1997 - PhD, Pulmonary Physiology, Nursing, UCSF

1981 - MS, Cardio-Pulmonary Clinical Nurse Specialist (PCNS), Nursing, UCSF

1976 - BSN, Nursing, UCSF

Advanced Practice Nursing Role Development - including CNS curriculum

Clinical Practice issues for CNS and Clinical Educators

Research Methodology - clinical research - quantitative

Physiology and Pathophysiology

Health disparities across the continuum of care

PI: Ethnic differences in airway resistance (body plethysomgraphy) and symptom description during induced bronchoconstriction among African-American and Caucasian asthmatics (SFSU), laboratory setting - UCSF & VAMC, San Francisco: 2000-present.

PI: Ethnic symptom descriptors in mild asthmatics during induced bronchoconstriction: Across four ethnic groups. Collaborative grant between SFSU-UCSF (RIMI-NIH). 2002-2005

PI: Do ethnic differences in Asthma Symptom Descriptors influence treatment in the ER.  SFSU-UCSF (2006 - present).

Asthma and symptom perception across diseases and chronic disease management

Ethnicity and use of word descriptors, symptom perception, and symptom presentation in mild asthmatics during induced bronchoconstriction

Airway resistance, based on ethnicity, during methacholine challenges correlated with symptom and word descriptors

Airway physiology and symptom presentation

Health disparities-access to health care and emergency services

End of life care- all aspects of care and support for the patient, family, and the health care community

Advanced practice nursing issues - clinical competency and critical thinking

American Thoracic Society-International

European Respiratory Society

Health disparities - access to health care for underserved populations; consultant Valencia Health Services, mission district in San Francisco

2003 - present: Collaborative Research appt - Airway Clinical Research Center - UCSF, Department of Pulm Medicine.

2000-present: Principle Investigator (PI), Without Compensation (WOC) status, VA Medical Center, San Francisco (UCSF)

2000-2002: Post Doctoral Fellow, VA Medical Center, San Francisco

1981-present: Assistant Clinical Professor, Department of Physiological Nursing, UCSF