Office: (480) 727-9453
Fax: (480) 965-0619
E-mail: Gail.Petersen@asu.edu
Address:
Community Services Building
200 East Curry Road
Tempe, Arizona 85281
Education
- MS - College of Nursing, Arizona State University, Tempe, 1996
Community Health - BSN - College of Nursing, Arizona State University, Tempe, 1989
Summa cum Laude
Current/Recent Grants and Projects
- “Favor de Tocar (Please Touch).” $10,460 (direct and indirect costs). A program to support breast health education for an immigrant population. Sponsor: Susan G. Komen for the Cure, Phoenix Affiliate. March, 2007.
- Cervical Cancer Screening for Vulnerable Women. $3,500 (direct and indirect costs). Sponsor: Women of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America. June, 2006.
- ¡Estamos Listos! (We are ready!) Continuation Funding. A program to improve the cultural competency of undergraduate and nurse practitioner students prior to graduation. Sponsor: BHHS Legacy Foundation. $40,000 (direct costs), March, 2006.
- HIV Testing – Integration into a Family Planning Program. Supplemental funding to support integration of HIV testing in a family planning clinic serving a Hispanic population. Sponsor: The Arizona Family Planning Council (Title X Grantee, federal oversight agency). $87,282 (direct and indirect costs). Project period 9/01/2004 through 8/31/2007.
- Title X Family Planning Program. A family planning program provided in partnership with Grace Lutheran Church of Phoenix. Comprehensive free/low cost family planning program serving a Hispanic population living below the federal poverty guideline that does not qualify for Medicaid. Sponsor: The Arizona Family Planning Council (Title X Grantee, federal oversight agency). $260,242 (direct and indirect costs) awarded in 2007.
Honors/Awards
- ASU College of Nursing & Healthcare Innovation, Preceptor of the Year – Community Health Advanced Practice Nursing. May, 2007
- Phoenix Business Journal; Health Care Heroes Awards, Finalist Community Outreach, August 2003.
- Johnson & Johnson/ UCLA Health Care Executive Program; Community Healthcare Improvement Project Award, 2003.
- The Arizona Partnership for Immunization (TAPI) “Arizona Big Shot” Award for immunization advocacy in the community and leadership role as President of MCChIP (Maricopa County Childhood Immunization Partnership), April 2003 and April 2005.
