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- Symptom experiences in movement disorders
- Neurological and musculoskeletal disabilities, symptom experiences and management issues
- Patients and clinicians communication issues, patient safety and shared decision making
- Health disparities related to incontinence, pressure ulcers and incontinence associated dermatitis
- Fecal incontinence and associated skin damage (dermatitis/pressure ulcers) epidemiology, assessment, management
- Caregiving for individuals with Alzheimer’s disease
- Prevention of distressing and harmful behavioral expressions among elders with dementia
- Prevention of abuse, neglect, and resident-to-resident incidents in long-term care homes
- Improving the quality of care and life of elders in the community and long-term care homes
- Qualitative research: Phenomenology
- Alzheimer’s disease: Impact on caregivers
- Veteran-centered care: Preparation of nursing students
- Problem-solving therapy to treat post-stroke depression
- Use of fMRI to determine neuron connectivity in stroke survivors following problem-solving therapy
- Nursing interventions: older adults with late-life depression
- Advanced practice psychiatric mental health nursing
- Caregiver training about late-stage dementia
- Gerontology
- Exercise
- Long-term care
- Complexity compression: factors influencing the nursing work environment
- Education interventions to improve nursing student learning outcomes including use of simulations
- Quality of long-term care delivered to elders
- End-of-life nursing and spiritual care
- Learning assessment, adult learning theory and program evaluation
- Continuing professional development; online learning
- Enhancing quality of life for persons with or at risk for cardiovascular disease
- Adherence to health behavior change
- Complementary and alternative therapies to reduce stress and anxiety
- Promoting lifestyle behaviors among older adults
- Mobile health (mHealth) technology to enhance motivation for physical activity
- Interventions to promote motivation for engagement in fall-reducing physical activity
- Quality of care in nursing homes
- Long-term care nursing leadership
- Geriatric nursing education
- Family/provider communication at end of life in ICUs
- Family end-of-life decision making
- Qualitative methods
- Aerobic exercise training and its effects on tissue perfusion and metabolism in patients with peripheral artery disease
- The anti-inflammatory and antioxidant effects of exercise training
- Cardiovascular disease and cardiac rehabilitation
- Interventions to increase physical activity, improve sleep and enhance quality of life
- Mobile health and integrative therapies for health promotion and disease prevention
- Preventing excess disability and frailty in older adults
- Nursing rehabilitation of older adults
- Preventing and managing urinary incontinence in older adults
- Outcomes of exercise training in patients with peripheral artery disease
- Quality of life assessment and measurement
- Early detection and management of peripheral artery disease
- Urinary incontinence
- Fall prevention in the elderly
- Exercise in older adults with chronic disease
- Non-pharmacological interventions for improving cognition and function in older adults
- Aerobic exercise in older adults with dementia
Rozina H. Bhimani, PhD, DNP, APRN-CNP, CNE
Assistant Professor
Assistant Professor
612-625-1497
bhim0001@umn.edu
Donna Z. Bliss, PhD, RN, FAAN, FGSA
Professor
Professor
612-624-1425
bliss@umn.edu
Eilon Caspi, BSW, MA, PhD
Research Associate
Research Associate
612-626-9566
ecaspi@umn.edu
Barbara E. Champlin, PhD, RN
Clinical Associate Professor
Clinical Associate Professor
612-625-0444
champ002@umn.edu
Niloufar N. Hadidi, PhD, APRN, CNS-BC, FAHA
Associate Professor
Associate Professor
612-626-8901
hadi0001@umn.edu
Merrie J. Kaas, PhD, APRN, PMHCNS-BC, FAAN
Professor
Professor
612-626-3781
kaasx002@umn.edu
Laura N. Kirk, PhD, RN
Assistant Professor
Assistant Professor
612-625-4593
kirk0013@umn.edu
Kathleen E. Krichbaum, PhD, RN, FGSA, ANEF, FAAN
Professor
Professor
612-624-2489
krich001@umn.edu
Renee Kumpula, EdD, MN, RN, PHN
Clinical Assistant Professor
Clinical Assistant Professor
612-625-7148
rkumpula@umn.edu
Ruth A. Lindquist, PhD, RN, ACNS-BC, FAAN
Professor
Professor
612-624-5646
lindq002@umn.edu
Siobhan K. McMahon, PhD, MPH, RN, GNP-BC
Assistant Professor
Assistant Professor
612-625-3225
skmcmaho@umn.edu
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Christine A. Mueller, PhD, RN, FGSA, FAAN
Professor and Sr. Executive Associate Dean for Academic Programs
Professor and Sr. Executive Associate Dean for Academic Programs
612-626-4922
cmueller@umn.edu
Cynthia J. Peden-McAlpine, PhD, ACNS, BC
Associate Professor
Associate Professor
612-624-0449
peden001@umn.edu
Dereck L. Salisbury, PhD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Clinical Assistant Professor
612-625-9308
salis048@umn.edu
Erica Schorr, PhD, BSBA, RN
Assistant Professor
Assistant Professor
612-624-6406
scho0828@umn.edu
Kristine M. Talley, PhD, RN, GNP-BC
Associate Professor
Associate Professor
612-624-9412
carl0106@umn.edu
Mary F. Tracy, PhD, APRN, CNS, FAAN
Associate Professor / Nurse Scientist
Associate Professor / Nurse Scientist
612-273-6417
tracy005@umn.edu
Diane J. Treat-Jacobson, PhD, RN, FAAN
Professor
Professor
612-624-7613
treat001@umn.edu
Jean Wyman, PhD, RN, APRN, GNP-BC, FAAN, FGSA
Co-Director
Co-Director
612-624-2132
wyman002@umn.edu
Fang Yu, PhD, RN, GNP-BC, FGSA, FAAN
Associate Professor
Associate Professor
612-624-5435
yuxxx244@umn.edu
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Center Membership
Members benefit from participation in a variety of activities, including research seminars, mock grant reviews, collaborative activities with community agencies, and social events. If you are interested in joining the Center for Aging Science and Care Innovation, contact Professor Jean Wyman.
Members benefit from participation in a variety of activities, including research seminars, roundtables, mock grant reviews, manuscript reviews, collaborative activities with community agencies/organizations and social events. There are no costs associated with membership in the CGN. Members have the opportunity to serve on the Executive Council, Center committees and task forces.
- Faculty: All faculty in the University of Minnesota School of Nursing who have an academic focus in gerontological nursing or aging are encouraged to become faculty members.
- Affiliate Faculty: The Center for Aging Science and Care Innovation invites adjunct faculty and other health professionals with an interest in aging to apply for Affiliate Member status.
- Students: Student membership is open to registered nurses enrolled in a University of Minnesota academic program who have a focus in gerontological nursing or aging.