Joan Shaver, PhD, RN, FAAN
Professor and Dean, College of Nursing

CAMPUS ADDRESS
College of Nursing
University of Illinois at Chicago
845 South Damen Avenue (M/C 802)
Chicago, IL 60612

jshaver@uic.edu

Assistant: Kathy Lesinski

lesinski@uic.edu

CLINICAL AND RESEARCH INTERESTS

Women’s Health
Sleep Science
Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND

1996-present

Professor and Dean, College of Nursing, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois

2002-present

Member, Board of Directors, Advocate HealthCare (8 hospital integrated health system in Chicago area)

2002-present

Sleep Educational Consultant, Select Comfort Corporation

2005-2007

Board liaison member, Hospital Council, Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center, Chicago

2006-2008

Member, Health Advisory Committee of the Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research, Canada

2003-2005

President & member of Board of Directors, American Academy of Nursing

2001-2003

President-elect & member of Board of Directors, American Academy of Nursing

1997-2004

Co-Director, Research Core, UIC National Center of Excellence in Women’s Health

1997-1999

External Examiner:  University of Hong Kong Department of Nursing, Hong Kong, China

1989-1996

Co-director, Center for Women’s Health Research, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington

1988-1995

Chairperson & Professor (1989), Department of Physiological Nursing, name change to Department of Biobehavioral Nursing & Health Systems (1995) University of Washington, Seattle, Washington

1987, 1988

Short-term WHO Consultant/Visiting Professor, Department of Nursing Studies, Faculty of Medicine, University of Indonesia (one term each year)

1985-1989

Associate Professor, Department of Physiological Nursing, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington.

1984,1985

Visiting Assistant Professor, University of Arizona, College of Nursing, Tucson, Arizona (summer)

1983-1986

Research Affiliate, Regional Primate Research Center University of Washington

1980-1985

Assistant Professor, Department of Physiological Nursing, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington

1977-1980

Associate Professor, Faculty of Nursing, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

1976-1977

Assistant Professor, University of Arizona, School of Nursing, Tucson, Arizona

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

1962-1966

University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Bachelor of Science in Nursing

1968-1970

University of Washington, Seattle, Washington

Master of Nursing

1971-1976

University of Washington, Seattle, Washington

Ph.D. Physiology and Biophysics

REPRESENTATIVE PUBLICATIONS

Shaver, J.,Lentz, M., Landis, C., Heitkemper, M., Woods, N., & Buchwald, D. (1997) Fibromyalgia: Sleep, Psychological Distress, and Stress Arousal with Fibromyalgia. Research in Nursing and Health. 20: 247-257.

Lentz, M., Landis, C.A., Rothermel, J., & Shaver, J.L.F. (1999) Musculoskeletal discomfort and fatigue:  Effects of Selective slow Wave Sleep Disruption on Musculoskeletal Pain and Fatigue in Middle Aged Women, J. of Rheumatology. 26:7: 1586-1592.

Shaver, J. & Zenk, S. (2000) Sleep in Menopause. Journal of Women’s Health & Gender-based Medicine. 9(2):109-118.

Landis, C.A., Lentz, M.J., Rothermel, J., Chapman, D., Riffle, S.C., Buchwald, D., & Shaver J. F. (2001) Decreased nocturnal levels of prolactin and growth hormone in women with fibromyalgia. Journal Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism. 86(4); 1672-1678.

Johnston, S.K., Landis, C.A., Lentz, M.J. Shaver, J.L. (2001) Self-reported nap behavior and polysomnography at home in mid-life women with and without insomnia. Sleep. 24(8):913-919.

Shaver, JL, Johnston, S.K., Landis, C.A., Lentz, M.L. (2002) Stress exposure, psychological distress, and physiological stress activation in midlife women with insomnia. Psychosom. Med. Sep-Oct;64(5):793-802.

Shaver, J.L.F. (2002) Sleep and Women, Nursing Clinics of North America. 37:707-718

Landis, C.A., Frey, C. A., Lentz, M.J., Rothermel, Buchwald, D., & Shaver, J.L. (2003) Self-reported Sleep Quality and Fatigue Correlates with Actigraphy in Midlife Women with Fibromyalgia. Nursing Research. 52:140-47.

Landis, C.A., Lentz, M.J., Tsuji, J., Buchwald, D., Shaver, J.L.F. (2004) Pain, Psychological Variables, Sleep Quality and Natural Killer Cell Activity in Midlife Women with and without Fibromyalgia. (2004) Brain, Behavior and Immunity, 18(4): 304-313

Landis, C.A., Rothermel, J., Lentz, M.J., Buchwald, D., and Shaver J.L.F. (2004) Decreased sleep spindles and spindle activity in midlife women with fibromyalgia and pain. Sleep, 27(4):741-50. 

Shaver, J. L. (2004) Fibromyalgia Syndrome in Women. Nursing Clinics of North America, 39(1):195-204.

Shaver, J. L. F., Wilbur, J., Robinson, P., Kogan, J. & Buntin, M.  A Survey of Health Issues in Women with and without Fibromyalgia Syndrome (FMS). J. Women’s Health (in press).

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