BS, Nursing and Midwifery, Saraburi Nursing College, Thailand
MS, Nursing and Healthcare Management, University of Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
PhD, University of Kansas, School of Nursing
Email: upiamjariyakul@kumc.edu
Phone: (913) 588-1544
Ubolrat Piamjariyakul, PhD, RN, has had 10 years experience in the U.S. on post-dissertation research for health care services delivery interventions that have improved outcomes across chronically ill populations. Dr. Piamjariyakul completed two-years of postdoctoral research fellowships in the U.S.
Since 2001, Dr. Piamjariyakul has been Project Director on 4 clinical trials funded by NIH; including one on improving care planning for elders and 3 others specifically testing interventions to improve self-management who were prescribed medically complex care at home. Also, she was Co-PI on a project that tested symptom self-management among cancer patients who received chemotherapy or radiation therapy (Faculty Research Award 2005, Dr. P.D. Williams, PhD, RN, as a PI).
Dr. Piamjariyakul is currently Operations Director for the Nurse Practitioner (NP) Heart Failure (HF) Clinic Appointment Clinical Trial (funded by NHLBl) and on the Caregiving in Technology Home Care Clinical Trial (funded by NINR) Carol Smith, RN, PhD is the PI on both these grants. The purposes of the HF research study are to have NPs conduct a rapid HF self-management assessment, to help patients and their family member manage their HF and to prevent rehospitalizations; and to test the usefulness of group clinical appointments and our award winning educational videotapes in teaching patients how to manage their HF. The purposes of the Caregiving study are to test the effects of a nursing intervention on family caregivers’ problem solving ability, participation in health care management, health status, depression, quality of life, and health care services costs. This study uses telehealth and internet delivery which increases health care access and reduces health care disparities. These NIH funded studies are both classic clinical trials conducted to measure outcomes of the multidisciplinary interventions.
As PI, Dr. Piamjariyakul is currently funded by American Heart Association Beginning Grant-in-Aid, to conduct a focus group research to identify factors/mechanisms patients, their family member and professional deem essential for HF self-management.
Previously, Dr. Piamjariyakul was the PI and completed small seed faculty grant research study identifying factors that result in nurse satisfaction and position retention. She used focus group research methods and advanced statistical software for the analyses.
Dr. Piamjariyakul received a bachelor of science degree in nursing and midwifery from Saraburi Nursing College, Thailand; a master degree in nursing and healthcare management from the University of Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom. Her doctorate is in nursing from the University of Kansas, School of Nursing, where she was inducted into Sigma Theta Tau, Delta Chapter.
She has first and co-authored articles describing interventions for improving health care delivery, self-management and the cost analysis procedures. These research studies build on her extensive administrative experiences as Director of Educational Services and Cost-Accounting for several Education Programs used by over 2000 patients annually in a world class Westernized hospital in Thailand.
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