Dr. Na-Jin Park is a seasoned nursing educator and researcher with more than two decades of experience. Originally from South Korea, she received her PhD. degree in 2006 from the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) focusing on biobehavioral influences and risk factors (e.g., psychological stress and immune markers) related to breast cancer risk. As an Assistant Professor in the School of Nursing at UAB, and later at the University of Pittsburgh, she has taught various courses over her career, including community health nursing. Her research aim has focused on preventative health interventions with emphasis on breast cancer and cardiovascular disease among women.
Dr. Park teaches NUR 1765 Risk Factors and Health in CGS and is excited to share her research and scholarly work on prevention of chronic diseases in women’s health and community/public health.
Courses Taught at Pitt
- NUR 1127C/1138 - Community Health Nursing Clinical Practice
- NUR 1228C - Community Health Nursing Clinical Practice
- NUR 1765 - Risk Factors and Health
Representative Publications
Choi, S., Park, N.-J., Kim, M., Song, K., & Choi, J. (15 June 2023). Comparison of cardiovascular disease risk in women with and without breast cancer: secondary data analysis with the 2014-2018 Korean national health and nutrition examination survey. BMC Public Health, 23, 1158 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-023-16063-2.
Park, N.-J., Chang, Y., Bender, C., Conley, Y., Chlebowski, R. T., van Londen, G. J., Foraker, R., Wassertheil-Smoller, S., Stefanick, M. L., & Kuller, L. H. (2017). Cardiovascular disease and mortality after breast cancer in postmenopausal women: Results from the Women’s Health Initiative. PLOS ONE, 12 (9), e0184174. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0184174. [The top 10% most cited PLOS ONE papers published in 2017]
Park, N.-J. & Kang, D. (2013). Inflammatory cytokine levels and breast cancer risk factors: racial differences of healthy Caucasian and African American women. Oncology Nursing Forum, 40 (5), 490-500. DOI: 10.1188/13.ONF.40-05AP.