- Nancy Fugate Woods
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Nancy Fugate Woods is a professor of Family and Child Nursing at the University of Washington. She previously served as the dean of the University of Washington's nursing program and as the president of the American Academy of Nursing.
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Work
Dr. Woods, since the 1970's, has researched issues relating to women's health. Her research has shed light on menstrual cycle symptoms and has given new insight into the role personal factors play in understanding menstrual symptoms.[1] Dr. Woods also improved the understanding of the transition to menopause.[2] Her research is credited with having "led the development of women's health as a field of study in nursing science."[3] Woods currently teaches Women's Health Physiology, Research Design for Studying Therapeutics, and Women's Health Issues.[4]
Positions
- President of the American Academy of Nursing
- President of the North American Menapause Society
- President of the Society for Menstrual Cycle Research
- Dean of the University of Washington's nursing program
- Elected to the Institute of Medicine, National Academy of Sciences
Education
- B.S. University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
- M.N. University of Washington
- Ph.D University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Honorary Doctorates
Books
- Culture, Society, and Menstruation
- Women's Healthcare in Advanced Practice Nursing
- Human Sexuality in Health and Illness
- Nursing Research: Theory and Practice
References
- ^ http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:2YZD81YCfacJ:www.nursing.upenn.edu/penn-icowhi/Documents/Bio%2520Wood.doc+nancy+fugate+woods&cd=5&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us
- ^ http://www.americanbonehealth.org/about-us/our-advisory-board
- ^ http://www.upenn.edu/pennnews/news/honorary-degree-recipients-named-penns-249th-commencement
- ^ http://www.son.washington.edu/faculty/faculty_bio.asp?id=119
Categories:- Living people
- University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire alumni
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