Eve-Lynn Nelson, Ph.D.

Education & Training:

• Undergraduate: B. A. Psychology, Honors College of the University of Missouri — Kansas City;
• Postgraduate:
  • M. A., Clinical Psychology, University of Kansas. Thesis: Body Dissatisfaction and Eating Attitudes Among Preadolescent Females and the Contribution of Parent;
  • Ph.D., Clinical Psychology with a health psychology emphasis. Dissertation: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Childhood Depression: A Comparison of Face-to-Face and Interactive Televideo Settings;
• Postdoctoral Fellowship: National Institute of Health Fellow, Summer Training Institute on Randomized Clinical Trials Involving Behavioral Interventions.

Professional Associations:

• 2000-present, American Telemedicine Association.
• 1998-present, American Psychological Association. Division 38: Health Psychology.
• 1999-2004, Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy

Community Activities:

• August 2003-present. Bimonthly presentations to parenting teens through YWCA Health Bridge Program, Wyandotte and Schlagle High Schools, Kansas City, KS.
• October 2004, Helping Your Child Cope with Stress. Presentation for school professionals through Hays Area Health Education Center, Hays, KS.
• April 2003, Eating Disorders and Chronic Illness. Presentation to health professionals at Childhood Arthritis Conference, St. Joseph, MO.
• March 2003, Stress and the Middle School Student. Presentations to approximately 300 Shawnee Mission middle school students.
• January 2003, The Out of Control Child. City-wide CEU presentation for school nurses in Kansas City, KS.
• Fall 2000, Lecture series for rural group home providers and other professionals, Pittsburg, KS. Topics:
  • Assessment and treatment of eating disorders.
  • Recognizing and remediating bullying.
  • Childhood depression.
• June 2000, A TeleKidcare® update: Use in an urban school district over the 1999-2000 school year and expansion statewide. Kansas Technology Showcase, Topeka, KS.
• April 2000, Understanding psychometric properties in preschool assessment. The Children’s Place (Preschool for At-Risk Children), Kansas City, MO.
• February 2000, Childhood depression: Assessment and treatment issues for the school nurse. City-wide presentation for school nurses in Kansas City, KS.
• February 1999, Body images: Research on the media’s influence on eating disorders. February Sisters Anniversary presentation, University of Kansas, Lawrence.
• March 1998, Mind and Immunity Series. Bloch Cancer Center, Kansas City, MO.
• September 1997, Body image and college women. University of Kansas Women’s Leadership Conference.
• 1999-2000, Kansas City Hospice volunteer.
• Parent Education presentations:
  • April 2005, Recognizing Warning Signs of Teen Depression. Presentation to parents at Olathe East High
    School, Olathe, KS.
  • February 2005, Your Child and Stress. Presentation for parents through KUMC Patient Education Series, Kansas City, KS.
  • April 2003, Disordered eating in adolescence. Education series to rural areas over Interactive Televideo (ITV), KU Center for TeleMedicine and TeleHealth.
  • October 2002, Psychosocial treatments for Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). Education series to rural areas over Interactive Televideo (ITV), KU Center for TeleMedicine and TeleHealth.
  • April 2001, ADHD assessment and treatment. Kansas School for the Deaf, Olathe, KS.
  • February 2001, Eating disorders. Education series to rural areas over Interactive Televideo (ITV), KU Center for TeleMedicine and TeleHealth.
  • December 2000, Childhood depression. Education series to rural areas over Interactive Televideo (ITV), KU Center for TeleMedicine and TeleHealth.
  • June 2000, Warning signs of child substance abuse. Shephard’s Community Center, Kansas City, KS.
  • May 1997, Child behavior management techniques. Parents University, Schlagle High School, Kansas City, KS

Clinical Experience:

• December 2003-present, Clinical Assistant Professor, Behavioral Pediatrics Division, Department of Pediatrics, Kansas University Medical Center.
• September 2002-December 2003, Postdoctoral Fellowship, Behavioral Pediatrics Division, Department of Pediatrics and Center for TeleMedicine and TeleHealth, Kansas University Medical Center.
• August 2001-August 2002, Internship in Clinical Child and Pediatric Psychology, Mailman Center For Child Development, Department of Pediatrics, University of Miami School of Medicine.
• August 1996-August 2001, Health psychology trainee, University of Kansas Medical Center.
• August 1995-August 1999, Therapy trainee, KU Psychological Clinic, Lawrence, KS.
• June 1995-August, 1995, Stress management trainee, Stress Management Clinic, Colmery-O’Neil Veteran’s Administration Hospital, Topeka, KS.

