Faculty researchers

• Stress Effects on Health of Immigrant and Minority Adolescents and Young Adults

  Maha Albdour
  PhD, RN, APHN-BC

  Associate Professor and PhD Program Director
  368 Cohn
  313-577-0151
  eg1130@wayne.edu

• The impact of medical mistrust on health outcomes

  Ramona Benkert
  PhD, ANP-­BC, FAANP

  Dean and professor
  112 Cohn, 5557 Cass Ave., Detroit, Michigan 48202
  313-577-­4138
  ramonabenkert@wayne.edu

• Disparities in Health and Human Development

  Lisa Blair
  PhD, RN

  Assistant Professor
  364 Cohn, 5557 Cass Ave., Detroit, MI 48202
  313-577-9542
  lblair@wayne.edu

• Improving outcomes through resiliency in families experiencing cancer

  Cinzia Caparso
  PhD, RN

  Assistant Professor
  370 Cohn, 5557 Cass Ave., Detroit, Michigan 48202
  313-577-9517
  fx7512@wayne.edu

• Smoking behavior among underserved populations, Smoking cessation programs for smoker couples

  Seung Hee Choi
  PhD, RN

  Assistant Professor
  350 Cohn, 5557 Cass Ave., Detroit, MI 48202
  313-577-8945
  hc0054@wayne.edu

• Patterns and mechanisms of fatigue in individuals on hemodialysis

  Bincy Joshwa
  PhD, MSN, RN

  Assistant Professor-tenure track
  352 Cohn, 5557 Cass Ave, Detroit, MI 48202
  313-577-8865
  bincy.joshwa@wayne.edu

• Effect of parental psychosocial states (stress, trauma, anxiety, and depression) on infant and children development, especially among minority populations

  Dalia Khalil
  PhD, RN

  Associate Professor
  374 Cohn,  5557 Cass Ave., Detroit, MI 48202
  313-577-1798
  et1927@wayne.edu

• Improving Survival from Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest

  Amanda Missel
  PhD, RN

  Assistant Professor
  376 Cohn, 5557 Cass Ave. Detroit, MI 48202
  hu1023@wayne.edu

• Identification of Noninvasive Biomarkers of Necrotizing Enterocolitis in Extremely Preterm Infants

  Leanne Nantais-Smith
  PhD, RN, NNP-BC, FAANP

  Associate Professor (Clinical), Director of Advanced Practice and Graduate Certificate Programs and Neonatal Nurse Practitioner Specialty Coordinator
  240 Cohn, 5557 Cass Ave., Detroit, MI 48202
  313-577-5934
  ar2446@wayne.edu

• Dementia symptoms (cognition, behavior, function)

  Debra Schutte
  PhD, RN

  Professor, Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs and Director of the BioPhysical Laboratory
  138 Cohn
  313-577-4481
  debra.schutte@wayne.edu

• Physical Activity Across the Life Course and Risk for Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders

  Elisa Torres
  PhD, RN

  Associate Professor
  366 Cohn, 5557 Cass Ave., Detroit, MI 48202
  313-577-4064
  hn2293@wayne.edu

• Statistical methodologies, health care economics and financing health care

  Hossein Yarandi
  PhD

  Professor
  356 Cohn, 5557 Cass Ave., Detroit, MI 48202
  313-577-9366
  yarandi@wayne.edu

• The Collaborative: A Multi-Level Approach to Substance Abuse Treatment and HIV/AIDS Prevention and Care Services for Minority Men who Have Sex with Men

  Rick Zimmerman
  PhD

  Professor
   344 Cohn, 5557 Cass Ave., Detroit, MI 48202
  313-577-5724
  eg6288@wayne.edu

• Understanding and Addressing Gender-Based Violence: Exploring the Intersections of Women's Mental Health, Immigrant Experiences, and Cultural Factors in Recovery and Healing

  Zeynep Zonp
  PhD, RN

  Assistant Professor
  354 Cohn, 5557 Cass Ave., Detroit, Michigan 48202
  313-577-0545
  hr3258@wayne.edu