Solomon Gyampoh, B. Pharmacy XII
University: School of Pharmaceutical
Faculty Mentor: Oluwabunmi Ogungbe, PhD, MPH, BNSC, RN, Assistant Professor
Overview: Mr. Gyampoh will work with Dr. Ogungbe to do research in cardiovascular epidemiology and chronic diseases. He will also participate in clinical research studies focused on areas such as drug efficacy, patient safety and health care outcomes. Please welcome Solomon Gyampoh to the School of Nursing.
Aomei Shen, MSN, RN
University: Peking University School of Nursing, China
Faculty Mentor(s): Nancy Reynolds, PhD, RN, ANP, FAAN, Professor, Associate Dean of Global Affairs, Director for Center for Global Initiatives and co-mentor Nada Lukkahatai, PhD, MSN, RN, FAAN, Assistant Professor, Director of the MSN Research Honors Program
Overview: Ms. Shen will be working with Drs. Reynolds and Lukkahatai to research promoting the quality of cancer care and the suffering needs gained by professional sense of value as an oncology nurse. Please welcome Ms. Shen to the SON.
Aline Monroe, RN, PhD
University: São Paulo at Ribeirão Preto College of Nursing, Brazil
Faculty Mentor: Nancy Reynolds, PhD, RN, ANP, FAAN, Professor, Associate Dean of Global Affairs
Dr. Monroe will work with Dr. Reynolds to focus on research activities including tuberculosis and HIV.
Gyumin Han, MSN
University: Pusan National University, South Korea
Faculty Mentor(s): Nancy R. Reynolds, PhD, RN, ANP, FAAN, Professor and Associate Dean of Global Affairs and co-mentor will be Nada Lukkahatai, PhD, MSN, RN, FAAN, Assistant Professor
Ms. Han will be working with Drs. Reynolds and Lukkahatai to research health related behaviors of multicultural children and families.
Jiaying Li
Faculty Mentors: Vinciya Pandian, PhD, MSN, MBA, BSN, RN, FAAN, FAANP, FCCM, ACNP-BC, CRNP, Associate Professor, Assistant Dean, Immersive Learning & Digital Innovation and Nancy Reynolds, PhD, RN, ANP, FAAN, Professor, Associate Dean of Global Affairs
Ms. Li will work with Drs. Pandian and Reynolds to Research areas encompass the intersection of Virtual Reality (VR) technology and pulmonary rehabilitation care. The emphasis is on crafting a VR-based pulmonary rehabilitation program for COPD patients, a demand accentuated by the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic. Please welcome Jiaying Li to the SON in the Center for Global Initiatives.
Valentin L. Fischill-Neudeck, MScN, RN
University: Paracelsus Medical University, Austria
Faculty Mentor(s): Nancy Reynolds, PhD, RN, ANP, FAAN, Professor, Associate Dean of Global Affairs and co-mentor Hae-Ra Han, PhD, MSN, RN, FAAN, Professor, Associate Dean for Community Programs and Initiatives
Overview: Mr. Fischill-Neudeck, an international visiting student, will be working with Drs. Reynold and Han researching health literacy and community nursing. Please welcome him to the SON.
Xin Rong Guo, PhD, MS, BS
University: The Second Hospital of Jilin University
Faculty Mentor: Junxin Li, PhD, MS, RN, FAAN, Assistant Professor
Dr. Guo will be working with Dr. Li to do research on sleep interventions and health in older adults. Researching elderly patients with sleep problems. Please welcome Dr. Xinrong Guo to the SON.
Hongting Ning, PhD, MSN, BSN
University: Central South University, Changsha, China
Faculty Mentor:Junxin Li, PhD, MS, RN
Dr. Ning, international visiting student, will be working with Dr. Junxin Li to assist Dr. Li in research project applications and implementation while at the School of Nursing, She will also be doing research in design, data collecting, data analysis, paper writing, report writing, and so on. Please welcome Dr. Ning to the SON.
