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Terri Simpson, PhD, RN Associate Professor Biobehavioral Nursing and Health Systems Box 357266 University of Washington Seattle, WA 98195-7266 Email Address: tsimpson@u.washington.edu |
| RESEARCH: Dr. Simpson's research scholarship addresses the impact of supportive care environments on biobehavioral stress responses in persons with cardiac, respiratory, and infectious diseases through multiple methodological approaches. Using a laboratory model, she has analyzed the effects of lipopolysaccharide stimulation on biologic inflammatory responses in healthy subjects, focusing on polymorphisms of an inflammatory and inhibitory cytokine. She recently analyzed health screening and interferon-gamma release assays among populations with varying risk of exposure to tuberculosis. | |
| TEACHING: She directs the Nurse Educator Graduate Certificate Program. She has led the development of curricula on infectious diseases and infection prevention nationally, internationally, and within the UW School of Nursing. Since 2006 she has held an active appointment as a Visiting Associate Professor in the School of Nursing at Hong Kong Polytechnic University, where she teaches a course on infection control and serves on doctoral student supervisory committees. | |
| SERVICE: Through several training grants and other funding sources, Dr. Simpson has developed educational products available for others to access, regarding teaching (www.son.washington.edu/portals/nursed/), infectious diseases for undergraduates (http://www.son.washington.edu/portals/idc/), and tuberculosis case studies for graduate students (http://www.son.washington.edu/portals/tb/rc5/index.html) (http://www.son.washington.edu/idi/tbcase/). |
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