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Diana S. Pope, Ph.D., M.S., R.N.
Position: Investigator
Telephone: 503-220-8262 x54401
Email: Diana.Pope@va.gov
Current Appointments
Epidemiologist, Department of Nursing Research
Assistant Professor, Oregon Health and Sciences University School of Nursing
Overview
A registered nurse for 30+ years, Dr. Pope has experience in acute care and public health, in both domestic and international settings. Her interest in research began when she worked at the Baltimore City Health Department Eastern Chest [Tuberculosis] Clinic where one of her responsibilities was to make the ‘real life’ link between people who were found to have identical strains of TB. By the time she completed her Ph.D. in infectious disease epidemiology at the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, she had been the Project Director for an international research project (The Consortium to Respond Effectively to the AIDS/TB Epidemic – CREATE) based at the Johns Hopkins Center for Tuberculosis Research for four years and had also carried out her clinic-based doctoral research in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa. Eager to be close to her two children and grandchildren, Dr. Pope moved to Portland and started work in 2007 at the Portland VA Medical Center. More interested in her role as ‘Gram’ than battling infectious disease abroad, Dr. Pope opted to pursue another research interest: the effects of environmental sound.
Research Interests
Unwanted sound (noise) elicits physiologic and psychological responses and the responses are varied between individuals and within individuals through time. Given this variability, how can we optimize the patient care environment to enhance communication, promote confidentiality, and sustain comfort? Through the collaboration with an acoustical engineer and an experimental psychologist, we intend to build a body of evidence (standardizing vocabulary and methods along the way) that will strengthen the study of both the positive and negative effects of sound in patient care areas.
Research Projects
“Speech intelligibility and cognition: Are inpatients impaired by noise?”
Principal Investigator: Diana Pope, PhD, MS, RN
Co-Investigator: Frederick J. Gallun, PhD
VA HSR&D Nursing Research Initiative 2008-2011.
“Dedicated Education Unit: Evaluating Innovation in Clinical Education”
Principal Investigator: Susan R Moscato, RN, EdD (University of Portland)
Principal Investigator at PVAMC: Diana Pope, PhD, MS, RN
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation 2009 – 2011.
Selected Recent Publications
Lawson N, Thompson K, Saunders G, Saiz J, Richardson J, Brown D, Ince N, Caldwell M, Pope, D. (2010). Sound intensity and noise evaluation in a critical care unit. American Journal of Critical Care; 19(6):88-98.
Pope DS (2010). Decibel levels and noise generators on 4 medical/surgical nursing units. Journal of Clinical Nursing; 19:2463-2470.
Locke C, Mceuen J, Felder R, Radcliffe L, Barrett T, Stevens B, Lesselroth B, Pope, D (2010). Adherence, Safety, and Effectiveness of a Paper Versus Electronic Insulin Infusion Protocol in Acute Care. Clinical Nurse Specialist; 24(2):88-89.
Pope DS, Atkins S, DeLuca AN, Hausler H, Hosain E, Celentano DD, Chaisson RE (2009). South African TB nurses’ experiences of provider-initiated HIV counseling and testing in the Eastern Cape Province: a qualitative study. AIDS Care; 22(2):238-245.
Pope, Diana S, Chaisson, Richard E, Comstock, George W. Tuberculosis, pp: 849-877 in AS Evans, PS Brachman (eds.) Bacterial Infections of Humans: Epidemiology and Control, 4th Edition. Springer Science + Business Media, New York, NY. July, 2009.
Pope D: Hospital Noise: Risk to Health and Safety, Perspectives on Hearing and Hearing Disorders: Research and Diagnostics, American Speech-Language Hearing Association, Section 6. 2008; 12(2):40-47.
Pope D, DeLuca A, Kali P, Hausler H, Sheard C, Hoosain E, Chaudhary M, Celentano D, Chaisson R (2008). Cluster randomized trial of provider-initiated (Opt-out) HIV counseling and testing of tuberculosis patients in South Africa. JAIDS; 48(2):190-195.
