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Lisa Scarton

Lisa Scarton, PhD, RN, FAAN

Associate Professor

Department: Family, Community and Health Systems Science
Business Phone: (352) 273-6417
Business Email: lscarton@ufl.edu

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About Lisa Scarton

TEACHING

Dr. Scarton teaches both undergraduate and graduate nursing students. Her teaching and mentoring philosophy are based on her commitment to diversity and equity through ensuring future nurses are well prepared to engage in practices that promote health equity and reduce health disparities . Dr. Scarton teaches Research and Evidenced-Based Nursing and Leadership and Management in Nursing.

RESEARCH

Dr. Scarton’s research focuses on reducing health disparities among American Indian populations through the development of culturally informed interventions delivered across multiple generations and designed to improve health outcomes for persons with type 2 diabetes and type 2 diabetes linked cancers.

SERVICE

Dr. Scarton holds memberships in Behavioral Research in Diabetes Group Exchange (BRIDGE), Sigma Theta Tau International – Alpha Chapter, and the Southern Nurses Research Society. She is Chair of the External Scientific Advisory Committee Center for American Indian and Alaska Native Diabetes Translation Research.

Teaching Profile

Courses Taught

Research Profile

Dr. Scarton, a citizen of Choctaw Nation, focuses her research on reducing health disparities among American Indian populations through the development of culturally informed interventions delivered across multiple generations and designed to improve health outcomes for persons with type 2 diabetes and T2D linked cancers.

Type 2 diabetes self-management, intervention development, cardio-metabolic risk factors, medication adherence, health promotion in American Indian populations.

Open Researcher and Contributor ID (ORCID)

0000-0003-1255-0811

Areas of Interest

  • Health Disparities and Diabetes
  • Health disparities and vulnerable populations
  • Social Determinants of Health
  • Type 2 Diabetes
  • Type 2 diabetes linked Cancers

Publications

Academic Articles

Grants

  1. Geographic disparities of postpartum care among individuals with hypertensive disorders of pregnancy and gestational diabetes

    Role:
    Co-Project Director/Principal Investigator
    Funding:
    SIGMA THETA TAU ALPHA THETA CHAPTER

  2. Examining the determinants and consequences of supportive care medication use disparities in patients with pancreatic cancer: A sequential mixed-methods approach

    Role:
    Co-Investigator
    Funding:
    NATL INST OF HLTH NIMHD

  3. Exploring Food Insecurity as a Social Determinant of Health Among American Indian and Alaska Native Adolescents at Risk for Gestational Diabetes

    Role:
    Principal Investigator
    Funding:
    UNIV OF COLORADO DENVER & ANSCHUTZ MED via NATL INST OF HLTH NIMHD

  4. Medication Adherence and Cardio-Metabolic Control Indicators among Adult American Indians Receiving Tribal Health Services

    Active

    Role:
    Principal Investigator
    Funding:
    NATL INST OF HLTH NINR

  5. Native Elder Research Center (NERC)

    Role:
    Principal Investigator
    Funding:
    UNIV OF COLORADO via NATL INST OF HLTH NIA

  6. UF Health Cancer Center Pilot Project Grants funded through the Florida Consortium of National Cancer Institute Centers Program

    Role:
    Project Manager
    Funding:
    UF HEALTH SHANDS HOSPITAL

Education

  1. Ph.D.

    School of Nursing, Indiana University

  2. Bachelor of Science in Nursing

    Indiana University

Contact Details

Phones:
Business:
(352) 273-6417
Emails:
Business:
lscarton@ufl.edu
Addresses:
Business Mailing:
PO Box 100197
 GAINESVILLE FL 32610

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