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Health Promotion Sciences
Deborah Koniak-Griffin, EdD, RNC, FAAN
Professor and Audrienne H. Moseley Chair in Women's Health; Section Chair, Health Promotion Sciences
Research: NIH-funded research spans nearly two decades and focuses on development and evaluation of health promotion/disease prevention interventions to eliminate health disparities in vulnerable populations. Led multi-disciplinary teams in conducting clinical trials involving pregnant adolescents and young parents of ethnic/racial minority backgrounds and immigrant Latina women. Preventing HIV and repeat teen pregnancy, improving maternal-child health and decreasing CVD disease through healthy lifestyle behaviors. The program, Be Proud! Be Responsible! Be Protective!, serves as an USDHHS evidenced-based model for pregnancy prevention (http://www.hhs.gov/ash/oah/prevention/research/programs/be_proud_responsible_ protective.html). As Director of the Center for Vulnerable Populations Research, led efforts to train professionals in community-based participatory approaches in research and education.
Clinical: Nationally certified women's health nurse practitioner, with expertise in obstetric nursing
E-mail: dkoniak@sonnet.ucla.edu
Jo-Ann Eastwood, PhD, C.C.N.S., C.C.R.N.
Assistant Professor
Research: Research focus on physiological and psychosocial cardiovascular disease in women, primarily health-related quality of life and emotional influences on the prevention and development of coronary artery disease.
Clinical: Critical Care and Interventional Cardiology
E-mail: jeastwoo@sonnet.ucla.edu
J. Kelly Graves, PhD, DNSc, RN
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Research: Focus on psychosocial issues and pain related to children and adolescents with chronic illnesses, such as sickle cell disease and diabetes. Additional areas of research include the therapeutic milieu and privacy rights.
Clinical: Psychiatric nursing, public health nursing
E-mail: kgraves@sonnet.ucla.edu
MarySue Heileman, PhD, RN
Associate Professor
Research: Depression among Latinas in relation to strengths (mastery, resilience, and other protective factors), motivation, and readiness to change, in the context of intergenerational cultural expectations, gender issues, trauma, and post-traumatic stress disorder. Expertise is qualitative methods (Grounded Theory and Interpretive Phenomenology) but also uses quantitative methods in research.
Clinical: Community-based mental health, community health nursing, and public health nursing
E-mail: mheilema@sonnet.ucla.edu
Felicia Hodge, DrPh
Professor
Research: Chronic health conditions and health beliefs and behaviors among American Indians and Alaska Natives. Current projects: (1) examines the cultural constructs of pain and cancer related symptoms among AIAN cancer survivors; (2) develops and evaluates colorectal cancer screening materials for American Indian 44 clinics in California; (3) tests smoking cessation interventions; (4) and examines knowledge, attitudes and preferences for HPV vaccinations among American Indian college students. Served as the Chair of the American Indian Studies (BA/MA) program and is the Director of the Center for American Indian/Indigenous Research and Education (CAIIRE).
Clinical: American Indian health and healthcare, health behavior intervention strategies, cultural competencies, health disparities
E-mail: fhodge@sonnet.ucla.edu
Angela Hudson, PhD, RN, FNP-C
Assistant Professor
Research: Health promotion and risk reduction behaviors among at-risk youth. Current research pertains to youth currently and formerly in foster care, homeless youth, and LGBT youth and their respective health-related issues. Another aspect of research concerns HIV/AIDS awareness and interventions to increase HIV testing rates in all persons, irrespective of risk status. Currently exploring primary care providers' perspectives on facilitators and barriers to HIV testing as part of standard practice in ambulatory care settings.
