Ji-Young An

PhD, MPH, RN
Assistant Professor

Mail:

Rutgers, The State University of NJ
College of Nursing
Ackerson Hall, Room 102
180 University Avenue
Newark, New Jersey 07102-1897

Office:

Conklin Hall, Room 214A
Office Hours: By Appointment
Phone: 973.353.3863
Fax: 973.353.1277
Email: jiyounga@rutgers.edu

Education:

• PhD: New York University (Research and Theory Development in Nursing)
• MPH: Seoul National University (Public Health)
• BSN: Korea University (Nursing)

Research and Clinical Interests:

Teaching

• Nursing and Health Care Informatics
• Public/Community Health Nursing
• Health Education
• Nursing Research
• Theoretical Foundations of Nursing

Research

• Theory Development and Testing
• Behavioral Informatics
• Community-based Participatory Research
• Transcultural Nursing

Professional and Community Activities:

Reviewer:

• Peer Reviewer, the Journal of Advanced Nursing (JAN): 2005-present
• Peer Reviewer, the Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare: 2008-present
• Peer Reviewer, the Social Science & Medicine: 2008-present
• Reviewer, the Annual Scientific Sessions of the Eastern Nursing Research Society (ENRS): 2005-present
• Reviewer, the Annual Symposium of the Medical Informatics Europe (MIE): 2006-present
• Reviewer, Student Award Judge, and Moderator at the Scientific Session for Paper Presentation, the 9th International Congress on Nursing Informatics (NI2006), Seoul, Korea: 2006
• Reviewer, the 12th International Medical (Health) Informatics Congress (Medinfo 2007), Queensland, Australia: 2006
• Nominating Committee, Nursing Informatics Working Group (NI-WG) American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA): 2007

Member:

• American Public Health Association (APHA), USA
• Society of Behavioral Medicine (SBM), USA
• Eastern Nursing Research Society (ENRS), USA
• American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA), USA
• Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS), USA
• Capital Area Roundtable on Informatics in Nursing (CARING), USA
• American Nursing Informatics Association (ANIA), USA
• The Korean Society of Medical Informatics (KOSMI), Korea

Recent Publications:

• An, J.Y., An, K., O'Connor, L., & Wexler, S. (2008). Life Satisfaction, self-esteem and perceived health status among Korean elder women: A focus on living arrangements. Journal of Transcultural Nursing, 19(2), 151-160.
• An, J.Y., Hayman, L.L., Panniers, T.L., & Carty, B. (2007). Theory development in nursing and healthcare informatics: A model explaining and predicting information and communication technology acceptance by healthcare consumers. Advances in Nursing Science, 30(3), E37-49.
• An, J.Y. (2007). Profile in practice. In Creasia, J.L., & Parker, B. J. (Eds.), Conceptual Foundations: The Bridge to Professional Nursing Practice 4th edition (pp. 301-302). St. Louis, Missouri: Mosby-Elsevier.
• An, J.Y. (2006). Theory development in health care informatics: Information and communication technology acceptance model (ICTAM) improves the explanatory and predictive power of technology acceptance models. Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, 122, 63-67.
• Ryu, H., An, J.Y., & Kobayashi, M. (2005). Home health nursing care agenda based on health policy in Korea. Nursing and Health Sciences, 7(2), 92-98.
• Song, T.M., Um, K.H., & An, J.Y. (2005). The development of an evaluation model for the acceptance of the health website. Journal of Korean Society of Medical Informatics, 11(3), 221-233.
• An, J.Y. (2000). An analysis of health counseling by the Internet. Journal of Korean Nursing Administration Academic Society, 6(1). 83-96.
• Kim, Y.I., Park, Y.I., & An, J.Y. (1999). A study of the index measurement for school health promoting behaviors. Journal of Korean Community Nursing, 10(1), 173-182.
• Kim, Y.I., & An, J.Y. (1999). An analysis of school health education patterns and related factors in Korea. Journal of Korean Society of School Health, 12(1), 85-95.
• Lee, S.W., Jeong, J.Y., Kim, Y.J., Park, J.K., Goo, S.J., & An, J.Y. (1998). Construction and operation of a web-based DB program for Korean health data. Journal of Korean Society of Biostatistics, 23(1), 65-74.

Honors and Awards:

• Dean’s Award for Faculty Research ($7,360), Rutgers University, College of Nursing: 2008-2009
• Dean’s Award for Faculty Research ($6,709), Rutgers University, College of Nursing: 2007-2008
• Travel Award for Faculty Research ($1,000): Office of the Provost, Rutgers University, Newark Campus: 2007
• The NYU College of Nursing's 2005-2006 Doctoral Valedictorian Award, New York University College of Nursing at the College of Dentistry: 2006
• Award for the Peer-Reviewed Poster Presentation, The 15th Annual Summer Institute in Nursing Informatics, University of Maryland School of Nursing: 2005
• The Rudin Family Student Award, The 17th Annual Celebration of Nursing Scholarship Awards Ceremony, New York University Division of Nursing of the Steinhardt School of Education: 2004
• Travel Award for Student Research ($1,000), New York University Division of Nursing of the Steinhardt School of Education: 2004
• The First Prize, Special Student Poster Session, The 16th Annual Scientific Sessions, The Eastern Nursing Research Society, University of Massachusetts Worcester: 2004

Fellowships/Scholarships:

• The 14th Summer Institute in Nursing Informatics (SINI), University of Maryland School of Nursing, Nursing Scholarship: 2004
• New York University The Steinhardt School of Education Dean’s Fellowship ($75,000): 2002-2005
• Seoul National University Graduate School of Public Health Scholarship: 1998-1999
• Korea University College of Nursing Scholarship: 1995-1997