Work Experience:

• December 2003-present, Assistant Research Director, KU Center for TeleMedicine and TeleHealth. Coordinate research around Health and Technology Outreach department initiatives including telemedicine services, distance education, and student opportunities for rural training. Supervise research implementation at all stages. Submit grants to local and federal agencies to expand services and research. Promote telemedicine services in community and national forums. Principal Investigator on 2003-2005 Robert Wood Johnson grant and an evaluator on 2003-2006 HRSA grant.
• August 2000-August 2001, Program Manager, Healthy Steps over Telemedicine, KU Center for TeleMedicine and TeleHealth. The local project links early childhood development specialists with adolescent parents at urban high schools using videoconferencing. Duties: Served as a liaison between the Healthy Steps specialists, the families, and the school facilitators from project design through classroom implementation. Assisted with research design and interpretation.
• August 1999-August 2000, TeleKidcare® Project Coordinator and Research Associate, KU Center for TeleMedicine and TeleHealth. TeleKidcare® links school nurse’s offices with KU Medical Center using PC-based two-way audio and visual telemedicine units with stethoscope and otoscope capabilities. Duties: Lead collaboration among the telemedicine department; the clinical departments of Pediatrics, Child Psychiatry, and Family Medicine; and the school district. Assisted with research initiatives.
• August 1996-May 1997, University of Kansas Sexual Assault Prevention and Education Coordinator, Emily Taylor Women’s Resource Center, Lawrence. Gave interactive prevention presentations to many campus living groups and organizations. Supervised peer educators in the sexual assault prevention program. Provided crisis counseling and referrals for assault survivors and their loved ones.

Publications:

• Nelson, E., & Spaulding, R. Adapting the Roter Interaction Analysis System for Telemedicine: Lessons in Coding Across Four Specialty Clinics. (2005). J Telemed Telecare. 11 Suppl 1:105-7.
• Miller, E.A., & Nelson, E. (2005). Modifying the Roter Interaction Analysis System to study provider-patient communication in telemedicine: Promises, pitfalls, insights and recommendations. Telemedicine Journal & eHealth. 11(1):44-55.
• Nelson, E., Zaylor, C., & Cook, D. (2004). A comparison of psychiatrist evaluation and patient symptom report in a jail telepsychiatry clinic. Telemedicine Journal & eHealth. 10(Suppl 2): S54-9.
• Nelson, E., Citarelli, M., Shaw, P, & Cook, D. (2003). Reshaping health care delivery for adolescent parents: Healthy Steps and telemedicine. Telemedicine Journal & eHealth. 9(4): 387-92.
• Nelson, E. (2003). Ethical concerns and childhood depression. Bioethics Forum, 18(3-4):55-62.
• Nelson, E., Barnard, M., & Cain, S. (2003). Treating childhood depression over videoconferencing. Telemedicine Journal & eHealth, 9(1), 49-56.
• Nelson, E., Cook, D., Shaw, P., Doolittle, G., & Peacock, G. (2001). Pediatrician perceptions of interactive televideo consultation. Journal of Computer Mediated Communication, 6(4).
• Zaylor, C., Nelson, E., & Cook, D. (2001). Clinical outcomes in a prison telepsychiatry clinic. J Telemed Telecare. 7 Suppl 1, 47-9.
• Ermer, D., Nelson, E., & Cook, D. (2000). The effectiveness of stimulants prescribed over TeleKidcare® in treating children with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder. Abstract, Telemedicine Journal, 6(1), 177.
• Nelson, E. (2004). Efficacy research in patient care delivery: A case study concerning
  treating childhood depression over interactive televideo. Case Studies in Telemedicine, P Whitten & D Cook (Eds.) Jossey-Bass.

