Center for Innovations in Quality, Effectiveness and Safety
Gina L. Evans-Hudnall, Ph.D.
Investigator, Behavioral Health Program, Center for Innovations in Quality, Effectiveness and Safety, Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center, Houston, TX
Associate Professor, Menniger Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
Affiliate Investigator, VA South Central Mental Illness Research, Education, and Clinical Center, Houston, TX
Email: gina.evans@va.gov
Phone: 713-440-4459
Phone: 713-791-1414 ext. 10327
Research Interests
- Improving mental health symptom management among medically complex patients
- Examining how social determinants of health impact chronic disease self-care in underserved patients with diabetes and how these determinants affect health service use
- Translating evidenced-based interventions to improve self-care in chronically ill underserved groups in the acute and primary care settings
Education
- Ph.D., Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana
- Rehabilitation Research Fellowship, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
- Health Disparities Fellowship, Kellogg Health Scholars Fellow at MD Anderson, Center for Research on Minority Health, Houston, Texas
Awards and Activities
- NIH sponsored National Research Mentoring Network Grant Writing Program, 2016-2017
- MIRECC Grant Writing Scholars, February 2016
- NIH Loan Repayment Program Recipient, 2008 - Present
- Lyell Bussell Research Award Recipient, Office of the Dean, Ball State University, 2004
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