DIANA LYNN MORRIS

Program of Research:

Geriatric Mental Health; Aging and Quality of Life; Family Caregiving; Science of Unitary Human Beings

Research Projects:

Principal Investigator, "Care Network for Informal and Formal Caregivers," Elisabeth Severance Prentiss Foundation, based at University Center of Aging and Health.

Co-Investigator, "Teaching Resourcefulness to Chronically Ill Older Adults," National Institute of Nursing Research, National Institutes of Health, RO1 NR04428.

Principal Investigator, "Faculty Training: Addictions Nursing of Families," National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, National Institutes of Health, 1 TO1 AA07544.

Principal Investigator, "Mental Disorders: Elderly Psychiatric Nursing," National Institute of Mental Health, National Institutes of Health, TO1 MH19613.

Consultant, "Stresses, Strains, and Elderly Physical Health," National Institute of Aging, National Institutes of Health, 5R37 AG-08557-08.

Educational Background:

AD, Nursing, Point Park College, Pittsburgh, PA

BSN, Nursing, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA

MSN, Adult Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing, Case Western Reserve University, Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing, Cleveland, OH

PhD, Nursing, Case Western Reserve University, Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing, Cleveland, OH

Graduate Certificate in Gerontology, University Center on Aging and Health, Case Western Reserve University

Faculty Scholar, Geriatric Mental Health, National Institute of Mental Health

Education Interests:

Philosophy; Theory; Geriatric, Adult, and Minority Mental Health; and Cultural Competence