SCHOLAR DIRECTORY

Currently enrolled in PhD in Nursing program at UT-Knoxville with anticipated graduation date of 2016. Clinical experience includes 7 years inpatient cardiac care as BSN, 7 years outpatient care in Internal Medicine as FNP, and then 5 years in specialty practice outpatient cardiology as FNP. For the past 2 years I have been full time faculty in BSN program at Tennessee Technological University in Cookeville, Tn and additionally teach online in the MSN/FNP program.…

My name is Captain Jeramy Mahoney, and I have been in the Army since 2006. I am currently a student in the DNP program at the Uniformed Services University. I am excited for the opportunity to be involved in researching sexual trauma in the military. I hope that through this research our group will be able to provide information that aids the military in dealing with this issue.…

Being a nurse for over 35 years, and a GNP for almost 20, I have witnessed a tremendous change in healthcare. With my focus over the last years concentrated on the elderly, this population’s healthcare has been the most volatile. I am involved with many programs and services that are designed to assist the senior population, but due to changes in policies, many elders are excluded and even forgotten.…

Roschelle Manigold, RN, MSN, CHSE is a VANAP faculty at the Clement Zablocki VAMC in Milwaukee, teaching fulltime in the Nursing program at Marquette University. She received her BSN from University of Phoenix in 2006, a MSN with an education and leadership focus from the University of Phoenix in 2007, and will be starting her DNP studies at Marquette University in fall of 2014 with a focus on Systems Leadership and Healthcare Quality.…

Schola Matovu is a full time third year PhD student at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) and a staff nurse on a medical/surgical/oncology unit. Both personal and professional experiences have prepared Ms. Matovu for her current research interest in the mental health and psychosocial wellbeing of grandparents caring for HIV/AIDS infected grandchildren in Uganda.…

Daniel McAlvin has been a practicing psychiatric NP for 5 years, and a psychiatric nurse for over 8 years, having graduated from Columbia University’s School of Nursing. His first nursing position was at New York Presbyterian’s inpatient psychiatric unit. Working in this intensive environment offered him years of hands-on experience in patient-focused care, safety, education, as well as exposure to motivated and knowledgeable talent from many disciplines.…

Julie McCarron is a DNP student at Frontier Nursing University. She previously received a Post-Master’s Certificate in Nurse-Midwifery from Frontier and a BS in Nursing and MS in Community Health Nursing from University of Southern Maine. She currently works in a full scope midwifery practice including well baby checks and lactation consulting as an IBCLC at Homer Medical Center/South Peninsula Hospital in Homer, AK.…

Carolyn McClerking is a US Army reserve veteran whose military career spanned a total of 20 years. In that time she served as both a Chemical Officer and Public Affairs Officer. Ms. McClerking obtained her Bachelor of Science (BS) in nursing in 1995 from Mississippi University for Women (MUW) in Columbus, MS. She also holds a BS in Broadcast Journalism from MUW.…

Jacquelyn is a PhD candidate at Villanova University. Her dissertation is entitled Nurse Educators’ Perception of Master Teachers in Nursing. She earned an MSN in Nurse-Midwifery from Vanderbilt University and a BSN from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Currently Jacquelyn serves as the RN-BSN Program Director and the Director of Community Outreach for the School of Nursing at Spalding University.…

I have 24 years of varied clinical experience as both a Registered Nurse and a Family Nurse Practitioner, caring for all age groups across the health continuum. My experience has been mostly hospital based, working on various in-patient units and all aspects of emergency medicine, including staff nurse positions, clinical management and as a nurse practitioner.…

From an early age, I have taken an interest in the welfare of others. Nursing has provided me an opportunity to effectively channel these personal attributes into a meaningful career.

I have worked thoughtfully and diligently to achieve consecutive levels of nursing competency. I started my nursing career as a licensed practical nurse and went on to become a registered nurse and adult nurse practitioner.…

I am currently a second year PhD student studying at the University at Buffalo’s School of Nursing. I have been active in the nursing field since 1992, working in acute care, long term care, and for the past 7 years, as a secondary level career and technical education instructor at Madison-Oneida BOCES in Verona, New York.…

I graduated from Boston College in 2004 with my BSN and began working at UCLA in the Neuro-Trauma ICU. Here I participated in the Clinical Practice Committee helping to write the nursing guidelines and policies using an evidence-based approach. In 2005 I joined the Air National Guard and commissioned as a flight nurse. As Officer in Charge of Aircrew Training at the 146th Aeromedical Squadron, I manage educational programs that train new students and maintain currency on active members.…

