Research interests include topics in school nursing, mentoring students and new faculty, tool development, child temperament, ADHD and parenting. She has published articles on delegation in the school setting, family adversity and parenting of children with ADHD and Auditory Processing Disorders. Marie has presented at international, national and regional research conferences on topics related to ADHD, child temperament, parenting, mentoring new faculty and issues related to school nursing practice and education. She is a member of the National Association of School Nurses and the School Nurse Educators Special Interest Group, The New Jersey School Nurses Association, Sigma Theta Tau International, Eastern Nursing Research Society and the National League for Nursing.

Marie Foley's research interests include topics in school nursing, advocacy, child temperament, ADHD and parenting.

She is a member of the National Association of School Nurses, the New Jersey School Nurses Association, Sigma Theta Tau International, Eastern Nursing Research Society and the National League for Nursing.