Faculty

Brian C. Peach is an associate professor in the University of Central Florida College of Nursing and a nationally recognized critical care researcher inspired from his nearly 20-year career as an intensive care unit (ICU) nurse. His past research focused on sepsis epidemiology and the impact of organizational factors on septic patient outcomes. More recently, his research has focused on ICU delirium, and understanding and developing interventions to treat aspects of post-intensive care syndrome (PICS). He also is currently participating in multiple national service projects through the Society of Critical Care Medicine, the American Psychological Association’s ICU Group and the PICS Advocacy Network. At UCF, Peach is a dedicated nurse educator and mentor. He advises Ph.D. students in research, DNP students in quality improvement, and BSN students in UCF Orlando’s Student Nurses’ Association and UCF’s Honors Undergraduate Thesis program.

Education

• PhD, University of Florida
• MSN, Villanova University
• BSN, Villanova University

Selected Awards & Honors

• Fellow, American College of Critical Care Medicine, 2026
• Richard Langford Service Award, Walk-4-PICS and Vanderbilt University Medical CIBS Center, 2025
• Society of Critical Care Medicine’s Best of Congress Presentation, 2024
• Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching Award, University of Central Florida College of Nursing, 2022
• Nursing Excellence in Scholarship Award, Sigma Theta Tau, Theta Epsilon Chapter Award, 2022
• A Top-Cited Article Award for 2020-2021, World Medical & Health Policy, 2022
• Florida Nurses Association’s ICON Health Scaglione Award, 2021
• Lois Knowles Award for Excellence in Gerontological Nursing, University of Florida College of Nursing, 2018

Selected Professional Activities

• American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN)
• Society of Critical Care Medicine
• The Metropolitan Orlando Chapter of AACN
• Sigma Honor Society of Nursing
• Florida Nurses Association