Jennifer Sonney PhD, ARNP, PPCNP-BC, FAANP, FAAN

My program of research is dedicated to improving the health of children with chronic conditions, with a particular emphasis on children with asthma.  As a scientist-clinician, I draw upon my experience as a primary care Pediatric Nurse Practitioner to inform novel approaches to improving asthma outcomes in children by reducing symptom burden and establishing lifelong self-management skills.  Presently, the foci of my scholarly work are determining the cognitive capacity of a child to assume asthma management responsibility and developing and testing family-centered health technologies to support parent-child shared asthma management.  I use a variety of approaches in my interdisciplinary research, including human-centered design, family informatics, behavior change theory, and dyadic methodology.  I also serve on the Executive Committee of my professional organization, the National Association for Pediatric Nurse Practitioners.

Website:

www.sonneylab.com

Education

• BSN, University of Washington, 2003
• MSN, University of Washington, 2006
• PhD, University of Arizona, 2015

Awards, accolades and distinguished memberships:

• ITHS KL2 Scholar 2019-2022
• Fellow, American Academy of Nurse Practitioners (FAANP)
• Elizabeth C. Giblin Endowed Professor in Symptom Science, 2020-2025
• AACN Educating Leaders in Academic Nursing Fellow, 2022-2023
• Fellow, American Academy of Nursing

What classes do you teach?

• Nurse 589 Application of Theory and Evidence in Nursing Science
• NURS 517 Pediatric Pulmonary Anatomy, Physiology, and Pathophysiology: Clinical Applications

What do you love about the UW School of Nursing?

I completed my BSN and MN programs at the UW School of Nursing, and am thrilled to contribute now as a faculty member. We are so fortunate to be surrounded by a skilled and diverse faculty who offer the very best in clinical excellence, scholarship, and service to their profession and community.

Department

Child, Family, and Population Health Nursing

Research Areas

• Innovative Interventions
• Symptom Science
• Lifespan Health

Research Centers

• Center for Innovation in Sleep Self-Management