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Linda P. Riley, PhD, RN, CT 256-824-2428 linda.riley@.uah.edu |
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Clinical Expertise:
- Nursing Research
- Palliative/ Supportive Care_at End of Life
- Organ and Tissue Donation and Transplantation
Research Interests:
- Coping with Terminal Illness
- Parental Grief
- Quality of Life lung Cancer Patients and Caregiver
Special Achievements/Honors/Awards:
- AAHPM/HPNA Mentorship/Travel Award
- Postdoctoral Fellowship_Vanderbilt University
Current Teaching Responsibilities:
- NUR 307 - Scholarly Inquiry
- NUR 450/550 - Issues in Transplantation
- NUR 415/416 - Honors Students
Education:
- PhD, Vanderbilt University
- MSN, Psych Mental Health Nursing, University of Alabama in Birmingham
- BSN, University of Alabama in Birmingham
Scholarly Activities:
Publications over past five years:
- Riley, L.P., LaMontagne, L.L., Hepworth, J.T. & Murphy, B. (2007) Poster abstracts of APOS 4th annual conference: New ways of conceptualizing parental grief: Grief and growth. Psycho-Oncology, 16 (3), 541.
- Riley, L.P., LaMontagne, L.L., Hepworth, J.T. & Murphy, B.(2007) Parental grief responses and personal growth following the death of a child, Death Studies.33,277-299.
- LaMontagne, L.L., Hepworth, J.T., Salisbury, M.H., & Riley, L.P. (2003). Optimism, anxiety, and coping in parents of children hospitalized for surgery. Applied Nursing Research, 16 (4), 228-235.
Scholarly Endeavors:
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Posters:
- Palliative Care Research Society, Oxford University, 2007
- HPNA National Conference, Salt Lake City, 2007
- APOS National Conference, Austin Tx, 2007
- Papers: APOS 2006-Paper presentation Families Living with Lung Cancer, LF, 2006
- Ad hoc Reviewer Death Studies
- Oncology Nursing Forum Reviewer
Research in progress:
- Huntsville Hospital Foundation; Family Caregivers Coping with Advanced Lung Cancer: Pilot Study in Community Treatment Centers, 1/11/07 to 12/31/07
- Robert J. and Helen H. Kleberg Foundation & Vanderbilt Ingram Cancer Center Support Grant P30CA068485-09; Families Coping with Lung Cancer: A Pilot Study, 9/1/04 to 12/31/05, continuing data analysis