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RESEARCH · SCHOOL OF NURSING · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO
The mission of the California Collaborative Center for Substance Abuse Policy Research (CCCSAPR) is to provide substance abuse policy and program development to the state and local governments through research, evaluation, policy analysis, education, and public service.
CCCSAPR was founded in 1997 to provide the State of California with timely, appropriate, scholarly, and objective information to support informed decision making on issues of substance abuse policy. The center is based at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), Institute for Health & Aging (IHA), and includes researchers from all UC campuses, including the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and the University of California, San Diego (UCSD).
Philip R. Lee, M.D., Chancellor Emeritus of UCSF and former assistant secretary of health, is center co-chair with Carroll Estes, Ph.D., Founder and Former Director of IHA. David E. Smith, M.D., Founding Director of Haight Ashbury Free Clinics, Inc., serves as medical director. Richard Seymour, Editor of the Journal of Psychoactive Drugs, is center coordinator.
The Center works with public and private agencies dealing with a range of issues including therapy outcome research, the socioeconomic cost of addiction, evaluation of addiction therapy within a managed care environment, the impact of addiction on a range of populations including the elderly and adolescents, epidemiological field work, survey research, and a variety of other policy and therapy outcome issues.
http://nurseweb.ucsf.edu/iha/Programs/cccsapr.htm
Ca. Collaborative Ctr. for Substance Abuse Policy Research
UCSF Institute for Health and Aging, Box 0646
3333 California Street, Suite 340
San Francisco, CA 94118
Telephone: 415-476-5832, Fax: 415-476-3915
Email: mariechristine.yue@ucsf.edu
RESEARCH · SCHOOL OF NURSING · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO
Director and Principal Investigator
Mary C. White, RN, MPH, PhD, FAAN
Co-investigators
Jacqueline P. Tulsky, MD, UCSF Department of Medicine, Positive Health Program, UCSF
Joanne Spetz, PhD, Assistant Adjunct Professor, Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, School of Nursing
Robert M. Jasmer, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, UCSF
Kathleen Ragland, PhD, Senior Statistician, Epicenter, School of Medicine
Joe Goldenson, MD, Director of Forensic Services, City/County of San Francisco Jails
L. Masae Kawamura, MD, TB Controller, City/County of San Francisco Dept. of Public Health
The SHIP program seeks to improve the health outcomes of incarcerated populations and improve the systems that serve them through research and training.
Funding for the program is obtained from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases; Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; National Institute on Drug Abuse
White, M.C., Tulsky, J.P., Goldenson, J., Portillo, C.J., Kawamura, L.M., & Menendez, E. Randomized controlled trial of interventions to improve follow-up for latent tuberculosis infection after release from jail. Arch Intern Med 2002; 162: 1044-1050.
White, M.C., Mehrotra, A., Menendez, E., Estes, M., Goldenson, J., & Tulsky, J.P. Jail inmates and HIV care: provision of antiretroviral therapy and Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia prophylaxis. Int J STD & AIDS 2001; 12: 380-385.
Menendez, E., White, M.C., & Tulsky, J.P. Locating Study Subjects: Predictors and Successful Strategies in Inmates Released from a US County Jail. Controlled Clinical Trials 2001; 22: 238-247.
LaVene, M.C., White, M.C., Waters, C.M., & Tulsky, J.P. Screening for health conditions in a county jail: differences by gender. J Correctional Health Care 2003; 9: 381-396.
Mary C. White, MPH, PhD, Professor
UCSF Box 0608
2 Koret Way, #N-511
San Francisco, CA 94143-0608
Email: mary.white@nursing.ucsf.edu
RESEARCH · SCHOOL OF NURSING · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO
Boyce/Alkon Psychobiology Laboratory
Institute of Human Development, University of California, Berkeley
The mission of the Boyce/Alkon Psychobiology laboratory is to understand children's physiologic responses to stress in relation to children's physical and mental health.
NIH National Institute for Child Health and Human Development
Pre- and post-doctoral students in Developmental Psychology, Medicine, Nursing and Research Assistants.
