Teaching Area/Interests

Nursing Research
Quantitative Research Methods
Proposal Development
Health Disparities in Underserved Populations

Awards and Appointments

2009 - Present: Commissioner, Michigan Asian Pacific American Affairs Commission

2009 - Present: Chair, Community Outreach Committee of Oncology Nursing Society Ann Arbor Chapter

2008 - Present: Appointed Member, Michigan Cancer Consortium Colorectal Cancer Advisory Committee

2008 - Present: Appointed Member, Michigan CDSMP-Personal Action toward Health (PATH) Steering Committee

2007 - 2009: Appointed Member, Advisory Council for Asian Pacific American Affairs, State of Michigan

2007 - Present: Appointed Member, Asian American & Pacific Islander National Advisory Council, Susan G. Komen for the Cure

2004: Everett L. Marshall Faculty Award for Excellencein Scholarship, Eastern Michigan University

2001, 2003: Josephine Nevins Keal Professional Development Fellowship, Eastern Michigan University

2000, 2002, 2003: Faculty Research and Creative Activity Fellowship, Eastern Michigan University

2000: Graduate Research Award, Midwest Nursing Research Society

1999, 2000, 2002: Graduate School Research Support Fund, Eastern Michigan University

Editorial/Review Activities: Journals

2010 - Present: Women & Health

2007 - Present: BMC Women's Health

2007 - Present: Western Journal of Nursing Research

2007 - Present: Health Education & Research

2006 - Present: American Journal of Family Medicine

2006 - Present: American Journal of Health Behavior

2006 - Present: Health Policy

2006 - Present: Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health

2006 - Present: Public Health Nursing

2005 - Present: Cancer Nursing

2005- Present: Cancer Prevention and Detection

2005 - Present: Research and Theory in Nursing Practice International Journal

Publications

1. Wu, T.Y., Scheffer, B., Lee C. (2012). Using focus groups to understand breast cancer screening beliefs and behaviors among. Asian Indian women. Journal of Nursing Education and Practice. In press.

2. Wu, TY., Chung S., Yeh M.C. , Chang S.C., Hsieh H.F., Ha S.J. (2012). Understanding Breast Cancer Screening Practices from Taiwan: A Country with Universal Health Care. Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Control. In press.

3. *Wu, T.Y., Fox, D.F., Stokes, C., Adam, C. (In Press).  Work-related stress and intention to quit in newly graduated nurses.  Nurses Education Today.  Available online 8 October 2011.

4.  *Wu, T.Y., Wang, J., Chung, S. (2011, Aug 30) Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors and Diabetes in Asian Indians Residing in Michigan.  Journal of Community Health, [Epub ahead of print]

5.  *Wu, T.Y., Hsieh, H.F., Wang, J., Lan, Y., Oakley, D. (2011).  Ethnicity and Cardiovascular Risk Factors among Asian Americans Residing in Michigan.  Journal of Community Health, DOI:10.1007/s10900-011-9379-1.

6. *Wu, T.Y., Robbins, L.B., & Hsieh, H.F. (2011). Instrument development and validation of Perceived Physical Activity Self-Efficacy Scale for adolescents. Research and theory for nursing practice, 25(1):39-54.

7. *Wu, T.Y., Hsieh, H.F.,Wang, J., Yao, L., Oakley, D. (2011). Ethnicity and Cardiovascular Risk Factors Among Asian Americans Residing in Michigan. Journal of Community Health, DOI:10.1007/s10900-011-9379-1.

8. *Wu, T.Y., Kao, J.Y., Hsieh, H.F., et al. (2010). Effective Colorectal Cancer Education for Asian Americans: A Michigan program. Journal of Cancer Education, DOI10.1007/s13187-009-0009-x.

9. * Wu, T.Y., Hsieh, H.F., Brady, W. (2009). Correlates of Recent and Regular Mammography Screening among Asian American Women. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 65, 2434-2446.

10. * Wu, T.Y., Hsieh, H.F., Brady, W. (2009). Stages of Mammography Adoption in Asian American Women.  Health Education Research, 24(5):748-759.

11. *Robbins, L.B., Sikorskii, A, Hamel, L.M., Wu, T.Y., Wilbur J. (2009). Gender comparisons of perceived benefits of and barriers to physical activity in middle school youth.  Research in Nursing and Health, 32, 163-176.

