Assistant Professor, Department of Physiological Nursing
Education
University of Kentucky, Lexington KY, BSN, 1979-1981, Nursing
University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati OH, MSN, 1983-1984, Mental Health Nursing
New York University, New York, NY, Ph.D., 1987-1989, Nursing Research
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, Fellowship, 1997-1998, Psych/Oncology
University of California, San Francisco CA, Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education, Fellowship, 2006-2007, Tobacco Control
Professional Experience
-
1981-1983
Nurse, Neuro ICU and Inpatient Psychiatry, University of Kentucky Medical Center
-
1983-1985
Psychiatric Nursing Care Manager and Educator, St. Joseph Hospital, Lexington, KY
-
1985-1986
Instructor, Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing, University of KY, Lexington, KY
-
1986-1989
Research Project Director, Onset of Affective Disorders in Newly Admitted Long-term Care Patients, NIH funded, New York University Medical School, NY, NY
-
1989-1996
Assistant Clinical Professor, Rutgers University, College of Nursing Department of Psych-Mental Health Graduate Nursing, Newark NJ
-
1996-1998
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Center for Advancing Care in Serious Illness, Psychosocial Oncology, University of Pennsylvania, School of Nursing, Philadelphia, PA
-
1998-2001
Lecturer, Yale University School of Nursing, New Haven, CT. Co-Director of the Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Program and Director of the Substance Abuse Specialty
-
2004-2006
Adjunct Assistant Professor - Samuel Merritt College School of Nursing: Health Policy and Research Methods
-
2006-2007
Visiting Assistant Professor, University of California, San Francisco, Center for Tobacco Research and Education
-
2007- 2008
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Social & Behavioral Sciences, School of Nursing, University of California, San Francisco
-
2008-present
Assistant Professor, Department of Physiological Nursing/Gerontology-Oncology, School of Nursing, University of California, San Francisco
-
2008-present
Associate Director, John A. Hartford Center of Geriatric Nursing Excellence, School of Nursing, University of California, San Francisco
-
2009-present
Core Faculty for UCSF Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education
Honors & Awards
- 2005-2006
Visiting Professor/Fellowship, UCSF Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education - 2007
Samuel Merritt College, Teaching Excellence Award - 2008-2009
Planning Committee Member for the 2009 World Conference on Lung Cancer - 2009
UCSF Academic Senate Individual Investigator Award - 2009
Core Scientific Planning Committee for 2011 IASLC World Conference on Lung Cancer - 2010
American Cancer Society Institutional Research Award for New Investigators - 2010
Research Award for Junior Investigators in Basic and Clinical Translational Sciences - 2010
NINR P30 Faculty Scholar - 2010
Consultant for WHO Ageing and Health Meeting, Geneva Switzerland, June 2010 - 2010
ONS Foundation Research Fellowship Award "Molecular Basis of Lung Cancer Stigma and Symptom Management"
Selected Publications
View on UCSF Profiles
