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Suzanne Thoyre, PhD, RN

Associate Professor & Director, PhD and Post-Doctoral Programs

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
School of Nursing
Carrington Hall, CB #7460
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7460

Office: 1002

Phone: (919) 966-8418

Email: thoyre@email.unc.edu

Specialty Area: Children’s Health

Suzanne Thoyre, RN, PhD is an Associate Professor of the School of Nursing. Her nursing research and clinical interests are in the area of development, taking both a physiological and behavioral approach to understanding the feeding problems of preterm infants. She has experience in the use of physiological measures (data collection and analysis), which include pulse oximetry, EKG recording, plethysmography, capnography, sucking, and swallowing. In addition she has experience in the collection and analysis of observational data, which include behavioral coding using computer programs such as Observer. She is currently conducting a pilot study of an intervention to minimize hypoxemia during preterm infant bottle-feeding. Her area of consultation is in the area of observational methods and integration of physiologic and behavioral measures. Thoyre, S. (2005). Transitioning from gavage. Review in eNeonatal Review, 2(9). Miles, M., Holditch-Davis, D., Beeber, L., Thoyre, S., & Wong, S. (2005). Rural African-American mothers parenting prematurely born infants: An ecological systems perspective. Newborn and Infant Nursing Reviews, 5(3), 142-148. Thoyre, S. M., Shaker, C., Pridham, K. F. (2005). The Early Feeding Skills Assessment for preterm infants. Neonatal Network, 24(3), 7-16. Pridham, K.F., Bhattacharya, A., Thoyre, S. M., Stewart, D., Bamberger, J., Wells, J., Green, C., Greer, F., Green-Sotos, P., & O'Brien, M. (2005). Exploration of the contribution of biobehavioral variables to the energy expenditure of preterm infants. Biological Research for Nursing, 6(3), 216-229. Thoyre, S. M., & Brown, R. (2004). Factors contributing to preterm infant engagement during bottle feeding. Nursing Research, 53(5), 304-313. Thoyre, S. M. (2003). Techniques for feeding preterm infants - Education calms parents' fears regarding proper care. American Journal of Nursing, 103 (9), 69-73. Thoyre, S. & Carlson, J. (2003). Preterm infants' behavioral indicators of oxygen decline during bottle feeding. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 43, 631-641. Thoyre, S. & Carlson, J. (2003). Occurrence of oxygen desaturation events during preterm infant bottle feeding near discharge. Early Human Development, 72, 25-36. Thoyre, S. (2003). Developmental transition from gavage to oral feeding in the preterm infant. Annual Review of Nursing Research, 21, 61-92. Thoyre, S. (2001). Challenges mothers identify in bottle feeding their preterm infants. Neonatal Network, 20, 41-50. Thoyre, S. (2000). Mothers' ideas about their role in feeding their high-risk infants. Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic, and Neonatal Nursing, 29, 613-624. Pridham, K., Limbo, R., Schroeder, M., Thoyre, S., & Van Riper, M. (1998). Guided participation and development of caregiving competencies for mothers of very low birth-weight infants. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 28, 948-958. Underwood, S., Pridham, K., Brown, L., Clark, T., Frazier, W., Limbo, R., Schroeder, M., & Thoyre, S. (1997). Infant feeding practices of low-income African American women in a central city community. Journal of Community Health Nursing, 14, 189-205. Pridham, K., Thoyre, S., Brown, R., Desch, L., Sondel, S., Clark, R., Hansen, M., Peters, M. E., & Logan, R. (1997). The growth of infants and its relationship to biologic conditions, acute illness, dietary intake, and feeding practice. Nursing Research Paper Series, 1, 73-86.