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Carol Taylor, RN, PHD
Lecture Title: Integrity and Everyday Ethical Decisions in Health Care: We Become What We Repeatedly Do
Carol Taylor, RN, MSN, PhD, is a founding member and Director of the Center for Clinical Bioethics at Georgetown University. Dr. Taylor’s research interests include clinical and professional ethics, and organizational integrity. At Georgetown she directs an innovative interdisciplinary ethics curriculum grounded in a rich notion of moral agency for medical students and advanced practice nurses. Taylor teaches in the undergraduate nursing curriculum, directs a practicum in clinical ethics for graduate students in the philosophy program, serves on the ethics committee, directs the ethics consultation service, directs the visiting scholars and researchers program, conducts ethics rounds and ethics case presentations, and develops professional seminars in clinical ethics for health care professionals and the public.
Taylor works with health care professionals and leaders who are exploring the ethical dimensions of their practice. She lectures internationally and writes on various issues in healthcare ethics and serves as an ethics consultant to systems and professional organizations. She is the author of Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins Fundamentals of Nursing: The Art and Science of Nursing Care, which is now in its 6th edition and co-editor of Health and Human Flourishing: Religion, Medicine and Moral Anthropology. Taylor has a PhD in Philosophy with a concentration in bioethics from Georgetown University and a Master's Degree in Medical-Surgical Nursing from Catholic University. Experienced in caring for patients who are chronically and critically ill and their families, Taylor chose doctoral work in philosophy with a concentration in bioethics because of a passion to "make health care work" for those who need it.
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Lecture Title: Integrity and Everyday Ethical Decisions in Health Care: We Become What We Repeatedly DoCarol Taylor, RN, MSN, PhD, is a founding member and Director of the Center for Clinical Bioethics at Georgetown University. Dr. Taylor’s research interests include clinical and professional ethics, and organizational integrity. At Georgetown she directs an innovative interdisciplinary ethics curriculum grounded in a rich notion of moral agency for medical students and advanced practice nurses. Taylor teaches in the undergraduate nursing curriculum, directs a practicum in clinical ethics for graduate students in the philosophy program, serves on the ethics committee, directs the ethics consultation service, directs the visiting scholars and researchers program, conducts ethics rounds and ethics case presentations, and develops professional seminars in clinical ethics for health care professionals and the public.
Taylor works with health care professionals and leaders who are exploring the ethical dimensions of their practice. She lectures internationally and writes on various issues in healthcare ethics and serves as an ethics consultant to systems and professional organizations. She is the author of Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins Fundamentals of Nursing: The Art and Science of Nursing Care, which is now in its 6th edition and co-editor of Health and Human Flourishing: Religion, Medicine and Moral Anthropology. Taylor has a PhD in Philosophy with a concentration in bioethics from Georgetown University and a Master's Degree in Medical-Surgical Nursing from Catholic University. Experienced in caring for patients who are chronically and critically ill and their families, Taylor chose doctoral work in philosophy with a concentration in bioethics because of a passion to "make health care work" for those who need it.
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Barbara Riegel, DNSc, RN, FAAN, FAHA
Lecture Title: The Evolution of a Theory of Heart Failure Self-Care
Dr. Barbara Riegel is a Professor of Nursing at the University of Pennsylvania, founding Editor and current Co-Editor of the Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing (JCN). She is an established nurse scientist with a primary interest in heart failure self-care. Dr. Riegel is currently funded by National Institutes of Health to test the influence of daytime sleepiness on heart failure self-care.
Professor Riegel has published widely on the issues faced by this particular patient population. She has written over 130 scholarly publications in peer-reviewed, interdisciplinary and international journals, edited four books, and authored numerous book chapters. She is a fellow in the American Heart Association and the American Academy of Nursing.
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Lecture Title: The Evolution of a Theory of Heart Failure Self-CareDr. Barbara Riegel is a Professor of Nursing at the University of Pennsylvania, founding Editor and current Co-Editor of the Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing (JCN). She is an established nurse scientist with a primary interest in heart failure self-care. Dr. Riegel is currently funded by National Institutes of Health to test the influence of daytime sleepiness on heart failure self-care.
