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I have had the honor of working with the amazing staff at the International Travel and Infectious Disease Clinic since 2006 and still find it to be a fascinating and stimulating subspecialty. Global health and infectious disease are moving targets so the need for continued learning and research never ends. I jokingly tell my colleagues that I would do this for free because I enjoy it so much. I worked in psychiatric research, public health, HIV prevention and immigrant health before joining Park Nicollet. I love to teach and am passionate about health prevention.
I speak fluent Spanish and conversational French. I was a Peace Corps volunteer in Nicaragua from 1992-1994 and an Americorp fellow in Baltimore from 1996-1997. In August of 2012 I received Ryan White grant funding through MATEC to participate in an HIV scholars program that will be completed in July of 2013. The grant is meant to give intensive training to primary care HIV providers.
I continue to volunteer in the Bloomington schools where my children attend and do occasional flu shot clinics with health care for the homeless.
I look forward to seeing you at the clinic!!
General Information
Gender: Female Practicing Since: 2006 Accepting New Patients: Yes Additional Languages | Services | Practices at St Louis Park
3800, 3850 and 3900 Park Nicollet Blvd.
St. Louis Park, MN 55416 Burnsville
14000 Fairview Drive
Burnsville, MN 55337 |
Undergraduate- BA: University of Puget Sound
Psychology/Asian Studies
Tacoma, WA
1988
Undergraduate -BSN/RN: Johns Hopkins University
Community Health Nursing
Baltimore, MD
1997
Graduate -MSN: Metropolitan State University
Family Nurse Practitioner
St. Paul, MN
2012
Master's thesis on the safety of Yellow Fever and Meningococcal vaccines in pregnancy (unpublished)
Chosen as Outstanding Graduate student of 2012 for Metropolitan State University and gave the 2012 commencement address. Member of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners, International Society of Travel Medicine, Certificate in Travel Health May, 2007. HIV Prevention Education Certificate from the Red Cross 1998, Community Health Nursing Certificate 1997
My interests include: travel, gardening, sailing, paddle boarding, yoga, triathlons, skiing and spending time with my two beautiful daughters and husband (Dr. Matthew Jones, Southdale Pediatrics). My senior year of college from 1987-1988 was spent traveling in Asia to finish my Asian Studies degree. Just after college in 1989, I worked as a ski instructor for 3 years in Taos, New Mexico and spent the off season teaching snorkling and sailing in Key West, Florida.