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Assistant Professor
Faculty Status: Graduate
(Associate)
Education: Ph.D.,
University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, 2007
Interests: Diabetes,
diabetic cardiovascular disease, diabetes self-management, diet
and exercise adherence
Phone: (859) 323-6611
E-mail:
egres2@email.uky.edu
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Elizabeth Gressle Tovar received her baccalaureate degrees in
nursing and psychology from the University of North Carolina at
Wilmington in 1998. In 2003, she received her master’s degree in
nursing and preparation as a family nurse practitioner and, in
2007, her Ph.D. in nursing from the University of Texas Medical
Branch at Galveston. Tovar is now an Assistant Professor at the
University of Kentucky College of Nursing where she teaches in
the graduate family nurse practitioner program. She is a
certified family nurse practitioner and practices at the
University of Kentucky Department of Family and Community
Medicine.
Prior to her position at UK, Tovar taught in the
undergraduate nursing program at the University of Texas Medical
Branch at Galveston. Her teaching experience includes community,
adult health, and pathophysiology undergraduate nursing courses
as well as an annual interdisciplinary Spirituality in
Healthcare course. She also served as clinical instructor for
undergraduate and second degree baccalaureate nursing students
in medical-surgical and community nursing clinical courses.
Previous practice experiences include critical care, emergency,
and medical-surgical nursing and advanced practice nursing
experience in fast-track and primary care settings.
In her teaching role at the UK College of Nursing, Tovar
serves as clinical faculty for FNP students, course coordinator
for the Primary Care Advance Practice Nursing Seminar, and is a
preceptor for FNP students in her clinical practice. In her
practice role at the UK Department of Family and Community
Medicine, Tovar provides care for patients with a variety of
acute and chronic conditions and works with the family medicine
residency program to incorporate the Chronic Care Model into the
residency curriculum and clinical practice. She is a
co-facilitator for the department’s diabetic group visits and
focuses on improving self-management behaviors of her patients
in clinical practice.
Tovar’s research interests include the influence of
psychosocial factors on self management behaviors, with a
particular focus on diabetes and diabetic cardiovascular
disease. She is currently conducting research to evaluate how
incorporating components of the Chronic Care Model into the care
of diabetic patients affects health outcomes. |
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