inequity | ||
| Costa, Deena | a, c, d, e, f | Tenure | Engagement, Evidence-based Practice, Health Services, Intensive Care, Interprofessional, Quality, Teamwork, Ventilation, Workforce | Cardiovascular, Critical Care, Emergency Nursing |
| Dahlem, Chin Hwa (Gina) | b, c, d, e, f | Clinical | Community Engaged/Participatory Research, Homelessness, Implementation Science, Opioid Overdose/Safety, Vulnerable Populations | Homelessness, Opioid Overdose, Vulnerable Populations |
| Darbes, Lynae | a, c, d, e, f | Tenure | Behavior, Family/Couples, HIV, Mental Health, Reproductive Health | Chronic Illness, Communication, Depression, Mental Health |
| Darling-Fisher, Cynthia | b, c, d, e, f | Clinical | Adolescent Health, Psychosocial | Adolescent Health, Primary Care |
| Davis, Matthew | a, c, d, e, f | Tenure | Data Science, Health Services, Policy, Population Health, Research Methods | Musculoskeletal Conditions, Pain |
| Dinov, Ivo | a, c, d, e, f | Tenure | Aging, Aging in place, Big Data, Biostatistics, Data Science, Education, Informatics, Mathematical Modeling, Measurement Science, Predictive Health Analytics, Public Health, Research Methods, Self-Management, Simulation, Statistics, Technology, Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) | Neurologic Disorders |
| Duffy, Elizabeth | b, c, d, e, f | Clinical | Cancer, Oncology, Pediatrics | Cancer, Oncology, Pediatrics, Quality Improvement |
| Eagle, Megan | d, e, f | Clinical Instructor | Health Disparities, Health Inequity, Primary Care, Vulnerable Populations | |
| Evans-Polce, Rebecca | d, e, f | Health Disparities, Substance Use Disorders | ||
| Franklin, Mary | b, c, d, e, f | Clinical | Cardiovascular, Chronic Illness | |
| Friese, Christopher | a, c, d, e, f | Tenure | Cancer, Health Services, Oncology, Quality, Quality of Care, Survey Research | Cancer, Health Care Systems, Homelessness, Oncology, Quality and Safety |
| Gultekin, Laura | a, c, d, e, f | Tenure | Adverse Child Experiences (ACEs), Family/Couples, Health Disparities, Homelessness, Qualitative Research, Vulnerable Populations | Advanced Practice Nursing |
| Harden, Karen | d, e, f | Clinical Instructor | Bone Marrow Transplant, Cancer, Hematology, Oncology | |
| Hoffman, Geoffrey | a, c, d, e, f | Research | Acute Care, Aging, Care Delivery, Care Utilization, Caregiving, Falls, Gerontology, Healthcare-associated infections, Medicare Policy, Older Adults, Outcomes, Policy, Quality and Safety | |
| Holden, Janean | a, c, d, e, f | Tenure | Chronic Pain, Descending Pain Modulation, Neuropathic Pain, Pain, Pre-Clinical (Basic) Science | |
| Jiang, Yun | b, c, d, e, f | Tenure | Cancer, Chronic Disease, EMR (Electronic Medical Record), Health Information, Informatics, Medication Management, mHealth, Natural Language Processing, Self-Management, Symptom Self-Reporting, Technology | |
| Joiner, Kevin | b, c, d, e, f | Diabetes, Health Disparities, Latino | ||
| Jones, Lenette | a, c, d, e, f | Tenure | Behavior, Health Information, Hypertension, Neuroprocessing (fMRI) | |
| Kahle, Erin | a, c, d, e, f | Tenure | Biomarkers, Epidemiology, HIV, Infectious Disease, Public Health, Reproductive Health, Sexual Health, Vulnerable Populations | |
| Kane Low, Lisa | a, c, d, e, f | Tenure | Bladder Health, Clinical Guidelines, Maternal Health, Midwifery, Pelvic Floor Disorders, Qualitative Research, Quality, Quality and Safety, Women’s Health | Maternal Child Health, Maternal Health, Midwifery, Women’s Health |
| Kusunoki, Yasamin | a, c, d, e, f | Tenure | Adolescent Health, Behavior, Reproductive Health, Sexual Health, Survey Research, Violence | |
| Kuzma, Elizabeth | b, c, d, e, f | Clinical | Adolescent Health, Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity | |
| Larson, Janet | a, c, d, e, f | Tenure | Aging, Assisted Living, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), Older Adults, Physical Activity | Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), Pulmonary Rehabilitation |
| Lori, Jody | a, c, d, e, f | Tenure | Global Health, Global Workforce Development, Maternal Child Health, Maternal Health, Midwifery, Participatory Action Research, Reproductive Health, Women’s Health | Maternal Child Health, Maternal Health, Midwifery |
| Manojlovich, Milisa | a, c, d, e, f | Tenure | Communication (Interdisciplinary), Health Information, Interdisciplinary Communication, Mixed Methods, Quality and Safety, Quality of Care, Research Methods, Safety, Technology | Critical Care |
| Marvicsin, Donna | b, c, d, e, f | Clinical | Diabetes, Obesity, Pediatrics | Pediatrics |