Pope D, Chaisson RE (2003). TB treatment: as simple as DOT? Int J Tuberc Lung Dis.; 7(7):611-615.
Oursler KK, Moore RD, Bishai WR, Harrington SM, Pope DS, Chaisson RE (2002). Survival of patients with pulmonary tuberculosis: clinical and molecular epidemiologic factors. Clin Infect Dis.; 34(6): 752-759.
Golub J, Obassango O, Cronin W, Coggin W, Moore K, Pope D, Thompson D, Harrington S, Bishai W, Chaisson R (2001). Transmission of Mycobacterium tuberculosis through casual contact with an infectious case. Arch Intern Med; 161(18):2254-2258.
Sterling T, Pope D, Harrington S, Bishai W, Gershon R, Chaisson R (2000). Transmission of Mycobacterium tuberculosis from a cadavar to an embalmer. N Engl J Med; 342(4):246-248.
Bishai W, Harrington S, Hooper N, Astemborski J, Pope D, Sheely L, Chaisson R, Graham N (1998). High rates of focal recently transmitted tuberculosis in Baltimore despite a comprehensive 15 year DOT program. JAMA ;280(19):1679-1684.
Michele T, Cronin W, Graham N, Dwyer D, Pope D, Harrington S, Chaisson R, Bishai W (1997). Transmission of Mycobacterium tuberculosis by a fiberoptic bronchoscope: Identification by DNA fingerprinting. JAMA ;278(13):1093-1095.
Chaulk C, Pope D (1997). The Baltimore City Health Department Program of directly observed therapy for tuberculosis. Clin Chest Med. ;18(1):149-154.
Pope, Diana Spies (1996). Indian summer. Image J Nurs Sch. ;28(3):273-274.
Kavanagh K, Pope D, Weiss D, Brazell K, Davis L, Hadaway J, Hart M, Nitzberg I, Macy C, Newman D (1995). Students experience the Pine Ridge South Dakota reservation. Imprint; 42(5):48-51.
Pope, Diana Spies (1995). Music, noise and the human voice in the nurse-patient environment. Image J Nurs Sch. ;27(4):291-296.
Recent Presentations
Speech intelligibility and cognition: Are inpatients impaired by noise? Pope D, Gallun F, Kampel S, Naher A. January 25, 2011. 6th Seattle Nursing Research Conference. Seattle, Washington. Poster.
Speech intelligibility and cognition: Are inpatients impaired by noise? Pope D, Gallun F. October 15-17, 2010. Academy of Communication in Healthcare Research and Teaching Forum. Scottsdale, Arizona. Oral presentation.
Deciding on the best study design. April 19, 2010, Oregon Nursing Research and Quality Consortium’s Conference. St. Vincent’s Providence Hospital, Portland, Oregon.
Nursing Research: Who we are, what we do and what that has to do with you! March 4, 2010, Portland VA Medical Center, Portland Oregon. (with Patricia Taylor-Young, PhD, RN, FNP-BC).
Speech intelligibility and cognition: Are inpatients impaired by noise? Pope D, Gallun F. February 12-13, 2009. 6th Annual Florida Magnet Nursing Research Conference. Kissimmee, Florida. Poster.
Sound Intensity and Noise Evaluation in a Critical Care Unit – Lawson N, Thompson K, Brown D, Richardson J, Pope D, Gates N, Saunders G, Caldwell M, Saiz J. January 27, 2009, 4th Annual Seattle Nursing Research Conference, Seattle, Washington. Oral Presentation.
How Noisy Are Portland VA Medical Nursing Units? Nursing Grand Rounds. September 5, 2008, Portland VA Medical Center, Portland, Oregon. (With Frederick Gallun, PhD)
How Noisy are Portland VA Medical Center Nursing Units? Pope D, Trapp W. April 23-25, 2008, VHA Nursing Leadership Conference, Seattle, Washington. Poster.
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