Ian A. Lane
Nursing Epidemiologist
About
Dr. Lane is a nursing epidemiologist and quantitative methodologist specializing in statistical approaches to studying the distribution and determinants of pain and quality of life in young adults.
Ian is a board-certified pediatric pain management and critical care nurse and received his Ph.D. in Nursing Science from University of Massachusetts. He is now Center Director for Nursing Education & Research at Providence College, in the Department of Nursing, as well as a Senior Nurse Scientist at Brown University.
Methodological Interests
As a methodologist, Ian is committed to supporting nurse scholars at all levels by integrating nursing theories and conceptual models into their study designs and research hypotheses, through pedagogical efforts, by serving as a consultant for latent factor scale development, and by collaborating with nurse researchers to conduct latent variable analyses. Thus, he aims to advance both nursing theory and clinical practice by building statistical models that test theoretical constructs while also addressing research imperatives in nursing science.
Clinical Interests
As a pediatric pain management and critical care nurse, Ian strives to improve person- and family-centered nursing care and quality of life for youth experiencing unpleasant or distressing symptoms or serious illness.
Theoretical Interests
Ian is deeply committed to bridging the theory-practice gap in nursing science through the rigorous application of logic and philosophical pragmatism. To achieve this, he quantitatively evaluates nursing concepts and theoretical models developed through inductive qualitative approaches such as Grounded Theory methodology in statistical terms using structural equation modeling.
Connect
Ian's current peer-reviewed publications can be viewed here: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/myncbi/ian.lane.2/bibliography/public/