William N Dudley, PhD

Contact Information:

• Mailing Address:
• University of Utah
• College of Nursing
• 10 South 2000 East
• Salt Lake City, UT 84112-5880
• Phone: (801) 587-7866
• FAX: (801) 581-4642
• E-mail: william.dudley@nurs.utah.edu

Recent Work

Background:

William N Dudley, PhD, is an experimental psychologist with an extensive background in nursing and public health research. Prior to earning his doctoral degree, he served as Applied Statistician at the Medical College of Georgia School of Nursing in Augusta Georgia. Upon completion of his doctoral degree, he assumed the position of Co-Director of the Rural Health Outreach Program which was funded at the MCG College of Nursing by the Kellogg foundation to promote maternal and infant health in rural Georgia. In 1995 he accepted the position of applied statistician at the Nell Hodgson School of Nursing at Emory University in Atlanta. Immediately before coming to the University of Utah College of Nursing, Dr Dudley was a Research Assistant Professor at the Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University. Currently Dr Dudley is a Professor in the school of Nursing where he directs the Center for Applied Statistics, teaches at the doctoral level, and serves as a statistical colleague on several externally funded studies.

Research Program/ Scholarly Activity:

Dr Dudley's major research focus over the past ten years has been to work as a statistical colleague on numerous federally and privately funded grants. These grants have studied a variety of nursing and public health topics such as: Adaptation to living with Internal Cardioverter Defribulators, Oral Mucositis pain in high dose chemotherapy, HIV/AIDS prevention in adolescents, and Nutrition and Exercise in African Americans. At the University of Utah College of Nursing, he is providing statistical consultation on studies of cancer symptoms including fatigue, pain, and neutropenia. In addition, he is working with studies that are investigating the psychosocial effects of genetic counseling in kindreds at high risk for colon and breast cancer. His research experience includes studies that have been conducted within a variety of settings including: psychology labs; community based organizations; prisons; hospital clinics; and through mailed out surveys. He is particularly interested in multivariate statistical techniques that can be used analyze data collected in randomized cluster designs and to study the correlates of how patients' symptoms change over time.

Funded Research:

Publications:

1. Books (or chapters in books)

• DiIorio, D., Resnicow, D., Denzmore, P., Rogers-Tillman, G., Wang, D. T., Dudley, W. N., Van Marter, D., & Lipana J. (2000). Keepin’ it R.E.A.L.: A mother-adolescent prevention program. In W. Pequegant & J. Szapocznik (Eds.), Working with families in the era of HIV/AIDS: My partner’s brother’s girlfriend’s baby’s grandmother (pp. 113-132). Newbury Park, CA: Sage.
• Dunbar, S. B., Jenkins, L. E., Hawthorne, M., Porter, L., & Dudley, W. N. (1999). Coping and behavioral responses. In K. Ellenbogen, A. Epstein, S. & B. Dunbar (Eds.), Sudden cardiac death (pp. 307-319). Armonk, NY: Futura Publishing.
• Poon, L. W., Welke, D. J., & Dudley, W. N. (1993). What is everyday cognition? In H. Reese & J. Puckett (Eds.), Mechanisms of everyday cognition (pp. 19-32). Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.
• Poon, L. W., Kazsniak, A. W., & Dudley, W.N. (1992). Approaches in the experimental neuropsychology of dementia: A methodological and model review. In M Bergner, K. Hasegawa, Kasegawa, Nishimura, & Finkel (Eds.) Aging and mental disorders: International perspectives (pp. 150-173). New York: Springer.