Professor Riegel has published widely on the issues faced by this particular patient population. She has written over 130 scholarly publications in peer-reviewed, interdisciplinary and international journals, edited four books, and authored numerous book chapters. She is a fellow in the American Heart Association and the American Academy of Nursing.
Barbara J. Parker, PHD, RN, FAAN
Lecture Title: Surviving the death of one parent at the hand of another: Life stories of 87 survivors
Barbara J. Parker, PhD, RN, FAAN is Theresa A. Thomas Professor in primary care nursing and Director of the PhD program at the University of Virginia School of Nursing. As the Director of the PhD program at the University of Virginia School of Nursing, Dr. Parker’s teaching focuses include research methodology, grantmanship and women's health. Parker’s research includes violence against women, women's health, homicide survivors, methodological and measurement issues.
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Lecture Title: Surviving the death of one parent at the hand of another: Life stories of 87 survivorsBarbara J. Parker, PhD, RN, FAAN is Theresa A. Thomas Professor in primary care nursing and Director of the PhD program at the University of Virginia School of Nursing. As the Director of the PhD program at the University of Virginia School of Nursing, Dr. Parker’s teaching focuses include research methodology, grantmanship and women's health. Parker’s research includes violence against women, women's health, homicide survivors, methodological and measurement issues.
Janice S. Dorman, MS, PHD
Lecture Title: Integrating Molecular Epidemiology into Nursing
Dr. Janice Dorman is Associate Dean for Scientific School of Nursing & International Affairs, Professor of Health Promotion & Development, and Professor of Epidemiology at the University of Pittsburgh. As Associate Dean for Scientific and International Affairs, Dr. Dorman oversees the Center for Research and Evaluation and the Visiting Scholars and Doctoral Programs. As a genetic epidemiologist, Dorman’s research interests include genetic education and the clustering type 1 diabetes and other autoimmune disorders in families, and their impact on women’s reproductive health. Dorman also directs an institutional training grant focusing on genomics in nursing research, and co-directs the WHO Collaboration Center for Disease Monitoring, Telecommunications and the Molecular Epidemiology of Diabetes Mellitus. associations. Dorman earned her BS in Biochemistry and Microbiology, MS in Hygiene, Human Genetics, and PhD in Epidemiology, and at the University of Pittsburgh.
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Lecture Title: Integrating Molecular Epidemiology into NursingDr. Janice Dorman is Associate Dean for Scientific School of Nursing & International Affairs, Professor of Health Promotion & Development, and Professor of Epidemiology at the University of Pittsburgh. As Associate Dean for Scientific and International Affairs, Dr. Dorman oversees the Center for Research and Evaluation and the Visiting Scholars and Doctoral Programs. As a genetic epidemiologist, Dorman’s research interests include genetic education and the clustering type 1 diabetes and other autoimmune disorders in families, and their impact on women’s reproductive health. Dorman also directs an institutional training grant focusing on genomics in nursing research, and co-directs the WHO Collaboration Center for Disease Monitoring, Telecommunications and the Molecular Epidemiology of Diabetes Mellitus. associations. Dorman earned her BS in Biochemistry and Microbiology, MS in Hygiene, Human Genetics, and PhD in Epidemiology, and at the University of Pittsburgh.
Brenda L. Hosely, PHD, RN
Lecture Title: Health Care Choices of Appalachian African Americans
Dr. Brenda L. Hosley received her BSN from Berea College, a MSN from the University of Kentucky, and her PhD in Sociology from the University of Kentucky. "We Survived: Health Care Choices of Appalachian African Americans" explores the use of folk remedies and biomedicine in treating illness. Dr. Hosley has extensive experience as a psychiatric and community health nurse and has expertise in the areas of complementary medicine, cultural diversity, and Appalachian studies. Dr. Hosley has also presented nationally on the topic of service learning and diversity issues.
