Faculty Accepting
PhD Students

Amore
,  
Alexis Dunn
PhD, CNM, FACNM, FAAN
Assistant Professor
Maternal Child Nursing
Bai
,  
Jinbing
RN, MSN, PhD, FAAN
Assistant Professor
Biological Behavioral/omics
Brasher
,  
Susan
PhD, CPNP-PC
Assistant Professor
Acute and Chronic Care
Brewster
,  
Glenna
PhD, RN, FNP-BC
Assistant Professor
Caregiver Well-Being
Butts
,  
Brittany
PhD, RN
Assistant Professor
Biological Behavioral/omics
Carlson
,  
Nicole
PhD, CNM, FACNM, FAAN
Assistant Professor
Biological Behavioral/omics
Chandler
,  
Rasheeta
PhD, RN, FNP-BC, FAANP, FAAN
Associate Professor
HIV/AIDS
Chicas
,  
Roxana
PhD, RN
Assistant Professor
Environmental Health
Cicero
,  
Ethan
PhD, RN
Assistant Professor
Transgender, Non-Binary, and Gender Diverse Adult Health
Cimiotti
,  
Jeannie
PhD, RN, FAAN
Associate Professor
Health Policy
Close
,  
Sharron
Dunbar
,  
Sandra B.
PhD, RN, FAAN, FAHA, FPCNA
Professor
Adult Health
Epps
,  
Fayron
PhD, RN, FGSA, FAAN
Associate Professor
Caregiver Well-Being
Ferranti
,  
Erin
PhD, MPH, RN, FAHA
Assistant Professor
Maternal Cardiometabolic Health
Gary
,  
Rebecca
RN, PhD, FAHA, FAAN
Professor
Biological Behavioral/omics
Giordano
,  
Nicholas
PhD, RN
Assistant Professor
Acute and Chronic Care
Hamilton
,  
Jill
PhD, MRPL, RN
Professor
Cancer
Hepburn
,  
Kenneth W.
PhD
Professor
Caregiver Well-Being
Hertzberg
,  
Vicki
PhD, FASA
Professor
Environmental Health
Higgins
,  
Melinda K.
Hu
,  
Xiao
PhD
Professor
Machine Learning
Im
,  
Eun-Ok
PhD, MPH, RN, CNS, FAAN
Professor
Oncology
Jones
,  
Kim
PhD, RN, FNP, FAAN
Professor
Acute and Chronic Care
Kelly
,  
Ursula
PhD, APRN, ANP-BC, PMHNP-BC
Associate Professor
Mental Health
Kimble
,  
Laura
PhD, RN, FNP-C, FAHA, FAAN
Professor
Metabolomics and Lupus
Li
,  
Yin
PhD
Assistant Professor
Data Science
Martyn
,  
Kristy
PhD, RN, CPNP-PC, FAAN
Professor
Child and Adolescent Health
Matthie
,  
Nadine
PhD, RN, CNL
Assistant Professor
Acute and Chronic Care
McCauley
,  
Linda A.
Dean | PhD, RN, FAAN, FRCN
Professor, Dean
Administration and Leadership
Narapareddy
,  
Laren (Riesche)
PhD, RN
Assistant Professor
Biological Behavioral/omics
Pak
,  
Victoria
MS, MTR, PhD
Assistant Professor
Sleep Medicine
Pappas
,  
Sharon
PhD, RN. NEA-BC, FAAN
Professor
Acute and Chronic Care
Paul
,  
Sudeshna
PhD, MS
Associate Professor
Methods
Rogers
,  
Ann E.
PhD, RN, FAAN, FAASM
Professor
Sleep Medicine
Sherman
,  
Athena D.F.
PhD, PHN, RN, CNE
Assistant Professor
Health Disparities
Smith
,  
Kylie
BA (Hons), PhD
Associate Professor
History of Psychiatry
Song
,  
Mi-Kyung
PhD, RN, FAAN
Professor
Acute and Chronic Care
Spikes
,  
Telisa
PhD, RN
Assistant Professor
Cardiovascular Risk
Thompson
,  
Lisa M.
RN, FNP-BC, MS, PHD, FAAN
Professor
Global Health
Waldrop
,  
Drenna
Wells
,  
Jessica S.
RN, PhD, WHNP-BC
Assistant Professor
Cancer
Wharton
,  
Whitney
PhD
Associate Professor
Neurocognitive/Neuroscience
Wiltse Nicely
,  
Kelly
Wood
,  
Kathryn
PhD, RN, FAHA, FAAN
Associate Professor
Acute and Chronic Care
Xiao
,  
Canhua
PhD, RN, FAAN
Associate Professor
Yang
,  
Irene
PhD, RN
Assistant Professor
Biological Behavioral/omics
Yeager
,  
Kate A.
RN, PhD, FAAN
Associate Professor
Cancer