2. Journal Publications

• Ellington, L., Maxwell, A., Baty, B. J., Roter, D., Dudley, W. N., Kinney, A. Y. (2007). Genetic counseling communication with an African American BRCA1 kindred. Social Science Medicine, 64(3), 724-34. Epub 2006 Nov 1.
• Poynton, M., Jasti, S., Ellington, L., Dudley, W., Crouch, B., Caravati, M., Williamson, J. (2006). Matching waveform audio files with toxicall data: Record linkage in a poison control center.Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, 122,849.
• Baty, B. J., Dudley, W. N., Musters, A., Kinney, A. Y. (2006). Uncertainty in BRCA1 cancer susceptibility testing. American Journal of Medical Genetics. Part C, Seminars in Medical Genetics, 142(4), 241-50.
• Barsevick, A. M., Dudley, W. N., Beck, S. L. (2006). Cancer-related fatigue, depressive symptoms, and functional status: a mediation model. Nursing Research, 55(5), 366-72
• Roter, D., Ellington, L., Erby, L. H., Larson, S., Dudley, W. (2006). The Genetic Counseling Video Project (GCVP): Models of Practice. American Journal of Medical Genetics. Part C, Seminars in Medical Genetics, 142(4), 209-20.
• Ellington, L., Baty, B. J., McDonald, J., Venne, V., Musters, A., Roter, D., Dudley, W., Croyle, R. T. (2006). Exploring genetic counseling communication patterns: The role of teaching and counseling apoproaches. Journal of Genetic Counseling, 15(3), 179-89.
• Keefe, M. R., Kajrlsen, K. A., Lobo, M. L., Kotzer, A. M., dudley, W. N. (2006). Reducing parenting stress in families with irritable infants. Nursing Research, 55(3), 198-205.
• Keefe, M. R., Lobo, M. L., Froese-Fretz, A., Kotzer, A. M., Barbosa, G. A., Dudley, W. N. (2006). Effectiveness of an intervention for colic. Clinical Pediatrics (Phila) 45(2), 123-33.
• Barsevick, A. M., Whitmer, K., Nail, L. M., Beck, S. L., Dudley, W. N. (2006). Symptom cluster research: conceptual, design, measurement, and analysis issues. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, 31 (1), 85-95.
• DiIorio, C., Resnicow, K., McCarty, F., De, A. K., Dudley, W. N., Wang, D. T., Denzmore, P. (2006). Keepin' it R.E.A.L.!: Results of a mother-adolescent HIV prevention program. Nursing Research, 55(1), 43-51.
• Kee, C. C., Foley, B. J., Dudley, W. N., Jennings, B. M., Minick, P., Harvey, S. S. (2005). Nursing structure, processes, and patient outcomes in army medical centers. Western Journal of Nursing Research, 27(8), 1040-58.
• Ellington, L., Roter, D., Dudley, W. N., Baty, B. J., Upchurch, R., Larson, S., Wylie, J. E., Smith, K. R., Botkin, J. R. (2005). Communication Analysis of BRCA1 Genetic Counseling. Journal of Genetic Counseling, 14(5), 377-86.
• Smith, S. L., Doig, A. K., Dudley, W. N. (2005). Impaired parasymathetic response to feeding in ventilated preterm babies. Archives of Disease in Childhood: Fetal and Neonatal Edition, 90(6), F505-8. Epub 2005 June7.
• Beck, S. L., Dudley, W. N., Barsevick A. (2005). Pain, sleep disturbance, and fatigue in patients with cancer: using a mediation model to test a symptom cluster. Oncology Nursing Forum.
• DiIorio, C., Dudley, W. N., Soet, J. E., & McCarty, J. E. (2004). Sexual behaviors among adolescents: The role of risk and preventive factors. Adolescent Health.
• Smith, S. L., Doig, A. K., Dudley, W. N. (2004). Characteristics of heart period variability in intubated very low birth weight infants with respiratory disease. Biology of the Neonate, 86(4), 269-74. Epub 2004 Aug 3.
• Dudley, W. N., Benuzillo, J. G., Carrico, M. S. (2004). SPSS and SAS programming for the testing of mediation models. Nursing Research.
• Barsevick, A., Dudley, W. N., Beck, S. L., Sweeney, C., Whitmer, K., & Nail, L. (2004). A randomized clinical trial of energy conservation for patients with cancer-related fatigue. Cancer.
• Beck, S. L., Schwartz, A. L., Towsley, G., Dudley, W., Barsevick A. (2004). Psychometric evaluation of the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index in cancer patients. Jounal of Pain and Symtom Management.
• Kinney, A. Y., Bloor L. E., Dudley, W. N., Millikan, R. C., Marshall, E., Martin, C., Sandler, R. S. (2003). Roles of religious involvement and social support in the risk of colon cancer among Blacks and Whites. American Journal of Epidemiology.
• Richardson, S. J., Lund, D. A., Caserta, M. S., Dudley, W. N., Obray, S. J. (2003). Sleep patterns in older bereaved spouses. Omega: Journal of Death and Dying.
• Wassem, R. A., & Dudley, W. N. (accepted with revisions). Pilot test of a holistic intervention to promote adjustment to chronic fatigue immune dysfunction syndrome. Applied Nursing Research.
• Wassem, R., Dudley, W. (2003). Symptom management and adjustment of patients with multiple sclerosis: a 4-year longitudinal intervention study. Clinical Nursing Research, 12(1), 102-17.
• Barsevick, A., Dudley, W. N., & Beck, S. (2003). Who benefits from energy conservation for cancer-related fatigue? [Abstract].Oncology Nursing Forum, 30(2), 143.
