People Group Archives: Research Areas

Instructor Sara Snyder is a seasoned healthcare professional with a rich and diverse background in emergency nursing and a passion for advancing healthcare practices. A Certified Emergency Nurse, she has served in emergency departments and ICUs across the country for nearly two decades. Eager to share her knowledge and expertise, Snyder earned her MSN in […]

Since earning her BSN in 2006, lecturer Latonia Green has held a variety of clinical appointments as a Registered Nurse, Head Nurse and Nurse Manager at hospitals in Tennessee and Florida, most recently as a Nurse Manager at AdventHealth East Orlando, a role in which she directed and managed 24-hour clinical operations of two observation […]

A registered nurse for more than 30 years, Kimberly Scalise is experienced in a range of teaching modalities including, online, didactic and clinical, but her primary focus is healthcare simulation education. She is committed to the advancement of professional nursing education through the use of simulation-based learning to develop students’ knowledge, skills and attitudes to […]

Education DNP, University of South Florida MSN, Florida Atlantic University BSN, University of Central Florida Acute Care Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Post Master’s Certificate, University of Florida Selected Professional Activities National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners

As a critical care- and case management-trained registered nurse, military veteran and dependent, and food pantry volunteer, Jennifer Crook had the opportunity to work in multiple states in the U.S., where she identified not only the existence of widespread food and nutritional insecurity, but a potentially overlooked connection between nutrition, chronic inflammation and chronic disease. […]

Assistant Professor Rui Xie holds appointments in both the UCF College of Nursing and the UCF College of Sciences in the Department of Statistics and Data Science. His research encompasses the domains of statistics, biostatistics, machine learning and public health. His primary focus revolves around advancing statistical sketching and sampling techniques tailored for handling large-scale […]

Jennie Wagner, a lecturer and interim director of post-licensure programs, has previously led and taught in RN to BSN and RN to MSN programs at East Carolina University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She has actively served as a board member for several accreditation agencies. Wagner is currently a board member […]

Hyojung Kim is a lecturer teaching nutrition at the UCF College of Nursing. Her research interest lies in nutritional epidemiology, primarily focusing on the relationship between polyunsaturated fatty acids, vitamin B6, and inflammation-related diseases such as cardiovascular diseases and liver diseases, using the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES). Further, she conducts research on […]

Two-time alumna and former McKnight Doctoral Fellow Michelle K. Tall is a lecturer at the UCF College of Nursing. Her nursing career spans more than three decades, and includes clinical experience in emergency and surgical care, and professional experience in medical sales and as an epilepsy consultant and advocate. Tall is the creator of a […]

Ayse Malatyali is an assistant professor at the UCF College of Nursing whose research focus lies on the cognitive aging field. Her particular interest is palliative care needs of persons living with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias. She has multiple publications and presentations in national and international scientific meetings. Prior to her academic career, Malatyali […]