Hyochol Ahn
University of Texas Health Science Center ,USA
Biography
Hyochol Ahn received his PhD degree in Nursing Science in May 2012, and an Associate Professor and the Theodore J. and Mary E. Trumble Distinguished Professor in Aging Research at the University of Texas Health Science Center School of Nursing. His overall research goal is to establish a program of clinical and translational research that enhances health and independence in older adults using innovative technologies to optimize pain management. He have a strong background as a computer engineer as well as extensive clinical experience as a registered nurse (RN) and adult nurse practitioner-board certified (ANP-BC). He received a Sigma Theta Tau International Alpha Theta Chapter grant as principal investigator in 2011 for a project that examined pain and functional outcomes in older adults. In addition, he served as principal investigator of a grant funded by the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences and the University of Florida Clinical and Translational Science Institute that investigated ethnic group differences in pain and mobility disability