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Curriculum Vitae ELIAS PROVENCIO-VASQUEZ, PhD, RN, FAAN, FAANP Work Address University of Texas El Paso School of Nursing 1851 Wiggins El Paso, Texas 79968 915.747.8217 Education AA, 1975 Gateway Community College Department of Psychology Phoenix, AZ Major: Mental Health AAN, 1978 Gateway Community College Department of Nursing Phoenix, AZ Major: Nursing BSN, 1981 Northern Arizona University School of Nursing Flagstaff, AZ Major: Nursing Certificate, 1983 University of Arizona Colleges of Nursing/Medicine Tucson, AZ Major: Neonatal Nurse Practitioner MS, 1986 University of Arizona College of Nursing Tucson, AZ Major: Maternal/Child Nursing Thesis: Spanish Translation of an Instrument Measuring Parental Stressors in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit PhD, 1992 University of Arizona College of Nursing Tucson, AZ Major: Nursing Research Dissertation: Creating Paths: Living with a VLBW Infant Post-Graduate, 2001 University of Texas-Houston School of Nursing Houston, TX Major: Pediatric Nurse Practitioner ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS AND WORK EXPERIENCE 1978 - 1990 Good Samaritan Medical Center, Phoenix, Arizona Charge Nurse, Emergency Department (78-80) Staff Nurse, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (80-82) Administrative Supervisor (82-83) Neonatal Nurse Practitioner (83-90) 1984 Maricopa Technical College, Phoenix, Arizona Clinical Instructor/Maternal-Child Nursing 1980 - 1985 Air Evac/Samaritan Health, Phoenix, Arizona Flight Nurse 1990 - 1993 California Pacific Medical Center, San Francisco, California Neonatal Nurse Practitioner Research Associate 1993 - 1997 Hermann Hospital/Infant Care Center, Houston, Texas Neonatal Nurse Practitioner 1996 - 2001 K.I.N.D.E.R. Clinic (Kids In Need of Drug Evaluation and Rehabilitation), Houston, Texas Neonatal Nurse Practitioner Pediatric Nurse Practitioner 1997 – 2001 The Council on Alcohol & Drug Abuse/Houston, Houston, Texas Neonatal/Pediatric Nurse Practitioner 1993 - 2001 The University of Texas-Houston, Health Science Center, School of Nursing, Houston, Texas Assistant Professor (93-98) Director, Neonatal Nurse Practitioner Program (94-01) Assistant Professor of Clinical Nursing (99-00) Associate Professor of Clinical Nursing (00-01) 2001 - 2002 Rutgers-The State University of New Jersey, College of Nursing, Newark, New Jersey Assistant Professor Project Director, Strengthening Families Program 2002 - 2004 University of Maryland, School of Nursing, Baltimore, Maryland Director, Neonatal Nurse Practitioner Program (02-04) Assistant Professor (02-04) 2 Consultant, World Health/Pan American Health Organization Center (03-04) Associate Member, Graduate Faculty (03-04) 2004 - 2007 University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Center for Family Studies Minority Fellow 2004 - 2010 University of Miami, School of Nursing and Health Studies, Coral Gables, Florida Associate Dean Academic (04-05) Undergraduate (05-07) Community Affairs (08-09) Graduate Faculty (05-10) Associate Professor (04-10) 2010 - Present University of Texas El Paso, School of Nursing, El Paso, Texas Dean and Professor Robert H. Hoy III Distinguished Professorship in Health Sciences Principal Investigator, Hispanic Health Disparities Research Center Peer Reviewer for the following journals Nursing Outlook Research in Nursing and Health Journal of Addictions Nursing Journal of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association Brazilian Journal of Sexually Transmitted Diseases Clinical Issues Advanced Practice in Acute and Critical Care Western Journal of Nursing Research CONSULTING POSITIONS 1999-2002 Council on Alcohol & Drug Abuse-Houston, TX Program Development-Home Intervention 2001-2002 Day Break Community Health Center-Houston, TX Community Program(s) Grant Writer 2001 The Point (Parents’ Observations of Infants and Toddlers) Questionnaire Evaluator 2002-present Danya International Inc. IRB Committee, Chair Latino Teen Substance Abuse Prevention SMART Project:-Student making advertisements to reduce tobacco A comprehensive wellness program for the workplace Parent/Child Communication: HIV/STDs for African American and Latino families Latino Smoking Project Behavioral Health Screening and Assessment for Co-morbid Disorders 2003 Johnson and Johnson, Women’s Health Advisory Committee 3 UNIVERSITY SERVICE University of Texas-Houston, University Committees 1993-1994 Representative to the Office of Campus Diversity 1997-1999 Minority Faculty Association 1993-2000 Radiation Safety Committee University of Texas-Houston, School of Nursing Committees 1993-1994 Information Technology Committee 1998 Search Committee-Associate Dean for Academic Affairs Rutgers College of Nursing Committees 2001 Undergraduate Committee 2001 Faculty Affairs 2002 Search Committee-Dean, School of Nursing 2002 Graduate Committee University