Center Investigators

Investigators associated with the Center working on research related to the trajectory theme that is not supported by pilot funding are listed below with their research areas.

Linda Bearinger, PhD, RN, FAAN
Designation: Senior Scientist
E-mail: beari001@umn.edu
Research: Health promotion and youth development with vulnerable adolescents, including American Indian youth; sexual behavior, substance abuse and violence involvement

Donna Z. Bliss, PhD, RN, FAAN
Designation: Senior Scientist
E-mail: bliss@umn.edu
Research: Fecal incontinence, effects of dietary fiber, perineal dermatitis; quality of life outcomes and fecal incontinence

Linda Chlan, PhD, RN
Designation: Senior Scientist
E-mail: chlan001@umn.edu
Research: Non-pharmacologic relaxation and anxiety management techniques with critically ill patients; music intervention

Jayne A. Fulkerson, PhD
Designation: Scientist
E-mail: fulke001@umn.edu
Research: Child and adolescent health, particularly prevention, health promotion and the identification of risk factors for eating disorders, obesity, depression and substance use; family-based health promotion; research methods and psychometrics/ instrument development

Ann Garwick, PhD, RN, LP, LMFT, FAAN
Designation: Senior Scientist
E-mail: garwi001@umn.edu
Research: Children with special health care needs; cross-cultural health and culturally competent care; family health and caregiving; asthma management; stress and coping

Joseph Gaugler, PhD
Designation: Senior Scientist
E-mail: gaug0015@umn.edu
Research: Longitudinal implications of family care for chronically disabled adults; effectiveness of psychosocial and community-based services for care-giving families; effects of social integration on outcomes in LTC environments

Cynthia R. Gross, PhD
Designation: Senior Scientist
E-mail: gross002@umn.edu
Research: Quality of life outcomes after organ transplantation; mindfulness-based stress reduction for transplant patients; quality of life measurements

Susan J. Henly, PhD, RN
Designation: Senior Scientist
E-mail: henly003@umn.edu
Research: Psychometric methods for health sciences research; multilevel and longitudinal models; health trajectories; social context for health

Patricia Painter, PhD
Designation: Senior Scientist
E-mail: tpainter@umn.edu
Research: Exercise and physical functioning in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) treated with dialysis and transplantation; exercise training studies in cancer survivors and in patients with arterial disease

Renee Sieving, PhD, RN
Designation: Senior Scientist
E-mail: sievi001@umn.edu
Research: Youth health promotion; prevention of multiple health risk behaviors (sexual risks, violence involvement, school drop-out) among adolescents

Diane Treat-Jacobson, PhD, RN
Designation: Scientist
E-mail: treat001@umn.edu
Research: Outcomes of exercise training for patients with peripheral arterial disease; quality of life assessment in patients with peripheral arterial disease; quality of life measurement

Jean F. Wyman, PhD, APRN-BC, GNP, FAAN
Designation: Senior Scientist
E-mail: wyman002@umn.edu
Research: Quality of life outcomes and urinary incontinence; fall prevention and exercise in elderly