The Rockefeller University Heilbrunn Alumni Research Network
Meet the Alumni Members
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 |
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 Publications |
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 |
Shannon L. Gillespie, PhD, RN |
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 Research Gate Publications |
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 Publications |
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 Publications |
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 |
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 Publications |
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 Publications |
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 Publications |
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 Publications |
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 Publications |
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 Publications |
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 Publications |
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 Publications |
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 Publications |
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 Publications |