of Maryland, University Committees 2003-2004 Faculty Senate University of Maryland, School of Nursing Committees 2002 Search Committee-Chair, Department of Child, Women and Family Health Nursing 2002 Search Committee-Associate Dean of Research 2003-2004 Master’s Program Steering Committee 2003-2004 Undergraduate Curriculum Committee 2003-2004 Specialty Course Coordinators Committee (graduate and undergraduate) University of Miami, University Committees 2004-2007 Area Health Education Centers (UM-AHEC), Member of Advisory Committee 2004-2005 Academic Dean Council 2007 Search Committee-Chair of the Calder Medical Library 2009-2010 Faculty Senate 2009-2010 Graduate Council University of Miami, School of Nursing and Health Studies Committees 2004-2007 Undergraduate Curriculum Committee, Ad Hoc Member 2005-2009 Graduate Faculty Committee 2005-2008 Undergraduate Admissions Committee, Ad Hoc Member 2006-2008 Curriculum Committee, Chair SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITIES Editorial Boards Hispanic Health Care International Journal (Co-Editor) Neonatal Network (The Journal of Neonatal Nursing) Advisory Boards Life Houston (Food for Hungry Babies) Houston – International Community Health Summit De Madres A Madres Houston Crackdown: Mayor’s Office (Lee Brown) March of Dimes, Texas Gulf Coast Chapter National Council of La Raza, National Conference HealthWeek National Institute of Health (Panel Member) National Institute of Child Health and Human Development-Ad Hoc (2002) 4 National Institute of Nursing Research, Special Emphasis-Ad Hoc (2003-2007) National Institute of Nursing Research, Nursing Science for Children and Families-Ad Hoc (2004-2005) Risk Prevention and Health Behavior, Special Emphasis Challenge Grants- Ad Hoc (2009) GRANT SUPPORT 1988 Principal Investigator Home Visitation for Very Low Birth Weight Infants Sigma Theta Tau Research Award (Beta Mu) University of Arizona $500 1991 Co-Investigator Principal Investigator: Gonzalez, I. Effect of formula temperature on feeding tolerance in very low birth weight infants California Pacific Medical Center $3,000 1992 Co-Investigator Principal Investigator: Hirata, T Home visit follow up of extremely low birth weight infants California Pacific Medical Center $30,000 1996 Principal Investigator Home visitation for mothers with a history of substance abuse during their pregnancies and their infants Dean’s Research Award. University of Arizona $1,743 1997 Co-Investigator Principal Investigator: Sherwood, G. Pain management with Hispanic populations (part 1) The University of Texas-Houston Health Science Center Television $9,750 1998 Co-Investigator Principal Investigator: Sherwood, G. Pain management for the Hispanic patient (part 2) The University of Texas-Houston Health Science Center Television $8,700 2001 Co-Investigator Principal Investigator: Haack, M. Defining the role of nursing in the Newark family drug treatment court The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation $49,824 5 2002 Consultant Principal Investigator: Plowden, K. HIV and substance abuse prevention among Black MSM commercial sex workers Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration $119,930 2003 Fellow Principal Investigator: Peragallo, N. SEPA RO1-NR04746-01 Examining the relationship between violence and substance abuse HIV Risk Reduction among Latinas: Project SEPA $50,000 2003 Co-Investigator Principal Investigator: Plowden, K. Sociostructural factors associated with high-risk behavior and substance use among post- incarcerated men University of Maryland-Baltimore, School of Nursing $5,000 2004 Minority Fellow Principal Investigator: Mitrani, V. Family therapy mechanisms in HIV+ women in drug recovery National Institute of Drug Abuse $254,273 2006 Co-Investigator Principal Investigator: Peragallo, N. Project D.Y.V.A. (Drugs and Violence in the Americas) Proyecto D.Y.V.A. (Drogas y Violencia en las Americas) Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission (CICAD) $50,000 2007 Principal Investigator Project VIDA: Violence, intimate relationships, and drugs among Latinos P20: El Centro: National Center of Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIH) $51,160 2007 Principal Investigator Packaging proven HIV behavioral interventions for use with women at highest risk of acquiring HIV CDC H62 PS000781-01 $422,344 2010 - 2013 Principal Investigator Hispanic Health Disparities Research Center National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities (P20MD002287) 6 Funding period 2008-2013 $6,767,616 2011 - 2012 Principal Investigator Project VIDA II: Violence, intimate relationships, and drugs among Latinas/os Hispanic Health Disparities Research Center National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities (P20MD002287) $75,00 Research Activity 1996 Consultant Principal Investigator: Ferris, M.
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