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Professional Accolades: |
Selected Honors :Fellow, American
Academy of Nursing.
Fellow, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Executive Nurse Fellowship Program
2002 Fellow, Johnson & Johnson Health Care Executive Program
2005 primary care fellow, DHHS Primary Care Fellowship Program
Selected as a reviewer, Special Emphasis Panel to review grant
applications in response to PA02-153 and PAR03-060 for the NIH
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK),
March 23, 2005, Bethesda, MD.
Research Mentor for the Nurse Stimulation Program (NCEMNA).
Served on the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services National Advisory
Council for nursing education and practice, 2001-2005.
Chair HRSA
Division of Basic Nursing education and and grant reviews,
2000-2002. Julie Rogers Award for Community Service, 2000. Gulf
Coast Chapter March of Dimes Award for Distinction, 1991. Member of
Texas Health and Human Services Commission Hospital Payment Advisory
Committee, 1990-94.
Selected Publications:
Esperat, M.C., Feng, D., Owen, D., Zhang, Y.
(2007). Health behaviors of pregnant ethnic minority women. Western Journal of Nursing Research. 29(3): 284-300.
Shen, Chwan-Li; Feng, Du; Esperat, Christina M.; Irons,
Brian K.; Chyu, Ming-C; Valdez, Gloria M.; Thompson, Eve Y.(2006). Effect of Tai Chi Exercise on Type 2 Diabetes.
Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise. 38(5):S205.
Irons, B, Valdez, G., Vickers, P., Esperat, C. Dadich, K.,
Boswell, C., Cannon, S. Villareal, M. (In Press).Diabetes education for health care professionals: the need for a
community diabetes education curriculum. Journal of Continuing Education in Nursing. Accepted. October, 2005.
Valdez, G., Dadich, K., Boswell, C., Cannon, S., Irons, B.,
Vickers, P., Esperat, C. (In Press) Planning and Implementing an Interdisciplinary Diabetes Workshop for Healthcare
Professionals. Journal of Continuing Nursing Education. Accepted. December, 2005.
Esperat, C.,
Green, A., and Acton, C. (2004)One vision of academic nursing
centers. Nursing Economics, 22(6), 307-312.
Esperat, M., Feng,
D., Owen, D., Green, A. Transformation for health: An organizing
framework for health disparities research. Nursing Outlook.
Esperat, C., Feng,
D., Owen, D & Green, A. (2004). Transformation for health: A
framework for health disparities research. Manuscript submitted for
publication.
Seale, D.,
Robinson, S., Green, A., Walker, G., Berg, B., Esperat, C., Ellison,
P. & Chalambaga, M. (2004). A Guide to Utilisation and Sustainment
of Telemedicine: Answering the Question, “What is in it for me?”
In Bangert, D. & Doktor, R. (Eds), Managing People and
Organizations in Telemedicine and e-Health: A Global Perspective.
London: Sage Publications.
Seale, D.,
Robinson, S., Berg, B., Green, A., Esperat, C., Walker, G. &
Ellison, P. (2004). A guide to utilization and sustainment of
telemedicine: Answering the questions, “what is in it for me?”
Int. J. Healthcare Technology and Management, 6(1), 91-107.
Esperat, C.,
Inouye, J., Gonzales, E., Owen, D., & Feng, D. (2004). Health
disparities among Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders. Annual
Review of Nursing Research, 22, 135-160.
Selected Presentations:
Panel Speaker: “Developing a Research Trajectory ”. 3rd Annual Conference of the National
Coalition of Ethnic Minority Nurses Associations. March, 2007. Marriott Plaza, San Antonio- Texas
Speaker: “Senate Briefing on Nurse Managed Health ”. Joint Legislative Day, National
Nursing Centers Consortium and National Nursing Research Consortium, June 16, 2006, Hart Building,
Capitol Hill, Washington, DC
Chris
Esperat Plenary Speaker: “Translating research into practice: An
evidence base to eliminate health disparities”. National Conference
of the Coalition of Ethnic Minority Nurse Associations (NCEMNA),
March 11, 2005, Washington, D.C.
Keynote Speaker: “Transformation for health: An agenda for
research in health disparities”. Sigma Theta Tau Research Day, Nu
Omega Chapter, University of North Carolina – Wilmington, March 31,
2005, Wilmington, NC.
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Breakout
Session (with Celia Glick, Principal, Harwell Elementary School):
“Partnerships for school children’s health: The East Lubbock
Coalition for Community Health Improvement”. 37th Annual
Conference of the National Association of School Nurses (NASN), July
1, 2005, Washington, D.C.
Green, A., & Esperat, A. (2004, March). Ensuring a quality health
care workforce for
Texas: Innovative
approaches for the future. Paper presented at the Texas Statewide
Health Coordinating Council in preparation for the Texas State
Health Plan Update on Managed Care. Austin, TX |