Jane F. O’Donnell
University: Massey University, New Zealand School of Nursing
Faculty Mentor: Nancy Reynolds, PhD, RN, ANP, FAAN, Professor, Associate Dean of Global Affairs and co-mentor will be Tammy Slater, DNP, MS, ACNP-BC, Assistant Professor
Ms. O’Donnell’s research with her mentors aligns with emergency care in nursing. To encourage international connections and research collaboration. Please welcome Jane O’Donnell to the SON.
Julia Cardoso Fernandes
University: Ribeirāo Preto School of Nursing, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil
Faculty Mentor: Victoria Hughes, DN, MSN, RN, CENP, FAAN, Assistant Professor
Ms. Fernandes will be working with Dr. Hughes to to develop the last parts of her scientific research from the data analysis and update the remaining parts to deliver the final report. She will also be conducting research in leadership, management and management of health services and nursing.
Name: Ping Yang, RN, MSN
Focus Area: Ms. Yang will work with Cheryl R. Dennison Himmelfarb, PhD, RN, ANP, FAAN, FAHA, FPCNA, Professor, Associate Dean of Research for Science and Innovation to research cardiovascular risk management and chronic illness management
Visit: 3/22/2022 – 2/28/2023
Name: Jing Ren, MSN, BSN
Focus Area: Working with Dr. Farley on infectious disease care and health interventions in research titled “Construction and evaluation of patient navigation model among patients with pulmonary tuberculosis based on their supportive care needs.”
Visit: 2/28/2022–2/28/2023
Name: Tipparat Udmuangpia, PhD, MS, RN
Focus Area: Dr. Tipparat Udmuangpia is an international faculty from Boromarajonnai College of Nursing, Khon Kaen, School of Nursing, Praboromarachanok Institue, Thailand. Her research area focuses on intimate partner violence (IPV) prevention, healthcare responses to IPV, including IPV screening and referral systems, adolescent pregnancy, unwanted pregnancy, and interventions to help IPV survivors to create a safety plan and provide safety through resources.
Visit: 8/26/22 – 12/26/22
Name: Yuling Chen PhD, MSN, BSN
Focus Area: Dr. Chen worked with Dr. Davidson on a cardiovascular health related research titled: “Associations between literary (health and ehealth literacy) and major cardiovascular events in patients with documented coronary heart disease in China: A prospective cohort study”.
Visit: 09/28/2020 – 09/29/2022
Name: ShuHan Lin, MSN, RN
Focus Area: ShuHan Lin will work with Dr. Li to research simulation center technology in medical care such as using AR, VR applications in education.
Visit: 12/27/2021–6/27/2022
Name: Ricardo Alexandre Arcêncio, PhD, MS 
Focus Area: Professor Ricardo Arcêncio is vice president of Brazilian Tuberculosis Research Network (REDE-TB), which engages different areas of knowledge and research, and was awarded by the World Health Organization as a strategic initiative for advancing on TB control. Professor Arcêncio is also leader of the Research Group of Operational and Epidemiological Studies on TB (GEOTB) at USP and is currently working with Dr. Reynolds on the impact of some technologies on TB care and equity in access to the health services and Primary Health Care in Brazil. This research is a continuity from the partnership began in Brazil when the participation of Dr. Reynolds on the international seminar “Social Determinants and equity in health and nursing” held in Ribeirão Preto – Brazil in 2019, which had Professor Nancy among its honor guests.
Visit: 10/30/2021 – 03/31/2022
Name: Karen Tatiana Lizcano PhD Candidate, MS, RN
Focus Area: Karen worked with Dr. Reynolds on the impact that the three dimensions of basic nursing care has on the quality of care among hospitalized patients in a project titled: “Basic nursing care: relationship between physical, psychosocial and relational dimensions”.
