University of California, San Francisco  |  About UCSF  |  Search UCSF  |  UCSF Medical Center

about the school  prospective students  faculty, departments  masters specialties  research activities  current students  news and events  alumni and friends

Departments Faculty Faculty Research Activities Faculty Profiles Faculty Roster Directory/Locator

Faculty Profile

Joseph T. Mullan, Ph.D.

Assistant Adjunct Professor,
Dept. of Social and Behavioral Sciences
3333 California St., #LHts-455
San Francisco, CA  94143-0612

Telephone:  415 476-7287     Fax:  415-476-6552
Email:  mullan@itsa.ucsf.edu

Research

Primary research focus is on how adults marshal their social and psychological resources to adapt to difficult life circumstances, such as chronic illness, institutionalization, and bereavement.

Current Projects

Co-Investigator, Perceived AIDS Stigma: A Multinational African Study, NIH, TW006395 (PI: Holzemer), 07/01/03 - 7/30/2008. Goal: To develop and validate culturally appropriate measures of perceived HIV/AIDS stigma for persons living with HIV/AIDS and nurses in 5 Sub-Saharan African countries; to analyze relationships over time among stigma, quality of health care, and quality of life for persons living with HIV/AIDS and for nurses.

Co-Investigator, Daily Depressive Affect & Disease Management in Diabetes, NIDDK, R01 DK061937 (PI: Fisher), 07/01/03 - 06/30/2006. Goal: Uses daily telephone interviews to examine the daily variation among depressive affect, disease-management and glycemic control over 21 days in people with type 2 diabetes.

Co-Investigator, Depression, Self-Management and Ethnicity in Diabetes, NIDDK, R01 DK062732 (PI: Fisher), 07/01/03 - 06/30/2007. Goal: A multi-year longitudinal study to describe the natural course of depression and self-management over time among of Latinos and European-Americans.

Co-Investigator, Center for Personal Assistance Services, NIDDR, H133B031109 (PI: Harrington) 07/01/03 - 06/30/2008. Goal: To study issues facing the availability and quality of services provided by formal and informal caregivers personal attendants to people who need help with activities of daily living.

Statistician, Changing Sexual Behavior in Gay Male Repeat HIV Testers, NIMH, R01 MH065138 (PI: Dilley), 2/01/02 - 1/30/2005. Goal: Randomized control trial of a new counseling intervention to reduce high risk sexual behavior among a cohort of gay and bisexual men with a history of high risk sexual behavior.

Professional Activities

• 1982-1984    Associate Editor, J of Health & Social Behavior
• 1982-1987   Ad Hoc Reviewer, J of Health & Social Behavior, National Science Foundation.
• 1989-1990, 1998  Reviewer, Alzheimer's Technical Review Panel, State of California
• 1994  Panel Member, Multiple Chemical Sensitivity Research Protocol, Environmental Health Branch, Dept. of Health Services, State of Calif.
• 1982-now  Ad Hoc Reviewer, Psychology & Aging, AIDS and Behavior, National Alzheimer's Association, Research on Aging, Journal of Gerontology, The Gerontologist.
• 1998  Review Committee Member, Sociology & Psychology Small Grants, National Institute on Aging (March).

Teaching

Advanced Quantitative Research Methods

Education/Degrees

• B.A., Social Relations, Harvard College, Cambridge, Mass.
• M.A., Human Development, University of Chicago, Ill.
• Ph.D., Human Development, University of Chicago, Ill.
• Postdoctoral Fellowship, Social Gerontology, UCSF

Selected Publications

New! Search PubMed for publications by this author. Search PubMed

Mullan, J. T. (1998).  Aging and informal caregiving to people with AIDS. Research on Aging, 20, 712-738.

Fisher, L., Chesla, C. A., Mullan, J. T., Skaff, M. M., and Kanter, R. A. (2001).  Contributors to depression in Latino and European-American patients with type 2 diabetes. Diabetes Care, 24, 1751-1757.

Harrington, C., Woolhandler, S., Mullan, J., Carrillo, H., and Himmelstein, D. U. (2001).  Does Investor Ownership of Nursing Homes Compromise the Quality of Care? American Journal of Public Health, 91, 1452-1455.

Mullan, J. T. and Harrington, C. (2001).  Nursing home deficiencies in the United States: A confirmatory factor analysis. Research on Aging, 23, 501-531.

Fisher, L., Chesla, C. A., Skaff, M. M, Mullan, J. T., and Kanter, R. A. (2002).  Depression and anxiety among partners of European-American and Latino patients with type 2 diabetes. Diabetes Care, 25, 1564-1570.

Skaff, M. M, Mullan, J. T., Fisher, L., and Chesla, C. A. (2003).  A Contextual model of control beliefs, behavior, and health: Latino and European Americans with type 2 diabetes. Psychology and Health, 18(3), 295-312.

Chesla, C. A., Fisher, L., Skaff, M. M, & Mullan, J. T., Gilliss, C. L. and Kanter, R. (2003).  Family predictors of disease management over one year in Latino and European American patients with type 2 diabetes. Family Process, 42(3):375-90.

Mullan, J. T., Skaff, M. M., and Pearlin, L. I., (2003).  The bereavement process: Loss, grief, and resolution. In Corless, I., Germino, B. B., & Pittman, M. A. (Eds.). Dying, Death, and Bereavement: A Challenge for Living (2nd Edition). New York: Springer Publishing.

Harrington, C., Mullan, J. T. and Carrillo, H. (In press).  State nursing home enforcement systems. Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law.

Fisher, L., Chesla, C. A., Chun, K. M., Skaff, M. M, Mullan, J. T., Kanter, R. A., and Gardiner, P. S. (In press).  Patient Appraised Couple Emotion Management and Disease Management Among Chinese American Patients With Type 2 Diabetes. Journal of Family Psychology.

nurseweb.ucsf.edu Site Map:  UCSF School of Nursing |
|  about the school		|  prospective students		|  faculty, departments (YOU ARE HERE)		|  masters specialties		|  research activities		|  current students		|  news/ events		|  alumni/ friends
Search (nurseweb.ucsf.edu)
Revised:  Mar. 2004				Contact: info@nursing.ucsf.edu  ·  © Copyright 2004 University of California Regents, All Rights Reserved.