Laurie Migliore is an active duty Air Force Major and PhD nurse candidate at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences. She earned her Bachelor of Science in Nursing at the University of Pittsburgh (1988) and Master of Science in Community/Public Health Nursing at Wright State University (2006). Laurie’s diverse nursing background includes 13 years of civilian nursing ranging from neuroscience, to home health and hospice to professional consultation for assisted living facilities.…

I have almost 15 years experience in collaborative work around health disparities with a special focus on community health, HIV, infectious diseases, and nursing care and education. I look forward to gaining the competencies via doctoral scholarship to better understand and address underlying mechanisms contributing to health disparities/poor health outcomes for individuals and populations most affected by social determinants of health.…

I am working on my DNP in Executive Nursing Leadership, and completed my MSN in Nursing Administration (both at UIC). I have a BA in Liberal Arts and Business from Lewis University, and a MBA from Kellogg/Northwestern University in Marketing and Organizational Behavior. In nursing, I’ve worked as a nurse educator, project manager, and staff nurse.…

Derek Moore is a PhD student at the University of Minnesota School of Nursing. He graduated summa cum laude with a Bachelors of Science degree in Biology from the College of William and Mary. Following that, he completed a Master in Public Health in Epidemiology from the University of Minnesota. After graduation, Mr. Moore worked as an epidemiologist and faculty member in Kentucky, Tennessee, and Wisconsin.…

Maria Moreno-Chow is an established nursing professional with over 20 years of nursing experience. She is a Board Certified Family Nurse Practitioner pursing her Doctor of Nursing Practice at University of Hawaii at Manoa, School of Nursing (UHMSON). Moreno-Chow attended Hawaii Loa College, graduated in 1992 with a bachelor’s degree in Nursing. Earned a bachelor’s degree in Premedical Studies from Hawaii Pacific University, 1999 and a Master’s degree in Nursing, UHMSON, 2005.…

I will be attending the University of Pittsburgh as a PhD student in the fall of 2014. I graduated from nursing school in 2007 and then for four years worked as a staff nurse on a busy telemetry unit caring for high acuity med/surge, cardiac, and respiratory patients. For the last three years I have been working on that same unit as an Assistant Nurse Manager.…

Caroline Morrison is a doctoral student in the PhD program at the University of Cincinnati. She has a MSN from Xavier University and the Clinical Nurse Leader certification. Ms.Morrison has seven years clinical experience in pediatric hematopoietic stem cell transplant. Her dissertation research topic is on how adolescents and young adults manage their care and psychosocial wellbeing after discharge from the hospital following a stem cell transplant.…

Karen O. Moss, MSN, RN, CNL Karen Moss is a BSN-PhD student at the University of Virginia. She completed an Associate Degree in Nursing from the College of the Bahamas where she received the Hilda Bowen Nursing Award. She later graduated with honors from the RN-BSN program at Florida Hospital College of Health Sciences. She completed the Clinical Nurse Leader RN-Entry Masters Degree program at the University of Virginia.…

I’m currently enrolled in the DNP program at WVU SON. I teach for WVU SON and work as a Family Nurse Practitioner at WVUH in pre admission testing. I have worked at WVUH since 2000 where I started out as a pediatric nurse and then in 2004 started working in pre admission as a family nurse practitioner and WVU SON since 2004.…

I am entering my second year of the Doctor of Nursing Practice program of Upstate Medical University. My clinical interests are the care of the psychiatric mental health client across the age span, transitional care of the psychiatric client, interdisciplinary collaboration, and the development of nurse practitioner residency models. I am the past President of Syracuse Area Psychiatric Nurses (2005-2009) and am currently in a leadership role as the Assistant Director of Nursing for Advanced Practice Services, representing and having administrative oversight for advanced practice providers at University Hospital.

Noreen Mulvanerty is the Senior Director of Clinical Programs & Services at NYC Children’s Services. Noreen interfaces with State, Federal and private external agencies on health, policy and program development, monitoring and compliance issues. She provides direct oversight on health care issues related to foster children and delivers technical assistance to program operations including medical performance reviews of foster care programs.…

As a nurse for 16 years and an educator for ten years, I am passionate about continuing my education at the Doctoral level. I chose to attend the Doctor of Nursing Practice program at Regis College because Regis offers a concentration in Integrative Health. With a teaching philosophy grounded in the works of Florence Nightingale and Barbra Carper and interests in mindfulness, yoga, and presence applied to nursing education strategies, I knew the Integrative Health track was the right fit.…