Visit: 06/01/2021 – 08/31/2021
Name: Rajesh Kumar PhD, MSN, BSN
Focus Area: Dr. Kumar worked with Dr. Tamar Rodney to determine how brief interventions can determine change in smoking cessation, and desire to change behavior among tobacco users in a project titled: “Effect of brief intervention on tobacco cessation among healthy adults: A systematic review”.
Visit: 04/15/2021 – 07/15/2021
Name: Dijuan Meng, PhD
Focus Area: Dr. Meng will work with Dean Davidson to understand the training of geriatric nursing and strategies to reduce staff shortages in the U.S.; to explore similarities and differences between China and America in elder women’s health and their needs, coping skills, etc., and to learn about cancer-related symptom management.
Visit: 10/15/2019 – 10/15/2020
Name: Ong-on Prajankett, Ed.D., MNS, BNS
Focus Area: Ong-on Prajankett, Ed.D., MNS, BNS, of the Thai Army Nursing College, Thailand, will work with Associate Professor Sharon Kozachik on enhancing transitional care practices for older adults with dementia and their family caregivers. Major Prajankett, who is working to build the Center for Innovation and Health Care for Aging in Thailand, will be at the SON through July 1.
Visit: July 2020
Name: Yuxin (Kelsey) Huang, BSN
Focus Area: Yuxin Huang will work closely with Dr. Reynolds to do research related in community health management and geriatric nursing. She will also do research about the impact of grand parenting on the elderly.
Visit: 12/15/2019 – 5/15/2020
Name: Qian (Cheryl) Zhao, BSN
Focus Area: Qian Zhao will work with Dr. Reynolds to research and practice excellence in the field of intimate partner violence (IPV). Qian Zhao will also conduct research to develop interventions to improve the safety of women, gender equality and women’s empowerment.
Visit: 12/15/2019 – 5/15/2020
Name: Yuxiao (Amelia) Li, MSN, BSN
Focus Area: Yuxiao Li will work with Dr. Reynolds on geriatric nursing in the United States to further her education in planning and researching elderly care in the future. She will also research the quality of life and health for the elderly.
Visit: 12/15/2019 – 5/15/2020
Name: Pratum Soivong, PhD, APMSN, RN
Focus Area: Dr. Soivong will work with Dean Davidson to practice guidelines for palliative care and dementia prevention among patients with strokes. She will also research programs about the care and programs that are used for dementia/cognitive impairment prevention for post-stroke patients.
Visit: 8/12/2019 – 7/30/2020
Name: Shanshan Wang, PhD candidate, MSN, RN
Focus Area: Shanshan Wang will work closely with Dean Davidson to improve skills in quantitative research, qualitative data analysis, and qualitative research methodology. She will also learn to write proposals for research grants.
Visit: 9/1/2019 – 4/30/2020
Name: Jia Li
Focus Area: Jia Li graduated from Nursing School affiliated to The Health School of Shenyang Medical College in 2003. She obtained an Associates Degree and Bachelor Degree from the Shenyang Medical College. Jia’s main interests are aging care and pain management.
Visit: 4/23/2018 – 10/22/2019
Name: Junko Kusano, RN
Focus Area: Junko Kusano’s research interest is about handicapped children who need special medical care at home and home visiting nursing for the children. She will work closely with Dr. Han to promote and enhance home care nursing services for handicapped children.
Visit: 12/3/2018 – 1/3/2019
Name: Chuyi Zhou, BSN
Focus Area: Chuyi Zhou will be working with Dr. Reynolds to learn about nursing in America, especially about the elderly nursing. She will be learning scientific research methods and thinking models that differ from China and do research on the health behaviors of the elderly in the United States and the intervention methods for the prevention and treatment of chronic diseases.
Visit: 9/1/2019 – 12/31/2019
Name: Jongmin Park, PhD, RN
Focus Area: Dr. Park will work with Dr. Lukkahatai to identify diagnostic biomarkers and interventions for patients with impaired memory using “omics.” He will also study general principles of genomics and recent genomic methods.
