People Group Archives: Fellows

Mona Shattell is the chair of the Department of Nursing Systems, the Hugh F. and Jeannette G. McKean Endowed Chair, and a professor in the UCF College of Nursing. An internationally recognized mental health and psychiatric nursing expert, Shattell is the editor of the Journal of Psychosocial Nursing and Mental Health Services, and the author […]

Carmen Giurgescu, the Chatlos Foundation Endowed Chair and associate dean of research, is a pioneer and leader in eliminating racial disparities in preterm birth among Black women. She has strategically developed a focused program of nationally recognized research to identify fundamental factors that underlie high rates of preterm birth among Black women. Her pioneering research, […]

Professor Emerita

Chronic illness; Clinical teaching; Lifelong learning; and Promotion of professional publication.

Virtual and augmented reality; human tracking systems; and human surrogates for training and telepresence.

Nurse/patient outcomes and organizational factors; Partners with nurse researchers and clinicians in acute care settings to implement best practices based on evidence; Big Data.

Older adults; Cancer; Symptom management and experience; Representation of symptoms and illness; Quality of life; Technology-based interventions; Nursing student and lay person knowledge of cancer and end of life issues.

Gerontology; Chronic disease management; Diabetes care across the age span; Transitional care needs of older adults and family caregivers.

Using simulation to train health care providers to improve the care of underserved patient populations, including correctional health care and limited English proficient patients.

Improving care and treatment for patients with cancer.