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University of Washington Nursing Faculty with Aging-Related Interests
Name UW Appointment Interests
School of Nursing (Seattle)
Marilynn Albert, MSN, Lecturer, PCH Health literacy, promotion and risk
ARNP reduction for older adults; designing and
providing appropriate clinical teaching
tools
Maggie Baker, PhD, RN Assistant Professor, BNHS Elder mistreatment; domestic violence in
later life; sexual assault of vulnerable
adults
Basia Belza, PhD, RN Professor, BNHS; Aljoya Endowed Dissemination of evidence-based physical
Professor in Aging; Co-Director, activity programs for older adults
Center for Health Sciences through partnerships with community-
Interprofessional Education based agencies
Noel Chrisman, PhD Professor, PCH Applied, medical, and urban
anthropology, focusing on cross cultural
nursing and cultural competence
training
Phyllis Christianson, MN, Senior Lecturer, BNHS Geriatric and functional assessment,
ARNP dementia and delirium
Barbara Cochrane, PhD, Associate Professor, FCN; de Health promotion, disease prevention,
RN, FAAN Tornyay Term Professor for and symptom management in older
Healthy Aging; Director, de women, intervention research and data
Tornyay Center for Healthy and safety monitoring
Aging; Co-Director, Center for
Interdisciplinary Geriatric
Research (CIGR)
George Demiris, PhD Associate Professor, BNHS Use of technology applications to support
aging in place
Ardith Doorenbos, PhD, Assistant Professor, BNHS End-of-life, advance care planning,
RN cultural competence among providers
Mary Ann Draye, MPH, Assistant Professor, PCH Health promotion, risk reduction, behavior
ARNP change
Margaret Heitkemper, Professor and Chair, BNHS; Women’s health, stress, and
PhD, RN, FAAN Elizabeth Sterling Soule gastrointestinal function, gerontological
Endowed Chair; Director, Center nursing
for Women’s Health and Gender
Research
Deborah Kearnes, MN, Lecturer, BNHS Frail elderly in nursing homes, Health/
ARNP cost burden of urinary tract infections
Marcia Killien, PhD, RN, Professor, FCN; Co-Director, Influence of work & family stress on
FAAN Center for Women’s Health and midlife and older women’s health
Gender Research
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Name UW Appointment Interests
Andrea LaCroix, PhD Professor, Aljoya Visiting Epidemiology and prevention of chronic
Professor conditions in older women, frailty, bone
health
Rebecca Logsdon, PhD Research Professor, PCH Maximizing functioning and improving
quality of life for individuals with
dementia
Susan McCurry, PhD Research Professor, PCH Non-pharmacological interventions to
reduce psychiatric and physical
disability in persons with Alzheimer’s
disease and family caregivers
Pamela Mitchell, PhD, Professor and Associate Dean for Interdisciplinary education and training in
CNRN, FAAN Research; Elizabeth S. Soule clinical research, interprofessional care
Professor; Director, Center for delivery across settings and ages
Health Sciences
Interprofessional Education
Huong Nguyen, PhD, RN Assistant Professor, BNHS Self-management in chronic illness,
symptom management (dyspnea in
COPD), exercise and physical activity
eHealth applications,
Cynthia Perry, PhD, Assistant Professor, FCN Physical activity promotion,
ARNP intergenerational physical activity in
minority and underserved communities),
community-based participatory research
Diana M. Taibi, PhD, RN Assistant Professor, BNHS Insomnia related to arthritis or
menopause, CAM therapies for older
persons with insomnia (particularly
herbals and yoga).
Linda Teri, PhD Professor and Vice-Chair, PCH; Psychosocial Interventions to improve
Director, Northwest Research dementia care and enhance successful
Group on Aging aging
Hilaire Thompson, PhD, Assistant Professor, BNHS; Claire Traumatic brain injury in older adults
RN, ACNP M. Fagin Postdoctoral Fellow
Joie Whitney, PhD, RN, Professor, BNHS, Harborview Tissue repair in acute and chronic
CWCN, FAAN Medical Center Endowed wounds, wound management
Professor in Critical Care
Nursing
Nancy Fugate Woods, Professor, Family and Child Reproductive aging, menopause, frailty in
PhD, RN, FAAN Nursing older women
Nursing Program (Bothell)
Bonnie Blachly, MN, RN Lecturer Management and leadership in long-term
care
Carol Leppa, PhD, RN Associate Professor Health policy/palliative care in chronic
illness, end of life care in nursing home
and adult family home environments
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Name UW Appointment Interests
Heidi Petry, PhD, RN Assistant Professor Gerontology, older women's health and
independent living, healthy aging
Suzanne Sikma, PhD, RN Associate Professor Self-determination and practice models
for community-based care systems for
older adults, enhancing geriatric nursing
competency with high-quality
pedagogical techniques
Nursing Program (Tacoma)
Marjorie Dobratz, DNSc, Director and Professor Development/coordination of home
RN hospice programs, palliative care
research
Kären Landenberger, Associate Professor Health and functioning of communities/
PhD, RN populations, community partnerships/
assessment; violence against women
June Lowenberg, PhD, Associate Professor Social construction of health and illness
RN and loss, death, and grief
Janet Primomo, PhD, RN Associate Professor Community/public health, environmental
health, and chronic illness
Ruth Rea, PhD, RN Associate Professor Leadership, competency assessment,
and emergency nursing
Cathy Tashiro, MPH, Associate Professor Diversity in aging, social and policy issues
PhD, RN in gerontology, health disparities and
issues affecting older minority and
immigrant adults
Sally York, MN, RNC Clinical Faculty Musculoskeletal health care needs of
older adults, management and
prevention of falls
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