40 faculty and 26 courses in Nursing at University of Florida.
- Diana Wilkie, Professor; Director, Center For Palliative Care Research h-index 48
Ed on pain, symptom science, and palliative care in populations spanning the life cycle with special focus on adults, older adults, and reducing health disparities. Her clinical work with cancer patients led to the development of a tablet-b
Notable: “Evidence for the existing American Nurses Association-recognized standardized nursing terminologies: A systematic review” (2013) · 203 citations
- Yingwei Yao, Research Associate Professor h-index 29
Include:Statistical analysis, including statistical inference, regression, multi-level modeling, longitudinal analysis, study design and power analysisMachine learning, including clustering, classification, decision tree, splines, kernel me
Notable: “Evidence for the existing American Nurses Association-recognized standardized nursing terminologies: A systematic review” (2013) · 203 citations
- Lisiane Pruinelli, Interim Department Chair, Biobehavioral Nursing Science h-index 19
Longitudinal Data Analysis Applied Clinical Informatics Artificial Intelligence Big data analytics Liver Transplantation Machine Learning Organ transplantation Renal Transplantation data science machine learning for predictive analytics Pub
Notable: “Artificial intelligence in nursing: Priorities and opportunities from an international invitational think‐tank of the Nursing and Artificial Intelligence Leadership Collaborative” (2021) · 376 citations
- Marcia K Johansson, Associate Professor h-index 9
Notable: “A Mobile Health Intervention to Improve Self-Care in Patients With Heart Failure: Pilot Randomized Control Trial” (2017) · 103 citations
- Karen S Reed, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs h-index 8
Notable: “A Neuman Systems Model Perspective on Nursing in 2050” (2007) · 24 citations
- Shakira L Henderson, Dean, College of Nursing – Chief Administrative Officer h-index 7
Areas include leadership, breastfeeding and global health. Born and raised on a small Caribbean Island, Shakira developed a deep appreciation of academics from an early age. Her fondness for lifelong learning inspired her to pursue science
Notable: “Norwich COVID-19 testing initiative pilot: evaluating the feasibility of asymptomatic testing on a university campus” (2020) · 50 citations
- Patrick M Nobles, Clinical Assistant Professor h-index 4
Notable: “Evaluating Burnout and Resiliency in New Graduate Nurses” (2023) · 12 citations
- Michelle A Plourde, Clinical Lecturer h-index 3
Prelicensure nursing education and interdisciplinary care of patients in the emergency department. Service Plourde is an active member of several professional nursing organizations, including the Florida Nurses Association and the E
Notable: “An outbreak of acute delirium from exposure to the synthetic cannabinoid AB-CHMINACA” (2015) · 81 citations
- Debra Lyon, Professor and Kirbo Endowed Chair h-index 3
Es on cancer care. Lyon came to UF from Virginia Commonwealth University, where she served as associate dean for research and the Judith B. Collins and Joseph M. Teefey distinguished professor. Lyon has years of experience in nursing educat
Notable: “COVID-19, Cancer, and Financial Toxicity” (2020) · 12 citations
- Bryce C Catarelli, Clinical Assistant Professor h-index 2
Notable: “Evaluating Burnout and Resiliency in New Graduate Nurses” (2023) · 12 citations
- Michael T Aull, Clinical Lecturer h-index 2
Critical Care Management Emergency Medical Services Leadership and Professional Development Simulation in medical and surgical education clinical teaching Publications Academic Articles Evaluation of Burnout and Resiliency Among Nurses: Dur
Notable: “Evaluating Burnout and Resiliency in New Graduate Nurses” (2023) · 12 citations
- Anita M Stephen, Clinical Assistant Professor h-index 1
The use of simulation to enhance learning outcomes and the use of technology in education. Her current research focuses on benefits of simulation education with nursing students and Interprofessional simulation within the health car
Notable: “Nursing Students’ Acceptance of an Online Computer-based Simulation System Utilizing the Technology Acceptance Model” (2023) · 7 citations
- Tamara J Boneta, Clinical Assistant Professor h-index 1
Notable: “Leveraging an Academic-Clinical Partnership to Enhance Undergraduate Nursing Disaster Education” (2025) · 2 citations
- Karen G Schofield, Clinical Lecturer h-index 1
Notable: “Leveraging an Academic-Clinical Partnership to Enhance Undergraduate Nursing Disaster Education” (2025) · 2 citations
- Allison K Peters, Clinical Assistant Professor
Involve operating room nursing and management, leadership and advocacy in nursing practice & policies as well as emergency and medical-surgical nursing practice. Her national certification is in perioperative nursing.
