Siobhan Aaron, PhD, MBA, RN, FNP-BC

Assistant Professor
Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing

Teaching Information

Teaching Interests

  • Research Methods
  • Community Health
  • Healthcare Disparities
  • Leadership in Nursing
  • Palliative Care

Research Information

Research Interests

  • End of Life Decision-Making
  • Hospice & Palliative Care
  • Healthcare Disparities
  • Caregivers of Patients with Chronic Illness
  • Community Based Participatory Research

Research Projects

End-of-Life Decision-Making Among Patients with Advanced Stage Cancer and Their Caregivers Role: Principal Investigator (2018 – 2020).

Awards and Honors

Moss Family Award – Honoring the Advancement of the Science in End-of-Life Research
2017
Induction
2017
Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing, Alpha Mu Chapter
Dissertation of the Year Award,
2021
Midwest Nursing Research Society

Publications

Aaron, S. P., Waters, A., Tolentino, A., Rascon, A., Phan, C., Chen, E., Travers, J., Jones, M. G., Kent-Marvick, J., & Thomas Hebdon, M. (n.d.). Complex identities, intersectionality and research approaches in millennial family caregivers in the United States. Journal of Advanced Nursing, n/a(n/a). https://doi.org/10.1111/jan.15452

Aaron SP, Musacchio C, Douglas SL. Understanding Factors That Predict Advance Directive Completion. Palliative medicine reports. 2022 September; 3(1):220-224. doi: https://doi.org/10.1089/pmr.2021.0073

Aaron, S. P., Gazaway, S. B., Harrell, E. R., & Elk, R. (2021). Disparities and Racism Experienced Among Older African Americans Nearing End of Life. Current Geriatrics Reports, 10(4), 157–166. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13670-021-00366-6

Harper, S., & Douglas, S. L. (2017). How Race Can Influence Care Goals and Treatment Decisions in Advanced Cancer. Oncology Nursing News, 11(7), www.oncnursingnews.com/view/how-race-can-influence-care-goals-and-treatment-decisions-in-advanced-cancer.

Moss, K. O., Douglas, S. L., Lipson, A. R., Blackstone, E., Williams, D., Aaron, S., & Wills, C. E. (2021). Understanding of Health-related Decision-making Terminology Among Cancer Caregivers. Western Journal of Nursing Research, 43(7), 649–659. https://doi.org/10.1177/0193945920965238

Voss, J., Kennely, I. L., Aaron, S., Kabot, S., & Meier, M. (2020). Teaching Strategy 26. Innovative Strategies in Teaching Nursing: Exemplars of Optimal Learning Outcomes, 183.

Thomas Hebdon, M. C., Jones, M., Neller, S., Kent-Marvick, J., Thomas, M., Stewart, E., Aaron, S., Wilson, C., Peterson, N., & Ellington, L. (2022). Stress and Supportive Care Needs of Millennial Caregivers: A Qualitative Analysis. Western Journal of Nursing Research, 44(3), 205–213. https://doi.org/10.1177/01939459211056689

Blanchette, J. E., Aaron, S. P., Allen, N. A., & Litchman, M. L. (2022). Equity in the Provision of Diabetes Self-Management Education and Support. Diabetes Spectrum, 35(3), 284–294. https://doi.org/10.2337/dsi22-0005

Okang, E. N., Aaron, S., Supiano, K., & Osman, A. (2022). Aging Services Workers in the Pandemic: Voiced Experience of Senior Center Staff and Case Workers. Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine, 8, 23337214221116470. https://doi.org/10.1177/23337214221116470

Education

Doctor of Philosophy
Nursing
Case Western Reserve University
Master of Science in Nursing
Family Nurse Practitioner
Ursuline College
Master of Science
Business Administration
Cleveland State University
Bachelors of Science in Nursing
Ohio University