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Lecture Title: Health Care Choices of Appalachian African AmericansDr. Brenda L. Hosley received her BSN from Berea College, a MSN from the University of Kentucky, and her PhD in Sociology from the University of Kentucky. "We Survived: Health Care Choices of Appalachian African Americans" explores the use of folk remedies and biomedicine in treating illness. Dr. Hosley has extensive experience as a psychiatric and community health nurse and has expertise in the areas of complementary medicine, cultural diversity, and Appalachian studies. Dr. Hosley has also presented nationally on the topic of service learning and diversity issues.
CAPT Roberta Lavin, PhD, APRN, BC
Lecture Title:Disaster Case Management: How politics, policy, and religion influence success and failure
CAPT Lavin has eighteen years of public health leadership experience building partnerships, handling demanding leadership roles, and solidifying relationships with public and private stakeholders. She is known for the ability to create and articulate agency mission and vision and fully implement the most difficult projects. Lavin attracts talented people and allows teams to take chances, believing that without creative risk taking there can be no true innovation. Lavin has expertise in risk analysis and policy formation, strategic planning and execution, budget planning, development and control, qualitative and quantitative analysis, and project management. She has received three Exceptional Capability Promotions, Meritorious Service Medal, Secretary’s Distinguished Service, and the Sylvia Hart Distinguished Alumni award.
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Lecture Title:Disaster Case Management: How politics, policy, and religion influence success and failureCAPT Lavin has eighteen years of public health leadership experience building partnerships, handling demanding leadership roles, and solidifying relationships with public and private stakeholders. She is known for the ability to create and articulate agency mission and vision and fully implement the most difficult projects. Lavin attracts talented people and allows teams to take chances, believing that without creative risk taking there can be no true innovation. Lavin has expertise in risk analysis and policy formation, strategic planning and execution, budget planning, development and control, qualitative and quantitative analysis, and project management. She has received three Exceptional Capability Promotions, Meritorious Service Medal, Secretary’s Distinguished Service, and the Sylvia Hart Distinguished Alumni award.
Pamela R. Cangelosi, PhD, RN, CNE
Lecture Title:Effective Accelerated Second Degree Nursing Programs: Uncovering the Evidence
Dr. Cangelosi is an Assistant Professor at the George Mason University College of Health and Human Services in Fairfax, VA. Dr. Cangelosi is involved in research related to articulation programs in nursing education with a special interest in RN to BSN/MSN education and second-degree baccalaureate nursing education. She has a special interest in researching and utilizing new nursing pedagogies in classroom and clinical classes. At George Mason University, Dr Cangelosi is the Coordinator of Nurse Educator Track in the Master of Science in Nursing Program. She teaches clinical, lab, and classroom medical-surgical and professional issues courses in both the accelerated baccalaureate and the traditional baccalaureate nursing program, in addition to nursing education courses at the graduate level.
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Lecture Title:Effective Accelerated Second Degree Nursing Programs: Uncovering the EvidenceDr. Cangelosi is an Assistant Professor at the George Mason University College of Health and Human Services in Fairfax, VA. Dr. Cangelosi is involved in research related to articulation programs in nursing education with a special interest in RN to BSN/MSN education and second-degree baccalaureate nursing education. She has a special interest in researching and utilizing new nursing pedagogies in classroom and clinical classes. At George Mason University, Dr Cangelosi is the Coordinator of Nurse Educator Track in the Master of Science in Nursing Program. She teaches clinical, lab, and classroom medical-surgical and professional issues courses in both the accelerated baccalaureate and the traditional baccalaureate nursing program, in addition to nursing education courses at the graduate level.
TERRY A LENNIE,PHD
Lecture Title:
Nutrition in Heart Failure: Being Overweight may be Better
Terry Lennie holds a joint Ph.D. in Nursing and Psychology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and completed a two-year postdoctoral fellowship in neurobehavior at the University of Michigan. He currently serves as co-director of the RICH Heart Program and director of the Ph.D. program at the University of Kentucky College of Nursing. Dr. Lennie’s program of research focuses on the development of scientifically based interventions to optimize nutritional intake in patients with heart failure. Current lines of research include determining (1) the psychological, social, biological, and environmental factors that influence food intake of patients with heart failure, (2) the effects of sodium restriction on nutritional quality of diets (3) the roles body fat mass, nutritional intake, and proinflammatory cytokine activity play in the surprisingly better outcomes observed in overweight and obese patients with heart failure for which he is currently funded by a grant from the National Institute of Nursing Research, and (4) the effects dietary fat intake on proinflammatory cytokine activity.