Visit: 9/1/2019 – 9/1/2020
Name: Mingming Liu, BSN, MSN
Focus Area: Mingming Liu will work with Dr. Reynolds to research hip fractures, especially in elderly patients and why it is one of the most serious injuries to reduce the ability to perform activities of daily living and how it reduces health-related quality of life and higher mortality compared to the general population.
Visit: 9/1/2019 – 12/31/2019
Name: Weizi Wu, MSN, BSN
Focus Area: Weizi Wu will work with Dr. Reynolds on carrying out interventions for the HIV high-risk population, especially Dr. Reynolds’ use of low-cost cellphone technology to bring health care services to vulnerable populations.
Visit: 9/16/2019 – 12/31/2019
Name: Zeyu “Jackie” Zhang, PhD, BSN
Focus Area: Dr. Zhang will work closely with Dean Davidson with health management of chronic disease to research the quality of life with patients with chronic heart failure. Also, long term care insurance policy system in China.
Visit: September 2018 – August 2019
Name: Wei-xia Ma, MSN
Focus Area: Wei-xia Ma works in the Department of Respiratory Endoscopy at the Shandong University. Her interests are nursing, especially in the area of respiratory endoscopy. She earned her nursing degree at The Shandong University. Here at the SON, she will be studying nursing to keep updated with the latest knowledge and research skills.
Visit: August 2018 – August 2019
Name: Aidi Zhang, PhD Candidate
Focus Area: Aidi Zhang is a PhD candidate of nursing of the Third Xiangya Hospital, Central South University (CSU) in Changsha, China. She graduated from CSU in June 2016, with a Master’s degree of Nursing. Her interests are about HIV prevention and AIDS care, and mental health strategies. Please join us in welcoming Aidi Zhang. She is located in Pinkard 432.
Visit: February 2018 – February 2019
Name: Jing Zeng, PhD
Focus Area: Jing Zeng has a PhD in Nursing from the Military Medical University. Her interests and research include nursing education, geriatric nursing, and especially the area of humanistic are for the aged.
Visit: January 2018 – January 2019
Name: Binbin Xu, MSN
Focus Area: Ms. Xu would like to study and research some new concepts of nursing for the elderly, the interventions to improve health outcomes for older adults, study the living environment of the elderly, establish service, supervision and management of old-age care institutions. She would also like to attend seminars on nursing for the elderly and complete a manuscript that could be accepted by a journal included in Science Citation Index.
Visit: August 2018 – January 2019
Name: Julianna Cafer, MSN
Ms. Cafer will work close with her mentor, Dr. Yeh, to improve the knowledge about the use of auricular acupuncture in clinical trials. She will participate in disciplines that contribute to the improvement of technical scientific knowledge, theory, method, analysis and interpretation of Randomized Clinical Trials data. Ms. Cafer will also prepare scientific articles with her mentor to approach the international partnership between researchers from the Ribeirão Preto School of Nursing and Johns Hopkins School of Nursing.
Visit: September 2018 – February 2019
Name: Weiwei Chang, MSN
Focus Area: Weiwei Chang will be working with Dr. Reynolds learning HIV related nursing care and community public health research. Through learning and research Weiwei Chang would like to build an intervention model of disclosure for children/adolescents living with HIV in Guangxi,China.
Visit: September 2018 – April 2019
Name: Soo Jin Kang, PhD, MSN, BSN
Focus Area: Dr. Kang will work closely with Dr. Han in community health nursing with a special interest in nurse management. Research in health literacy and behavior change and low income elderly with hypertension are also interests of Dr. Kang.
