Gloria Jacobson, Ph.D., R.N.
	Title:	Associate Professor
	Office:	Damen Hall, Room 411, Lake Shore Campus; Building 105, Room 2844, Medical Center Campus
	Phone:	773.508.2887
	E-mail:	gjacobs@luc.edu

Personal Information

Research Grants:
"Parent Child Communication and Health Risk Behavior", Funded by the National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Nursing Research (Loyola Funding $768,975 - 2005-2009). In partnership with The University of Wisconsin - Madison, Dr. Susan K. Riesch, RN, DNSc, FAAN, Principal Investigator.

"When the Culture of Disability Meets Ethnicity:  A Challenge for Providing Culturally Competent Care" - Funded by The American Organization of Nurse Executives.

Research Interests:
Prevention of health risk behaviors among children and adolescents;
Study of outcomes related to the Berwyn/Cicero Registered Nurse Initiative Past Research;

Exploration of Personal and Professional Work Experiences of Latina/o nurses;
Parenting Processes among those Encountering Difficulty with their Experiences.

Grant Funding:
$2,000,000 The Berwyn/Cicero Registered Nurse (RN) Initiative at Loyola University Chicago Marcella Niehoff School of Nursing (Co-PI)

Current Publications:

• Jacobson, G. (in press).  Vulnerable research participants:  Anyone may qualify. Nursing Science Quarterly.
  
• Jacobson, G. & Gaynor, S. (2005).  When the culture of disability meets ethnicity:  A challenge for providing culturally competent care.  Journal of Nursing Administration, 35(5), 224-225.