Abbey Alkon, RN, PhD
abbey.alkon@nursing.ucsf.edu
RESEARCH · SCHOOL OF NURSING · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO
Abbey Alkon, RN PhD, Director
The California Childcare Health Program (CCHP) is a community-oriented, multidisciplinary team dedicated to enhancing the quality of child care for California's children by initiating and strengthening linkages between the health, safety and child care communities and the families they serve.
CCHP is a nonprofit organization of the Department of Family Health Care Nursing,
School of Nursing, University of California, San Francisco (UCSF).
Childcare Health Linkages Project, funded by First 5 California; $9.2 mil. 9/1/2001 - 6/30/2004.
Healthy Child Care California, funded by US DHHS Maternal and Child Health Bureau; $50,000 2/1/03-1/31/04.
Healthline, funded by CA Dept. of Education; $500,000 7/1/03- 6/30/04.
California Childcare Health Program
1333 Broadway Suite 1010
Oakland, CA 94612
Phone: (510) 839-1195 Fax: (510) 839-0339
Email Address: cchp@ucsfchildcarehealth.org
Web site for CCHP: http://www.ucsfchildcarehealth.org/
Staff Roster for CCHP: CCHP Staff Roster
RESEARCH · SCHOOL OF NURSING · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO
Principal Investigator: Christine Kennedy, RN, PhD, FAAN
The Young Children's Health Program focuses on the impact of daily life events and young children's behaviors, particularly risk-taking, from a health implications perspective.
Visit Dr. Kennedy's profile page at http://nurseweb.ucsf.edu/www/ffkennc.htm for a list of grants and publications which explored culturally mediated children's health behaviors both in healthy and ill children in the USA and overseas (China, Hong Kong, Russia, Taiwan & Thailand). The most recent project, the UCSF Kids TV Study, is a four-year intervention study funded by the National Institute of Health. The study has included over 150 children--aged 8 to 9 years--throughout the San Francisco Bay Area. In addition to decreasing television exposure and sedentary time, the intervention is aimed at reducing the negative health behaviors associated with children's excessive television viewing, particularly risky behavior resulting in injuries. Preliminary study results support a relationship between the media and health behaviors.
Dr. Kennedy, principal investigator, is a Professor in the Dept. of Family Health Care Nursing, a pediatric nurse practitioner, and a scientist with a Ph.D. in Developmental psychology.
The research team is comprised of Annemarie Charlesworth, MA, former project director; Jyu-Lin Chen, PhD, RN, Assistant Professor; and Emma Boyce, BA, project assistant.
The YCHP Lab also offers rotating research residencies to Doctoral and Masters students.
Christine Kennedy, RN, PhD, FAAN, YCHP Project Director
Department of Family Health Care Nursing
2 Koret Way, #N-411
San Francisco, CA 94143-0606
Phone: 415-476-4114 Fax: 415-753-2161
Email: christine.kennedy@nursing.ucsf.edu
RESEARCH · SCHOOL OF NURSING · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO
Kathryn Lee, RN, PhD, FAAN, Director and Principal Investigator
Glenna Dowling, RN, PhD, Collaborator
Dorrie Fontaine, RN, DNSc, FAAN, Collaborator
The Sleep and Circadian Rhythms Program is directed at improving the sleep and daily function of women, children, and families.
http://nurseweb.ucsf.edu/www/ffleek.htm
Kathryn A. Lee, RN, PhD, FAAN
Professor and Livingston Chair in Nursing
UCSF Box 0606
2 Koret Way, #N-411Y
University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco, California 94143-0606
Telephone: (415) 476-4442
Fax: (415) 753-2161
Email: kathy.lee@nursing.ucsf.edu
RESEARCH · SCHOOL OF NURSING · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO
Marylin Dodd, RN, PhD, FAAN, Director
Kathryn Lee, RN, PHD, FAAN, Director, Research Training Program
Virginia Carrieri, RN, DNS, FAAN, Co-Director, Research Training Program
The goal of the Research Center for Symptom Management (RCSM) is to advance the knowledge in the field of symptom management and thereby improve health care providers' practice and individuals' symptom outcomes.
http://nurseweb.ucsf.edu/www/rcsm.htm
http://nurseweb.ucsf.edu/www/rcsmbroc.htm
Nursing Research Training Program in Symptom Management, Kathryn Lee, Principal Investigator, National Institute for Nursing Research, T32 NR07088 (2001-2005).
