People Group Archives: Research Areas

Childhood obesity prevention and intervention; School nursing; Teaching strategies in nursing education.

Assistant Professor Brian Peach has been a nurse for more than 17 years, primarily in critical care settings, and continues to practice in the Orlando Regional Medical Center Multisystem Intensive Care Unit. His past research focused on sepsis epidemiology and the impact of organizational factors on septic patient outcomes, using big data from the Agency […]

Health economist and health services researcher Boon Peng Ng is an associate professor at UCF’s College of Nursing and a member of the UCF Disability, Aging and Technology Faculty Research Cluster. Prior to his appointment at UCF, he was a Steven M. Teutsch Prevention Effectiveness fellow at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), […]

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.

Instructor, Faculty Consultant for Student Nurses Association Chapter at UCF Daytona Beach

Chronic disease; Pre-dialysis CKD; and Patient education.

Cultural influences on health promotion and end-of-life decisions; Family practice.

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.

Holistic care; Preservation of core holistic nursing values in nurse practitioner care.