40 faculty and 0 courses in Nursing at University of South Florida.
- Theresa Beckie, Professor h-index 36
Women's Cardiovascular Health Behavior Change Interventions Cardiovascular Critical Care Quality of Life and Cardiac Surgery Genetic-Environment Interactions Cardiac Rehabilitation Dr. Beckie's NINR funded study provided a cutting
Notable: “Effectiveness-Based Guidelines for the Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease in Women—2011 Update” (2011) · 2,137 citations
- Ukamaka Oruche, Senior Associate Dean of Research h-index 13
Notable: “Barriers and facilitators to treatment participation by adolescents in a community mental health clinic” (2013) · 47 citations
- Candace Burns, Professor h-index 10
Stress Effects of trauma on the immune system and health Occupational Stress Women Nurses Veterans with PTSD symptoms ADVISOR - Ph.D. and DNP Dr. Burns has secured over $14 million in NIH T42 Center and HRSA funding. She is nationally recog
Notable: “The Impact of an Aging Population in the Workplace” (2018) · 59 citations
- Carmen S. Rodriguez, Associate Professor h-index 9
Symptom management: oncology and critically ill patients Development of technology-enhanced interventions to facilitate the communication process between suddenly speechless patients, healthcare staff and caregivers. Healthcare disparities
Notable: “Cancer Pain and Quality of Life” (2019) · 92 citations
- Ayesha Johnson, Assistant Professor h-index 9
- Alicia Gill Rossiter, Chief Officer of Military and Veteran Affairs h-index 8
Impact of parental military service on the physical and psychological health of military-connected children. Transitioning needs of medics and corpsmen into the professional nursing role. Educating nurses and healthcare providers to care fo
Notable: “Women Veterans, a Population at Risk for Fibromyalgia: The Associations Between Fibromyalgia, Symptoms, and Quality of Life” (2017) · 27 citations
- Ivonne Hernandez, Assistant Professor h-index 7
Dr. Hernandez is an Assistant Professor at the University of South Florida (USF). She has over 25 years of experience in maternal-child health, public health, and community engagement work locally and globally. Her current research interest
Notable: “Lactation Complicated by Overweight and Obesity: Supporting the Mother and Newborn” (2007) · 112 citations
- Catherine Nadeau, Assistant Professor, Director of FNP h-index 6
Notable: “Virtual Simulation in Nursing Education: A Systematic Review Spanning 1996 to 2018” (2020) · 486 citations
- Rayna Letourneau, Associate Professor and Executive Director of FCN h-index 6
Nursing workforce Awards/Honors President's Award (Florida Nurses Association - 2022) Florida's Health Care Power 100 (City & State - 2022) Recent Publications Letourneau RM, McCurry MK. Testing the Nursing Quality and Safety Self-Inventory
Notable: “The 2022 National Nursing Workforce Survey” (2023) · 296 citations
- Karen Aul, Interim Assistant Dean of Simulation and Experiential Learning h-index 6
Notable: “Who’s uncivil to who? Perceptions of incivility in pre-licensure nursing programs” (2017) · 38 citations
- Kailey Rinaldi, Assistant Professor h-index 4
Notable: “A Compelling Case for the Use of Backward Design to Advance Competency-Based Nursing Education” (2023) · 11 citations
- R. Oscar Bernard, Assistant Professor h-index 3
My research began in 2018 with the completion of my PhD in Nursing Education. The focus of this dissertation with the use of transformative learning theory to help students apply information in the classroom. This research was published in
Notable: “Nurse Educators Teaching Through the Lens of Transformative Learning Theory” (2019) · 6 citations
- Michelle Canale, Assistant Professor h-index 2
Pandemic Response: The Identification of Alternative Clinical Hours to Ensure Advanced Practice Nursing Students Meet Program Requirements Use of Simulation to Improve Emotional Competence at End-of-Life Care for Healthcare Professionals an
Notable: “Use of Simulation to Improve Emotional Competence at End-of-Life Care for Healthcare Professionals and Students: A Scoping Review” (2021) · 14 citations