Notable: “Autonomy, Role Ambiguity, and Collaborative Relationships Impact Novice Nurse Practitioner Turnover Intention in Primary Care” (2017)
- Ann L Horgas, Executive Associate Dean
- Ashley N Thompson, Clinical Assistant Professor
- Brian E Holland, Clinical Associate Professor
- Brooke S Russo, Clinical Assistant Professor
- Christelle W Isaac, Clinical Lecturer
Nursing education, healthcare simulation, and veterans’ health. She aspires to utilize healthcare simulations as a tool to bridge the gap for underserved communities. Publications Academic Articles Reconnecting With Purpose: L
- Danielle R Ullman, Clinical Lecturer
- Dany Fanfan, Assistant Professor
- Elida Benitez, Clinical Assistant Professor
Advance practice provider job satisfaction, and sepsis research in critical care. She is a contributor to critical care textbooks, most recently to the Update on Concepts in Surgical Critical Care. Service Dr. Benitez has served as a DN
- Elizabeth M Brothers, APRN
- Ellen L Terry, Associate Professor
Ing on developing culturally appropriate evidence-based behavioral interventions aimed at normalizing pain-related brain responses to improve clinical outcomes, including pain and pain-related disability, in older racial and ethnic minoriti
- Jennifer R Dungan, Associate Professor
Involve: candidate gene and genome-wide association studies of large cardiovascular genetics datasets; and, survival-, age- and sex-associated analyses involving genetic predictors. Dr. Dungan is also interested in collaborating on projects
- Joni L Craig, Clinical Assistant Professor
- Jordan M Budwick, Clinical Assistant Professor
- Kasey Nestor, Clinical Assistant Professor
Focus on adult learners and learning strategies that maximize learning potentials to support student success. Additional research interests include academic nurse educator mentorship practices. Service Dr. Nestor is an active member of Sigm
- Keeley A Browder, Clinical Lecturer
- Laurie J Duckworth, Clinical Professor
Identifying patients with sickle cell disease who have co-morbid diagnosis of asthma, putting them at risk for acute chest syndrome; a leading cause of mortality. Her contributions have led to an Integrated Pediatric Sickle Cell Di
- Leslie A Parker, Associate Dean For Research
Es on safe and effective delivery of enteral nutrition to infants in the NICU. She has been funded by the National Institute of Nursing Research to study (1) The effect of dwell time on feeding tube contamination in preterm infants; (2) Ris
- Lisa H Domenico, Clinical Assistant Professor
- Melissa A Brace, Clinical Assistant Professor
Notable: “26-A-19517-ACC RACIAL AND GENDER DISPARITIES IN HOSPITALIZATION AND OUTCOMES OF PATIENTS WITH RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS AND HEART FAILURE WITH REDUCED EJECTION FRACTION” (2026)
- Miriam O Ezenwa, Professor
Focus on health disparities in pain management, particularly, healthcare injustice, a psychological stressor, as an explanatory factor for the disparities; pain and symptom management for people with sickle cell disease or cancer; palliativ
- Qinglin Pei, Associate Professor
Statistical architecture of dynamic biomedical systems; Instability, transition, and coordination in biological data; Dynamic event structures and intervention effects; Hidden vulnerability in real-world clinical data; AI-enhanced statisti
- Saun-Joo Yoon, Associate Professor
Under the umbrella of palliative care, oncology, symptom management, and complementary therapies. Dr. Yoon focuses on symptom management of adult cancer populations, with particular interest in managing symptoms and/or symptom clusters
- Sharon M Bradley, Clinical Assistant Professor
- Staja Booker, Associate Professor
Aging, pain assessment and management, pain disparities and health equity. Open Researcher and Contributor ID (ORCID) Publications Academic Articles Grants Faith-Based Stroke and Health Education Program in an Africa
- Tracey L Taylor, Clinical Associate Professor
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.