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Dr. Sunny Cheng
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Chieh (Sunny) Cheng, RN, Ph.D is an Assistant Professor of the Nursing and Healthcare Leadership program at the University of Washington Tacoma. Her clinical background is in psychiatric and mental health nursing. As a nursing scientist, her program of research is in the promoting the mental health of individuals, families, and communities through early prevention. She is a co-investigator on interdisciplinary research teams focusing on understanding the experiences of individuals and families living with first episode psychosis and to develop personalized approaches that maximize health and well-being for individuals across life span and diverse populations.
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Dr. Jodi Erickson
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Jodi Erickson is an Assistant Professor in the School of Nursing and Healthcare Leadership program at University of Washington Tacoma. Jodi has been an RN since 2011 and worked for 12 years in the acute care setting, initially as an ICU RN and as a Hospital Supervisor. Currently, she works clinically in home health. Jodi's research focused on older adults and end-of-life decision-making. Additionally, she had conducted some research focused on pandemic preparedness as well as clinical evaluation.
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Dr. Robin Evans-Agnew
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Areas of scholarship: Emancipatory leadership/followership and environmental justice nursing. In this work I am particularly interested in anti-racist and feminist methodologies for structural transformation. I work with school nurses, public health nurses and other public health professionals in the south sound area and statewide on environmental justice issues such as asthma, adverse childhood experiences, climate change, and air pollution. I am a nationally recognized expert in the visual research method of photovoice. I have multi-year experience in applications of this method within a local community-based participatory research study with Latinas with children with asthma. I have an established partnership with south sound healthcare/nursing educators to mitigate the long-term effects of adverse childhood experiences in the next generation of healthcare leaders/followers.
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Dr. Katie Haerling
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In addition to her faculty appointment at the University of Washington Tacoma School of Nursing & Healthcare Leadership, Dr. Haerling has served as a Pro Tem Member of the State of Washington Department of Health Nursing Care Quality Assurance Commission. She is a Certified Healthcare Simulation Educator (CHSE) and an alumna of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Nurse Faculty Scholars Program. Dr. Haerling’s research examining the reliability and validity of data produced using observation-based simulation participant performance assessment instruments is widely cited in the literature. Her ongoing research comparing the effectiveness and cost-utility of different experiential and simulation-based learning activities continues to contribute to the body of knowledge informing best practices in healthcare education. Her research mission is to help identify the most effective and efficient ways to prepare the next generation of healthcare professionals and contribute to the evidence-base supporting better healthcare education. She believes improving healthcare providers' education will support improved healthcare and a healthier nation and world.
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Dr. Sharon Laing
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Dr. Laing is trained as a developmental/health psychologist and conducts research that address health promotion and chronic disease prevention in low-resourced and economically disadvantaged communities. She is a health disparities researcher, and her scholarship is designed to support underserved communities in gaining access into existing healthcare systems. Dr. Laing’s work also explores a re-imagining of digital healthcare technologies to be more tailored to and maximally supportive of marginalized and disadvantaged communities.
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Dr. Jingyi Li
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Dr. Jingyi Li is an Assistant Professor at UW Tacoma’s School of Nursing and Healthcare Leadership (SNHCL). Her Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) students in their practicum class are volunteering at the Opening Minds through Art program at Mountainview Community Center in Edgewood this quarter. Dr. Li invited Wendy Morris, the Regional Coordinator for Dementia Friends in Pierce County to give a Dementia Friends Champion training for SNHCL’s BSN students since the training content is relevant to their practicum project. This cohort of students will present their “promoting dementia-friendly communities through art and education” project at the poster session this Wednesday. Learn more about Dementia Friends here.
Dr. David Reyes
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David Reyes, DNP, MN/MPH, RN, PHNA-BC is Dean and Associate Professor of Nursing & Health Care Leadership at UW Tacoma. He holds adjunct appointments at UW Seattle School of Nursing in the Department of Child, Family & Population Health Nursing, and School of Public Health in the Department of Health Systems & Population Health. Dr. Reyes joined the faculty at the University of Washington Tacoma (UWT) in 2014, and has held clinical, educational and leadership roles in community and public health, acute care, home health, and perioperative nursing. His primary interests are in in addressing the root causes of health inequity and disparities, building community capacity to improve health, and population health systems. His research uses community-based participatory approaches that focus on equitable relationships with diverse communities to improve health outcomes.
