Lauren Clark, RN, PhD, FAAN
Title: Professor
Current Position: PhD Program Director, Professor
Research Specialty: Health research primarily with Latino populations and persons with disabilities.
Hartford Affiliation
PhD Program Director, faculty member
Education
- BS University of Arizona
- MS University of Arizona
- PhD University of Arizona
Research/Scholarly Activities
- 2008 Co-investigator with J. Librett (PI), National Expansion and Evaluation of the I Can Do It, You Can Do It Program. (US DHHS-Office on Disability).
- 2007 PI, with S. Johnson, M. Pett, & C. Chambless, Co-Investigators, Obesity Reduction for Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities and their Families. (College of Nursing Faculty Intramural Award).
- 2007-2011 Co-investigator with C. DiGuiseppi, Marketing Exercise Classes for Fall Prevention in Faith-Based Congregations: Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial. (Centers for Disease Control).
Honors
- 2005-2006 Fellow, Emerging Leaders Program, University of Colorado System
- 1999 Anna M. Fillmore Award for Community Service, National League for Nursing
Related Publications
Clark, L., Vincent, D., Zimmer, L.M., & Sanchez, J. (2009, in press). Cultural values and political economic contexts of diabetes among low-income Mexican Americans. Journal of Transcultural Nursing. Marsh, G.W., Reimer, K., & Clark, L. (2007). Engaging community leaders and students in rural American community-based participatory research. In M. Nolan, E. Hanson, G. Grant, & J. Keady (Eds.), User Participation Research in Health and Social Care, pp. 166-182. Maidenhead, UK: Open University Press. Clark, L., Fink, R., Jones, K., & Pennington, K. (2006). Nurses' reflections on pain management in the nursing home setting. Pain Management Nursing, 7(2), 71-77. Vincent, D., Clark, L., Zimmer, L., Sanchez, J. (2006). Designing a diabetes self-management program for Latinos. Diabetes Educator 32(1), 89-97. Jones, K.R., Fink, R., Clark, L., Hutt, E., Vojir, C.P., Mellis, B.K. (2005). Nursing home resident barriers to effective pain management: Why nursing home residents may not seek pain medication. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, 6(1), 10-17.
Academic Activities
American Academy of Nursing, member American Nurses Association, member Sigma Theta Tau, member Council on Nursing and Anthropology Scientific Research Ethics Committee
