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College of Nursing

    Methodologic Expertise

    With strengths in bioinformatics, data science, and community-based research, our methodologic expertise in mixed methods, clinical trials, and implementation science drives evidence-based practices, improving patient outcomes and health care policy.

    Community Engagement/Community-based Participatory Research

    Researchers using a community-engaged approach work collaboratively with community groups, partners, and targeted audiences to build a culture of health for citizens of South Carolina and beyond.

    • Behavioral interventions
    • Community-based participatory research
    • Patient centered research

    • Community-based behavioral interventions
    • Motivation for health behavior change
    • Physical activity and chronic disease prevention

    Qualitative/Mixed Methods

    Researchers use qualitative and mixed methods approaches to scientific inquiry to capture social processes that impact health and integrate them with quantitative findings. Results can be used to more robustly describe complex healthcare situations, inform intervention development and evaluation, and uncover areas of future research.

    • Behavioral interventions
    • Community-based participatory research
    • Patient centered research
      Dr. Andrews' CV
    • Self-management of chronic conditions
    • Health system and self-management interventions
    • Health system interventions to improve outcomes for adult patients with chronic conditions
      Dr. Corbett's CV
    • Within subjects, case study design using mixed methods
    • Observational methods using Noldus Observer Software
      Dr. Dail's CV
    • Patient-provider communication
    • Language discordance
    • mHealth
    • Primary care pediatrics
    • Health disparities
      Dr. Dawson'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
    • Community-based behavioral interventions
    • Motivation for health behavior change
    • Physical activity and chronic disease prevention
      Dr. Sweeney's CV
    • Biostatistics and Machine Learning and Health Informatics
    • Bioinformatics and Genetic Epidemiology and Statistical Genetics/Statistical Genomics
    • Aging and Substance Use and Mental Health
    • Cancer Screening and Epidemiology
    • Dr. Wang'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

    Randomized Behavioral Clinical Trials

    Faculty researchers at the University of South Carolina College of Nursing are committed to developing interventions to improve health outcomes, and reduce health disparities, by conducting rigorous, high-impact randomized controlled trials.

    • Behavioral interventions
    • Community-based participatory research
    • Patient centered research
      Dr. Andrews' CV
    • Self-management of chronic conditions
    • Health system and self-management interventions
    • Health system interventions to improve outcomes for adult patients with chronic conditions
      Dr. Corbett's CV
    • Interventions to reduce hypothermia in preterm infants
    • Decreasing infant morbidity and mortality
    • Infant stabilization after birth
      Dr. Dail's CV
    • E-health interventions for young adult cancer survivors
    • Exercise interventions 
    • Peer mentoring 
    • Maintaining healthy lifestyles 
      Dr. Pinto's CV
    • Community-based behavioral interventions
    • Motivation for health behavior change
    • Physical activity and chronic disease prevention
      Dr. Sweeney's CV

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