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Professor of Nursing
University of Cincinnati, College of Nursing
Dr. Elaine Miller is a Fellow in both the American Academy of Nursing and the American Heart Association. She is certified in rehabilitation nursing and gerontological nursing. At the University of Cincinnati, College of Nursing, she is a professor 3and teaches primarily PhD and master students, has extensive experience teaching online courses, and creating effective simulated learning experiences. Dr. Miller was honored to receive the University of Cincinnati, Office of the Provost and The Office of Research the Faculty-to-Faculty Award in April 2021. In December 2020, Dr. Miller was a finalist for the Ohio Nurse of the Year in the Research category. Recognition of her research and teaching expertise by the University of Cincinnati occurred when in April 2019, Dr. Miller received the Provost Faculty Career Award for lifetime achievement as well as inducted as a University of Cincinnati Graduate School Fellow. Adding to these accomplishments, Dr. Miller currently has two funded research studies. She is Co-PI on the research study, “The Feasibility of Distance Education Clinical Simulation Training for Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner Students” funded by Bayer Global and also a pilot study, “Factors Affecting Minorities Use of Telehealth During COVID-19” funded by the University of Cincinnati, College of Nursing. In addition, Dr. Miller was a co-investigator on the just completed NIH funded study, “Self-Management of Stroke Caregiver Needs through Skill Building” that had Dr. Tami Bakas as the PI. In another recent study funded by the Ohio State University/Ohio Dept. of Medicaid, Dr. Miller served as a reviewer to critique virtual reality scenarios as part of a program to Educate Medicaid Providers regarding Health Disparities. On October 1, 2017, Dr. Miller completed as co-investigator the AHRQ grant, The Effect of Virtual Reality Simulation on Worker Evacuation of Neonates. Dr. Miller served as co-investigator was RWJ funded and addressed reducing facility acquired pressure ulcers that incorporated the use of technology to achieve positive patient outcomes. Other recently completed studies focused on respite needs of employed caregivers, delay in treatment seeking of African Americans when a stroke is suspected, and targeted modifiable stroke risk factors on primarily African Americans. On December 31, 2016, Dr. Miller ended her term as the editor for Rehabilitation Nursing, the official refereed journal of the Association of Rehabilitation Nurses. Starting on October 1, 2016, she became the editor of Pain Management Nursing, the official journal of the American Society of Pain Management Nursing. For Stroke, an American Heart Association journal, she is section co-editor for the State-of-the-Science Nursing Review series. In the April 2021 published paper in Stroke, Dr. Miller was a member of the Writing Group for the AHA paper “Care
of the Acute Ischemic Stroke Patient (Post-ICU and Pre-Hospital Discharge. Along with these accomplishments, she has numerous scholarly publications and presentations at national and international meetings pertaining to stroke family caregiving, interventions to address modifiable stroke risk factors, use of telehealth to improve the quality of life of stroke family caregivers, and simulation as an educational strategy to improve performance of graduate students and other healthcare professionals.