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faculty
Mirinda Tyo, PhD '19 she/hers
Assistant Professor
College of Nursing & Health Sciences / Adult
Contact
508-999-8580
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Education
| 2019 | University of Massachusetts - Dartmouth, MA | PhD |
| 2011 | University of North Alabama - Florence, AL | MSN |
| 2004 | University of North Alabama - Florence, AL | BSN |
| 2001 | Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College – Gulfport, MS | ASN |
Teaching
- NUR 780 Doctoral Seminar
- NUR 450 Complex Health Problems
Teaching
Online and Continuing Education Courses
Provides advanced knowledge of pharmacologic agents related to advanced nursing practice across the lifespan. Pharmacodynamics and pharmacokinetics of a wide range of pharmacologic agents are considered. Patient motivation and adherence to regimes, individual responses to therapeutic regimens, and patient teaching will be explored. Clinical pharmacological concerns related to psychological, aging, psychosocial, economic, cultural, ethical, and legal factors will be addressed.
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Research
Research activities
- Foundation for Opioid Response Efforts Grant: Novel Organizational Simulation Training to Improve Graduate’s Mastery & Attitudes (No Stigma): A stepwise simulation intervention to reduce opioid use disorder stigma in undergraduate and graduate nursing students
- Community Engaged Research Partnership Initiative Fellowship: Community Based Participatory Research to Promote Resilience in Families of Individuals with Substance Use Disorder
- Theta Kappa Research Committee Grant: Exploring the Needs of Family Caregivers of Individuals with SUD During COVID-19
- Exploring the needs of family caregivers of individuals with SUD: An E-Delphi study.
- Secondary data analysis of Parkinson’s UK dataset
Research
Research awards
- $ 20,313 awarded by Michael J. Fox Foundation for Understanding meaningful symptoms of Parkinson's Disease from the perspective of patients and caregivers
Research
Research interests
- Caregiver Burden and Resilience
- Substance Use Disorder
- Parkinson's Disease
- Transition to Practice
- Clinical Reasoning
Select publications
See curriculum vitae for more publications
- Mammen, J.R., Tyo, M., & Seshardri, S. (2025).
Perspective mapping: Tutorial for collecting quantifiable qualitative interview data.
Journal Medical Internet Research, 27, e72622. - Tyo, M., and McCurry, M. K. (2025).
Nursing Education Perspectives
Nursing Education Perspectives, 40, 11-17. - Brown Tyo, M., McCurry, M., Horowitz, J., & Elliot, K. (2023).
Predictors of burden and resilience in family caregivers of individuals with opioid use disorder.
Journal of Nursing Addiction, 34, E8 - E20. - McCurry, M., Avery-Desmarais, S., Schuler, M., Tyo, M., Viveiros, J., Kauranen, B. (2022).
Perceived stigma, barriers, and facilitators experienced by members of the opioid use disorder community when seeking healthcare.
Journal of Nursing Scholarship, 55, 701 - 710. - Tyo, M. & McCurry, M. (2020).
An integrative review of measuring caregiver burden in substance use disorder.
Nursing Research, 69, 391 - 398.
Mirinda Tyo, PhD, is an Assistant Professor at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth and a board-certified trauma nurse, clinical educator, and nurse leader. She has over 20 years of clinical expertise caring for patients with chronic illness. Her program of research focuses on understanding the experiences of family members impacted by chronic illnesses and the factors that influence their health and wellbeing, such as caregiver burden, caregiver resilience, stress, and stigma. Family caregivers represent a large underserved population and her research goal is for healthcare providers and policy makers to better understand how to help family caregivers improve their resilience and quality of life, so they can continue with essential caregiving duties.