People Group Archives: Chronic Diseases

Hannah Spencer is an instructor at the Cocoa campus of the University of Central Florida College of Nursing. A board-certified pediatric nurse, Spencer has a wide array of experience in pediatric nursing including acute care, outpatient chronic care management, and pediatric pulmonology/sleep medicine with a specific focus on severe asthma and cystic fibrosis. She is […]

Hyojung “Kay” Kim, a registered dietician nutritionist, is a lecturer at UCF’s College of Nursing where she teaches nutrition. Her research focuses on nutritional epidemiology with an emphasis on the role of nutritional and dietary factors in chronic disease risk and health outcomes. Using data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, she investigates […]

Childhood obesity prevention and intervention; School nursing; Teaching strategies in nursing education.

Health economist and health outcomes researcher Boon Peng Ng is an associate professor at UCF’s College of Nursing and UCF’s College of Medicine, and is a member of the UCF Disability, Aging and Technology Faculty Research Cluster. Prior to his appointment at UCF, he was a Steven M. Teutsch Prevention Effectiveness fellow at the Centers […]

Older adults; Cancer; Symptom management and experience; Representation of symptoms and illness; Quality of life; Technology-based interventions; Nursing student and lay person knowledge of cancer and end of life issues.

Gerontology; Chronic disease management; Diabetes care across the age span; Transitional care needs of older adults and family caregivers.

Childhood obesity and parents/caregivers of overweight children; Measurement.

Obesity, genetics and genomics; How technology influences nursing practice; Women’s health; Rural Health.