Introduction Teaching Interests Research Interests Educational Background

College of Health & Human Services  School of Nursing  Lorie H. Judson Associate Professor Undergraduate Chair/Coordinator Office: ST 406 Phone: (323) 343-4719 FAX: (323) 343-6454 Email: ljudson@calstatela.edu INTRODUCTION Lorie Judson has been a part-time faculty member at California State University, Los Angeles since 1977, after being appointed as Visiting Professor for one year in 1976. Her Ph.D. was completed in May, 2002 at the University of San Diego.  Her dissertation explored the experience of mothering a child at home dependent on parenteral nutrition. She became a full-time professor in 1997 and tenured in 2004. A Major in the Army Nurse Corps, United States Army Reserve, she spent four months in Germany in support of Operation Joint Endeavor in 1996 and two weeks in May 1998, in Guatemala participating in a humanitarian effort for victims of Hurricane Mitch.  For 14 months in 2004-2005, she was deployed to Landstuhl, Germany where she was the Officer-In-Charge of Triage in support of Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center. Community involvement includes: serving as Vice-Chair of the Altadena Town Council; participating as a member of the Tournament of Roses, instrumental in producing the annual Rose Parade in Pasadena; and being an active member of the Los Angeles Disaster Medical Assistance Team (DMAT). TEACHING INTERESTS Co-writing a National Institute of Health grant which was funded in 1996, Lorie Judson initiated a program of study at the Master's level for the education of Pediatric Acute Care Nurse Practitioners. She currently teaches Advanced Pathophysiology to graduate students. Lorie Judson is the lead teacher for undergraduate pediatric nursing and she also teaches fundamental skills, research and case management to undergraduate nursing students. RESEARCH INTERESTS Past research involvement was concerned with Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, as a research assistant and research consultant for the Collaborative Home Infant Monitoring Evaluation project (CHIME). Current research is exploring the role of mothering a child at home, dependent on high technology for nutrition. EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND Ph.D., Nursing University of San Diego, California  M.N., Pediatric Nursing and Education University of California, Los Angeles  B.S., Science Nursing University of Wisconsin, Madison Diploma Nursing Madison General School of Nursing TOP | Cal State L.A.