Two UCSF faculty named fellows of the American Academy ...( k on Violence Against Women Internation...),Health

Humphreys' research has documented the significant impact of intimate partner violence on the physical and mental health of abused women and their children. By working directly with abused women and their children, she has learned that far from being passive victims of family violence, battered women often are remarkably resilient and loving mothers who benefit from practical help and support to mitigate some of the effects of violence on their children and themselves. Her current work examines potential interventions for intimate partner violence and addresses long-term effects -- the relationships between partner violence, lifetime trauma exposure and abused women's symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder, chronic pain and depression. Over the past decade, she has expanded her collaborations with colleagues in Mexico, Colombia, and Hong Kong and added a focus on culturally specific aspects of domestic violence.

Kathleen Dracup, RN, DNSc, FAAN, FNP, dean of the UCSF School of Nursing, noted that with the induction of Humphreys and Dowling, the School will have 30 faculty and 19 faculty emeriti who are Fellows of the Academy -- one of the highest totals of any nursing school. UCSF also counts many Fellows among the School's volunteer faculty and among nurses active in research, clinical and administrative positions throughout the university.

"Of the approximately 2.5 million active nurses in the United States, only 1,500 are Fellows of the American Academy of Nursing," Dracup said. "These nurses have been identified by their peers as leaders who have accomplished extraordinary milestones in their careers. They are the best and the brightest in the nursing discipline and UCSF can be proud, indeed, of having s
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9-Aug-2006