Overview
Interdisciplinary collaboration is the hallmark of our research. Faculty partner with scientists within and beyond Penn State on studies that encompass the life span. Grants from federal and private foundations (including National Institutes of Health, American Nurses Foundation, Inc, Health Resources & Services Administration, International Association of Forensic Nurses, Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, The Regents of the University of California, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, National Institute of Justice, Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency, ALS Association, Miami University, State of Ohio) support the work of our researchers.
The Ross and Carol Nese College of Nursing’s Research Office provides an organized infrastructure designed to support graduate research faculty and their interdisciplinary teams throughout the various stages of their projects, from preparing proposals and obtaining funding to disseminating results in peer-reviewed journals and at national and international conferences.
Focused Research Areas
- Gerontology and Aging
- Cognitive Health: Assessment & Promotion
- Interventions for Dementia/Delirium
- Age & Dementia-Friendly Health Systems & Communities
- Caregiver Efficacy and Support
- Person-Centered Care Measurement and Interventions
- Workforce Development
- Palliative and End-of-life Care
- Individuals & Families Managing Life-Limiting Conditions and Vulnerable Populations
- Physiological & Molecular Mechanism Underlying Health and
Well-being- Sleep, mood, cognition, adolescent behavioral endocrinology
- Health and Healthcare Disparities
- LGBTQ
- Ethics
- HIV
- College students
- Sexual/Interpersonal Violence
- Rural
- Health and Healthcare of People Living in Prisons
- Research, development, and testing of e-learning modules to enhance care
- Peer-caregiving
- End-of-life care planning
- End-of-life and geriatric care
- Health Promotion/Disease Prevention
- Brain Health
- Ethics in Assessment and Care Delivery
- Infection Prevention and Control
- Maternal Health
- Rural Health
- Sexual Assault /Interpersonal Violence
- Tobacco Use Policies
- Innovative Models of Care
- Environmental Modifications in Long-term Care
- Technology in Critical Care
- Telehealth and Digital Nursing Care
- Medication Administration
- Intervention and Implementation Science
- Overarching many of the above
- Nursing Education
