Hayley H. Estrem
Associate Professor
Hayley Estrem, PhD, RN, FAAN, is an Associate Professor in the School of Nursing. She studies child and family-centered care for pediatric feeding disorder (PFD) and avoidant restrictive food intake disorder (ARFID). These conditions have significant impact on children and their families, especially for children with developmental delay or disability. The goal of her research program is to develop a knowledge base about this complex developmental issue to improve assessment and treatment. She uses multimethod approaches and has experience with concept analyses, measure development, mixed-methods design, and family nursing. She has developed studies that are meaningful for the experiential expert. She has a history of working successfully with the Feeding Flock Team in tool development and those tools are used by clinicians and researchers around the world. She also collaborates with interdisciplinary researchers and clinicians in the feeding field at clinics, and with Feeding Matters, a parent-initiated advocacy non-profit organization.
Education
PhD in Nursing, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
MSN in Nursing Education, Duke University
BSN, Truman State University
Honors & Awards
Recipient 2025 UNCW Distinguished Scholarly Engagement and Public Service Award 2025
Inducted as a Fellow in the American Academy of Nursing 2025
Nominated for 2025 CHHS Health and Human Services Week Distinguished Researcher Presentation 2024, 2025
Feeding Matters PFD Systems Innovator Award 2023
Nominated for 2024 UNCW Distinguished Scholarly Engagement and Public Service Award 2023
Awarded finalist for top poster for symptoms of problematic feeding in children with food allergy. Poster presented at the Southeastern Pediatric
Research Conference, Atlanta, GA. 2022
Student Impact Acknowledgement by Student Affairs 2021, 2022, 2024, 2025
Awarded Feeding Matters Leadership Champion for work as Research Pillar Chair 2020