Linda Paskewicz, Ph.D., R.N., C.N.M.
	Title:	Associate Professor
	Office:	Damen Hall, Room 416, Lake Shore Campus
	Phone:	773-508-3257
	E-mail:	lpaskie@luc.edu

Personal Information

Research Interest:
Women's health and obesity; health disparities in women's health; mother/daughter relationships and impact on health outcomes.

Research Grants:

$5,000 (pending) with Dr. V. Shayani:  Submission to American Nurses Foundation 2005:  Contextual Understanding of Obese Women?s Weight Loss Experience Post Laparoscopic Gastric Banding.

$58,000 - Post-doctoral Research Fellowship, University of Pennsylvania, Institute for Research with Vulnerable women, Children, and Families, 2002.

$1,800 - Well, obese women's perceptions of their gynecologic care, NIH funding with P20 grant, University of Pennsylvania, 2002.

Selected Publications:

Paskiewicz, L.S. Peters, M., & Gianopoulos, J. (2002).  Obesity:  Implications of well women gynecologic care.  Clinical Excellence for Nurse Practitioners, 6 (1), 21-5.