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Pamela Kohler
Ph.D., MPH, RN

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pkohler2@uw.edu

Accepting PhD Students

Professor

Child, Family, and Population Health Nursing

Centers for Research Excellence

  • Center for Global Health Nursing
Profile

Professor
Interim Chair, Department of Child, Family, and Population Health Nursing
Senior Technical Advisor, International Training and Education Center for Health (I-TECH)

I am a Professor in the Department of Child, Family, and Population Health Nursing, with a joint appointment in the Department of Global Health within the Schools of Public Health and Medicine. My clinical expertise includes HIV care, disaster response, and emergency nursing. I hold a PhD in Nursing Science and an MPH in Health Services from the University of Washington.

My research focuses on health services interventions aimed at improving adolescent engagement in HIV care. I have led interventions and evaluations using standardized patient actors to assess and enhance the quality of care. In my role with the International Training and Education Center for Health (I-TECH), I have directed training in field epidemiology and quality improvement, as well as conducted evaluations of STD/HIV policies and programs in Eastern and Southern Africa.

  • Research Interests: Adolescent health, HIV, health services interventions, patient actor training, global health
  • Health Equity
  • Innovative Interventions
  • Lifespan Health
  • Ph.D. in Nursing, University of Washington, 2012
  • MPH, University of Washington, 2006
  • B.S.N., Johns Hopkins University, 2000
  • B.A., University of Washington, 1996
  • RN, 2000, Washington
Publications
  • Kohler, Pamela, Agot, Kawango, Njuguna, Irene , Dyer, Jessica, Badia, Jacinta, Jiang, Wenwen, Beima-Sofie, Kristin, Chhun, Nok, Inwani, Irene, Shah, Seema , Richardson, Barbra , Chaktoura, Nahida, John-Stewart, Grace. "Data-informed stepped care to improve youth engagement in HIV care in Kenya: a protocol for a cluster randomised trial of a health service intervention." BMJ open 12 (2022): e062134.
  • Kohler, Pamela, Manhart, Lisa, Lafferty, William. "Abstinence-Only and Comprehensive Sex Education and the Initiation of Sexual Activity and Teen Pregnancy." Journal of Adolescent Health 42 (2008): .
    https://openalex.org/W2125198099
Classes
  • G H 595: Masters Practicum
  • G H 600: Independent Study or Research
  • G H 700: Masters Thesis
  • G H 701: Masters Capstone
  • NMETH 499: Undergraduate Research
  • NMETH 596: Application of Methods in Conduct of Research
  • NSG 551: Health Politics and Policy
  • NURS 505: SELECTED TOPICS IN PSYCHOSOCIAL NURSING
  • NURS 599: Selected Readings in Nursing Science
Grants
  • Sustain and Accelerate a Comprehensive HIV Response in the United Republic of Tanzania under the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), Tanzania Health Promotion Support
  • , National Institute of Nursing Research
  • Data-informed Stepped Care (DiSC) to Improve Adolescent HIV Outcomes, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
  • RiNGH (Research in Nursing & Global Health) Training Program, National Institute of Nursing Research
  • , National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
  • , Tanzania Health Promotion Support