Visit: August 2018 – September 2019
Name: Jiang Li
Focus Area: Dr. Li’s goal is to work closely with Dr. Reynolds on research to develop a culturally appropriate model of intervention for HIV+ children disclose in Guangxi, China. Helping more HIV+ children’s parents/caregivers to tell their children the truth in a proper way. She hopes that the visiting scholar program will offer her the opportunity to improve oneself both on academic and research ability. After she returns to China, she will have a good foundation to finish her final research “A study on the construction of disclosure interventions model for children living with HIV in Guangxi, China”
Visit: September 2018 – April 2019
Name: Demi Lesta
Focus Area: Ms. Lesta’s interests are nursing and public health research. She would like to enhance her skills as a researcher and public health professional in a nursing research community. Also, she would like to learn about new trends, initiatives, research methodology and tools for an academic researcher.
Visit: 8/20/2018 – 9/31/2018
Name: So Kim Lam
Focus Area: Ms. Lam’s interests are in research and publishing activities. While here at the School of Nursing, she will be under the mentorship of Dean Davidson to enhance the areas of her interest.
Visit: 8/10/2018 – 9/31/2018
Name: Yanhong Wang, PhD
Focus Area: Dr. Yanhong Wang, who is visiting from Lanzhou University. Dr. Wang worked with Dr. Hae-Ra Han to learn the frontier of gynecological endocrinology, especially the new information about polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS), managing the weight of women with PCOS, and interventions deployed by internet and other applications. Dr. Wang would also like to experience simulation teaching and advanced Statistics for Clinical Research, Design of Measurement in Nursing Research & Practice, and Evidenced-Based Practice Principles.
Visit: April 2018 – October 2018
Name: Xiaolei Wang, PhD
Focus Area: From Hangzhou Normal University in China, Xiaolei Wang is a researcher focused on aging, mental health, and quality of life.
Visit: July 2018
Name: Esther Daniel PhD, RN
Focus Area: Dr. Daniels worked with Dr. Davidson. She is committed to promoting cultural exchange and promoting palliative care for children in the West Indies. She is also particularly interested in looking at models for teaching and learning to improve nursing education in the West Indies.
Visit: 6/1/2018 – 8/31/2018
Name: Kader Tekkas KermaN, PhD, MSN
Focus Area: Dr. Tekkas Kerman is from Koc University School of Nursing. Her interest is in domestic violence prevention, developing a program to promote gender equality among young Turkish men, and preventing violence against women by collaborating with international and national non-governmental organizations.
Length of Stay: June 2018 – August 2018
Name: Yuhong Jiang
Focus Area: Yuhong Jiang is in the Fullbright Visiting Scholar Program. She is the Vice Director and teacher of the Department of Literature and Foreign Language, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Peking Union Medical College (PUMC). Her interests are research in PUMC history and transnational medical programs
Visit: October 2017 – October 2018
Name: Panpan (Patty) Wang
Focus Area: Panpan Wang is a PhD student at Zhengzhou University in China. She is a practice nurse at the first Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University. Her research interests are cardiovascular care and patient participation in medication safety.
Visit: 2017 to September 2018
Name: Yuexian Tao
Focus Area: Yuexian Tao is an Associate Professor and the Director of Nursing Department at Hangzhou Normal University. Her interests are global nursing and nursing education.
Visit: 2017 to August 2018
Name: Marianne Granbom, PhD, Reg OT
Focus Area: Marianne Granbom is an assistant professor at Lund University in Lund, Sweden, from which she obtained her PhD in occupational therapy in 2014. In Sweden, Dr. Granbom has taught undergraduate courses in occupational therapy since 2004. Her research interests concern how the built home environment influences independence, quality of life, and residential decision making in old age.
Visit: August 2016 – July 2018
Name: Mohammad H. Yarmohammadian
Focus Area: Mohammad H. Yarmohammadian is from the Isfahan University of Medical Sciences. His interests are health planning and management, quality improvement, and medical education and curriculum.
Length of Stay: 2017 to March 2018
Name: Jie Li, PhD
Focus Area: Jie Li is an associate professor at the School of Nursing, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology in China, where she teaches Introduction to Nursing, Fundamentals of Nursing, and Gerontological Nursing. She has experience in teaching in Chinese and in English
Length of Stay: June 2017 to June 2018
Name: Chong Tian, PhD
Focus Area: Chong Tian focuses on interdisciplinary, innovative care for elderly patients and those with chronic conditions. Her research background includes molecular biology, population-based studies, and social science.
