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1 CHARLENE Y. DOUGLAS, Ph.D., MPH, RN, CPH Assistant Dean for Undergraduate Programs George Mason University College of Nursing and Health Science Fairfax, VA EDUCATION Certified in Online Education: Certified in Public Health: April 2011 SLOAN Consortium August 2010 National Board of Public Health Examiners Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) MAY 1992 Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health Department of Environmental Health Sciences Division of Occupational Health Baltimore, Maryland Major Tract - Behavioral Sciences / Health Psychology Curriculum in the first year concentrated in the Behavioral and Health Sciences; social and psychological factors of health and illness, health education, research design and methodology, and statistical methods including regression and factor analysis. Second year of course work taken within the Department of Psychology at the Johns Hopkins University. Studies in cognition, abnormal issues, history, influence and behavioral analysis taken in addition to continuing statistical study. Dissertation research examined the impact of object and subjective job stress on a professional, female population. Master of Public Health (MPH) MAY 1981 Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health Department of Health Services Administration Baltimore, Maryland Study in the full scope of public health sciences with concentration in health systems development and planning. Studies in Public Health included epidemiology, health economics, population dynamics, the environment, operations research, and maternal and child health. Developed a theoretical basis for long-range comprehensive health planning and decision-making. Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) MAY 1978 Case Western Reserve University Cleveland, Ohio Bachelor of Arts (BA) MAY 1975 Case Western Reserve University Major Field: American Studies, Cum laude

2 ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE Asst. Dean Undergraduate Programs: Oversight of the students and curricula of the traditional, accelerated and RN to BSN programs Present Associate Professor: George Mason University College of Nursing and Health Science. Awarded tenure under Genuine Excellence in Teaching and High Competence in Research in Awarded the University Teaching Excellence Award in Coordinator for the Online RN to BSN Program, and Coordinator for Community Health Nursing Lecture and Clinical in the Undergraduate program. Cultural Competence Consultant 1992-Present. Instructor. University of Maryland School of Nursing. Taught Community Health / Psychiatric Nursing with student clinical instruction at Springfield Hospital Center (1,000 bed state psychiatric facility) and the Community Health Department of Baltimore City. Lecture responsibilities to the larger class of 150 included Sexually Transmitted Disease, Psychosis and Epidemiology. Responsible for test construction and the item-analysis of questions on lecture material. Independently taught courses entitled Stressors Through the Lifespan, and Leadership and Management. Participated in the revision of the Basic Working Papers for the curriculum. Voted faculty of the year in RESEARCH PROJECTS Cultural Competence Consultant: PATH Patners for Access to HealthCare, Consultant on $1.3 million grant to provide primary care services in Northern VA to the uninsured in a Nurse Managed Clinic. My role is to Coordinate the rotation of undergraduate students in the clinic and provide cultural competence and health literacy training to the staff and students/ Submitted Nov. 2006: HRSA ACELA: Accelerated Pathway from Associate of Applied Science to the Bachelor of Nursing Degree. PI on $750,000 on a project to articulate with Northern Virginia Community College [NOVA]. A diverse cohort of students enrolling in NOVA as nursing students would also earn an AAS degree, which would facilitate their bridge to the online BSN degree at George Mason University College of Health and Human Services. With the AAS degree, students would need 10 additional courses, all online to complete the BSN. The BSN is online to facilitate completion by working RNs. Grant funding supported the students and their families as they progressed through this demanding curriculum, condensed teaching and clinical placement with time allotted for students to work, and the creation and teaching of the online component. Public Health Service Grant 1R01CA61673: National Cancer Institute "Quality of Life: Special Populations". Served as Project Director for the Hispanic population in Northern VA. Grant focused on assessing the impact of cancer on the quality of life for Hispanics and African Americans. I was responsible for identifying 200 Hispanic individuals with a medical illness (as a pilot) and 200 Hispanic and African American individuals with cancer for the final study. I participated in the process for the translation of the questionnaire from English to Spanish, and the examination of the questionnaire for cultural sensitivity with the African American and Hispanic community board. Trained interviewers in Baltimore, Northern Virginia, Miami, St. Louis, Memphis, Buffalo, NY, Hampton, VA and San Antonio, TX. Grant funded for $490,000 and based in Atlanta, Georgia

