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Woods, PhD, RN
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Lynn
Woods, PhD, RN
Location: 5-238 Factor Building |
Faculty Research and Clinical Expertise
Research: The contribution of stress to the biological, behavioral and social components of Alzheimer's Disease; the relationship of stress hormones and genetic polymorphisms to behavioral symptoms of persons with Alzheimer's Disease in nursing homes using longitudinal time series designs; effects of complementary therapies on stress hormones and behavioral symptoms using three group experimental interrupted time series designs.
Clinical: Gero-psychiatry, Gerontological Nurse Practitioner
Courses
N232F, N233F (W11), Ethnogeriatrics. Research Methods in Aging (W11), N416 (Sp10)
Education
Queen's University, Kingston, Ont. CA, BSN, 1968, Teaching-Administration/Public Health
University of Washington, MN, 1993, Gerontological Nursing
University of Washington, PhD, 1999, Nursing/Gerontology/Neuroscience
Honors and Awards
2000 Hartford Institute Geriatric Nursing Research Scholar. Research Seminar of the John A. Hartford Institute for Geriatric Nursing, New York University, New York: June 24-30. Funded by the John A. Hartford Foundation.
2001-2003 John A. Hartford Scholarship for Building Academic Geriatric Nursing Capacity. Two-year post-doctoral scholarship (Problematic Vocalization and Neuroendocrine Correlates in Persons with Alzheimer's Disease). Mentor Cornelia Beck, PhD, Professor, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Department of Geriatrics, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences. $100,000 over two years.
2006 Invited participant. Samueli Institute. Exploring the Science of Healing. Five-year Strategic Planning International Group, Teluride, CO. (March)
2007 Geriatric Nursing Research Award, New Investigator. Awarded by the Western Institute of Nursing, Portland, OR. (April)
2008 Invited participant. Health Care Community Discussion. Convened at the request of the
Presidential Transition Team. Samueli Institute. WIN. Wellness Initiative for the Nation:
summary document (unpublished draft) (December) Link.
Results submitted March 31, 2009 Link.
2008 -2009 Mentorship Award for The Medical Student Training in Aging Research (MSTAR) Program at UCLA, UCSF, and UCDHSC
Publications
Fiorentino L, Saxbe D, Alessi CA, Woods DL, Martin JL. (2012). Diurnal cortisol and functional outcomes in post-acute rehabilitation patients. The Journal of Gerontology, 67, 677-82.
Kim H, Woods DL. (2012). The development of direct-care staff social interaction coding schemas for nursing home residents with dementia. Geriatric Nursing, 33, 113-7.
Ziminski CE, Phillips LR, Woods DL. (2012). Raising the index of suspicion for elder abuse: cognitive impairment, falls, and injury patterns in the emergency department. Geriatric Nursing, 33, 105-12.
Woods, D. L., Kim, H., Yefimova, M. Morning cortisol is associated with behavioral symptoms of nursing home residents with dementia. Biological Research for Nursing. (in press)
Woods, D. L., Phillips, L. R. & Martin, J. L. Biological Basis For Sleep Disturbance and Behavioral Symptoms in Dementia: A Biobehavioral Model. Research in Gerontological Nursing. (in press)
Woods, D. L., Kim, H., Yefimova, M. To Nap or Not to Nap: Excessive Daytime Napping is Associated with Elevated Evening Cortisol in Nursing Home Residents with Dementia
Biological Research for Nursing. (in press).
Phillips, L. R., Guo, G., Woods, D. L. & Kim, H. What PCPS And Emergency Department Physicians In Arizona Need To Know About Prescribing Medications for ALF (Assisted Living Facility) Residents. Journal of the Arizona Geriatrics Society .14(2), 19 - 24.
Woods, D. L., Guo, G., Kim, H. & Phillips, L. R. We've got trouble: Medications in assisted living. Journal of Gerontological Nursing. 36(4), 30-39.
Woods, D. L., & Beck, C. & Sinha, K. (2009) The effect of therapeutic touch on behavioral symptoms and glucocorticoids in persons with dementia, Forschende Komplementarmedizin: Research in Complementary Medicine, 16(3), 181 - 189.
Woods, D. L., Bushnell, B. & Kim, H. (2009) Apolipoprotein E4 status is associated with behavioral symptoms in nursing home residents with dementia, International Psychogeriatrics, May 27 [Epub ahead of print].
Woods, D. L., Kovach, C., Raff, H., Joosse, L., Basmadjian, A. & Hegadoren, K. (2008) Using saliva to measure endogenous cortisol in nursing home residents with advanced dementia. Research in Nursing and Health, Jan 28 [Epub ahead of print].
Woods, D. L. & Martin, J. (2007) Cortisol and wake time in nursing home residents with behavioral symptoms of dementia, Biological Research for Nursing, 9(1) 21-29.
Woods, D. L. & Mentes, J. (2006) Agitated Behavior as a Prodromal Symptom of Physical Illness: A Case of the Flu. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 54(12) 1953.
Woods, D. L., Craven, R. & Whitney, J. (2005) The effect of therapeutic touch on behavioral symptoms of persons with dementia. Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine, Jan/Feb 11(1) 66-74.
Woods, D. L., Rapp, G. & Beck, C. (2004) Escalation/De-escalation patterns of behavioral symptoms of persons with dementia, Aging and Mental Health 8(2) 126-132.