SUNY Poly's College of Health Sciences advances research at the intersection of healthcare, data, and human well-being. Faculty scholarship spans health informatics, nursing, and public health behavioral studies—encompassing clinical practice improvement, evidence-based care, and systems optimization. This includes applying data analytics, machine learning, and digital platforms to improve health communication, environmental health, and patient outcomes across diverse populations. Together, these efforts drive applied, interdisciplinary research toward equitable, data-informed healthcare.
Faculty are grouped below by primary research area, based on published research topics from SUNY Research Connect and personal or lab websites. Faculty whose work spans multiple areas are listed under each relevant area.
Nursing Education & Practice
- Dr. Doreen DeCorah — nursing educator self-efficacy, nursing education
- Dr. Joanne Joseph — nursing student professional socialization and support
- Dr. Jennifer Klimek-Yingling — evidence-based nursing practice, workplace violence, emergency department nursing
Health Informatics & Digital Health Technologies
- Dr. Nicolau DePaula — health and government communication on social media, AI and natural language processing for public health messaging
- Dr. Cynthia Grabski — augmented and virtual reality clinical training, machine learning for nursing intervention classification
- Dr. Jerome Niyirora — health informatics, machine learning, social network analysis of care delivery, emergency room care and crowding
Behavioral, Mental & Public Health
- Dr. Hadar Hazan — psychosis, schizophrenia, early detection and coordinated care
- Dr. Joanne Joseph — social psychology of aggression and perception
- Dean Mark Kittleson — health education, HIV/AIDS education, health policy
- Dr. Jarrett Rose — medical sociology of mental health, psychedelic-assisted therapy, social determinants of health, global health
