2012 international new Fellows - American Academy of Nursing

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gaYlE timmERman, pHD, Rn, Cns
Gayle Timmerman is the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and an Associate Professor at The
University of Texas at Austin School of Nursing.
Dr. Timmerman’s work over the past 18 years has targeted eating patterns in women that influence
weight (binge eating, dieting). Her current work focuses on restaurant eating, a high risk food
environment implicated as contributing to the obesity epidemic. She developed a successful weight
gain prevention intervention, “Mindful Restaurant Eating,” for women who eat out frequently to
help women learn how to compensate for the restaurant environment. Her work received national
and international press with more than 450 citations in various media and publications.
Dr. Timmernam was one of the first researchers to challenge the assumption that dieting leads
to feeling deprived followed by overeating, an assumption used to argue against calorie
restriction. Her research demonstrated that calories consumed were not associated with feeling
deprived. Rather feeling deprived was psychological, occurring for some women when they
did not eat what they wanted. Implications of these findings support the need to focus on
the food environment by reducing exposure to palatable, high calorie foods which activate
“hedonic hunger”- motivation to eat for pleasure rather than physiological hunger. With obesity
reaching pandemic proportions, excess weight has serious economic and health consequences.
Consequently, nurses researchers need to find realistic interventions women can use in their daily
lives to manage weight.
Dr. Timmerman received her BSN from the University of Florida and her MSN and PhD from The
Ohio State University.
lYnDa tYER-ViOla, pHD, Rn, RnC
Lynda Tyer-Viola is an Associate Professor at the MGH Institute of Health Professions where she
teaches obstetrics, theory and research methods.
Dr. Tyer-Viola is an expert maternal health nurse clinician, educator, and researcher. She has
provided clinical leadership as a clinical nurse specialist at Massachusetts General Hospital and
has contributed to nursing science studying HIV in women and global nursing issues.
Dr. Tyer-Viola has contributed to the care of women and children globally in several developing
counties. She is a Senior Technical Advisor for the Center for Global Health and Human
Rights at Massachusetts General Hospital counseling them with designing and implementing
Emergency Obstetrical and Neonatal Care (Emonc) training in several settings. She has
collaborated with Zambian nurse colleagues to upgrade the knowledge of practicing midwives
by studying the use of simulation in education. As a volunteer nurse researcher with the nongovernmental
organization Partners in Health (PIH), Dr. Tyer-Viola is collaborating with in-country
nurses to implement nursing care programs in oncology in Rwanda and Haiti and mentoring the
development of an evidence based professional practice environment for nurses at all of the PIH
global care settings.
Dr. Tyer-Viola currently teaches and provides mentorship in the Nursing Bridge Program in Dhaka,
Bangladesh where the aim is to elevate the role of the professional nurse through continuing
education. In every global health setting, she strives to ensure the role of the professional nurse is
valued and viewed as contributing to the health and well-being of the community.
Virginia
patRiCia D. HOROHO, msn, ms, Rn
Patricia D. Horoho assumed command of the U.S. Army Medical Command in December 2011,
making history for nursing, healthcare and the military as the first nurse to serve in this position.
Lieutenant General Horoho is a visionary, leading innovation for the Military Healthcare System.