Mennonite College of Nursing at Illinois State University Office of Research and Scholarly Activities Wendy Woith, Ph.D., RN Infectious Disease Treatment Adherence/ International Health CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS Dr. Wendy Woith recently completed her doctoral studies at the University of Illinois - Chicago (UIC). Her dissertation research focused on tuberculosis (TB) treatment adherence in Russia. She will continue her relationships with UIC as a postdoctoral fellow. Woith is currently collaborating with colleagues in Russia on the development of a project that will be conducted in three phases. Phase 1 is designed to obtain data that will be used to identify learning needs of Russian health care workers in TB facilities related to the pathophysiology, transmission, and treatment of tuberculosis, as well as barriers, supports, and motivators to use of infection control measures. In Phase 2 a peer group intervention will be designed and piloted. The peer group intervention will be implemented and evaluated in Phase 3. Woith is interested in collaborating with nurses in Russia to share professional standards and procedures that are common in the United States. She is exploring the opportunity to work with colleagues in Russia, the CDC and the WHO in designing and testing a standardized curriculum for TB and TB infection control education for employees in TB facilities. To expand her international work further, Woith traveled to Vladimir in May 2007 with the Bloomington-Normal/Vladimir Sister Cities Medical Exchange Committee. During this trip she participated in working with family practice physicians and developing the family nurse role which will be similar to the family nurse practitioner. Woith’s interest in international health is clear. In addition to her dissertation which focused on populations in Russia, she was a co-investigator for a project titled Nursing Leadership Development in International Settings. She developed a student/faculty exchange program with the Vladimir Medical College nursing program, which included students from Russia traveling to Mennonite College of Nursing in fall 2007. RESEARCH INTERESTS • International Nursing and Health
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sWendy Woith, Ph.D., RNInfectious Disease Treatment Adherence/International Health
CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS
Dr. Wendy Woith recently completed her doctoral studies at the University of Illinois - Chicago (UIC). Her dissertation research focused on tuberculosis (TB) treatment adherence in Russia. She will continue her relationships with UIC as a postdoctoral fellow. Woith is currently collaborating with colleagues in Russia on the development of a project that will be conducted in three phases. Phase 1 is designed to obtain data that will be used to identify learning needs of Russian health care workers in TB facilities related to the pathophysiology, transmission, and treatment of tuberculosis, as well as barriers, supports, and motivators to use of infection control measures. In Phase 2 a peer group intervention will be designed and piloted. The peer group intervention will be implemented and evaluated in Phase 3. Woith is interested in collaborating with nurses in Russia to share professional standards and procedures that are common in the United States. She is exploring the opportunity to work with colleagues in Russia, the CDC and the WHO in designing and testing a standardized curriculum for TB and TB infection control education for employees in TB facilities. To expand her international work further, Woith traveled to Vladimir in May 2007 with the Bloomington-Normal/Vladimir Sister Cities Medical Exchange Committee. During this trip she participated in working with family practice physicians and developing the family nurse role which will be similar to the family nurse practitioner. Woith’s interest in international health is clear. In addition to her dissertation which focused on populations in Russia, she was a co-investigator for a project titled Nursing Leadership Development in International Settings. She developed a student/faculty exchange program with the Vladimir Medical College nursing program, which included students from Russia traveling to Mennonite College of Nursing in fall 2007.
RESEARCH INTERESTS
• International Nursing and Health
AWARDS•Received University Research Grant for “Working Knowledge of Tuberculosis and Infection Control in Russia.”
•One of 15 Illinois nurse faculty members to receive a Nursing Faculty Development grant
•Recipient of Sigma Theta Tau, Xi Pi Chapter Scholarship
•Mennonite College of Nursing New Investigator Award recipient
•Mennonite College of Nursing External Mentoring Award recipient
•Selected as a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Illinois-Chicago in conjunction with their Biobehavioral Nursing Research Grant which is funded through the National Institute of Nursing Research
EDUCATION
Dr. Wendy Woith started her nursing career at St. Francis Hospital School of Nursing in Peoria, Illinois, earning a Diploma in Nursing in 1976. She continued on her career path by graduating from Illinois Wesleyan University in 1982 with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing. Her master’s degree, focusing on Adult Health, was completed at the University of Illinois in Urbana, Illinois in 1991. In August 2006, Woith completed her Ph.D. requirements at the University of Illinois in Chicago. Her major field of study was Nursing Science.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
As with many nursing professionals, Dr. Wendy Woith began her career as a staff nurse. Since 1976 she has held various and supervisory clinical positions at Mennonite Hospital, St. Joseph Hospital, Medical Hills, and BroMenn Healthcare, all in the Bloomington-Normal area, before turning her attention to academia. In 1987, Woith combined her clinical work with a part-time faculty position at Mennonite College of Nursing. Her teaching role grew to full-time as an instructor at Illinois Wesleyan University in 1997. Continuing to move forward, Woith rejoined Mennonite College of Nursing at Illinois State University in 2000 as an instructor and supervisor of the clinical simulations lab. Today she is a tenure-track assistant professor. She successfully defended her dissertation in 2006 to complete her doctoral studies. January 2007 will mark the beginning of Woith’s postdoctoral studies. Her fellowship will allow focused time to develop her program of research.
CONTACT INFORMATIONDr. Wendy WoithAssistant Professor
Illinois State UniversityMennonite College of Nursing Campus Box 5810Normal, IL 61790-5810
Phone: (309) 438-2213E-mail: [email protected] site: IllinoisState.edu/nursing
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