The Rockefeller University Heilbrunn Alumni Research Network

Meet the Alumni Members

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Stephen Breazeale, PhD, CRNP
Institution: Baptist Health South Florida
Role: Nurse Scientist
Email: stephen.breazeale@baptisthealth.net
Area of Research: Symptom management; Injury; Omics; Trauma

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Jessie Casida, PhD, RN, APN-C, FAAN
Institution: The University of Arkansas-Fayetteville
Role: Executive Director
Professor, Eleanor Mann School of Nursing
George and Boyce Billingsley Endowed Chair
Email: jcasida@uark.edu
Area of Research: Self-management; Caregiving in Mechanical Circulatory Support/Ventricular Assist Devices; Instrument Development, Revision, and Testing; Leadership and Organizational Culture
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Jessica Castner, PhD, RN-BC, FAEN, FAAN
Institution: Castner Incorporated
Role: President
Email: jcastner@castnerincorp.com
Area of Research: Environmental Health, Emergency Health Outcomes, Cardiorespiratory and Sense Organ, Climate Change/Disaster Preparedness and Response, Multi-level Modeling
Institutional Profile
Publications

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Shannon L. Gillespie, PhD, RN
Institution: The Ohio State University
Role: Assistant Professor
Email: gillespie.175@osu.edu
Area of Research: Immunobiology; Maternal-Infant Health; Mental Health; Social Determinants of Health; Translational Science
Institutional Profile
Lab Website
Publications

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Lacey W. Heinsberg, PhD, RN
Institution: University of Pittsburgh
Role: Postdoctoral Associate
Email: law145@pitt.edu
Area of Research: Omics; Statistical Genetics; DNA Methylation; Complex Disease
Institutional Profile
LinkedIn
Research Gate
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Bridget Basile Ibrahim, PhD, MA, RN, FNP-BC
Institution: Yale School of Nursing
Role: Assistant Professor
Email: bridget.basileibrahim@yale.edu
Area of Research: Maternal Health Equity; Respectful Maternity Care; Quality of Care; Social Determinants of Health
Institutional Profile
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McKenzie Jancsura, PhD, RN
Institution: The Ohio State University
Role: Assistant Professor
Email: Jancsura.3@osu.edu
Area of Research: Pregnancy, inflammation, cardiometabolic health, health behaviors, postpartum
Institutional Profile
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Mitchell Knisely, PhD, RN, ACNS-BC, PMGT-BC
Institution: Duke University
Role: Associate Professor
Email: Mitchell.knisely@duke.edu
Area of Research: Pain; Genetics; Sickle Cell; Pragmatic Clinical Trials
Institutional Profile

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Hongjin Li, PhD, MS, BSN
Institution: University of Illinois Chicago College of Nursing
Role: Assistant Professor
Email: hongjin@uic.edu
Area of Research: Psychoneurological symptoms; Breast Cancer; Metabolomics; Acupuncture
Institutional Profile
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Susan Kohl Malone PhD, RN
Institution: New York University
Role: Assistant Professor
Email: sm7760@nyu.edu
Area of Research: Sleep; Cardiometabolic Health; Circadian Rhythms; Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia
Institutional Profile
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Christina X. Marea, PhD, MA, FACNM
Institution: Georgetown University School of Nursing
Role: Assistant Professor
Email: christina.marea@georgetown.edu
Area of Research: Perinatal Health; Reproductive Health; Health Equity; Reproductive Justice; Global Health
Institutional Profile
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Karen Jennings Mathis, PhD, CNP, PMHNP-BC, FAED
Institution: Brown University
Role: Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior
Email: kmjennings325@gmail.com
Area of Research: Eating Disorders; Disordered Eating; Black Populations; Health Risk Behaviors
Institutional Profile
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Maura K. McCall, PhD, MSN, RN
Institution: Case Western Reserve University Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing
Role: Postdoctoral Fellow
Email: mkm186@case.edu
Area of Research: Breast Cancer; Adherence; Symptom Burden; Omics; SDOH
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James M Muchira, PhD, MSN
Institution: Vanderbilt University
Role: Assistant Professor
Email: James.Muchira@vanderbilt.edu
Area of Research: Cardiovascular Disease; Family; Mothers; Children; Intergenerational Transmission
Institutional Profile
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Marliese D. Nist, PhD, RNC-NIC
Institution: The Ohio State University
Role: Assistant Professor
Email: nist.10@osu.edu
Area of Research: Preterm Infant; Stress; Caregiving; Neurodevelopment
Institutional Profile
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Allison A. Norful, PhD, RN, ANP-BC, FAAN
Institution: Columbia University/New York-Presbyterian Hospital
Role: Assistant Professor (Columbia University); Nurse Scientist (New York-Presbyterian Hospital)
Email: aan2139@cumc.columbia.edu
Area of Research: Clinician Mental Health; Interprofessional Teamwork; Instrument Development; Nurse Work Environment
Institutional Profile
Google Scholar Profile
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Kristen R. Weaver-Toedtman, PhD, ACNP, ANP
Institution: University of South Carolina
Role: Assistant Professor
Email: weavertk@mailbox.sc.edu
Area of Research: Brain-Gut Axis; Gender; Irritable Bowel Syndrome; Omics; Pain; Physical Activity; Sex Steroid Hormones; Stress
Institutional Profile
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Rose Mary Xavier PhD, RN, PMHNP-BC, FAAN
Institution: University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
Role: Assistant Professor and Director of Biobehavioral Laboratory
Email: rxavier@email.unc.edu
Area of Research: Psychiatric Genetics; Mental Illness; Neuropsychiatry; Biobehavioral Methods
Institutional Profile
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Meet the Alumni MembersStephen Breazeale, PhD, CRNPInstitution: Baptist Health South FloridaRole: Nurse ScientistEmail: stephen.breazeale@baptisthealth.netArea of Research: Symptom managem