Conference Presentations:

• Nelson, E., & Swirczynski, D. School-Based telehealth as A two-way street: Treating children and training providers. National Association of Rural Mental Health Conference, Accepted for Presentation, Honolulu, accepted August 2005.
• Nelson, E. TeleKidcare®: An Update and Cultural Competence Examples. Kansas School Nurses Conference. July 2005.
• Nelson, E. Adolescent depression. Area Health Education Sizzlin’ Summer Conference, Hays, July 2005.
• Nelson, E. Clinical examples of telemental health services with children. Invited speaker for pre-conference. American Telemedicine Association Conference, Denver, April 2005.
• Nelson, E. Treating depression over telemedicine: Applying research in clinical activities. American Telemedicine Association Conference, Denver, April 2005.
• Nelson, E. Panelist, Challenges to TeleHealth Research. Moderator Pamela Whitten, Ph.D. American Telemedicine Association Conference, Denver, April 2005.
• Nelson, E. Adapting a Patient-Provider Interaction Coding System for Interactive Televideo. American Telemedicine Association Conference, Tampa, May 2004.
• Nelson, E., Spaulding, R., & Doolittle, G. Transforming Tele-clinical Information into Pilot Data Panel: Research Design. American Telemedicine Association Conference, Tampa, May 2004
• Nelson, E. Practical applications of mental health services for children over telemedicine. Celeste Foundation symposium on technology in foster care. Mt. Dora Florida, March 2004.
• Nelson, E. Mental health services for children over telemedicine. American Telemedicine Association tutorial participant, Los Angeles, June 2002.
• Nelson, E., Shaw, P., & Sanchez, K. Healthy Steps over telemedicine. National Organization on Adolescent Pregnancy, Parenting, and Prevention Conference, Washington, DC, November 2001.
• Nelson, E., Barnard, M., Ermer, D., & Cook, D. Telemedicine in clinical practice. American Psychological Association Conference, Sponsored by Division 54, San Francisco, August 2001.
• Nelson, E. Telemedicine for case managers. Midwest Case Management Conference. Kansas City, MO, April 2001.
• Zaylor, C., Nelson, E., & Cook, D. Telepsychiatry in a rural jail population. TeleMed 2001, Royal Medical Society, London, January 2001.
• Nelson, E. The out of control child. Sixth Annual Southeast Kansas Psychiatric Symposium. Coffeyville, KS, November 2000.
• Peacock, G., Shaw, P., Nelson, E., & Doolittle, G. Using telemedicine to address children with special health care needs: Case examples of telemedicine services in Kansas. American Academy of Pediatrics Conference, Chicago, October 2000.
• Nelson, E., Barnard, M., & Ermer, D. A comparison of telemedicine interventions to face-to-face interventions for childhood depression using telemedicine. American Telemedicine Association Conference, Phoenix, May 2000.

Current and Recent Grant Funding:

• Development of an eHealth Provider-Patient Communication Measure, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. This study will validate the Roter Interaction Assessment System of provider-patient communiction for the telehealth context. Role: PI, 2003-2005.
• TeleKidcare®: Teaching Tool for Cultural Competence, Aetna Foundation Regional Community Health. Role: PI, 2004-2005.
• Kansas Comprehensive Geriatric Education Program, Health Resources and Services Administration, Bureau of Health Professionals. This project will evaluate a train-the-trainer model of geriatric education utilizing distance learning technology. Role: Evaluator, 2003-2005.
• A feasibility study of diagnostic efficacy in a child telepsychiatry clinic, KUMC Research Institute. This project will assess the reliability of diagnoses reached by two child psychiatrists. Each participant is randomized to double interviews, one over interactive televideo and one face-to-face. Role: Researcher. PI: Sharon Cain, M.D., 2004-2005.
• TeleHealth for Kansans, Health Resources and Services Administration, Office for the Advancement of Telehealth. This project will evaluate a train-the-trainer model of geriatric education utilizing distance learning technology. Role: Evaluator and Provider, 2003-2006.
• Healthy Steps over Telemedicine, Prime Health Foundation and Wyandotte Health Foundation. This initiative implemented Healthy Steps educational services for teen parents using school-based telehealth. Role: Program Manager and Researcher, 2000-2001.
• TeleKidcare: Bringing Health Care into Schools, Telecommunications Information and Infrastructure Assistance Program (TIIAP), US Department of Commerce. This project provided pediatric and mental health services to an urban school district using telemedicine. Role: Coordinator and Research Associate, 1999-2000.

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