Researchers

Decker faculty collaborate with researchers across Binghamton University and beyond to define new and creative solutions for health and healthcare.

Researcher publications can be found on the researcher’s CV, which is posted on that individual’s profile page, or by searching via author name on Google Scholar.

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Pamela Stewart Fahs, PhD, RN, FAAN

Associate Dean/Prof./Decker Chair Rural Nsg.

Decker College of Nursing and Health Sciences

Research Interests

  • Cardiovascular risk reduction
  • Rural populations
  • Knowledge of cardiovascular risks
  • Heart attack and stroke in rural women
  • Rural nursing theory
  • Roy Adaptation model
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Ann E. Fronczek, PhD, RN

Associate Professor and Director UG and PhD Programs

Decker College of Nursing and Health Sciences

Research Interests

  • Telehealth and mHealth
  • King's Dynamic Interacting Systems Framework and Theory of Goal Attainment
  • Nursing workforce development: telehealth
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Yvonne Johnston, DrPH, MS, FNP

Founding Director; Associate Professor/Founding Director, MPH Program

Public Health; Decker College of Nursing and Health Sciences

Research Interests

  • Public health
  • Epidemiology
  • Nursing
  • Population health
  • Program evaluation
  • Chronic disease risk reduction
  • Health promotion
  • Fall prevention among older adults
  • Evidence-based practice
  • Data analytics
  • Social determinants of health
  • Translational research
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Mario R. Ortiz, PhD, RN, PHCNS-BC, FNP-C, FNAP, FAAN

Dean; Professor; Decker Endowed Chair in Community Health Nursing

Decker College of Nursing and Health Sciences

Research Interests

  • Qualitative research
  • Living experiences of health
  • Nursing theory-guided research
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Rosemarie Rizzo Parse, PhD, RN, FAAN

Visiting Scholar and Professor

Decker College of Nursing and Health Sciences

Research Interests

  • Sciencing as coming to know
  • Parsesciencing
  • Qualitative research with universal humanuniverse living experiences
  • Investigative phenomena: dignity, reverence, awe, betrayal, shame
  • Community change concepts
  • Teaching-learning and leading-following
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Nicole A. Rouhana, PhD, FACNM, FNP-BC

Associate Professor/ Director of Graduate Programs

Decker College of Nursing and Health Sciences

Research Interests

  • HPV vaccinations
  • Interprofessional education
  • Supporting international graduate nursing students
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