Research Faculty


Name / Title	Division / Department

Joan Rosen Bloch Associate Professor Emerita Faculty Profile Research Profile	Graduate Nursing
Joke Bradt Professor Faculty Profile View Research Profile ">Research Profile	Creative Arts Therapies Department
Lisa Chiarello Interim Chair, Professor, Director of DHSc program in Rehabilitation Sciences Faculty Profile View Research Profile ">Research Profile	Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Sciences Department
Jonathan Deutsch Professor and Director, Drexel Food Lab Faculty Profile Research Profile	Department of Food and Hospitality Management
Rose Ann DiMaria-Ghalili Professor and Senior Associate Dean for Research; Provost Solutions Fellow Faculty Profile theragnostic devices on chronic wound healing in older adults, including persons living with dementia. DiMaria-Ghalili is also part of a team that is developing an interactive web-based training program for nurses and occupational therapists in the Care of Persons with Dementia in their Environment (COPE) program. DiMaria-Ghalili serves as the principal investigator of the Cell2Society Aging Research Network (Cell2Society), a Drexel Area of Research Excellence (DARE) initiative, where she leads an interdisciplinary team of 30 faculty across ten colleges at Drexel University and external stakeholders to create a novel ecosystem for the pursuit of use-inspired aging research focused on preventing and managing chronic conditions, enhancing active and purposeful living, and enabling aging in place. As part of the administrative core for CNHP’s AgeWell Collaboratory she participates in developing evidence-based programs, science, policy and educational offerings to facilitate healthy aging. Her interdisciplinary research interests include developing, testing,and implementing health technologies, malnutrition, inflammation, sarcopenia, frailty and wound healing. She also has expertise developing and implementing innovative educational initiatives and an interest in interprofessional nutrition assessment competencies. DiMaria-Ghalili is a PI or Co-I on several research projects funded by the National Institutes of Health, Department of Defense’s Congressionally Directed Medical Research Program, Pennsylvania Non-Formula CURE program, Drexel University Office of Research, Coulter-Drexel Translational Research Partnership Program and several foundations. View Research Profile ">Research Profile	Nursing PhD Graduate Nursing Nutrition Sciences Department
Stephanie Krauthamer Ewing Assistant Professor Faculty Profile View Research Profile ">Research Profile	Counseling and Family Therapy Department
Kathryn Farrell Assistant Clinical Professor, Track Director, Quality, Safety, and Risk Management Faculty Profile Research Profile	Advanced Role MSN Department Graduate Nursing
Margaret Finley Associate Professor Faculty Profile View Research Profile ">Research Profile	Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Sciences Department
Kathleen Fisher Professor; Director, PhD in Nursing Faculty Profile Research Profile	Graduate Nursing Nursing PhD Advanced Practice Nursing
Patricia Gerrity Professor Emerita Faculty Profile Research Profile	11th Street Graduate Nursing
Laura N. Gitlin Dean Emerita and Distinguished University Professor Faculty Profile Research Profile
Loretta Sweet Jemmott Vice President, Health and Health Equity; Professor, College of Nursing and Health Professions Faculty Profile Research Profile	Graduate Nursing Nursing PhD
Girija Kaimal Assistant Dean: Division of Human Development and Health Administration, Interim Chair Faculty Profile View Research Profile ">Research Profile	Creative Arts Therapies Department
Brandy-Joe Milliron Associate Professor Faculty Profile View Research Profile ">Research Profile	Nutrition Sciences Department
Clare Milner Associate Professor, Director, PhD Program in Rehabilitation Sciences Faculty Profile View Research Profile ">Research Profile	Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Sciences Department
Kate Morse Assistant Dean for Experiential Learning and Innovation, Associate Clinical Professor Faculty Profile Research Profile	College of Nursing and Health Professions
Jennifer Nasser Associate Professor and Director, PhD Program in Nutrition Sciences Faculty Profile Research Profile	Nutrition Sciences Department
Robert Palisano Distinguished Professor Emeritus Faculty Profile Research Profile	Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Sciences Department
Jennifer Quinlan Professor Faculty Profile drexel.edu/dontwashyourchicken. Additionally, the laboratory has performed more basic research on Campylobacter jejuni, a leading bacterial cause of foodborne illness. The laboratory has also collaborated with Drexel's Plasma Institute to explore the potential for non-thermal plasma to eliminate Campylobacter and Salmonella from the surface of raw poultry. ">Research Profile	Nutrition Sciences Department
Patricia Shewokis Professor Faculty Profile Research Profile	Nutrition Sciences Department
Susan Smith Associate Professor and Dean Emerita, College of Nursing and Health Professions Faculty Profile Research Profile	College of Nursing and Health Professions Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Sciences Department
Paulina Sockolow Associate Professor Faculty Profile View Research Profile ">Research Profile	Health Sciences Department
Deeptha Sukumar Associate Professor, Assistant Director, PhD Program in Nutrition Sciences Faculty Profile View Research Profile ">Research Profile	Nutrition Sciences Department
Rosemary Trout Associate Clinical Professor, Program Director Culinary Arts & Food Science Faculty Profile Research Profile	Department of Food and Hospitality Management
Glenn Williams Senior Associate Dean of Health Professions and Associate Professor Faculty Profile Research Profile	Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Sciences Department