University of California, San Francisco
Department of Neurology
505 Parnassus Avenue, Box 0114
San Francisco, CA 94143-0114
Tel: (415) 514-2609
Fax: (415) 476-3289
Volunteer Outreach Consultant; education and patient care services
Education & Training
- Graduated from Hunter College, New York City, 1966
- Master's Program: New York University, 1972
- Program Associate, Tavistock Institute, London, 1979-1980
- Doctoral Training: University of Chicago (Social Psychology), 1980-1983
- Instructor, Department of Nursing, Bradley University, Peoria, Illinois, 1972-1974
- Assistant Professor, Department of Nursing, Radford College, Radford, Virginia, 1974-1975
- Assistant Professor, School of Nursing, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, 1975-1981
- Clinical Assistant Professor, School of Nursing, UCSF, 1986- present
Special Interests
- Explanatory models of illness
- Impact of cultural beliefs on understanding illness and its management
- Community outreach and education, with a special focus on ethnic diversity
- Treatment and management of Parkinson's disease
- Non-motor symptoms of Parkinson’s disease
- Multi-disciplinary models of care
- Caregiver issues
- Gene therapy research; clinical trials