| Mason, Heidi | d, e | Clinical Instructor | Cancer, Oncology, Symptom Management | |
| McCullagh, Marjorie | a, c, d, e, f | Tenure | Behavior, Clinical Trials, Community Health, e-Health, Effectiveness Science, Hearing, Implementation Science, Intervention, Safety, Worker Health | Community Health, Occupational Health, Public Health |
| Miller, Janis | a, c, d, e, f | Tenure | Bladder Prolapse, Incontinence, Pelvic Floor Disorders, Physiology, Sexual Health, Violence | Advanced Practice Nursing, Behavior, Bladder Prolapse, Incontinence, Pelvic Floor Disorders, Urogynecology |
| Munro-Kramer, Michelle | a, c, d, e, f | Tenure | Community Health, Gender-based violence, Global Health, Reproductive Health, Sexual Health, Trauma, Violence, Vulnerable Populations | Family Planning, Maternal Health, Midwifery, Reproductive/Sexual Health, Women’s Health |
| Nelson, Kathryn | c, d, e | Clinical | Acute Care, Pediatrics | Acute Care, Pediatrics |
| Pardee, Michelle | b, c, d, e, f | Clinical | Adolescent Health, Homelessness, Interprofessional, Vulnerable Populations | Adolescent Health, Homelessness, Runaway Adolescents, Vulnerable Populations, Women’s Health |
| Ploutz-Snyder, Robert | a, c, d, e, f | Research | Biostatistics, Research Methods, Statistics | |
| Price, Deborah | c, d, e, f | Clinical | Chronically Critically Ill, End of Life, Palliative Care | Chronic Illness, Critical Care, Education, ICU, Medical-Surgical, Moderate and Intensive Care |
| Robinson-Lane, Sheria | a, c, d, e, f | Tenure | Aging, Aging in place, Caregiving, Chronic Disease, Coping, Family/Couples, Older Adults | |
| Roosevelt, Lee | b, c, d, e, f | Clinical | Reproductive Health, Sexual Health, Women’s Health | Midwifery, Sexual Minorities, Women’s Health |
| Rosemberg, Marie-Anne Sanon | a, c, d, e, f | Tenure | Chronic Disease, Immigrant Workers, Low Wage Workers, Psychosocial, Stress | Community Health, Occupational Health |
| Saint Arnault, Denise | a, c, d, e, f | Tenure | Culture, Gender-based violence, Global Health, Help-Seeking, Mental Health, Mixed Methods, Psychiatric, Qualitative Research, Trauma, Women’s Health | Anthropology, Culture, Mental Health, Psychiatric |
| Saslow, Laura | a, c, d, e, f | Tenure | Chronic Disease, Diabetes, Diet, Lifestyle, Positive Affect, Psychology, Self-Management | |
| Schoville, Rhonda | b, c, d, e, f | Clinical | Implementation Science, Teaching/Education, Technology | Technology |
| Seng, Julia | a, c, d, e, f | Tenure | Adolescent Health, Childbearing, Maltreatment, Maternal Health, Midwifery, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Trauma, Women’s Health | Education, Midwifery, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Women’s Health |
| Sharma, Akshay | b, c, d, e, f | Research | HIV, Infectious Disease, Minority, Sexual Health, Sexual Minorities, STD | |
| Shuman, Clayton | a, c, d, e, f | Tenure | Acute Care, Care Delivery, Implementation Science, Leadership, Neonatal/Perinatal, Organizational Culture, Organizational Performance, Substance Abuse | ICU, Neonatal/Perinatal |
| Stoddard, Sarah | a, c, d, e, f | Tenure | Adolescent Health, Adverse Child Experiences (ACEs), Behavior, Community Engaged/Participatory Research, Community Health, Substance Abuse, Violence, Youth | Adolescent Health, Community Health, Homelessness, Vulnerable Populations |
| Strobbe, Stephen | b, c, d, e, f | Clinical | Substance Abuse | Addictions, Mental Health, Psychiatric |
| Titler, Marita | a, c, d, e, f | Tenure | Aging, Effectiveness Science, Implementation Science, Older Adults, Outcomes, Patient-Centered, Translation Science | Aging, Leadership, Older Adults, Organizations, Quality and Safety, Systems |
| Tschannen, Dana | b, c, d, e, f | Clinical | Care Delivery, Education, Evidence-based Practice, Interprofessional, Pressure Injury, Quality, Quality and Safety, Simulation, Technology | Communication, Evidence Based Practice, Interdisciplinary, Mobility, Pressure Ulcers, Quality Improvement |
| Voepel-Lewis, Terri | a, c, d, e, f | Tenure | Decision-making, Opioid Overdose/Safety, Pain, Pediatrics | Critical Care, Operating Room, Pain, Pediatrics |
| Yakusheva, Olga | a, c, d, e, f | Tenure | Acute Care, Data Methods, Economics, Education, Health Services, Nurse Workforce, Outcomes, Readmission | |
| Zielinski, Ruth | b, c, d, e, f | Clinical | Global Health, Global Workforce Development, Maternal Health, Midwifery, Pelvic Floor Disorders, Reproductive Health, Sexual Health, Women’s Health | Body Image, Midwifery, Reproductive/Sexual Health, Women’s Health |