• DiIorio, C., Van Marter, D. F., & Dudley, W. N. (2003). An assessment of the HIV/AIDS knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors of adolescents living in a large metropolitan area. Ethnicity Disease, 12(2), 178-185.
• Soet, J. E., DiIorio, C., Dudley, W. N., & Woodring, T. M. (2003). Gender differences in goal setting for HIV prevention among college students. Southern Online Journal of Nursing Research, 1(4). Available at: www.snrs.org
• Baker, F., Denniston, M., Zabora, J., Polland, A., & Dudley, W. N. (2002). A short form of the profile of mood states for cancer patients: Properties and subscale structure. Psyco-Oncology, 11, 273-281.
• Miller, J. M, DiIorio, C., & Dudley, W. N. (2002). Parenting style and adolescent’s reaction to conflict: Is there a relationship? Journal of Adolescent Health 31, 463-468.
• DiIorio, C., Reniscow, K., Thomas, S., Wang, D. T., Dudley, W. N., Van Marter, D. F., & Lipana, J. (2002). Keepin’ it R.E.A.L.!: Program description and results of baseline assessment. Health Education and Behavior, 29(1), 104-123.
• Kinney, A. Y., Emery, G., Dudley, W. N., & Croyle, R. T. (2002). Screening behaviors among African American women at high risk for breast cancer: Do beliefs about God matter? Oncology Nursing Forum, 29, 835-843.
• Kinney, A., Marshall, E., Dudley, W., Martin, C., Sandler, R. (2002). Limited social support or religious involvement as risk factors for color cancer. Annals of Epidemiology, 12(7), 494.
• Miller, J. M., DiIorio, C., & Dudley, W. N. (2002). M., Barbosa, G., & Dudley, W. N. (submitted). Effectiveness of an intervention for infant irritability. Pediatrics.
• DiIorio, C., Dudley, W. N., Kelly, M., Soet, J. E., Mbwara, J., & Potter, J. S. (2001). Social cognitive correlates of sexual experience and condom use among 13- through 15-year-old adolescents. Journal of Adolescent Health, 29(3), 208-216.
• DiIorio, C., Dudley, W. N., Wang, D. T., Wasserman, J., Eichler, M., Belcher, L., & West-Edwards, C. (2001). Measurement of parenting self-efficacy and outcome expectancy related to discussions about sex. Journal of Nursing Measurement, 9(2), 135-149.
• Kinney, A. Y., Croyle, R. T., Dudley, W. N., Bailey, C. A., Pelias, M. K., & Neuhausen, S. L. (2001). Knowledge and attitudes toward genetic testing among a large African American kindred with a BRCA1 mutation. Preventive Medicine, 33(6), 543-551.
• O'Neal, P. V., Grap, M. J., Thompson, C., & Dudley, W. (2001). Level of dyspnoea experienced in mechanically ventilated adults with and without saline instillation prior to endotracheal suctioning. Intensive & Critical Care Nursing, 17(6), 356-363.
• Resnicow, K., Jackson, A., Wang, T., De, A. K., McCarty, F., Dudley, W. N., & Baranowski, T. (2001). A motivational interview intervention to increase fruit and vegetable intake through black churches: Results of the Eat for Life Trial. American Journal of Public Health, 91(10), 1686-1693.
• Resnicow, K., Wang, T., Dudley, W. N., Jackson, A., Ahluwalia, J. S., Baranowski, T., & Braithwaite, R. (2001). Risk factor distribution among sociodemographically diverse African American adults. Journal of Urban Health, 78(1), 125-140.
• Wassem, R. A., Beckham, N., & Dudley, W. (2001). Test of a nursing intervention to promoting adjustment to fibromyalgia. Orthopaedic Nursing, 20(3), 33-45.
• DiIorio, C., Dudley, W. N., Lehr, S., & Soet, J. E. (2000). Correlates of safer sex communications among college students. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 32(3), 658-665.
• DiIorio, C., Dudley, W. N., Soet, J. S., Watkins, J., & Maibach, E. C. (2000). Social cognitive based model for condom use among college students. Nursing Research, 49(4), 208-214.
• DiIorio, C., Resnicow, K., Dudley, W. N., Thomas, S., Wang, D. T., Van Marter, D. F., Manteuffel, B., & Lipana, J. (2000). Social cognitive factors associated with mother-adolescent communication about sex. Journal of Health Communication, 5(1), 41-51.
• DiIorio, C., Soet, J., Van Marter, D. F., Woodring, T. M., & Dudley, W. N. (2000). Focus on research methods. An evaluation of a self-generated identification code. Research in Nursing and Health, 23(2), 167-174.
• Lehr, S. T., DiIorio, D., Dudley, W. N., & Lipana, J. A. (2000). The relationship between patient-adolescent communication and safer sex behaviors in college students. Journal of Family Nursing, 6(2), 180-196.
• Resnicow, K., Coleman-Wallace, D., Jackson, A., DiGirolamo, A., Odom, E., Wang, T., Dudley, W., Davis, M., Mitchell, D., & Baranowski, T. (2000). Dietary change through African American churches: Baseline results and program description for the Eat for Life trial. Journal of Cancer Education 15(3), 156-163.
• Resnicow, K., Odom, E., Wang, T., Dudley, W. N., Mitchell, D., Vaughan, R., Jackson, A., & Baranowski, T. (2000). Validation of three food frequency questionnaires and 24-hour recalls with serum carotenoid levels in a sample of African-American adults.

