Welcome to my ScholarWorks Page I am an Associate Professor at University of Massachusetts Amherst. During my tenure I have focused my research on symptom identification and management of adverse events in person with hepatitis C particularly those in treatment. At Umass I have developed an expertise in two areas: communicable disease prevention and behavioral modification. The populations I work with are the homeless, incarcerated and those at high risk for acquiring hepatitis, HIV and return to substance abuse. Participation in the following clinical organizations is essential for this ongoing work: the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases, the International Nurses Society on Addiction, The Labyrinth Connection of Western MA, and MA Viral Hepatitis Coalition. Current research is focused on measuring biomarkers for stress response in offenders before and after participating in labyrinth walking, and measuring differences in walking outdoor (green environment) and indoor labyrinth walking.
Articles
An Intervention to Prevent Symptoms Associated with Hepatitis C: A Pilot Study, Applied Nursing Research (2010)
The objectives of this study were to (a) pilot test instruments measuring fatigue and quality...
Peer education for Hepatitis C prevention, Gastroenterology Nursing (2009)
The purpose of this article is to describe a model of education about hepatitis C...
University and Sheriff's Office Create a Model Collaboration (with Catherine Rigali), Corrections Today (2008)
The Suitability of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction for Chronic Hepatitis C (with Lynn S. Koerbel), Journal of Holistic Nursing (2007)
As incidence of chronic hepatitis C (CHC) in the United States increases, management of physical...
The Nature of Hope in Hospitalized Chronically Ill Patients (with Dale Sook Kim, Hesook Suzie Kim, and Donna Schwartz-Barcott), International Journal of Nursing Studies (2006)
Background: Hope as a universal human phenomenon has been studied from various perspectives often conceptualized...
Contributions to Books
How to Do Case Study Research, Teaching Research Methods in the Humanities and Social Sciences (2009)
Presentations
Labyrinth Walking & Quality of Life in High Risk Substance Abusers: A Mixed Methods Study (with Amy Sharma), International Nurses in Substance Abuse Conference (2010)
Mobile Outreach for Hepatitis C and HIV in Western Massachusetts (with Jeung Choi and Emily Gallagher), Digestive Disease Week 2009 (2009)
Poster Presentation