Karen D'Alonzo

PhD, RN, APNC
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 247A
Office Hours: By appointment
Phone: 973.353.5650
Fax: 973.353.1277
Email: kdalonzo@rutgers.edu

Education:

PhD: Rutgers College of Nursing (Nursing Research)
MSN: University of Pennsylvania (Primary Care Adult Nurse Practitioner)
BSN: Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (Camden)
RN: Thomas Jefferson University Diploma School of Nursing, Philadelphia, PA

Research and Clinical Interests:

• Health promotion behaviors, particularly exercise, in women across the lifespan
• Health promotion behaviors of college-age women
• Community based participation research
• Acculturation processes of immigrant women
• Identification and treatment of metabolic sundrome

Professional and Community Activities:

• Sigma Theta Tau, International Nursing Honor Society- Xi Chapter
• New Jersey State Nurses Association. Forum of Nurses in Advanced Practice-NJSNA.
• Eastern Nursing Research Society
• Certified as an Adult Nurse Practitioner(American Nurses Association-ANCC), 1987-present.
• New Jersey Obesity Group
• Basic Life Support Instructor, American Heart Association.
• Institutional Review Board,College of St.Elizabeth
• Get Fit Coalition, New Brunswick
• Reviewer,International Journal of Obesity

Recent Publications:

• D’Alonzo, K.T., Vincent, L., Aluf, A & Cooper, K. (in press). A comparison of field methods to assess body composition in a diverse group of sedentary women. Biological Research for Nursing.
• D’Alonzo, K.T. & Fischetti, N. (2008) Cultural beliefs and attitudes of Black and Hispanic college-age women toward exercise. Journal of Transcultural Nursing. 19(2), 175-183.
• D'Alonzo, K.T. & Cortese, L.(2007). An investigation of habitual and incidental physical activity among Costa Rican and Costa Rican-American teenage girls. Journal of Transcultural Nursing, 18(3), 201-207.
• D'Alonzo, K.T., Marbach. K & Vincent, L.(2006). A Comparison of Field Methods to Assess Cardiorespiratory Fitness Among Neophyte Exercisers. Biological Research for Nursing,8(1), 7-14.
• D'Alonzo, K.T., Stevenson, J.S. and Davis, S.E.(2004). Outcomes of a program to enhance exercise self-efficacy and improve fitness in Black and Hispanic college-age women. Research in Nursing and Health. 27, 357-369
• D'Alonzo, K.T. (2004). The Johnson-Neyman Procedure as an alternative to ANCOVA. Western Journal of Nursing Research, 26(7)804-812.