Barbara Velsor-Friedrich, PhD, RN
	Title:	Professor
	Office:	Granada Center, Rm 355B (LSC)
	Phone:	773.508.2892 (Research Office: 773.508.2897 and 773.508.2881)
	E-mail:	bvelsor@luc.edu

Personal Information

Research Interests:
Improving self-care, quality of life, and health outcomes for minority children and teens with asthma; school-based asthma intervention programs.

Current Funding:
Promoting Asthma Self-Care in Urban Minority Teens (1RO1NR009502-01A2) NINR-NIH; 2007-2011.

Funding Under Review:
Promoting Asthma Self-Care and Healthy Weight in Urban African-American Children. NIH.

Previous Funding:
NINR-NIH - Area (R-15), Postdoctoral (T-32); American Nurses Association - Respiratory Scholar Award

Editorial Board:
Journal of Pediatric Nursing

Journal Reviewer:
Disease Management and Health Outcomes
Journal of Pediatric Health Care
Journal of Pediatric Nursing

Special Honors:
Loyola University Faculty Scholar; Excellence in Nursing Research Award from the Society of Pediatric Nurses
Lifetime Achievement Award Illinois Emergency Medical Services for Children
Research Award Midwest Nursing Research Society
Research Award Sigma Theta Tau International.

Current Publications: 
Velsor-Friedrich, B., Srof, B. & Pigott, T.  (in press).  Asthma Self-Care: A Test of Orem’s Self-Care Deficit Nursing Theory.  Journal of Human Ontogenetic.

Velsor-Friedrich, B. Militello, L. Zinn, K. & DeWolff, D. (accepted for publication). Switching from CFC to HFA Inhalers: What NP’s and Their Patients Need to Know. American Journal of Nurse Practitioners.

Martyn-Nemeth, P. Penckofer, S., Gulanick, M., Velsor-Friedrich, B. & Bryant, F. (2008). The Relationships among Self-Esteem, Stresws, Coping, Eating Behavior, and Depressive Moods in Adolescents. Research in Nursing and Health. 32, 96-109.

Penckofer, S., Ferrans, C., Velsor-Friedrich, B. & Savoy, S. (2007). The Psychological Impact of Living with Diabetes: Women’s Day to Day Experiences. The Diabetes Educator, 33(4), 680-690.

Fewster-Thuente, L. & Velsor-Friedrich, B. (2007). Interdisciplinary Collaboration for Healthcare Professionals. Nursing Science Quarterly, 20 (21), 40-42.

Srof, B. & Velsor-Friedrich, B.  (2006). Health Promotion in Adolescents: A Review of Pender’s Health Promotion Model.  Nursing Science Quarterly, 19(4).

Velsor-Friedrich, B. , Pigott, T., & Srof, B. (2005). A Practitioner-based asthma intervention with African-American inner-city school children. Journal of Pediatric Health Care, 19, (3) 163-171.

Velsor-Friedrich, B. & Srof, B. (2005). Asthma management in adolescents: Clinical update. International Review of Asthma, 7 (2), 62-73.

Velsor-Friedrich, B., Pigott, Srof, & Froman. (2004). The Asthma Belief Survey: Development and Testing. Journal of Nursing Measurement 12 (1), 7-19