3 American Nurses Association Health Policy Institute: On a contract basis, wrote a grant funded for $500,000 from the Agency for Health Care Policy Research (AHCPR) for the Ethnic / Minority Fellowship Program of the American Nurses Association (ANA) to establish the ANA Health Policy Institute. As a consultant on the grant for two years, participated in the selection of 10 doctorally prepared ethnic minority nurses to attend a summer health policy program, and write and submit grants for funding to examine health policy and health services issues in the minority community HIV/AIDS and Adolescents: Conducted five focus groups with adolescents, and one with parents in Lynchburg, Virginia. This research effort sought to provide direction for the development of an abstinence AIDS curriculum for adolescents in Virginia. Adolescents health education needs, beliefs and attitudes, refusal skills and future planning related to HIV/AIDS were examined. Formal research proposal was developed, consent forms for participants and parents, and human subjects approval was obtained from the GMU. The focus group tapes were turned over to the funding agency. November Focus Groups for Hispanic Cancer Survivors: In another research effort in San Antonio, Texas I coordinated a series of focus groups of Hispanic cancer survivors. Qualitative evaluation of the focus groups completed by College of Nursing and Health Science faculty. The results were forwarded to the American Cancer Society to aid in the development of programs for the Hispanic population. $20, Asthma Education: Redmond, G.M., Langley, C. and Douglas, C. Asthma education and interventions for elementary school children. Funded by Northern Virginia AHEC, $500, National Institute of Occupational Health and Safety and Health (NIOSH): Grant based at The Johns Hopkins School of Public Health to examine biomarkers for psychological job stress. Collected psychometric data on stress perception from nurses in a large medical center, hospital data on severity of illness and nursing workload, and blood and saliva samples from a selective group of forty nurses. Biomarkers, including blood cortisol levels and salivary IgA, were measured and compared to participant s perception of job stress and the proximity of stress level to the holiday season. The 1992 publication represents the analysis of the biomarkers. Dissertation Committee Membership: 1. "Rural Nursing Curriculum Content and Teaching Strategies in Programs of Nursing: Commonwealth of Virginia." Jennifer Matthews, George Mason University, College of Nursing and Health Science, Fall Outcomes of Nurse Midwifery Care in a High Risk Population. Michelle Davidson, George Mason University, College of Nursing and Health Science, Fall Toward an Understanding of Stress and Coping Mechanisms Experienced Among African American Males, Gina Brown, George Mason University, College of Nursing and Health Science, Spring Cultural Competence: The Correlation Between Providers and Patient s Perspectives about HIV Care, Juna Mackey-Padilla, George Mason University, College of Nursing and Health Science, Comparison of the Incidence and Severity of Neurotoxic Effects among Neurotoxic Pesticides and Between Neurotoxic and other Pesticides, Pauul Lewis, George Mason University, Environmental Sciences and Public Policy, November Health Beliefs and Heart Healthy Behaviors in African American Women: Instrument Development and Validation, Vernell P. DeWitty, George Mason University, College of Health and Human Services, April White (non-hispanic) NP Student Perceptions of Hispanic Patients, Rose Gonzelez, College of Health and Human Services, 2011.

4 Doctoral Dissertation: Investigated the impact of the work environment, social support and cognitive appraisal on nurses perception of occupational stress. Data collection occurred at The Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, MD. Data included a questionnaire distributed to 1,100 nurses with in-patient responsibilities and computer data on case load and severity of illness maintained by the hospital. The goal was to pair objective and subjective stress measures. Statistical analysis included factor analysis and multiple regression with mediating and moderating effects. INTERDISCIPLINARY PROFESSIONAL CONTRIBUTIONS White House Fellow: Served as Special Assistant to the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services. Responsibilities included following up on inquiries to the Secretary that involved the resolution of issues, attending the Secretary's briefings and editing speeches. Working member of a committee that drafted policy for employees with disabilities in the Department and drafted policy for all federal employees related to community service. Worked to coordinate the community service activities of the Department's employees. The Educational Program of the Fellowship provided opportunities to meet with national leaders in business, politics, the arts, journalism, academia and the military. Also participated in legislative activities on Capital Hill in the House and Senate. Educational Testing Service, Graduate Record Examination (GRE) Essay Writing Committee: Member of the Graduate Record Examination (GRE) Essay Writing Committee for the Educational Testing Service in Princeton, N.J. Committee represented 15 universities nationally. Committee charged with examining the need, validity and reliability of such a new exam, writing essay questions, and reviewing the initial and final pilot effort. During the final meeting of the committee, we reviewed the psychometric results from the final bank of questions, international and minority implications, discussed handwriting vs. computer use, and feedback from admission offices across the country. The exam is now available in the U.S. and internationally, and continues to be revised. Healthy People 2000 African American Workgroup: Member of the workgroup reviewing the Healthy People 2000 goals for African Americans. Reviewed objectives where progress had been made and where gaps still remained between the African American and White populations. The selected objectives were released to the media and provided the basis for policy decisions regarding access to and utilization of health care by the African American community. The Surgeon General used the selected objectives in a nationally televised meeting on the progress towards meeting the year 2000 objectives for African Americans. Also provided input for the drafting of Healthy People 2010 goals for: 1). Access To Quality Health Care (the new priority area for Healthy People 2010) 2). Educational and Community-Based Programs 3). Environmental Health Focus Area White Paper on Quality of Life (QOL): As a contract, wrote a White Paper for the Board of Directors of the American Cancer Society (ACS). This integrated review of the history of QOL literature was a position paper supporting the five-year plan of ACS researchers to conduct a national, longitudinal QOL study of cancer survivors. This study is being undertaken because there is no definitive work on the impact of cancer, and its treatment, on the quality of the lives of persons living with cancer HRSA Advisory Committee for Childhood Vaccines: National committee which advises the Secretary of Health and Human Services on issues related to childhood vaccines. Appointed by Secretary Sebelius in March 2010.

