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Research Links for Mary DeLetter Mary DeLetter received her undergraduate degree from the
University of Louisville and her master's degree from the
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. In 1991, she
completed her Ph.D. in nursing at the University of Kentucky with
a minor in respiratory physiology and nutrition. The focus of her
doctoral research was nutritional supplementation for underweight
persons with chronic airflow limitation.
DeLetter was funded for two years as a predoctoral
gerontological nurse fellow by the Department of Veterans Affairs.
She completed an 18-month postdoctoral fellowship in the
Department of Internal Medicine and Geriatrics at the UK College of Medicine. Her postdoctoral focus was
quality of life related to chronic illness and cognitive
impairment.
DeLetter is currently an assistant professor at the College of
Nursing and the associate nurse executive for research at the
Lexington Veterans Affairs Medical Center. She has developed a
program of research in the area of chronic airflow limitation, and
has had three previously funded studies evaluating the
relationship between biologic and behavioral factors in these
conditions. Currently, she is
the principal investigator on a James A. Shannon Award from the
National Institute of Nursing Research to evaluate a nutritional
intervention for undernourished individuals with chronic airflow
limitation. She is also a co-investigator on a Veterans Affairs
funded Health Services Research Developmental Program project.
DeLetter has published in the area of chronic airflow
limitation, quality of life, and outcomes measurement. She has
presented the results of her research at local, regional, and
national meetings. She received the 1996 University of
Kentucky College of Nursing Alumni Research award.
Since 1991, DeLetter has been a volunteer coordinator of the
Better Breather's Club, an educational support group for persons
with any type of lung disease. She is an active member of the
American Lung Association of Kentucky, serving as a member of the
board of directors, the Research and Education Task Force, and the
Research Review Committee. Her primary teaching
responsibilities are in pathophysiology. |
