Industry:
Information Technology and Services
Work:
The University of Texas School of Health Information Sciences at Houston
Sep 2009 - Feb 2010
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Post-Doctoral Fellow
UT M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Aug 2004 - Nov 2008
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Director of Nursing Informatics
UT M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Jan 1998 - Aug 2004
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Coordinator Nursing Management Systems
UT M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Jan 1996 - Dec 1997
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Director Critical Care Nursing
Albert Einstein Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA
Jun 1987 - Dec 1995
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Director of Nursing Services
Doctors Hospital of Stark County, OH
Sep 1979 - May 1987
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Director of Nursing Services
Education:
The University of Texas School of Biomedical Informatics, Houston 2005 - 2009
PhD, Healthcare Informatics
The University of Texas School of Biomedical Informatics, Houston 2000 - 2005
MS, Healthcare Informatics
Ashland University 1984 - 1987
MBA
Ashland University 1978 - 1984
BSBA, Management & Marketing
Presbyterian-University Hospital School of Nursing 1965 - 1968
RN
Skills:
ANCC Nursing Informatics Certification
Interests:
I am deeply committed to assisting homeless families to return to dignified self-sufficiency. One means of achieving this goal is through my role as VP of the Board of Directors of Fort Bend Family Promise, an interfaith mission that provides short-term housing and long-term life skills education to homeless families.
Honor & Awards:
Outstanding Nurse Texas Nurses Association, District 9 Honoree, 2000, Recipient of one of six nationally awarded AONE Institute for Patient Care Research & Education Research Seed Grants in 2008. This grant supported my dissertation research: Design of Technology Solutions That Strengthen Patient Care Delivery: Cognitive Artifacts That Support Working Memory and Decision Making of the Clinical Nurse