Length of Stay: June 2017 to May 2018
Name: Ayako Ishii
Focus Area: Interested in learning how research projects are managed and practiced in the Johns Hopkins Nursing Division of Quality and Safety/ Health Systems Management
Length of Stay: 2017 to February 2018
Name: Wentao Peng
Focus Area: Interests are in pediatric research focused on neonatal care and nurse management in the pediatric department including nurse training, patient safety, and child-life activities.
Length of Stay: 2017 to December 2018
Name: Fengzhi Zhang
Focus Area: Focused on the quality and safety of care, nurse management, and nursing education.
Length of Stay: September 2016 to August 2017
Name: Bing Zhao, RN
Focus Area: Focused on nursing leadership and professionalism in health care.
Length of Stay: September 2016 to August 2017
Name: Deqin Huang, PhD
Focus Area: Focused on improving nurse-led geriatric care.
Length of Stay: September 2016 to August 2017
Name: Howieda Ahmed Abdelmohimen Fouly, PhD, MSN, RN
Focus Area: Focus on teenage pregnancy, newborn care, and maternal health, preventive measures against breast and cervical cancer, and gynecological health of adolescents.
Length of Stay: March 2017 – June 2017
Name: Maria Lameiras-Fernandez, PhD
Focus Area: Focused on intimate partner violence
Length of Stay: January 1, 2017 to June 2017
Name: Li-Ping Wang
Citizenship: China
Focus Area: Research on aging and interventions for caring for the aging population in China
Length of Stay: 12 Months (March 2016 – March 2017)
Name: Wang Xuan
Citizenship: China
Focus Area: Research on acute and chronic care t and approaches to cardiac care nursing education
Length of Stay: 6 Months (Feb 2016 – May 2016)
Name: Juntao Chi
Citizenship China
Focus Area: Fellowship through the International Network for Doctoral Education in Nursing (IDEN) and Sigma Theta Tau International
Length of Stay: 5 Months (Jan 2016– May 2016)
Name: Amal Ahmed
Citizenship: Egypt
Focus Area: Research on developing and implementing cardiac rehabilitation programs for school aged children and adolescents with heart disease
Length of Stay: 6 Months (Feb 2016 – August 2016)
Name: Agnes Tiwari
Citizenship: Hong Kong
Focus Area: Domestic Violence research
Length of Stay: 6 Months (Jan 2016 – June 2016)
Name: Yingjuan Cao
Citizenship: China
Focus Area: Developing a research proposal to examine cardiovascular disease in China
Length of Stay: 12 (current)(Oct 2015-Sept 2015)
Name: Joanna Taylor
Citizenship: United Kingdom
Focus Area: Nursing Research
Length of Stay: 1 Month (August 2015)
Name: Piyanun Limruangrong
Citizenship: Thailand
Focus Area: Research and analysis on obesity in pregnancy
Length of Stay: 2 Months (Aug 2015-Sept 2015)
Testimonial: “Dear Professor Dr. Patricia Davidson
The manuscript was accepted to publication in the Pacific Rim International Journal of Nursing Research, volume21 number 2, April-June 2017 already. Thanks you so much for all your supports and suggestions. For the collaboration visiting scholar to John Hopkins School of Nursing since 2014, I have been always greatly honored. It provide a valuable experience and many best friends. I wish you and you family happy and healthy.” – Patiporn Bunyaphatkun
Name: Hala Eldoseri
Citizenship: Saudi Arabia
Focus Area: Developing an internet-based resource center for promotion of women’s rights and prevention from violence against women and girls in Saudi Arabia
Length of Stay: 12 Months (2014-2015)
Demi Lesta
Soh Kim Lam
Junko Kusano