Recent Presentations:

• 2/05  Presentation: "Plenary Session II: Using Data to Its Fullest" (with S. Beck), 8th National Conference on Cancer Nursing Research, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
• 09/04  Presentation: "Communication analysis of BRCA1 genetic counseling and client psychological adjustment at four month follow-up" (with L. Ellington, J. Botkin, D. Roter, B. Baty, S. Larson, & K.R. Smith), International Conference on Communication in Health Care, Bruges, Belgium,
• 09/04  Presentation: "Communication Analysis of Pre and Post-Test BRCA1 Genetic Counselling Sessions in a Large African American Kindred" with (Ellington, L., Kinney, A. Y., Dudley, W., Beveridge, R., Upchurch, R. & Baty B. J.) International Conference on Communication in Health Care, Bruges, Belgium
• 9/03  Presentation: "Adaptation to Internal Cardioverter Defibulators: Use of Individual Growth Curve Modeling," Acute and Chronic Care Division Faculty, University of Utah College of Nursing, Salt Lake City, UT
• 4/03  Presentation: "Strategies for Analyzing Interventions: Trajectories in Irritable Infants" (with M. Keefe & J. Benuzillo), 36th Annual Communicating Nursing Research Conference, Responding to Societal Imperatives Through Discovery and Innovation, Western Institute for Nursing, Scottsdale, AZ
• 2/03  Discussion Leader: "The Use of Mediation Modeling as a Test of intervention Effects," Issues in Nursing Research 20th Anniversary Conference, Hotel Monaco, Salt Lake City, UT
• 2/03 Presentation: "Cancer-related Fatigue, Depression and Function: The Test of a Mediation Model," Seventh National Conference on Cancer Nursing Research, San Diego, CA
• 9/02  Presentation: "Evaluation of a Nursing Intervention for Infant Irritability" (with M. Keefe), Advancing Nursing Practice Excellence: State-of-the-Science Congress, Washington, DC
• 9/02  Presentation: "Statistical Approaches to the Study of Symptom Clusters" (with S. Beck & A. Barsevick), Advancing Nursing Practice Excellence: State-of-the-Science Congress, Washington, DC
• 4/02  Poster Presentation/Abstract: "A Randomized Clinical Trial of Energy Conservation Training versus Attentional Control During Cancer Treatment" (with A. Barsevick, C. Sweeney, S. Beck, K. Whitmer, & L. Nail), Oncology Nursing Society 27th Annual Congress, Washington, DC
• 2/01  Symposium Presentation: "Growth Curve Analysis: A New Approach for Examining Individual Differences in Symptoms" (with D.B. McGuire, & D.E. Peterson), Oncology Nursing Society 6^th National Conference on Cancer Nursing Research, Ponte Vedra Beach, FL
• 2/00  Invited Address: "Strategies for Writing a Convincing Power Analysis Section in Your Federal Grant Application," 17^th Annual Issues in Nursing Research Conference, Park City, UT
• 12/99  "Traditional vs. Afrocentric After-school Substance Use Prevention Interventions" (with K. Resnicow, & R. Soler), Project IXL Findings Symposium, Center for Substance Abuse Prevention, Washington, DC
• 10/99  "Moderators of the Association Between Sexual Possibility Situational and Sexual Debut" (with C. DiIorio, J. Soet, K. Resnicow, T. Wang & D. Van Marter), Settings and Situations Emerging HIV/STD Risk in Children and Youth, sponsored by NIMH, Washington, DC
• 7/99  "Multidimensional Conceptualization of Acute Oral Pain in Transplant and Leukemia Patients" (with D. B. McGuire, T A. Ahles, & K. A. Yeager), presented at the Pan American Congress of Psychosocial and Behavioral Oncology, New York, NY.

Editorial and Review Boards:

• Nursing Research
• Journal of Nursing Measurement
• Journal of Sex Research

Grant Reviewer Ad Hoc

• Nursing Science: Adults and Older Adults Study Section - 6/03

Current Professional Activities:

• American Statistical Association, 2004 to present
• Oncology Nursing Society, 2002 to present

Areas of Teaching Responsibilities:

• Experimental and Correlation Design NUR7002. This doctoral level seminar provides the student with an in-depth treatment of issues surrounding the design of behavioral research studies. Dr Dudley draws heavily on his research experience to provide the students with concrete examples of how behavioral research is conceptualized, proposed, implemented, and reported in peer reviewed journals. The main aspects of research design are brought to life in a semester long project in which students develop the research methods section for one or more NIH RFA of their choosing.

Recent Awards:

• 2000 Professor of the Year - Rollins School of Public Health - Emory University