The college collaborates with many nursing specialties and other fields. By intersecting different areas, nursing research becomes more comprehensive and innovative, leading to more effective interventions and solutions for diverse patient populations.
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
- 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
- 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
- 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