Please see RCSM website.
RESEARCH · SCHOOL OF NURSING · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO
Suzanne Dibble, DNSc, RN,
Patricia Robertson, MD
Ellen Haller, MD
Zina Mirsky, RN, EdD
Diane Sabin, DC
The health care status and needs of lesbians, bisexual women, and transgender people remain largely unstudied by researchers of women's health and aging. As a consequence, little research-based information exists to direct the practices of health care providers that serve these populations; and the knowledge and skills necessary to adequately serve them are lacking.
Drawing upon the research skills and experiences of a multidisciplinary group of UCSF faculty members and other nationally recognized scholars from across the United States, the Center's work reflects a broad vision of health, illness, and wellness, and is committed to forging strong collaborations with community groups. A principal goal of the Center is to serve as an ongoing forum bringing together health care researchers and concerned members of the lesbian, bisexual women's, and transgender communities.
LHRC is located within the Institute for Health & Aging (IHA), School of Nursing, University of California, San, Francisco, and advances directly the Institute's goals of serving women across the lifespan, and of providing research data for making public policy decisions, improving public education, and facilitating community interventions. LHRC is also affiliated with the UCSF National Center of Excellence (CoE) in Women's Health and is a collaboration of the School of Nursing, the School of Medicine, and the National Center of Excellence in Women's Health.
As the only existing Lesbian Health & Research Center housed within one of the world's premier institutions in the health sciences (University of California, San Francisco), our mission is to enhance clinical practice and inform public policy about the health needs of, and delivery of services to: lesbians, bisexual women, transgender people, and our families through a comprehensive program of public events, research, education, training, and community collaborations.
http://www.lesbianhealthinfo.org/
Lesbian Health & Research Center
UCSF Institute for Health & Aging
3333 California St., Suite 340
San Francisco, CA 94118
Telephone: 415-502-5209 Fax: 415-476-3915
Email: LHRC@ucsf.edu
RESEARCH · SCHOOL OF NURSING · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO
North Coast Perinatal Access,
Regional Perinatal Programs of California: Region 1
Mary E. Lynch, RN, PNP, MS, MPH, Director
The mission of the North Coast Perinatal Access, Regional Perinatal Programs of California: Region 1 is to assure that pregnant women and newborns have access to appropriate levels of care to accommodate the needs of infants at risk for neonatal complications as well as reduce the incidence of maternal deaths from obstetrical complications.
(Under construction.)
Maternal and Child Health Branch,
California Department of Health Services
North Coast Perinatal Access Systems
Phone: 415-476-3868
Email: mbturris@ix.netcom.com
California Diabetes and Pregnancy Program
Phone: 415-476-9877
Email: kateoh@itsa.ucsf.edu
RESEARCH · SCHOOL OF NURSING · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO
Ruth Malone, RN, PhD, Principal Investigator
Group Members
Patricia McDaniel, Ph.D.
This multidisciplinary research group focuses on studying the tobacco industry's promotional and political strategies, including the industry's targeting of marginalized groups to increase their tobacco use and thwart public health policies. The public relations aspects of tobacco use and public health frame studies of tobacco industry image enhancement and industry responses to campaigns focused on divestment, boycotts, and media de-normalization of the industry. We are also examining more direct political activity by the industry, including infiltrating and obstructing the efforts of public health groups and creating and subsidizing "smoker's rights" groups. Finally, we are exploring ways in which the tobacco industry documents can be used in community participatory research. Our group specializes in work analyzing and utilizing tobacco industry documents for research, policy, smoking cessation and public health advocacy.
