Phyllis P. Nash, Ed. D.

(West Virginia University - Educational Psychology and Communication, 1985; Masters of Social Work, 1979)

117 Medical Behavioral Science Building
Phone (859) 257-3513
Email: pnash@email.uky.edu

Academic Background and Description:

Before joining the faculty at the University of Kentucky, Dr. Nash served on the faculty of the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine at West Virginia University.  For twelve years at the University of Kentucky, Dr. Nash served as the Vice Chancellor for Academic and Student Affairs in the Chandler Medical Center. For nearly a year Dr. Nash served as Chief of Staff to the President of the University, until she left to become the project director of the University’s effort to replace the financial, human resources, student and purchasing/inventory administrative systems, the Integrated Resource Information Systems (IRIS) Project.  After directing the IRIS Project for five years, Dr. Nash returned full-time to her academic appointment in the department.

Dr. Nash’s academic interests are in human communication, the psychosocial dimensions of health and illness, psychotherapy, professional education strategies and the dynamics of teaching and learning.  She has pursued these interests in teaching, research, public and professional service, and in the clinical care of patients.  She has been involved in teaching the behavioral sciences to undergraduate, graduate, and professional degree students in Dentistry, Health Science, Medicine, Nursing, and Pharmacy.

2008 Accomplishments

In July 2008, Dr. Phyllis Nash returned to the Department of Behavioral Science after seventeen years in administrative roles in the University.  Dr. Nash taught in the College of Medicine courses, PPSI and PPS II.  She assisted in the administration of these courses.   She also taught in the College of Dentistry course, CDE824.  Dr. Nash was appointed chair of the six-year External Review Committee for the University of Kentucky Libraries.  In July, she completed the assignment as director of the IRIS Project, a five-year endeavor to replace the University’s administrative computing systems.

Funding:

THE E. O. ROBINSON FOREST TRUST FOUNDATION
      Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Project - $1.2 Million – 1998-2002
                                                                       
THE ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON FOUNDATION
      Preparing Physicians for the Future at the University of Kentucky College of Medicine -
      $150,000 – 1990-91

Representative Publications

Kwolek, D., Nora, A., NASH, P.  A Women’s Health Course for Education in Internal Medicine.  Academic Medicine, 1999, 74(5), 593-594.

Blue, A. V., Stratton, T. D., Donnelly, M. B., NASH, P., & Schwartz, R. W.  The Effects of Students’ Communication Apprehension and Its Effects on PBL Performance.  Medical Teacher, 1998, 20(3), 217-221.

Haist, S. A., NASH, P.,  Elam, C. L. & Rich, E. C.  Teaching in a Physical Diagnosis Course: Identifying Faculty Characteristics and Motivational Factors.  Teaching and Learning in Medicine, 1993, 5(2), 72-76.

NASH, P., Schwartz, R., Middleton, J., Witte, F., & Young, B.  The Structure of a Student Centered, Problem‑Based Surgery Clerkship. Academic Medicine, 1991, 66(7), 415-417.