- Elizabeth Remo, Associate Professor h-index 2
Notable: “Pandemic response: The identification of alternative clinical hours to ensure advanced practice nursing students meet program requirements” (2022) · 4 citations
- Megan Heskett, Instructor h-index 1
- Andrea Efre, Associate Professor
Interest, publications and National presentations: -12-Lead ECG Interpretation -Chest Pain, Assessment, Differential Diagnosis and Treatment Options -Acute Coronary Syndrome -Street Drugs and Overdose -New Trends in Street Drugs: H
- Annmarie Lyles, Associate Professor & Associate Dean for Prelicensure Nursing
- Anthony McGuire, Associate Dean, Graduate Nursing
Published research is in the biobehavioral arena related to depression and cardiac disease with a focus on depression screening and cognitive behavioral therapy intervention. Awards/Honors Distinguished Alumni Award, Service to the Professi
- Areum Han, Associate Professor
Dr. Han's current research focuses on developing, culturally adapting, implementing, and evaluating web-based and hybrid psychological and behavioral programs—particularly those grounded in acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT
- Ashley Curtis, Assistant Professor
Dr. Curtis is an Assistant Professor and the Director of the Cognition, Aging, Sleep, and Health (CASH) Lab in the College of Nursing at USF. Her research focuses on the bidirectional associations between sleep and cognition in healthy and
- Christina Cardy, Assistant Professor & Director of Adult Gerontology
- Christina McCrae, Professor & Assistant Dean of Research
- DeAnne Turner, Assistant Professor
Notable: “Barriers and Facilitators Influencing Nurses’ Recommendations of mHealth Applications for Diabetes Mellitus: A Scoping Review Protocol” (2025)
- Duellyn Pandis, Director of Clinical Practice
- Eleanor Rawson, Assistant Professor
- Erik Rauch, Assistant Professor
- Farah Manigat, Instructor I
- John Maye, Professor and Director of Pain Management Program
Dr. John Maye is a Professor and the Program Director for the Advanced Pain Management Fellowship at the University of South Florida, College of Nursing. He retired from the United States Navy in 2015 at the rank of Captain after serving fo
- Karla Maldonado, Assistant Dean for Global Engagement
Notable: “AANA Journal Course—GLP-1 Receptor Agonists: What CRNAs Need to Know About Their Expanding Role” (2026)
- Kenneth Wofford, Associate Professor
Dr. Wofford is a retired Navy Nurse Scientist, and has conducted research in postoperative outcomes, fluid and airway management, and student nurse anesthetist success. Awards/Honors APRN Uniformed Faculty of the Year (Daniel K Inouye Gradu
- Melanie Stearns, Assistant Professor
- Melanie Stroup, Instructor I
- Meredeth A. Rowe, Professor
Meredeth Rowe, PhD, RN, FAAN is a Professor at the College of Nursing. Dr. Rowe's research focus is on improving lives of people with cognitive impairment (Alzheimer's disease and other dementias) and their caregivers A primary fo
- Natasha Gilkey, Assistant Professor
- Oleg Frolov, Instructor I
- Sarah Zhang, Associate Professor
- Sierra Gower, Instructor
- Tasha Brown, Vice Dean of Academic Planning and Effectiveness
- Uma Nair, Associate Professor
Dr. Nair is a health disparities researcher focusing on reducing cancer-related health disparities in medically underserved populations. Specifically her research program comprises of (a) developing evidence-based behavioral interventions f
- Victoria Marshall, Assistant Dean of PhD and Assistant Professor
Adherence Self-symptom management Integrating technology to support the self-management of oral oncolytic therapies Dr. Marshall's research focuses on developing technologies to support the self-management of oral oncolytic therapies a
Roster/catalog compiled from the college’s public directory. Faculty counts are directory headcounts; the named list may be a subset. h-index shown only for ORCID-backed or high-confidence OpenAlex matches. Data as of 2026-07-02.