See web site list of publications at the
Malone Research Group web site: http://www.altriameanstobacco.com/
Ruth E. Malone, PhD, RN
530 Parnassus, Suite 366
UCSF Box 1390
San Francisco, CA 94143-1390
Telephone: (415) 476-3273 Fax: 415-514-9345
Email: ruth.malone@ucsf.edu
RESEARCH · SCHOOL OF NURSING · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO
Julia Faucett, RN, PhD, FAAN
The OEHN Research Group is comprised of faculty from the UC Northern California Center of Occupational and Environmental Health
Marion Gillen, RN, MPH, PhD
Julie Roberts, RN, ANP, PhD
Barbara Burgel, ANP, MS, COHN-S, FAAN
Erika Froelicher, RN, PhD, FAAN
Susan Janson, DNSc, RN, ANP, FAAN
Kathryn Lee, RN, PhD, FAAN
Mary White, RN, MPH, PhD, FAAN
The Occupational and Environmental Health Nursing (OEHN) Program conducts research that focuses on the prevention and management of injury and illness caused or exacerbated by hazards in occupational or community environments. OEHN research investigates musculoskeletal disorders and injuries in agriculture, construction, health care, and manufacturing settings. In addition to documenting the incidence of illness and injury in these work settings and identifying contributing factors, OEHN studies have tested statewide policies, job redesign, and improved work stations and tools in an effort to improve working conditions. Although many studies target primary intervention for these disorders, ongoing studies also utilize secondary and tertiary prevention methods such as patient education and participatory ergonomics. Recent studies have demonstrated that changes in (1) policy, (2) job conditions, (3) worker education, and (4) treatment can reduce the incidence and impact of hazardous events and the symptoms of disease among workers.
"Ergonomic Assessment of Harvest Systems," National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health/UC Davis, August 1999-July 2003. Principal Investigator: J. Faucett, Co-Investigator: I. Janowitz.
Multi-campus award: Vineyard Harvest Ergonomics Intervention Project, National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (U06-CCU917555), August 1999-July 2003. Principal Investigators: J. Miles and J. Meyers, Co-Investigators: J. Faucett, I. Janowitz.
"Ergonomic Assessment of Vineyard Systems," National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health/UC Davis, June 1, 2001-May 31, 2003. Principal Investigator: J. Faucett, Co-Investigator: I. Janowitz.
Multi-campus award: Effect of Trellis Design on Risk Factors for MSDs in Wine Grape Work, National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (R01 0H03906), June 1, 2000-May 31, 2003. Principal Investigator: J. Miles, Co-Investigators: J. Meyers, J. Faucett, I. Janowitz .
"State of the Art Lifting Equipment and Its Effect on Injury Rates, Job Satisfaction, and Safety Climate in a Skilled Nursing Facility: A Pilot Inquiry, " UCSF School of Nursing. Co-Principal Investigators: Julia Faucett, Marion Gillen.
"Outcomes Evaluation of the Asian Immigrant Women Workers Clinic" California Wellness to Asian Immigrant Women Advocates (PI Y. Shin, with N. Lashuay, Project Director), with subcontract to UCSF Division of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (PIs: R. Harrison and B. Burgel). January 2000-December 2001.
"Outcomes Evaluation of UCSF Community Occupational Health Project" California Wellness B. Burgel (PI) , N. Lashuay, Project Director, January 2002-December 2003.
"Access to Services for Low Wage Workers in the California Workers' Compensation System," California Division of Workers' Compensation. Harrison R (PI), N. Lashuay (co-PI) , B. Burgel. March 2002-February 2004.
"Developing a Model Safety and Health Program for Small Construction Companies," State of California, Department of Health Services, Occupational Health Branch, (#96-27061, MOU No. 01), 1997-2000. M. Gillen, Principal Investigator.
"Functional Limitations & Recovery From At-Work Injuries," National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, (R03 OH03771-01) 1998-2001. M. Gillen, Principal Investigator.
"Outcomes of the Revised Bloodborne Pathogens Standard," National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, (1 R01 OH04006-01). 1999-2002. M. Gillen, Principal Investigator, P. Leigh, S. Paul, & J.A. Seago, Co-Investigators.
"Sharps Injury Control: Product and Program Evaluation," State of California, Department of Health Services, Occupational Health Branch, 2002-2005. M. Gillen, Principal Investigator.
"Occupational Health Gradients in Hospital Workers: The Role of Physical and Psychosocial Risk Factors," National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (R01 AR47798-02). 2000-2005. P. Blanc, Principal Investigator, G. Ames, B. Aust, R. Baker, R. Bhatia, J. Frank, M. Gillen, R. Harrison, B. Jacobson, I. Janowitz, A. Masharani, R. Meister, D. Oman, R. Rugulies, and I. Yen, Co-Investigators.