Clinical: Maternity-newborn nursing, certified family nurse practitioner
E-mail: alhudson@sonnet.ucla.edu
Colleen Keenan, PhD, RNC, WHCNP
Adjunct Associate Professor
E-mail: ckeenan@sonnet.ucla.edu
Eunice Lee, PhD, RN, GNP
Associate Professor
Research: Breast/cervical/colorectal cancer screening intervention; cancer screening; disease prevention; depression in older adults; caregivers of older persons with dementia; minority/immigrants' health; women's health; instrument development; assessment of cultural equivalence of instruments
Clinical: Community health nursing, oncology nursing, and gerontological psychiatric nursing
E-mail: eclee@sonnet.ucla.edu
Mary Marfisee, MD, MPH
Assistant Adjunct Professor
E-mail: mmarfisee@sonnet.ucla.edu
Adey Nyamathi, PhD, ANP, FAAN
Associate Dean for International Research and Scholarly Activities, Audrienne H. Moseley Endowed Chair
Research: Coping and adjustments to illness, health promotion and risk reduction with vulnerable homeless and drug-addicted adults and adolescents at risk for HIV/AIDS, TB, HBV and HCV. Dr Nyamathi has led an impressive team of multidisciplinary investigators as Principal Investigator (PI) of eight NIH-funded RO1s, as well as a number of other NIH grants, funded by NIDA, NIAAA, NICHD and NIAID over the past 26 years related to HIV/AIDS, Hepatitis, TB and other infectious diseases. Her numerous research activities in India relate to coping and adjustment to chronic illnesses, such as HIV/AIDS and TB. Also the Director of the NIDA-funded Ruth Kirschstein T-32 Pre-Post Doctoral Fellowship and the HRSA Vulnerable Populations Training grant. Travels abroad extensively in her academic position and is also PI on additional studies based in India. Actively teaches in the doctoral program and is a certified nurse practitioner.
Clinical Expertise: Community health
E-mail: anyamath@sonnet.ucla.edu
Carol Pavlish, PhD, RN, ONC
Assistant Professor
Research: Gender-based violence in post-conflict settings; refugee and immigrant women's health; risk of HIV infection in post-conflict settings; transcultural nursing care; social justice and social advocacy; health and human rights; narrative and community-based collaborative action research. Additional areas of research include ethics conflict prevention, palliative care, and end-of-life care.
Clinical: Community health nursing and acute oncology nursing care
E-mail: cpavlish@sonnet.ucla.edu
Maria Elena Ruiz, PhD, RN, FNP-BC
Assistant Adjunct Professor, Associate Director Chicano Studies Research Center
Research: Health disparities, aging, and intergenerational relations; homeless & Latino (funded). Particular emphasis on vulnerable populations, Latinos, social epidemiology, and the intersection of place, culture, language, and health. Special focus on community based participatory research and mixed qualitative and quantitative designs.
Clinical: Family health, advanced practice, community/public health
E-mail: mruiz@sonnet.ucla.edu
Elizabeth Anne Thomas, PhD, ANP-BC, RN
Assistant Professor
Research: Focuses on type 2 diabetes in older working adults. Conducted grounded-theory qualitative studies on diabetes self-management at work and quantitative work on type 2 diabetes, hearing loss and work-related exposures (noise and chemicals) in older Mexican Americans. Current studies include an extension of grounded-theory qualitative studies on diabetes self-management at work and a quantitative study of self-efficacy for diabetes self-management, self-management behaviors, and work productivity in older adults. Has designed, implemented, and managed numerous occupational health programs, including award winning workers' compensation and ergonomics programs. Has extensive experience as a team member and team leader in Total Quality Management initiatives.
Clinical: Occupational health nurse practitioner working in high technology industries meeting the health, safety, and ergonomic needs of employees
E-mail: ethomas@sonnet.ucla.edu
Ann Williams, EdD, RN, FNP
Associate Dean for Research
Research: HIV/AIDS, medication adherence, vulnerable populations. Health and human rights. Ethics in clinical research. HIV/AIDS education for health professionals in U.S., China, Vietnam.
Clinical: Primary care of people living with HIV/AIDS
E-mail: awilliams@sonnet.ucla.edu