5 PROFESSIONAL CONTRIBUTIONS TO NURSING Cultural Competence Consultant: Summer 2012: Cultural Competence with Muslim Women broadcast to the all Virginia Department of Health Districts. Fall 2012: Health Literacy to the staff of a Federally Qualified Health Center in Northern VA. Partners in Education for Geriatrics, 2010: Cultural competence strategies for educators to enhance their curriculum with geriatric content. Commonwealth of Virginia, : Part of a consortium of 8 Universities to develop a curriculum for the Public Health Workforce of Virginia. Delivered to 4 metropolitan and rural areas and recorded and posted on the State website. From , presented Workshops on Workplace Communication and SBAR for the employees of Sibley Hospital. From , conducted a series of workshops for students and faculty in the School of Nursing in conjunction with a state-funded asthma education grant based at the College of Nursing and Health Science. Diversity issues of personality, the nursing profession, the countries of origin of the participants and health issues from the major immigrant groups in the U.S. Curriculum Consultant, University of the District of Columbia: September Conducted literature review regarding didactic and clinical issues in nursing education. Proposed models for curriculum change to the Dean of the College of Professional Studies in response to the future nursing needs of the nursing profession, the geographical area, and the student body. Also addressed the role and integration of the Department of Nursing into the larger College of Professional Studies. ANA Ethnic/Minority Health Policy Institute Consultant to the Ethnic/Minority Health Policy Institute, located within The American Nurses Association. As a consultant, I was paid to write the $500,000 grant that funded the Institute. The purpose of the Institute was to select ten (10) ethnic/minority doctorally prepared nurses from across the country, early in their research careers, and mentor them through the writing and submission of a health policy grant for funding. Participants were selected based on written research proposals using a formal grant review process, enrolled in a health policy seminar, paired with a mentor in their university and provided support from the Institute staff, including myself. The final phase of the Institute was a staged grant review, with the participants in the audience and a nationally selected panel of reviewers. The participants made changes to their grants, based on the review, and submitted them for funding. GMU Summer Health Policy Seminar & Internship: Faculty and program planner in this George Mason University program where I presented sessions on the federal budget and placed master's prepared nurses in internships in political agencies throughout Washington, D.C. Placements included the offices of legislators, professional organizations (nursing specialties), special interest groups (AARP, NOW, etc.) and the executive branch (Dept. of Education, Health & Human Services). PUBLICATIONS Assessing the State of Vaccine Confidence in the United States: Recommendations from the National Vaccine Advisory Committee (2015). Public health reports, 130, Gaffney, K.F., Henry, L.L., Douglas, C.Y. and Goldberg, P.A. (2008). Differentiating tobacco use triggers for mothers of infants. Pediatric Nursing. Conerly, R., F. Baker, Dye, J., Douglas, C., Zabora, J. (2002). Measuring depression in African American cancer survivors: The reliability and validity of the Center for Epidemiologic Study Depression (CES-D) scale. Journal of Health Psychology, 7.

