Research at Loewenberg College of Nursing

For more than 50 years, LCON has been committed to the preparation of nursing professionals who share a common goal of promoting health of the global community. Faculty at LCON are committed to generating and advancing nursing knowledge through discovery, application and integration. Our faculty have a diverse research/scholarship background and areas of research/scholarship are focused on:

• Achieving Health Equity (e.g., improving health behaviors, reducing health disparities, clinical management of chronic conditions, quality of life across lifespan, nursing interventions for the vulnerable, health equity for the LGBTQ, building a culture of health for urban children and families, equitable healthcare policies)
• Genomic Research (e.g., conducting scientific research to understand pathway of unfolded protein response
• Education (e.g., educational strategies to retain minority students, building nursing workforce, accelerated nursing education, diversity in higher education, simulation in education)
• Methodology (e.g., Instrument Development, evaluation research design)

With abundant interdisciplinary research opportunities, LCON collaborates with many scientific disciplines on campus and beyond.

Research Faculty

Nursing leads the way and advances health through collaborative efforts to achieve better population health, better health care and lower healthcare cost. Nursing practice aims to improve patient care outcomes by using evidence-based practice and continuous quality improvement. It is imperative that academic nursing commits to ongoing research, scientific inquiries and scholarly pursuit that generates knowledge to guide nursing practice. Our faculty have a variety of research backgrounds and conduct research in several areas centered around the theme Health Equity Research.