People Group Archives: Research Areas

Dr. Abigail Tice is a postdoctoral scholar in the UCF College of Nursing on Dr. Ladda Thiamwong’s research team. Tice focuses her work on healthy aging and working with older adults in the community. She is interested in finding lifestyle-based therapeutic modalities to correct circadian misalignment in older adults. Education Selected Awards & Honors

Carla Leinbach is a first-year PhD student in the College of Nursing. As Director of Community Partnerships and Participant Relations for the Enhancing Mind-body Resilience for Aging with Cultural Equity (EMBRACE) Lab, she connects with participants and develops partnerships across Florida. Leinbach’s research interests include motivation, cognitive reframing, and how neural-net-based artificial intelligence adoption impacts […]

Kimberly Navarro is a Certified Nurse Midwife and Board Certified Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner who is passionate about providing high quality care, ameliorating maternal health racial inequities, combating maternal mortality and promoting the normalcy of pregnancy. She has over 15 years of experience in women’s health and has been involved in serving her community and […]

With 11 years of experience in acute care nursing, including medical-surgical, cardiac, neurology, pediatric emergency, diabetes education, and chronic conditions care management at variety of hospitals in Colorado and Florida, Hannah Binding is a seasoned healthcare professional. In addition to her clinical experience, she has also served as a full-time didactic, clinical, in-person and online […]

Darcy Vetro Ravndal is a public health nurse practitioner with an extensive background in program development and education. She is deeply committed to advocating for quality, accessible healthcare for all children and adolescents. Ravndal served as the primary clinician at the Edgewater High School Student Health Center for 10 years and has been instrumental in […]

Susan Dyess is an experienced academician with solution-oriented leadership skills and meaningful results arising from community-based participatory action research initiatives. Skilled in organizational administration, curricular revision, resource utilization and program accreditation, she is committed to transformational impact by promoting collegial and student success. Education Selected Editorial Activities Selected Professional Activities

Lisa Linville has held administrative, legal and clinical roles in health care systems for more than 25 years and has taught in graduate nursing programs for more than 15 years. Her legal experience includes medical malpractice, health care law and ethics and healthcare regulatory law. Linville has been an active member of the American Bar […]

Sharon Tucker holds board certification as an APRN-CNS in psychiatric mental health nursing and as an Integrative Nurse Coach. Tucker is a change management expert and has cultivated research that has made significant and sustained impacts on science and practice in two areas: behavior change through mental health and wellness interventions and practice and organizational […]

Janet Lopez is a nurse scientist who is dedicated to addressing health inequities through a comprehensive approach. She focuses on developing innovative strategies to improve health outcomes for underserved communities. After completing her post-doctoral fellowship at the Veterans Rural Health Resource Center (VRHRC) in Gainesville, Florida, she concentrated on promoting health equity among rural Veterans […]

Dr. Rebecca Koszalinski applies technological solutions to improve the health of older adults. She is the primary investigator for a Florida Department of Health funded study with a large team of investigators, including epidemiology, water, air and environmental scientists, bench and nurse scientists, and nursing students in the investigation of health outcomes of harmful algal […]