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Nutrition in Heart Failure: Being Overweight may be BetterTerry Lennie holds a joint Ph.D. in Nursing and Psychology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and completed a two-year postdoctoral fellowship in neurobehavior at the University of Michigan. He currently serves as co-director of the RICH Heart Program and director of the Ph.D. program at the University of Kentucky College of Nursing. Dr. Lennie’s program of research focuses on the development of scientifically based interventions to optimize nutritional intake in patients with heart failure. Current lines of research include determining (1) the psychological, social, biological, and environmental factors that influence food intake of patients with heart failure, (2) the effects of sodium restriction on nutritional quality of diets (3) the roles body fat mass, nutritional intake, and proinflammatory cytokine activity play in the surprisingly better outcomes observed in overweight and obese patients with heart failure for which he is currently funded by a grant from the National Institute of Nursing Research, and (4) the effects dietary fat intake on proinflammatory cytokine activity.
GENE HARKLESS, DNSC, ARNP
Lecture Title:
Learning About Ourselves and Others:
Integrating Global Nursing Into Scholarship,
Teaching, and Service
Dr. Gene Harkless’s work in international health has spanned 22 years at the University of New Hampshire where she is an Associate Professor. This includes completing two Fulbright Senior Scholar awards, one in 1997 to the University of Oslo and another in 2004 at Jamia Hamdard University in Delhi. Harkless also has a variety of nursing experiences in Brazil, England, Wales, Scotland, Australia, China, Belize, Guatemala, Nepal, and Ghana. She serves on the UNH University Committee on International Study, teaches an international health elective, and mentors undergraduate nursing students to compete and receive coveted international research grants. Recent publications related to my international interests include: Reece and Harkless "Perimenopausal Health Self-Efficacy among Hispanic Caribbean and Non-Hispanic White Women" published in Health Care for Women International and Visnes, Harkless, and Nyronning "Unit-based intervention to improve urinary incontinence in frail elderly," published in Nordic Journal of Nursing Research and Clinical Studies in 2007. Harkless is currently analyzing data for a qualitative study of family decisions to seek health care in rural Ghana.
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Learning About Ourselves and Others:
Integrating Global Nursing Into Scholarship,
Teaching, and ServiceDr. Gene Harkless’s work in international health has spanned 22 years at the University of New Hampshire where she is an Associate Professor. This includes completing two Fulbright Senior Scholar awards, one in 1997 to the University of Oslo and another in 2004 at Jamia Hamdard University in Delhi. Harkless also has a variety of nursing experiences in Brazil, England, Wales, Scotland, Australia, China, Belize, Guatemala, Nepal, and Ghana. She serves on the UNH University Committee on International Study, teaches an international health elective, and mentors undergraduate nursing students to compete and receive coveted international research grants. Recent publications related to my international interests include: Reece and Harkless "Perimenopausal Health Self-Efficacy among Hispanic Caribbean and Non-Hispanic White Women" published in Health Care for Women International and Visnes, Harkless, and Nyronning "Unit-based intervention to improve urinary incontinence in frail elderly," published in Nordic Journal of Nursing Research and Clinical Studies in 2007. Harkless is currently analyzing data for a qualitative study of family decisions to seek health care in rural Ghana.
THERESA B. MOYERS, PHD
Lecture Title:Motivational Interviewing in Health Settings
Dr. Moyers is a clinical psychologist who began her training in motivational interviewing with William Miller as a graduate student at the University if New Mexico in 1986. She is a founding member of the Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers and has produced a series of videotapes demonstrating motivational interviewing with Drs. Miller and Rollnick. Dr. Moyers worked for ten years as the director of a substance abuse treatment program in a veterans hospital and now is an Assistant Professor at the University of New Mexico. Her research focuses on exploring the active ingredients in MI as well as optimal strategies for teaching this clinical method. She has published more than 20 book chapters and peer-reviewed articles on motivational interviewing and has been an instructor for the MINT Training for Trainers Conference.
