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GERALDINE PADILLA, PHD

Professor, Physiological Nursing, UCSF

CONTACT

Geraldine.Padilla@nursing.ucsf.edu
(415) 476-1763 (voice)
(415) 476-9707 (fax)

Box 0604, UCSF; San Francisco, CA 94143-0604

EDUCATION

Assumption College, Manila, Philippines, BA, 1962, History
Ateneo University, Manila, Philippines, MA, 1965, Psychology
University of California Los Angeles, PhD, 1971, Psychology/Public Health

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

1967-1968

Research Assistant, Psychology Department University of California Los Angeles.

1970-1985

Director Nursing Research, Dep't of Nurs Res and Educ, City of Hope Med. Ctr, Duarte, CA.

1976-1980

Member, National Institute for Nursing Research (a.k.a. Division of Nursing, NCNR)

1985-1987

Research Scientist, Dep't of Nurs Res & Educ, City of Hope Nat'l Med Center, Duarte, CA.

1987-1999

Prof and Asso Dean for Research, School of Nursing, University of California Los Angeles.

1995-1996

Asso Dir for Community Research, Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, UCLA.

1999- 2001

Vice President for Cancer Control, American Cancer Society, California Div, Oakland, CA.

2001-present

Prof and Asso Dean for Research, School of Nursing, Univ of California San Francisco.

HONORS & AWARDS

1983-present

Honorary member, Sigma Theta Tau National Honor Society of Nursing

1989-present

Honorary Member, Oncology Nursing Society

1990

Invited Visiting Professor, Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing, Emory Univ, Atlanta, GA

1994

Invited Visiting Professor, University of Bergen, Oslo, Octr 5-8, Invited lectures on Quality of Life

1999

Special Recognition Award, American Academy of Nursing

1999

Honorary Member, Multinational Center of Quality of Life Research, St. Petersburg, Russia

2001-2002

University Professor Award, University of San Diego, School of Nursing

2004

Invited Visiting Professor, University of Bergen, Norway

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

(Representative publications on Quality of Life, Chronic Illness, Culture)

1990 Padilla, G.V., Ferrell, B., and Grant, M.M. Defining the Content Domain of Quality of Life for Cancer Patients with Pain. Cancer Nursing, 13:2:108-115.

1992 Padilla, G.V., Mishel, M.H., and Grant, M.M. Uncertainty, Appraisal and Quality of Life. Quality of Life Research, 1:155-165.

1992 Padilla, G.V., Grant, M.M., Lipsett, J., Anderson, P.R., Rhiner, M. and Bogen, C. Health quality of life and colorectal cancer. Cancer Suppl 70:5:1450-1456.

1993 van Servellen G, Padilla G, Knoll L. The relationship of stressful life events, health status and stress resistance resources in persons with AIDS. Journal Association of Nurses in AIDS Care, 4:1:11-22.

1993 Lillington, L.B., Padilla, G.V., Sayre, J.W., Chlebowski, R.T. Factors influencing nurses' breast cancer control activity. Cancer Practice: A Multidisciplinary Journal of Cancer Care, 1993; 1(4):307-314.

1996 Sarna, L., van Servellen, G., & Padilla, G. Comparison of emotional distress in men with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome and in men with cancer. Applied Nursing Research, 9:4:209-212.

1997 Greimel, E.R., Padilla, G.V., Grant, M.M. Self-care responses to illness of patients with various cancer diagnoses. Acta Oncologica. 36:2:141-150.

1997 Greimel, E.R., Padilla, G.V., Grant, M.M. Physical and psychosocial outcomes in cancer patients: A comparison of different age groups. British Journal of Cancer. 76:2:251-255.

1998 Dibble, SL, Padilla, GV, Dodd, MJ, Miaskowski C. Gender differences in the dimensions of quality of life. Oncology Nursing Forum. 25:3:577-583.

1998 dela Cruz F.A., Padilla G.V., Butts E. Validating a short acculturation scale for Filipino-Americans. Journal of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners 10:10:453-460.

1998 Greimel, E.R., Padilla, G.V., Grant, M.M. Gender differences in outcomes among patients with cancer. Psycho Oncology 7:3:197-206.

1999 Sarna, L., vanServellen G., Padilla G.V., Brecht M.L. Quality of life in women with symptomatic HIV/AIDS. Journal of Advanced Nursing 30:3:597-605.

2000 dela Cruz, F.A., Padilla, G.V. Adapting a measure of acculturation for cross-cultural research. Journal of Transcultural Nursing. 11:3:191-198.

2001 Choe, M.A., Padilla, G.V., Chae, Y.R., Kim S. The Meaning of Health-related Quality of Life in a Korean Sample. International Journal of Nursing Studies, 2001 Oct;38(5):557-566.

2001 Danao, L.L., Padilla, G.V., Johnson,D. An English and Spanish Quality of Life Measure for Rheumatoid Arthritis. Arthritis Care Research. 2001 Apr;45(2):167-173.

2002 Sarna L., Padilla, G., Holmes, C., Tashkin, D., Brecht, M.L., Evangelista, L. Quality of Life of Long-term Survivors of Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer. Journal of Clinical Oncology. 2002 July 1; 20(13): 2920-2909.

2003 Ashing, K.T., Padilla, G., Tejero, J., Kagawa-Singer M. Understanding the breast cancer experience of Asian American women. Psycho-Oncology 2003; 12(1):38-58.

2003 Evangelist LS, Sarna L, Brecht ML, Padilla G, Chen J. Health perceptions and risk behaviors of lung cancer survivors. Heart Lung 2003 32: 131-139.

2003 Maliski SL, Sarna L, Evangelista L, Padilla G. The aftermath of lung cancer: Balancing the good and bad. Cancer Nurs 2003; 26: 237-244.

2003 Cooley, M.E., Sarna L., Brown, J.K., Williams, R.D., Chernecky, C., Padilla, G., Danao, L.L. Challenges of recruitment and retention in multisite clinical research. Cancer Nursing 2003; 26(5): 376-384.

2004 Sarna, L. Evangelista, L., Tashkin, D., Padilla, G., Holmes, C., Brecht, M.L., Grannis, F. Impact of respiratory symptoms and pulmonary function on quality of life of long-term survivors of non-small cell lung cancer. Chest. 2004 Feb; 125(2): 439-445.

2004 Ashing-Giwa, K.T., Padilla, G. et al. Breast cancer survivorship in a multiethnic sample: Challenges in recruitment and measurement. Cancer. 2004; 101(3): 450-465.

2004 Ashing-Giwa, KT, Padilla, G, Tejero, J, Kramer, J, Wright, K, Coscarelli, A, Clayton, S, Williams, I, Hills, D. Understanding the Breast Cancer Experience of Women: A Qualitative Study of African American, Asian American, Latina and Caucasian Cancer Survivors. Psycho-Oncology. 2004;13(6):408-428.

In Press Ashing-Giwa, KT, Kagawa-Singer, M, Padilla, G, Tejero, J, Hsiao, E, Chhabra, R, Martinez, L, Tucker, MB. The Impact of Cervical Cancer and Dysplasia: A Qualitative, Multiethnic Study. Psycho-Oncology. In Press.

10/15/04

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