Graduate School Bulletin
Spring 2025
PhD in Nursing Faculty
Professors
Shurpin, Kathleen (1), Ph.D., 1989, Adelphi University: symptom distress: family support; cancer prevention and screening.
Bruckenthal, Patricia (1), Ph.D., 2004, University of Massachusetts, Amherst: health behavior change; pain management; health screening and health promotion; novel health promoting technologies.
Clinical Professors
Buhse, Marijean (1), Ph.D., 1997, Adelphi University: multiple sclerosis; caregiver burden.
Associate Professors
Navarra, Ann-Margaret, CPNP-PC, FAAN, Ph.D., Columbia University, 2011: youth and families; HIV and chronic illness; health equity; technology-enabled behavioral interventions; academic-community-partnerships
Shoenfeld, Elinor (2) Ph.D., 1987, University at Buffalo: community-engaged research; health disparities; sensor data for health; cancer epidemiology; data management and informatics.
Saltz, Mary (3) MD., (1983). Duke University School of Medicine: interventional radiology, artificial intelligence and deep learning, population health analysis.
Clinical Associate Professors
Della Ratta, Carol (1), Ph.D., 2015, Adelphi University: intra-inter-professional educational strategies; active learning strategies; qualitative methods; new graduate nurse role transition; nurse preceptors.
Kenneth Faulkner (1), Ph.D., 2018, New York University: heart failure; cognitive impairment in older adults; biostatistics.
Milazzo, Maria (1) Ph.D, 2019. Stony Brook University; chronic illness, disability studies, child health.
Wood, Sylvia, K (1), Ph.D., 2021, Adelphi University: cancer survivorship; aging cancer survivors; theory development; knowledge translation; implementation science; qualitative methods.
Assistant Professors
Ginex, Pamela K. (1) EdD., 2008, Columbia University Teachers College, New York: cancer survivorship, implementation science, systematic review.
Giselle, Gerardi. (1) Ph.D., 2022, City University of New York: self-efficacy, health management in underserved populations, maternal-child health, health informatics.
Whitney, Clare (1) Ph.D., 2020, University of Pennsylvania: bioethics; clinician communication; substance use and pregnancy; qualitative inquiry.
1. School of Nursing
2. School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry
3. School of Medicine, Department of Radiology, Department of Biomedical Informatics, Community Practice Initiatives