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Lecture Title:Motivational Interviewing in Health SettingsDr. Moyers is a clinical psychologist who began her training in motivational interviewing with William Miller as a graduate student at the University if New Mexico in 1986. She is a founding member of the Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers and has produced a series of videotapes demonstrating motivational interviewing with Drs. Miller and Rollnick. Dr. Moyers worked for ten years as the director of a substance abuse treatment program in a veterans hospital and now is an Assistant Professor at the University of New Mexico. Her research focuses on exploring the active ingredients in MI as well as optimal strategies for teaching this clinical method. She has published more than 20 book chapters and peer-reviewed articles on motivational interviewing and has been an instructor for the MINT Training for Trainers Conference.
B. LEE GREEN, PHD
Lecture Title: Reducing & Eliminating Health Disparities: A Framework for Action
B. Lee Green, Ph.D., is the Vice President of the Office of Institutional Diversity and Professor, Health Outcomes and Behavior at H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute. Prior to joining Moffitt, he was an Associate Professor in the College of Education and Human Development at Texas A&M University. He was also the Director of the Texas A&M University Center for the Study of Health Disparities. Dr. Green’s research interests focus on health promotion and disease prevention in the African American community, particularly minority participation in research studies. As a result of Dr. Green’s work in the area of minority participation in research studies, he was invited to be a participant on the Tuskegee Syphilis Study Legacy Committee and was invited to the White House for the formal governmental apology. He serves on various national and regional advisory boards. Dr. Green received a joint Ph.D. from the University of Alabama and the University of Alabama at Birmingham.
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Lecture Title: Reducing & Eliminating Health Disparities: A Framework for ActionB. Lee Green, Ph.D., is the Vice President of the Office of Institutional Diversity and Professor, Health Outcomes and Behavior at H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute. Prior to joining Moffitt, he was an Associate Professor in the College of Education and Human Development at Texas A&M University. He was also the Director of the Texas A&M University Center for the Study of Health Disparities. Dr. Green’s research interests focus on health promotion and disease prevention in the African American community, particularly minority participation in research studies. As a result of Dr. Green’s work in the area of minority participation in research studies, he was invited to be a participant on the Tuskegee Syphilis Study Legacy Committee and was invited to the White House for the formal governmental apology. He serves on various national and regional advisory boards. Dr. Green received a joint Ph.D. from the University of Alabama and the University of Alabama at Birmingham.
DEBRA K. MOSER, DNSc, RN, FAAN
Lecture Title:Developing a Program of Research: Anxiety in Cardiac Patients
Debra K. Moser, DNSc, RN, FAAN, is Professor and Linda C. Gill Endowed Chair of Nursing at the University of Kentucky, College of Nursing. Moser's distinguished career began with 12 years of critical care nursing. This was just the beginning of a steady, productive journey toward her current program of research: working with and studying patients with coronary heart disease. As the Director of the RICH Heart Program, Moser is researching ways to improve outcomes and quality of life in people with heart failure and other cardiac conditions. Moser is currently involved with seven different research projects, funded by the National Heart. Lung, and Blood Institute; National Institute of Nursing Research; the American Heart Association; the American Association of Critical Care Nurses; and Sigma Theta Tau. Her work has been published in numerous journals, including the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, Circulation, Nursing Research, Social Science and Medicine, the American Heart Journal, the American Journal of Cardiology, and the American Journal of Emergency Medicine.
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Lecture Title:Developing a Program of Research: Anxiety in Cardiac PatientsDebra K. Moser, DNSc, RN, FAAN, is Professor and Linda C. Gill Endowed Chair of Nursing at the University of Kentucky, College of Nursing. Moser's distinguished career began with 12 years of critical care nursing. This was just the beginning of a steady, productive journey toward her current program of research: working with and studying patients with coronary heart disease. As the Director of the RICH Heart Program, Moser is researching ways to improve outcomes and quality of life in people with heart failure and other cardiac conditions. Moser is currently involved with seven different research projects, funded by the National Heart. Lung, and Blood Institute; National Institute of Nursing Research; the American Heart Association; the American Association of Critical Care Nurses; and Sigma Theta Tau. Her work has been published in numerous journals, including the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, Circulation, Nursing Research, Social Science and Medicine, the American Heart Journal, the American Journal of Cardiology, and the American Journal of Emergency Medicine.
