2024-25 Research Scholars Cohort 4

College of Social Work
Research interests: Health equity for women and families, focusing on access to mental & physical healthcare for new mothers and rural families. Improving social worker outcomes in rural communities.​

College of Medicine
Research interests: Childhood maltreatment’s impact on the risk and progression of cognitive impairment and dementia across the lifespan, as well as the mechanism(s) driving its neuropathology.

College of Pharmacy
Research interests: Identifying factors and disparities associated with poor medication adherence and risk factor control among patients with cardiovascular disease and stroke. Designing targeted interventions and prediction tools to improve clinical outcomes among these high-risk individuals.

College of Nursing
Research interests: Guideline-directed medication therapy in heart failure, particularly looking at gender differences and systematic implementation issues. Supplemental interests include end-of-life attitudes and beliefs related to patients with a cardiac device.