"Evaluation of California Initiatives to Reduce Violence in Health Care Facilities," National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. (1 R01 OH007934-01). 2000-2005. C. Peek-Asa, Principal Investigator, James Merchant, Craig Zwerling, Key Investigators, University of Iowa; Jess Kraus, Carri Casteel, University of California, Los Angeles; Robert Harrison, California Department of Health Services; Marion Gillen, University of California, San Francisco, Co-Investigators.
In review: "Health Effects in Janitors Exposed to Cleaning Agents," National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health. R03, in review. PI: Julie Roberts, in collaboration with California Department of Health Services Occupational Health Branch.
The Sharps Injury Control Program, California Department of Health Services, Occupational Health Branch. (2002). Sharps Injury Control Program: A Report to the Legislature. Oakland, CA: Author. (Gillen)
Gillen, M., Davis, M., McNary, J., Boyd, A., Lewis, J., Curran, C., Young, C., Schuller, M., & Cone, J. (2002). Sharps injury recordkeeping activities and safety product use in California health care facilities: Pilot study results from the sharps injury control program. American Journal of Infection Control, 30(5), 269-276.
Gillen, M., McNary, J., Lewis, J., Davis, M., Boyd, A., Schuller, M., Curran, C., Young, C., & Cone, J. (2003) Sharps-related injuries in California health care facilities: Pilot study results from the sharps injury surveillance registry. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, 24(2), 113-121.
Janowitz, I., Meyers, J., Tejeda, D., Miles, J., Duraj, V., Faucett, J., & Kabashima, J. (1998). Reducing Risk Factors for the Development of Work-related Musculoskeletal Problems in Nursery Work. Journal of Applied Occupational & Environmental Hygiene, 13, 9-14.
Meyers, J., Miles, J., Faucett, J., Janowitz, I., Tejeda, D., Weber, E., Smith, R., Garcia, L. Priority Risk Factors for Back Injury in Agricultural Field Work: Vineyard Ergonomics. Journal of Agromedicine.
Faucett, J., Blanc, P., & Yelin, E. (2000). The impact of carpal tunnel syndrome on work status: Implications of job characteristics for staying on the job. Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation, 10 (1), 55-69.
Lashuay N, Burgel B, Harrison R, Israel L, Chan J, Cusic C, Pun JC, Fong K, Shin Y. (2002). We Spend our Days Working in Pain: A Report of Workplace Injuries in the Garment Industry. Report for The California Wellness Foundation. Oakland, CA: Asian Immigrant Women Advocates.
Roberts, J.L. (2002). Non-specific Irritant Exposure and Work-Related Asthma. California Thoracic Society (CTS) News.
Faucett, J., Garry, M., Nadler, D., Ettare, D. (2002). A test of two training interventions to prevent work related musculoskeletal disorders of the upper extremity. Applied Ergonomics, 33, 337-347.
Janson, S.L. & Roberts, J.L. (in press) Asthma Management Across the Lifespan: Applications for the Adult and Older Adult. The Nursing Clinics of North America
Janson, S.L. & Roberts, J. L. (in press). Contribution to CD ROM for the American Thoracic Society: Assessment and Management of Pulmonary Disease for the Advanced Practice Nurse.
Roberts, J.L. (2002). The Follow-up Characteristics of Individuals Diagnosed with Work-Related Asthma (WRA). Dissertation Abstract. UMI Dissertation Publishing, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Julia Faucett, RN, PhD, FAAN
Email: julia.faucett@nursing.ucsf.edu
RESEARCH · SCHOOL OF NURSING · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO
Abbey Alkon, RN PhD
Co-Director, Community Outreach and Translation Core, CHAMACOS
Brenda Eskenazi, PhD
Principal Investigator, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley
To protect and promote the health of children by identifying and reducing potentially harmful environmental factors.
The Center for Children's Environmental Health Research at the University of California, Berkeley, is one of eight centers funded by the US EPA and NIEHS. The Center is a research partnership with health and farmworker organizations in Salinas, California.
The Center for the Health Assessment of Mothers and Children of Salinas (CHAMACOS) is a community-university partnership studying pesticide and allergen exposures to pregnant women and their children, and the potential effects of these exposures on growth, neurodevelopment, autonomic functioning, and respiratory disease. The CHAMACOS cohort study includes 500 women and children living in Salinas, California.
NIEHS, EPA since 1998
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