Cardiovascular Health Experts
Mia Cajita
Expert on: Cardiovascular health, health literacy, ehealth/mhealth, chronic illness management
Dr. Mia Cajita is an assistant professor in the Department of Biobehavioral Nursing Science. She specializes in technology-based interventions focused on cardiovascular research. The goal of her research is to reduce cardiovascular health disparities by addressing person-, provider- and socioeconomic-related barriers to cardiovascular health behaviors.
Anne Fink
Expert on: Sleep disorders and cardiovascular disease
Anne M. Fink, PhD RN FAHA, is an associate professor and head of the Department of Biobehavioral Nursing Science. Her research program focuses on understanding how sleep deprivation and night-shift schedules alter the nervous system. To determine the pathogenic mechanisms that link sleep disorders with cardiovascular and brain diseases, her research teams investigate hypothesized neurological, vascular, renal, immunological, microbial, and social factors that underlie the development of chronically elevated blood pressure. This research is leading to new strategies to improve public health by preventing diseases, such as heart failure and stroke, and reducing workplace accidents caused by insufficient sleep.
Ellen Goldstein
Expert on: Trauma-informed perinatal mental health
Dr. Ellen Goldstein is an assistant professor in the Department of Population Health Nursing Science. Her research focuses on mental health during peripartum and developing a trauma-informed approach for prenatal care to lessen the impact of maternal adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and other traumas on maternal and child health outcomes. The goal of her research program is to test acceptable, effective, behavioral interventions that can be delivered during routine prenatal care to improve psychosocial and socioemotional functioning in under-resourced pregnant women.
Mary Hannan
Expert on: Lifestyle behaviors, particularly physical activity, in kidney disease
Dr. Mary Hannan is an assistant professor in the Department of Biobehavioral Nursing Science. The goal of her research is to improve health and quality of life for adults with kidney disease through participation in healthy lifestyle behaviors. She develops lifestyle interventions, particularly physical activity interventions, that seek to improve health and quality of life for adults with kidney disease.
Pamela Martyn-Nemeth
Expert on: Quality of life in patients with Type 1 diabetes
Dr. Pamela Martyn-Nemeth is a professor in the Department of Biobehavioral Nursing Science. Her research goal is to reduce cardiovascular disease and improve the quality of life in persons with type 1 diabetes. She examines barriers to T1D management and develops testing interventions to improve glucose control and quality of life. Dr. Martyn-Nemeth has focused on stressors such as fear of hypoglycemia and sleep, coping and eating behavior.
Onome Henry Osokpo
Expert on: Self-care, care transitions, and health disparities in adults with complex health/social needs
Dr. Onome Henry Osokpo is an assistant professor in the Department of Population Health Nursing Science. His research aims to reduce health disparities, advance health equity, and mitigate adverse social determinants of health with a particular focus on improving self-care and transitions of care for vulnerable adult populations, including Black/African immigrants and their caregivers. Dr. Osokpo’s research goal is to understand and address the multilevel barriers to health care, including sociocultural (language), economic, behavioral, and system (organizational) barriers that adversely impact the health and outcomes of vulnerable adults with chronic disease and complex health and social needs.