Rosemary Collier, PhD, RN
Assistant Professor
Decker College of Nursing and Health Sciences
Background
Rosemary Collier worked in medical research for many years before embarking on a second career in nursing. She holds a BS in psychology from Fordham University and worked in genetic and pulmonary research at Rockefeller University and the Weill Cornell Medical College at New York Presbyterian Hospital.
Since moving to ßÙßÇÂþ», Collier earned her undergraduate and graduate degrees from ßÙßÇÂþ»'s Decker School of Nursing. She has been working since 2007 with Decker's Interdisciplinary Tobacco Use Research Program (ITURP) and teaches nursing research at the graduate and undergraduate levels.
Collier is an emergency department nurse in the ßÙßÇÂþ» area, as well as a sexual assault nurse examiner (SANE). She typically teaches an emergency nursing elective in the fall semester.
Education
- PhD, nursing, ßÙßÇÂþ»
- Post-master's certificate in nursing education, ßÙßÇÂþ»
- MS, community health nursing, ßÙßÇÂþ»
- BS, nursing, ßÙßÇÂþ»
- BS, psychology, Fordham University
Research Interests
- Addiction behaviors
- Tobacco use and cessation
- Research and nursing education
- Qualitative research
Clinical Interests
- Emergency nursing
Teaching Interests
- Research methods
- Emergency nursing