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Glenna A. Dowling, RN, PhD, FAAN
Professor & Chair, Department of Physiological Nursing
Director, Institute on Aging Research Center, San Francisco, CA
Associate Director, John A. Hartford Center of Geriatric Nursing Excellence
2 Koret Way, #N-631
San Francisco, CA 94143-0610
Telephone: (415) 502-7791
Email: glenna.dowling@nursing.ucsf.edu
Dr. Dowling's research focuses on the effects of chronic progressive neurological diseases on circadian and rest-activity rhythm function in older adults and symptom management of these disturbances. She has a long-standing interest in exploring how non-pharmacological therapies (e.g., bright light exposure, melatonin) can improve rest-activity rhythms and quality of life in older adults, especially those with dementia.
She also recently received NIH funding to partner with Red Hill Studios to adapt the popular Nintendo Wii platform to create a therapeutic interactive game based on a classroom training program that has proven efficacy in improving gait and balance in people with Parkinson's disease. Methodologies are primarily quantitative and include measurement of physiological and psychosocial variables.
Dr. Dowling primarily advises and mentors students in the doctoral program but also teaches in the Gerontology Nursing Specialty Masters Program.
Dr. Dowling serves on a variety of public committees and boards that support patient education, advocacy, geriatric support services, health care maintenance and preventive services. Academically, her service primarily supports advanced nursing education and research.
Outstanding Graduate Student, University of Washington, Seattle, 1983.
Invited member of NIH, NIA/NINR Alzheimer's Disease Research Planning Meeting II to set the research priorities in behavioral management strategies for the next decade, 1994.
Geriatric Faculty Development Award, State of California, Office of Health Affairs, Academic Geriatric Resource Program, 1992-95.
First Place award in the 1996 Journal of Neuroscience Nursing Writing Contest. Awarded by the American Association of Neuroscience Nurses for originality, scientific merit, writing style, and relevance to neuroscience nursing, 1996.
Outstanding Performance Award, School of Medicine, Department of Neurology, UCSF, 1996, 1998.
Invited member of NIH Parkinson's Disease Agenda Implementation Review Committee charged by Congress to set the research agenda for Parkinson's focused research and provide professional judgement funding projections in the areas of understanding Parkinson's disease, developing new treatments, creating new research capabilities and enhancing the research process, 2002.
Fellow, American Academy of Nursing, elected in 2006.
University of California, Berkeley; BA; Cum laude, Psychology
University of California, Berkeley; BA; Cum laude, Physiology
University of California, San Francisco; BS; Summa cum laude, Nursing
University of Washington, Seattle; MN; Physiological Nursing
University of Washington, Seattle; PhD ; Nursing Science
University of California, San Francisco; Post-Doctoral Fellow;
National Research Service Award, Neuroscience Nursing
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Dowling, G. A. (1995). Sleep problems in older adults. The American Nurse, 27(3), 24-25.
Dowling, G. A. (1995). Sleep in older women with Parkinson's disease. Journal of Neuroscience Nursing, 27(6), 355-362.
Dowling, G. A. (1996). Specific interventions: Behavioral intervention strategies for sleep-activity disruption in Alzheimer's disease. International Psychogeriatrics, 8 (Suppl. 1), 77-86.
Dowling, G.A., & Wiener, C. L. (1997). Roadblocks encountered in recruiting patients for a study of sleep disruption in Alzheimer's disease. Image, 29(1), 59-64.
Melnick, M. E., Dowling, G. A., Aminoff, M. J., & Barbaro, N. B. (1999). The effect of pallidotomy on postural control and motor function in Parkinson's disease. Archives of Neurology, 56, 1361-1365.
Dowling, G. A., Mastick, J., & Aminoff, M. J. (2003). Melatonin for sleep disturbances in Parkinson's disease: A pilot study. Sleep Research Online, 5(3), 99-103, http://www.sro.org/2003/Dowling/99/ (website).
Coon, D. W., Williams, M., Moore, R., Steinbach, C., Roth, S., Edgerly, E., Phillips, C., Nguyen, H., Dowling, G. A., Dunning, E., & Feigenbaum, L. Z. (2004). The Northern California Chronic Care Network for Dementia Project. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 52(1), 150-156.
Lee, K. A., Landis, C., Chasens, E. R., Dowling, G. A., Merritt, S., Parker, K. P., Redeker, N., Richards K. C,. Rogers, A. E., Shaver, J. F., Umlauf, M. G., & Weaver, T. E. (2004). Learning objectives for sleep and chronobiology in undergraduate and graduate nursing education. Nursing Outlook, 52, 126-133.
Dowling, G. A., Hubbard E. M., Mastick, J., Luxenberg, J., Burr, R. L., & Van Someren, E. J. W.(2005). Effect of morning bright light treatment for rest-activity disruption in institutionalized patients with severe Alzheimer's disease. International Psychogeriatrics, 17(2), 221-236.
Dowling, G. A., Mastick, J., Colling, E., Carter, J. H., Singer, C. M., & Aminoff, M. J. (2005). Melatonin for sleep disturbances in Parkinson's disease. Sleep Medicine, 6, 459-466.
Dowling, G. A., Mastick, J., Hubbard E. M., Luxenberg J. S., & Burr, R. L. (2005). Effect of timed bright light treatment for rest-activity disruption in institutionalized patients with Alzheimer's disease. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 20, 738-743.
Miller, L., Beck, C., Dowling, G. A., Herr, K., Maas, M., Naylor, M., & Tripp-Reimer, T. (2006). Building gerontological nursing research capacity: Research initiatives of the John A. Hartford Foundation Centers of Geriatric Nursing Excellence. Nursing Outlook, 54(4), 189-96.
Dowling, G. A., Graf, C., Hubbard, E., & Luxenberg, J. (2007). Light treatment for neuropsychiatric behavior in Alzheimer's disease. Western Journal of Nursing Research, 29(8), 961-975.
Dowling, G. A., Burr, R. L., Van Someren, E. J. W., Hubbard, E. M., Luxenberg, J. S., Mastick, J., & Cooper, B. A. (2008). Melatonin and bright light treatment for rest-activity disruption in institutionalized patients with Alzheimer's disease. Journal of the American Geriatric Society, 56, 239-246.
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