Faculty Research Areas

Center faculty research, totaling over $8 million in awards during the past 5 years, focuses on seven important areas in gerontological nursing. In the list below, subspecialties are indicated within each research area, and faculty names link to biographies that list recent grants and publications. Special populations include American Indian, Hmong and Spanish-speaking elders.

Health Behavior and Quality of Life (QOL):

• American Indian aging:
  Margaret Moss (mossx015@umn.edu)
• Older women's mental health:
  Merrie Kaas (kaasx002@umn.edu)
• Risks of, and QOL outcomes associated with, cardiovascular disease:
  Ruth Lindquist (lindq002@umn.edu)
• QOL assessment in patients with peripheral arterial disease:
  Diane Treat-Jacobson (treat001@umn.edu)
• QOL outcomes after transplantation:
  Cynthia Gross (gross002@umn.edu)
• QOL outcomes and incontinence:
  Jean Wyman (wyman002@umn.edu)

Incontinence and Skin Care Management

• Fecal incontinence, effects of dietary fiber, perineal dermatitis:
  Donna Bliss (bliss@umn.edu)
• Urinary incontinence outcomes and management:
  Jean Wyman (wyman002@umn.edu)

Fall Prevention and Injury Recovery

• Fall prevention and exercise in the elderly:
  Jean Wyman (wyman002@umn.edu)
• Outcomes of APN care for elders with hip fractures:
  Kathleen Krichbaum (krich001@umn.edu)

Caregiver Stress and Training

• Psychosocial services for care-giving families:
  Joe Gaugler (gaug0015@umn.edu)

Alternative Therapies

• Music intervention with critically ill:
  Linda Chlan (chlan001@umn.edu)

Quality of Long-term Care (LTC)

• Family values and beliefs in end-of-life decision-making for cognitively impaired elders:
  Cynthia Peden-McAlpine (peden001@umn.edu)
• Social integration in LTC environments:
  Joe Gaugler (gaug0015@umn.edu)
• LTC nursing leadership, staffing, and practice models:
  Christine Mueller (cmueller@umn.edu)
• Program and policy innovations in elder care for Indian elders:
  Margaret Moss (mossx015@umn.edu)
• Quality of LTC health services for elders:
  Kathleen Krichbaum (krich001@umn.edu)

Other

• Administrative and health policy issues related to outcomes:
  Sandra Edwardson (edwar002@umn.edu)
• Expert thinking in nursing practice and advanced nursing practice:
  Cynthia Peden-McAlpine (peden001@umn.edu)
• Outcomes of exercise training for patients with peripheral arterial disease:
  Diane Treat-Jacobson (treat001@umn.edu)