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Position/Title: Assistant Professor
Address: NB 314, 1210
Phone: (205) 996-7340
E-mail: najinp@uab.edu
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Biography
Na-Jin Park, PhD, RN, is an assistant professor in the Community Health, Outcomes, and Systems Department. During her doctoral study, she was extensively trained for biobehavioral research methods focusing on immune assays (natural killer cell activity, lymphocyte proliferation, cytokine assay, cell marking for FACS analysis etc.) in the psycho-immunology lab at the UAB SON, and received a pre-doctoral research grant from the Department of Defense Breast Cancer Research Program.
PhD University of Alabama at Birmingham (2006)
Dissertation: Effects of breast cancer risk, psychological distress, and dispositional optimism on immune response in healthy women
MSN Pusan National University, Pusan, Korea (1997)
Thesis: Determinants of health-promoting behaviors in industrial workers
BSN Pusan National University, Pusan, Korea (1991)
Research/Clinical Interest
mind-body interactions, biobehavioral research method, psychoneuroimmunology
women's health, breast cancer risk and biological markers, cancer prevention, psycho-oncology
health promotion at occupational health settings, job stress
Publication
Journal Articles:
Von Ah, D., Ebert, S., Ngamvitroj, A., Park, N., & Kang, D. (2004). Predictors of health behaviors in college students. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 48 (5), 463-474.
Von Ah, D., Ebert, S., Ngamvitroj, A., Park, N., & Kang, D. (2005). Factors related to cigarette smoking initiation and use among college students. Tobacco Induced Diseases, 3(1), 27-40.
Park, N. & Kang, D. (2006, in press). Breast cancer risk and immune responses in healthy women. Oncology Nursing Forum, 33 (6).
Abstracts:
Park, N. & Kang, D. (2005). The impact of breast cancer risk, psychological distress, and dispositional optimism on immune responses in healthy women. Proceedings for the 4th 2005 Era of Hope Department of Defense Breast Cancer Research Program Meeting. Philadelphia, PA: June 8-11, 2005. Abstract No: P39-11, 272-273.
Park, N. & Kang, D. (2006). Effects of objective and subjective breast cancer risk, psychological distress, and dispositional optimism on immune responses in healthy women. The Journal of the Alabama Academy of Science, 77(2), 104.
Paper Presentations
National:
Kang, D., Smith, B., McArdle, T., & Park, N. (2006, October). Biobehavioral data collection in breast cancer patients. Symposium paper presentation at the National Congress on the State of the Science in Nursing Research, Washington D.C.
Regional:
Kang, D., Park, N., & McArdle, T. (2004, February). Stress, fatigue, and hemoglobin in breast cancer patients: Effects on immune function and changes over time. Paper presentation at the 18th Annual Southern Nursing Research Society Conference, Louisville, KY.
Kang, D., Park, N., McArdle, T. & Smith, B. (2006, February). Stress, fatigue, and immune function: Racial differences between African American and Caucasian women diagnosed with breast cancer. Paper presentation at the 20th Annual Southern Nursing Research Society Conference, Memphis, TN.
State/Local:
Park, N., Kang, D., & McArdle, T. (2006, March). Effects of objective and subjective breast cancer risk on psychological stress and immune response in healthy women. Paper presentation at the Graduate Student Research Days, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL.
Park, N. & Kang, D. (2006, March). Effects of objective and subjective breast cancer risk, psychological distress, and dispositional optimism on immune response in healthy women. Paper presentation at the 83rd Annual Meeting of the Alabama Academy of Science, Inc., Troy, AL.
Poster Presentations
National:
Park, N. & Kang, D. (2005, June). The impact of breast cancer risk, psychological distress and dispositional optimism on immune responses in healthy women. Poster presentation at the 4th 2005 Era of Hope Department of Defense Breast Cancer Research Program Meeting, Philadelphia, PA.
Regional:
Von Ah D., Ebert, S., Ngamvitroj, A., Park, N., & Kang, D. (2004, February). Predictors of health behavior in college students. Poster presentation at the 18th Annual Southern Nursing Research Society Conference, Louisville, KY.
Park, N. & Kang, D. (2005, February). The impact of breast cancer risk, psychological distress and dispositional optimism on immune responses in healthy women. Poster presentation at the 19th Annual Southern Nursing Research Society Conference, Atlanta, GA.
Park, N. & Kang, D. (2006, February). Effects of objective and subjective breast cancer risk and stress on cytokine productions in healthy women. Poster presentation at the 20th Annual Southern Nursing Research Society Conference, Memphis, TN.
Honors
2000-2003 Graduate Student Fellowship, UAB School of Nursing Graduate Studies
2002-current Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society for Nursing, Nu Chapter
2002-2003 Sigma Theta Tau International Nu Chapter Research Grant
2004-2006 Department of Defense Breast Cancer Research Program Predoctoral Traineeship Award (individual)
2005 May Outstanding Doctoral Student in Nursing, 30th Annual Honors Convocation, UAB, Birmingham, AL
2005 Oct. Doctoral Student of Excellence 2005-2006, School of Nursing Alumni Chapter of the UAB National Alumni Society, Birmingham, AL
2006 March 2nd place for student competition of oral presentation at the 83rd Annual Meeting of the Alabama Academy of Science, Inc., Troy, AL