6 Douglas, C. (2001). Health insurance programs for children. Journal of Pediatric Nursing, 16, Douglas, C. (2001). Community-based strategies for colorectal cancer screening. Journal of Psychosocial Oncology, 16, Douglas, C. (2001). Cultural competence as a foundation for community-based nursing practice. In J. Sorrell and G. Redmond (Eds.). Community-based nursing practice: Learning through student s stories. F.A. Davis: Philadelphia, PA. Baker, F., Jodrey, D., Zabora, J., Douglas, C. and Fernandez-Kelly, P. (1996) Empirically selected instruments for measuring quality-of-life dimensions in culturally diverse populations. Journal of the National Cancer Institute Monographs, 20, Douglas, C. (1995). Cultural considerations for the African-American population. Imprint, 42, Douglas, C. (1992). Work environment, cognitive appraisal, social support and occupational stress. Doctoral Dissertation. Henningsen, G.M., Hurrell, J.J., Baker, F., Douglas, C., MacKenzie, B.S., Robertson, S.K. and Phipps, F.C. (1992). Measurement of salivary IgA as an immunologic biomarker of job stress. Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Work, 18 (Suppl. 2), Baker, F and Douglas, C. (1990). Housing environments and community hazards. Community Mental Health Journal, 26, PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS AND HONORS Chair, GMU Faculty Senate National Advisory Commission on Childhood Vaccine, Sloan Consortium Certification in Online Education Certified in Public Health [CPH] University Teaching Excellence Award, Spring 2006 Centers for Disease Control Research Agenda Development Meeting [Infectious Diseases], March 2005 Medical Reserve Corps [Public Health Response Team], Fairfax County 2004 to present INOVA Home Health Professional Advisory Committee [PAC] Present Tenure Granted Under Genuine Excellence in Teaching, 2002 Senior Faculty of the Year, GMU College of Nursing and Health Science, 2001 Public Health Nursing Forum, Division of The American Public Health Assoc. Member 1996 Virginia Nurse's Association District VII - Outstanding Nurse Award for Research May 1996 Faculty Advocacy Award - Nursing Student Association GMU April 1996 Faculty Member of the Year - University of Maryland, School of Nursing National Honor Society for Public Health - Delta Omega, 1981 National Honor Society for Nursing - Sigma Theta Tau, 1978 President of the Student Assembly - Johns Hopkins School of Public Health Case Western Reserve Alumni Scholar

7 GRANT, ABSTRACT AND BOOK REVIEWS Book Chapter Review: Stanhope & Lancaster, Public Health Nursing, 8 th Edition, Grant Review: Office of Adolescent Health, Book Review: Pearson Publishers, Spector, Cultural Diversity and Health, 7 th Edition. Grant Review: The Office of Women s Health, community-based programs for women Grant Review: The Office of Adolescent Pregnancy Programs (OAPP), community-based programs for pregnant and parenting teens, $100,000 - $350,000 awards. Review Panel Chair. Annually, Grant Review: Office of Women s Health, Intergenerational Approaches to HIV/AIDS Prevention Education with Women Across the Lifespan Pilot Program Grant Review: Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA),the Bureau of Health Professions (BHPr), Basic Nurse Education and Practice Program, Geriatric Nursing Knowledge and Experience in Long Term Care Grant Review: American Cancer Society. Grant review for community based interventions. Grant awards ranging from $50,000 - $750,000. June Grant Review: National Institutes of Health. Reviewed 15 RFP Conference Grants for Minority Health. National panel conducted review at NCI headquarters in Rockville, MD Abstract Review: 6th Biennial Symposium on Minorities, the Medically Underserved & Cancer. Primary or secondary on 13 of the 115 submitted for poster session or oral presentation on this national conference on cancer and vulnerable populations. Houston, TX. January Book Chapter Reviews: Lundy, K.S. and Janes, S. (2001). Community health nursing: Caring for the public s health. Sudbery, MA: Jones and Bartlett. Reviewed the following chapters: 1. Transcultural Nursing Care in the Community 2. Urban and Homeless Populations 3. Occupational Health Nursing 4. Pediatric Nursing Secretary s Award: National review of student applications for the Secretary of Health and Human Services Award for Innovation in Health Promotion, Disease Prevention Programs

Cheryl L. Toulouse, PhD, APRN, FNP-BC George Mason University, Fairfax, VA

Cheryl Toulouse PhD, APRN, FNP-BC Cheryl L. Toulouse, PhD, APRN, FNP-BC George Mason University, Fairfax, VA E-mail: ctoulous@gmu.edu EDUCATION 2012 PhD Nursing George Mason University, Fairfax, VA 1998