Professor, Nursing
Dr. Goyal is a professor of nursing in the College of Health and Human Sciences at the Valley Foundation School of Nursing at San José State University. She oversees the Family Nurse Practitioner program and teaches courses in diversity and research methods to graduate nursing students. Dr. Goyal is passionate about maternal mental health, specifically among women of Asian Indian descent. Dr. Goyal’s research adds to the postpartum mental health narrative regarding Asian American women’s experience, mental health help-seeking behavior, and preferred management of mood and anxiety disorders. Her research findings provide clinicians with the much needed information they need to provide culturally-informed care in an effort to promote optimal maternal-child well-being outcomes. Dr. Goyal also maintains a clinical faculty practice, working as a nurse practitioner in an outpatient OB/GYN clinic.
Dr. Goyal earned a BSN, MSN, and family nurse practitioner certificate from San José State University, School of Nursing. She earned a doctorate from the University of California, San Francisco.
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About Deepika Goyal
Dr. Goyal is a professor of nursing in the College of Health and Human Sciences at the Valley Foundation School of Nursing at San José State University. She oversees the Family Nurse Practitioner program and teaches courses in diversity and research methods to graduate nursing students. Dr. Goyal is passionate about maternal mental health, specifically among women of Asian Indian descent. Dr. Goyal’s research adds to the postpartum mental health narrative regarding Asian American women’s experience, mental health help-seeking behavior, and preferred management of mood and anxiety disorders. Her research findings provide clinicians with the much needed information they need to provide culturally-informed care in an effort to promote optimal maternal-child well-being outcomes. Dr. Goyal also maintains a clinical faculty practice, working as a nurse practitioner in an outpatient OB/GYN clinic.
Dr. Goyal earned a BSN, MSN, and family nurse practitioner certificate from San José State University, School of Nursing. She earned a doctorate from the University of California, San Francisco.
| Present | Professor, San Jose State University ‐ The Valley Foundation School of Nursing | |
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| August 2007 - May 2013 | Associate Professor, San Jose State University ‐ The Valley Foundation School of Nursing | |
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| August 2006 - December 2006 | Lecturer, San Jose State University ‐ The Valley Foundation School of Nursing | |
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Disciplines
Research Interests
Grants
| 2013 | Hybrid course development |
| San José State University | |
| Innovative Teaching Course Redesign Award | |
| $3,000 | |
| 2013 | Intervention to improve infant and parent outcomes in Asian Americans: A feasibility and acceptability study |
| San José State University | |
| Research, Scholarly, and Creative Activity Grant | |
| $5,000 | |
| 2012 | Effect of maternal lipid metabolism during pregnancy on pregnancy outcomes in obese pregnant women |
| San José State University | |
| College of Applied Sciences and Arts Incentive Grant | |
| Colleague(s): Mauldin, K. | |
| $25,000 | |
| 2012 | Intervention to Reduce Postpartum Depression in Asian American Mothers |
| San José State University | |
| Silicon Valley Center for Global Studies Grant | |
| 2011 | Perspectives of Postpartum Depression in Asian Indian Mothers |
| San José State University | |
| College of Applied Sciences and Arts Incentive Grant | |
| Colleague(s): Van Ta Park | |
| $25,000 | |
| 2011 | Perspectives of Well-being in Chinese American Mothers |
| San José State University | |
| Research, Scholarly, and Creative Activity Grant | |
| 2011 | Views of Socialized Medicine: Maternal Child Health |
| San José State University | |
| San Jose State University Office of International and Extended Studies, Virtually Abroad Program Grant. | |
| 2010 | Evaluation of a pilot RN to BSN program |
| San José State University | |
| College of Applied Sciences and Arts Incentive Grant | |
| Colleague(s): Rodriguez, L. and McNiesh, S. | |
| $25,000 | |
| 2009 | ADN to BS in Nursing Collaborative Grant |
| California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office Economic and Workforce Development Division | |
| Colleague(s): Apen, L. | |
| $150,000 | |
| 2009 | Postpartum depressive symptoms and sleep disturbance in minority Asian Indian women |
| San José State University | |
| Junior Faculty Career Development Grant |
Professional Service and Affiliations
| 2009 - Present | Member, Postpartum Support International | 2008 - Present | Member, National Association of Indian Nurses in America (NAINA) Research & Grant Committee | 2002 - Present | Member, The American Academy of Nurse Practitioners (AANP) | 2009 - 2011 | Research Consultant, El Camino Hospital | 2009 - 2011 | Consulting Investigator, Palo Alto Medical Foundation Research Institute, Department of Health Policy | 2007 - 2009 | Member, Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing, Alpha Gamma Chapter | 2006 - 2009 | Education Chair, Board Member of the California Association of Nurse Practitioners (CANP) | 2005 - 2009 | Member, The Association of Women’s Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN) | 2000 - 2009 | Member, California Association of Nurse Practitioners (CANP) |
Honors and Awards
- Sigma Theta Tau Alpha Gamma Chapter Research Award July 2011
- Betty Irene and Gordon Moore Doctoral Fellowship 2004 - 2007
- Sigma Theta Tau Alpha Gamma Chapter Student Scholarship 1999
Courses
- Role of Diversity & Social Issues in Healthcare – Graduate, Doctor of Nursing Practice (N574)
- Research Methods - Graduate Seminar (N295)
- Advanced Pathophysiology and Pharmacology – Graduate, School Nurse (N270)
- Health Assessment – Graduate, FNP Program (N248)
- Diverse Populations - Graduate Seminar (N204)
- Health Care Systems - Graduate Seminar (N200)
- Undergraduate Practicum – Childbearing (N146B)
- Nursing Theory - Evidence-Based Research (N128)
- Nursing Theory - Care of the Childbearing Family (N126)
- Nursing Theory - RN to BSN students (N124)
- Health Assessment - RN to BSN students (N104)
| June 2007 | Ph.D., University of California, San Francisco ‐ Nursing | |
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| May 2002 | M.S., San Jose State University ‐ The Valley Foundation School of Nursing | |
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| May 2000 | B.S., San Jose State University ‐ The Valley Foundation School of Nursing | |
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Contact Information
deepika.goyal@sjsu.edu
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