Learn more about our nursing faculty and their areas of expertise:

Disabilities

• Disabilities and Health Care: Suzanne Smeltzer
• Women with Disabilities: Suzanne Smeltzer

Diseases

• Breast Cancer – Screening, Diagnosis and Treatment Among African-American Women: Patricia Bradley
• Heart Disease: Christine Crumlish
• Heart Disease Among Women: Christine Crumlish
• HIV: Nancy Sharts-Hopko
• Osteoporosis: Bing Bing Qi
• Osteoporosis in the Chinese Immigrant Population: Bing Bing Qi

Environmental Issues

• Environmental and Global Health: Ruth McDermott-Levy

Ethnic/Diversity Issues

• Diversity/Cultural Competence: Patricia Bradley
• Ethno-Cultural Groups’ Experience in Higher Education and Health Care: Ruth McDermott-Levy
• International Perspectives on Health Care: Debbie Wimmer
• Osteoporosis in the Chinese Population: Bing Bing Qi
• Perspectives on Health Care in Philadelphia’s Inner City: Patricia Bradley
• Self-Efficacy and Behavior Changes: Bing Bing Qi

Family/Domestic Issues

• Bereavement: Linda Copel
• Child Internet Safety: Elizabeth Dowdell
• Childhood Obesity: Marcia Costello
• Family Dynamics: Linda Copel
• Health Risk Behaviors in Children and Adolescents: Elizabeth Dowdell
• Partner Abuse: Linda Copel

Health Care

• Community Nursing: Debbie Wimmer
• Health Promotion: Suzanne Zamerowski
• Patient Safety-Quality Measures in Health Care: Kathy Gray-Siracusa
• Pediatric Health Care/Disease Prevention: Debbie Wimmer
• Perspectives on Health Care in Philadelphia’s Inner City: Patricia Bradley
• Prenatal/Maternal/Newborn Health Care: Kimberly Trout
• Role of Nurse Practitioners in the Changing Health Care Delivery System: Elizabeth Blunt

Mental Health

• Bereavement: Linda Copel
• Eating Disorders: Marcia Costello
• Mental Health: Linda Copel
• Psycho-Social Aspects of Illness (Anxiety, Depression): Patricia Bradley
• Violence and Victimology: Elizabeth Dowdell

Nursing Education

• Creative Teaching-Learning Strategies: Elizabeth Bruderle
• Design and Implementation of Curricula for Collegiate Nursing Programs: Elizabeth Bruderle
• Genetics Education: Suzanne Zamerowski
• Nurse Anesthetists and Issues Related to their Practice: Bette Wildgust
• Nursing Practitioners: Elizabeth Blunt
• Nursing Professional Issues: Nancy Sharts-Hopko
• Nursing Education (Professional): Nancy Sharts-Hopko
• Nursing Research: Suzanne Smeltzer
• Patient Safety: Kathy Gray Siracusa
• Quality Measures in Health Care: Kathy Gray-Siracusa
• Role of Nurse Practitioners in the Changing Health Care Delivery System: Elizabeth Blunt
  
• Evidence-Based Practice in Nursing: Kathy Gray-Siracusa

Nutrition

• Childhood Obesity: Marcia Costello
• Health and Nutrition: Marcia Costello
• Nutrition: Marcia Costello

Pediatrics/Child Care Issues

• Childhood Obesity: Marcia Costello
• Pediatric Health Care/Disease Prevention: Debbie Wimmer
• Prenatal/Maternal/Newborn Health Care: Kimberly Trout

Psycho-Social Issues

• Bereavement: Linda Copel
• Child Internet Safety: Elizabeth Dowdell
• Family Dynamics: Linda Copel
• Health Risk Behaviors in Children and Adolescents: Elizabeth Dowdell
• Partner Abuse: Linda Copel
• Psycho-Social Aspects of Illness (Anxiety, Depression): Patricia Bradley
• Violence and Victimology: Elizabeth Dowdell

Women’s Issues

• Breast Cancer Screening, Diagnosis and Treatment Among African-American Women: Patricia Bradley
• Family Dynamics: Linda Copel
• Health Issues of Women With Disabilities: Suzanne Smeltzer
• Heart Disease Among Women: Christine Crumlish
• Osteoporosis: Bing Bing Qi
• Partner Abuse: Linda Copel
• Prenatal/Maternal/Newborn Health Care: Kimberly Trout
• Violence and Victimology: Elizabeth Dowdell
• Women’s Health Issues: Nancy Sharts-Hopko

About Villanova University
Villanova University is a co-educational Roman Catholic institution founded by the Order of Saint Augustine in 1842. The University offers a wide variety of undergraduate and graduate degree programs through four colleges: the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, the Villanova School of Business, the College of Engineering, and the College of Nursing, as well as the Villanova School of Law. With a total enrollment that surpasses 10,000 undergraduate, graduate, and law students, Villanova is the oldest and largest Catholic university in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.