Health Equity Research
Faculty at the University of South Carolina College of Nursing are committed to conducting and promoting research to achieve the highest level of health for all people.
- Factors related to obesity in rural adults
- Relationships between obesity and health outcomes
- Psychosocial determinants of health
- Behavioral interventions
- Community-based participatory research
- Patient centered research
- Decreasing infant morbidity and mortality
- Physiologic measurement and the autonomic nervous system
- Reduction of health disparities in the neonatal population
- Patient-provider communication
- Language discordance
- mHealth
- Primary care pediatrics
- Health disparities
- Health disparities
- Access to cancer care
- Cancer survivorship
- Outcomes research
- Improving physical activity and nutrition in African-American women
- Components to rest: mental, physical and spiritual
- LGBT health disparities
- Cultural diversity
- Violence/victimization
- Community Based Participatory Research and Community Engagement
- Cardiometabolic Risk and Prevention; Cancer Control and Prevention
- COVID-19 and rural health disparities
- Rural programs of nursing
- Patient outcomes in rural areas
- Educational disparities in nursing education
- Spinal cord injury (SCI) rehabilitation and self-management
- SCI peer support & peer mentoring (United States and India)
- Health inequities experienced by people with disabilities
- Community-based behavioral interventions
- Motivation for health behavior change
- Physical activity and chronic disease prevention
Dr. Sweeney's CV
- Data management
- Statistical methods
- maternal health equity
Biobehavioral Research
Mental and behavioral health research focuses on operationalizing strategies to improve mental health outcomes and care access in South Carolina.
- Psychiatric-mental health nursing
- Crisis intervention
- Chronic mental illness in adults
Dr. Baliko's CV
- Theoretically-based family-targeted intervention development and testing
- Mobile health technologies as an intervention delivery modality
- Lung cancer survivorship
- Lung cancer screening
Dr. McDonnell's CV
- Psychiatric-mental health nursing
- Substance use disorders and recovery management
- Self-care/self-management for parents in recovery from substance use disorders
Dr. Raynor's CV
- Data management
- Statistical methods
Dr. Tavakoli's CV
- Biostatistics and Bioinformatics
- Genetic Epidemiology and Statistical Genomics
- Cancer Screening and Epidemiology
- Alzheimer's Disease and Aging
- Substance Use and Mental Health
Dr. Wang's CV
- Sources of dietary inflammation and chronic disease risk, especially cancer
- Health disparities
- Cortisol levels and pattern on health outcomes
- Effect of meditation on symptoms among cancer survivors
Dr. Wirth's CV
- Therapeutic management for women with polycystic ovary syndrome
- Digital technology for intervention delivery
- Biological impact of resistance exercise
Digital Health
College faculty utilize, explore, and advance technological innovations to improve health outcomes in our patient populations.
- Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
- Violence and Victimization
- Mental health interventions following traumatic loss
- Interprofessional education innovation and evaluation
Dr. Baliko's CV
- Decreasing infant morbidity & mortality
- Infant stabilization after birth
- Global infant health
Dr. Dail's CV
- Patient-provider communication
- Language discordance
- mHealth
- Primary care pediatrics
- Health disparities
Dr. Dawson's CV
- Quality mobile health apps
- Comprehensive patient health
- Health care systems
Dr. Donevant's CV
- Health disparities
- Access to cancer care
- Cancer survivorship
- Outcomes research
Dr. Felder's CV
- Theoretically-based family-targeted intervention development and testing
- Mobile health technologies as an intervention delivery modality
- Lung cancer survivorship
- Lung cancer screening
Dr. McDonnell's CV
- Symptoms related to oral targeted therapy
- Adherence to oral cancer therapy
- Aging and cancer
- Oncology clinical trial
Dr. Wickersham's CV
- Therapeutic management for women with polycystic ovary syndrome
- Digital technology for intervention delivery
- Biological impact of resistance exercise