Angela Starkweather, Ph.D., RN
Assistant Professor
Contact Information VCU School of Nursing |
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Education
| 2005 | PhD | Loyola University, Chicago |
| 2000 | MSN | Loyola University, Chicago |
| 1996 | BSN | Seattle Pacific University |
Memberships in Professional Organizations
Council for the Advancement of Nursing Science, 2006-Present
American Association of Spinal Cord Injury Nurses, 2004-Present
World Federation of Neuroscience Nurses, 2000-Present
American Association of Neuroscience Nurses, 2000-Present
Sigma Theta Tau International, 1999-Present
American Association of Critical Care Nurses, Member, 1997-Present
Research Funding/External Funding
Principal Investigator: “IL-6 Trans-signaling in Chemotherapy-induced Peripheral Neuropathy” Oncology Nursing Society Post-doctoral Fellowship Grant, 2007.
Principal Investigator: “Implementing Simulation in Undergraduate Nursing Education” Undergraduate Teaching and Learning Initiative, Washington State University, 2007.
Principal Investigator: “IL-6 and IL-6 Receptor Levels in Chronic Neurogenic Pain” Spokane Seed Grant, 2006.
Principal Investigator: “The Effects of Exercise on Psychological Stress and Cytokines Among Geriatric Men and Women” Hansen Grant, Washington State University, 2005.
Principal Investigator: “The Effects of Anti-depressant Therapy on Psychological Stress and Cytokines Among Lumbar Herniated Disc Patients” American Association of Spinal Cord Injury Nurses, Neuroscience Nursing Foundation, Illinios Emergency Room Nurses Association, Sigma Theta Tau, 2002-2005.
Awards, Fellowships & Honors
Nurse Practitioner and Nurse Researcher Award, Inland Empire Nurses Association, May 2008
Distinguished Article and Aging Column of the Year Award, SCI Nursing, American Association of Spinal Cord Injury Nurses, May 2008
Center for Women and Gender Research Summer Fellow, University of Washington, September 2006
Mission to D.C. Participant, Washington State University, May 2006
Biological Nursing Research Award, Western Institute of Nursing, May 2005
Selected Invited Seminars
“IL-6 Trans-signaling in chronic neuropathic pain,” World Institute of Pain, Hungary, September 2007.
“Pain Syndromes in Spinal Cord Injury,” American Association of Spinal Cord Injury Nurses, Las Vegas, August 2007.
“The Effects of Exercise on Psychological Stress and IL-6 in Older Adults,” Western Institute of Nursing, Portland, April 2006.
“Nurse Driven Standards of Unit Specific Knowledge,” National Teaching Institute, American Association of Critical-Care Nurses, May 2006.
“The lumbar surgery experience: A psychoneuroimmunology perspective.” Western Institute of Nursing, Arizona, March 2005.
“Utilizing the Pyschoneuroimmunology Framework Among Pain Populations,” Sigma Theta Tau International, Hawaii, July 2005.
“The Effects of Psychological Stress and Cytokines on Perceived Pain Among Lumbar Spondylosis Patients: Implications for Quality of Life,” World Federation of Neuroscience Nurses, Spain, May 2005.
Selected Presentations
Starkweather, A. R. (2008). Gate control in neuropathic pain: Using anticonvulsants to optimize pain relief. ADVANCE for Nurse Practitioners, (In press).
Kardong-Edgren, S., Starkweather, A. R., & Ward, L. D. (2008). The integration of simulation into a clinical foundations of nursing course: Student and faculty perspectives. International Journal of Nursing Education Scholarship, (In press).
Starkweather, A. R. & Kardong-Edgren, S. (2008). Diffusion of innovation: Embedding simulation in nursing curricula. International Journal of Nursing Education Scholarship, 5(1), Article 13.
Starkweather, A. R., Witek-Janusek, L., Nockels, R. P., Mathews, H. L. (2007). The multiple benefits of minimally-invasive surgery: Results comparing TLIF and PLF. Journal of Neuroscience Nursing, 40, 33-40.
Starkweather, A. R. (2007). Chronic pain after spinal cord injury: An overview of treatment options. Spinal Cord Injury Nursing, 24(3), 18-25.
Starkweather, A. R., Witek-Janusek, L., Nockels, R. P., & Mathews, H. L. (2006). Pain, psychological distress and immune function in patients undergoing spinal surgery. Spine, 31(18), 341-346.
Starkweather, A. R. (2006). The effects of exercise on psychological stress and IL-6 levels among older adults. Biological Research for Nursing, 8(3), 186-194.
Starkweather, A. R. (2006). Evaluation and management of low back pain: An algorithmic approach, Part I & II. The American Journal of Nurse Practitioners 10(5), 9-16; (6), 10-25.
Starkweather, A. R., Witek-Janusek, L., & Mathews, H. L. (2005). Neural-immune interactions: Implications for pain management in patients with low-back pain and sciatica. Biological Research for Nursing, 6, 196-206.