Dr. Reyes has held national level health policy, leadership, and professional roles in the American Public Health Association, the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN), the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the Institute of Medicine’s Standing Committee on Family Planning, and the Washington State Public Health Association.
Dr. Reyes received his Doctor of Nursing Practice (2013), and Master of Nursing and Master of Public Health degrees (2002) from the University of Washington. He received his Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Seattle University with a minor in history in 1983; Dr. Reyes is board certified in Advanced Public Health Nursing.
Scholarly Interests
- Community capacity and leadership to identify and prioritize health indicators
- Community/public health nursing workforce development
- Exploring root causes/determinants of health disparities and health inequity
- Integration of population health and primary care
- Organizational and leadership development
- Population health and health systems
- Vaccine confidence and acceptance among Asian & Pacific
Dr. Christine Stevens
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Dr. Christine Stevens is an associate professor in the School of Nursing and Healthcare. As an activist-scholar, she uses community-based research to develop strategies to address food insecurity and homelessness among college students. For the last 20 years, Dr Stevens has explored the needs and strategies of unstably housed adolescents to manage food insecurity. In the last 10 years, her research focused on food insecurity and homelessness among college students and this research supported the starting of a food bank for UWT students in 2015. She has conducted tri-campus food and housing survey for UW students on all three campuses, participated in a Gates Foundation study on Emergency Aid, and explored cultural foods in UWT Food Pantry and Community food Banks in Pierce County. She was given the UWT Distinguished Teaching award and featured in the Provost series of Innovators among us: Using technology to engage students. She has received the UWT Distinguished Community Engagement Award and was a nominee for the 2018 Tacoma City of Destiny award and Salishan Community Partner award.
Stevens (June 2018) NPR interview: Food Insecurity Is a Growing Obstacle for College Students http://knkx.org/post/food-insecurity-growing-obstacle-college-students
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Dr. Weichao Yuwen
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Dr. Yuwen's research focuses on promoting health and wellbeing among marginalized children and their family caregivers. Her team is currently developing and testing two technology-enabled health interventions: Sleep Innovations for Preschoolers with Arthritis - SIPA (https://depts.washington.edu/sipa/) and Caring for Caregivers Online - COCO (https://cocobot.care/).
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Dr. Timothy Feagan
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Timothy Feagan, PhD, FACHE is an Assistant Teaching Professor in the School of Nursing and Healthcare Leadership. Dr. Feagan has over 25 years of industry experience, including 18 years in healthcare leadership. Most recently he was the Vice President & Chief Talent Officer for Providence St. Joseph Health. Dr. Feagan has held teaching positions as Faculty and Faculty Program Coordinator at Seattle Central College, Assistant Professor at Fort Hays State University, and Adjunct Faculty at Whitworth University. He has a B.A in Finance and Economics from Eastern Washington University, an M.B.A. from Washington State University, and a Ph.D. in Leadership Studies from Gonzaga University. Dr. Feagan is also a Fellow with the American College of Healthcare Executives (FACHE).
Interest Areas
- Health equity and access to healthcare
- Quality improvement and patient safety
- Inclusive and equitable teaching
- Technology-enhanced learning / Integrating A.I. into learning
Dr. Carmen Lewis
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Carmen Lewis is an Assistant Teaching Professor in the SNHCL whose love for teaching emerged while matriculating through nursing school. Inspired to model the same level of excellence she was shown, Carmen immersed herself in the study of education and leadership. Carmen's nursing experiences caring for critically ill infants, school-aged children, teenage mothers, and new families are the motivation for her work in the community. Carmen enjoys being an advocate for maternal-child health, fostering leader development, and meaningful community engagement.
Area of scholarship: Community Engagement and Teaching Strategies
Research and interests: Maternal Child Health and Leader Development
Methodologies: Qualitative Methods and Curriculum Evaluation