DONNA MCCARTHY BECKETT, PHD, RN
Lecture Title:From Bedside to Bench: Animal Models of Clinical Phenomena
Dr. Donna McCarthy Beckett’s research focuses on understanding anorexia and weight loss as a human response to illness or injury. One area of study is the role of immunopeptides in the regulation of appetite and food intake, and whether these same peptides play a role in anorexia and weight loss with persons with advanced cancer. Another focus of Dr. McCarthy Beckett’s research is the effect of diet and dietary factors on appetite and body weight in tumor-bearing hosts. This research is conducted using animal models of the acute phase response. Dr. McCarthy Beckett is Associate Dean for Research and Mildred E. Newton Professor of Nursing at Ohio State University.
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Lecture Title:From Bedside to Bench: Animal Models of Clinical PhenomenaDr. Donna McCarthy Beckett’s research focuses on understanding anorexia and weight loss as a human response to illness or injury. One area of study is the role of immunopeptides in the regulation of appetite and food intake, and whether these same peptides play a role in anorexia and weight loss with persons with advanced cancer. Another focus of Dr. McCarthy Beckett’s research is the effect of diet and dietary factors on appetite and body weight in tumor-bearing hosts. This research is conducted using animal models of the acute phase response. Dr. McCarthy Beckett is Associate Dean for Research and Mildred E. Newton Professor of Nursing at Ohio State University.
LYDIA R. TEMOSHOK, PHD
Lecture Title:Coping, Chemokines, & Cytokines: Correlations and Coherence In HIV-1 Infected Individuals
Dr. Temoshok is an international leader in psychoneuroimmunology (PNI), exploring the multiple complex interrelationships among the mind, the central nervous system, the immune system, and the outcome of immunologically mediated diseases. Temoshok was in the first small group of scientists to receive a federal grant to study the newly-recognized disease that would eventually be called AIDS. Temoshok created and directed the Biopsychosocial AIDS Project, researching the role of PNI linkages in HIV and AIDS progression. Dr. Temoshok authored the well-known 1992 book, The Type C Connection: The Behavioral Links to Cancer and Your Health (NY: Random House). The recipient of numerous academic awards, she has been elected a Fellow of the American Psychological Association, the Academy of Behavioral Medicine Research, and the Society of Behavioral Medicine. Currently a Professor at the Department of Medicine at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, Dr. Temoshok is currently serving a 4- year term on the Center for Disease Control (CDC)/ Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Advisory Committee on HIV and STD Prevention and Treatment for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Health Resources and Services Administration.
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Lecture Title:Coping, Chemokines, & Cytokines: Correlations and Coherence In HIV-1 Infected IndividualsDr. Temoshok is an international leader in psychoneuroimmunology (PNI), exploring the multiple complex interrelationships among the mind, the central nervous system, the immune system, and the outcome of immunologically mediated diseases. Temoshok was in the first small group of scientists to receive a federal grant to study the newly-recognized disease that would eventually be called AIDS. Temoshok created and directed the Biopsychosocial AIDS Project, researching the role of PNI linkages in HIV and AIDS progression. Dr. Temoshok authored the well-known 1992 book, The Type C Connection: The Behavioral Links to Cancer and Your Health (NY: Random House). The recipient of numerous academic awards, she has been elected a Fellow of the American Psychological Association, the Academy of Behavioral Medicine Research, and the Society of Behavioral Medicine. Currently a Professor at the Department of Medicine at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, Dr. Temoshok is currently serving a 4- year term on the Center for Disease Control (CDC)/ Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Advisory Committee on HIV and STD Prevention and Treatment for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Health Resources and Services Administration.
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