Dr. Martha A.Q. Curley is working as Professor of Family and Community Health at The University of Pennsylvania Health System. Dr. Curley has received more than $18 million in federal research grants and served as principal or co-investigator on another $30 million in federally-funded research, including serving as the principal investigator on major clinical trials in pediatric critical care. She received her PhD, from Boston College, 1997. Currently, Dr. Curley is investigating how nurses can create environments conducive to healing in pediatric ICUs. Methods being studied include supporting parents of critically ill children, embedding a child’s normal sleep patterns and circadian rhythms into his/her hospitalized day, and modulating light and noise in the ICU to help children feel comforted.

how nurses can create environments conducive to healing in pediatric ICUs. Methods being studied include supporting parents of critically ill children, embedding a child’s normal sleep patterns and circadian rhythms into his/her hospitalized day, and modulating light and noise in the ICU to help children feel comforted.