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Faculty Sketch

Shelagh A. Mulvaney, PhD

Assistant Professor
shelagh.mulvaney@vanderbilt.edu

Current Research Interests


Development and evaluation of interventions and programs to improve self-management in adolescent diabetes; Evaluation and development of technology-assisted patient and professional behavior change interventions; Health program evaluation and services research; Research methods, measurement, statistics.

Grants


R21 DK070026-01A2 Mulvaney (PI) 10/01/06-08/30/08  

National Institute of Digestive, Diabetes, and Kidney Disease, NIH - Adolescent Type 1 Diabetes: An Internet-Based Intervention to Improve Self-Management. The purpose of this R21 grant is to develop and test an Internet-based behavioral program to improve self-management of type 1 diabetes in adolescents.

(No Number) Mulvaney (PI) 09/01/05-12/30/07  

NovoNordisk - Educational Funds Program - Pilot Testing of a Challenge-Based Learning Cycle for Diabetes. Purpose: To develop one Internet-based learning challenge cycle in order to improve self-management of adolescents with type 1 diabetes and support further grant proposal submissions.

Representative Publications



Mulvaney, S. A., Goodwin, J. L., Martinez, F., Quan, S. F., Morgan, W. J., Rosen, G., et al. (2002). Sleepiness, hyperactivity, and RDI in a community sample of school children. Sleep, 25, A81-A82.

Kaemingk, K. L., Mulvaney, S. A., & Halverson, P. T. (2003). Learning following prenatal alcohol exposure: performance on verbal and visual multi-trial tasks. Archives of Clinical Neuropsych, 18, 33-47.

Kaemingk, K. L., Pasvogel, A., Goodwin, J. L., Mulvaney, S. A., Martinez, F., Enright, P. L., et al. (2003). Learning in children with sleep disordered breathing: findings of the Tucson Children's Assessment of Sleep Apnea (TuCASA) prospective cohort study. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 9(7), 1016-1026.

Mulvaney, S. A., Goodwin, J., Quan, S. F., & Kaemingk, K. L. (2004). Normative vigilance on the PVT for children in the TuCASA study. Sleep, 27, A106.

Rothman, R. L., Schlundt, D., Mudasiru, E., Fleming, M. E., Shintani, A., Potter, A., et al. (2004). Barriers to care among adolescents with type 2 diabetes and relationship to metabolic control. Pediatric Research, 55, 142A.

Goodwin, J. L., Kaemingk, K. L., Mulvaney, S. A., Morgan, W. J., & Quan, S. F. (2005). Clinical screening of school children for polysomnography to detect sleep-disordered breathing - the Tucson Children's Assessment of Sleep Apnea Study (TuCASA). Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine, 1(3), 247-254.

Mulvaney, S. A., Goodwin, J. L., Morgan, W. J., Rosen, G., Quan, S. F., & Kaemingk, K. L. (2006). Behavior problems associated with sleep disordered breathing in a sample of school children: the Tucson Assessment of Sleep Apnea (TuCASA) study. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 31(3), 322-330.

Mulvaney, S. A., Goodwin, J. L., Kaemingk, K. L., & Quan, S. F. (2006). Parent-rated behaviors associated with obesity in a non-clinical sample of school children. BMC Pediatrics, 6(34).

Mulvaney, S. A., Schlundt, D. G., Mudasiru, E., Fleming, M., VanderWoude, A., Elasy, T., et al. (2006). Parent perceptions of caring for adolescents with type 2 diabetes. Diabetes Care, 29(5), 993-997.

Mulvaney, S. A., Lambert, W., Garber, J., & Walker, L. (2006). Trajectories of symptoms and impairment in pediatric chronic pain: a 5 year longitudinal study. Journal of the American Academy of Child Psychiatry, 45(6), 737-744.

Venker, C. C., Goodwin, J. L., Roe, D. J., Kaemingk, K. L., Mulvaney, S. A., & Quan, S. F. (2007). Normative psychomotor vigilance task performance in children ages 6 to 11 - The Tucson Children's Assessment of Sleep Apnea (TuCASA). Sleep & Breathing, DOI: 10.1007/s11325-007-0103-4.

Pagoto, S. L., Spring, B., Coups, E. J., Mulvaney, S. A., Coutu, M., & Ozakinci, G. (2007). Barriers and facilitators of evidence-based practice perceived by behavioral science health professionals. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 63(7), 695-705.

Peterson, N. B., Dwyer, K. A., Mulvaney, S. A., Dietrich, M. S., & Rothman, R. L. (In Press). The influence of health literacy on colorectal cancer screening knowledge, beliefs, and behavior. Journal of the National Medical Association.

Rothman, R. L., Mulvaney, S. A., Elasy, T. A., VanderWoude, A., Shintani, A., Gebretsadik, T., et al. (In Press). Self-Management Behaviors, Racial Disparities, and Glycemic Control Among Adolescents With Type 2 Diabetes. Pediatrics.

Professional Organizations


AEA - American Evaluation Association (10 years)

APA - American Psychological Association - Division of Pediatric Psychology (5 years)

ISPAD - International Society for Pediatric and Adolescent Diabetes (1 year)

SBM - Society of Behavioral Medicine (3 years)

Experience as a Pre-, Post, K Award (or like) Mentor


Mentor for Dr. Russell Rothman K01 NIDDK Award

Mentor for Dr. Todd Callahan (K01 Currently in revision) Pre-Award