12. *Wu, T.Y., Hsieh, H.F., Brady, W. (2008). Demographics and Perceptions of Barriers toward Breast Cancer Screening Among Asian-American Women. Women & Health, 48 (3), 261 - 281.

13. *Robbins, L.B., Wu, T.Y., Sikorskii, A, Morley, B. (2008). Psychometric assessment of the adolescent physical activity perceived benefits of and barriers scales. Journal of Nursing Measurement, 16, 98-112.

14. * Wu, T.Y., & Brady, W. (2007). Mammography Stage of Adoption and Decision Balance among Asian Indian and Filipino American Women. Cancer Nursing, 30, 390-8.

15. *Wu, T.Y., & Bancroft, J.M. (2006).  Filipino American women's perceptions and experiences with breast cancer screening. Oncology Nursing Forum, 33, E72-78.

16. *Wu, T.Y., Brady, W., Chen, Y.W., & Hergert, C. (2006).  Health beliefs and practices related to breast cancer screening in Filipino, Chinese, and Asian Indian women. Cancer Detection and Prevention, 30, 58-66.

17. *Wu, T.Y., Rose, S., & Bancroft, J.M. (2006) Gender differences in health risk behaviors and physical activity among middle school students. Journal of School Nursing, 22, 25-31.

18. *Wu, T.Y., & Pender N. (2005). A panel study of physical activity among Taiwanese youth: testing the revised health promotion model.  Family and Community Health, 28, 113-124.

19. Wu, T.Y., Guthrie, B.J., & Bancroft, J.M. (2005). An integrative review on breast cancer screening practice and correlates among Chinese, Korean, Filipino, and Asian American women. Health Care for Women International, 26, 225-246.

20. *Wu, T.Y., & Jwo, J.L. (2005). A prospective study on changes of cognitions, interpersonal influences and physical activity in Taiwanese youth. Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sports, 76, 1-10.

21. *Yu, M.Y., Wu, T.Y., & Mood, D.W. (2005). Cultural affiliation and mammography screening of Chinese women in an urban county of Michigan. Journal of Transcultural Nursing, 16, 106-117.

22. *Yu, M.Y., & Wu, T.Y. (2005). Factors influencing mammography screening of Chinese American women.  Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic, and Neonatal Nursing, 34, 386-394.

23. *Wu, T.Y., Pender, N., & Noureddine, S. (2003). Gender differences in the psychosocial and cognitive correlates of physical activity among Taiwanese adolescents: a structural equation modeling Approach. International Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 10, 93-105.

24. *Wu, T.Y., & Yu, M.Y. (2003). Reliability and validity of mammography screening beliefs questionnaire in Chinese American women. Cancer Nursing, 26, 131-142.

25. *Wu, T.Y., Ronis, D., Pender, N., & Jwo, J.L. (2002). Development of an instrument to measure physical activity cognitions among Taiwanese adolescents.  Preventive Medicine, 35, 54-64.

26. *Wu, T.Y., & Pender, N. (2002). Determinants of physical activity among Taiwanese adolescents: an application of the Health Promotion Model. Research in Nursing and Health, 25, 25-36.

27. Wu, T.Y., Pender, N., & Yang, K.P. (2002). Promoting physical activity among Taiwanese and American adolescents. Journal of Nursing Research, 10, 57-64. 

28. *Wu, T.Y., Jwo, J.L., & Fong, M.L. (2001). Analysis of Taiwanese adolescents' physical activity and its association with cognitive variables and interpersonal influences, Journal of Physical Education in Higher Education, 3(1), 39-52.

29. *Wu, T.Y., & Daniel, L. (2001).  The Growth of Chinese infants in the first year of life. MCN: the American journal of maternal/child nursing, 26, 202-207.

30. Wu, T.Y., & Jwo, J.L. (1999). Application of the Health Promotion Model in physical activity among Taiwanese. Journal of Chinese Physical Education, 45, 51-62.

* indicated data-based and peer-reviewed, the rest of them are peer-reviewed.

Research Support

External Grant. "Empowering Immigrant Asian Americans: community participatory approach," $50, 000 from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, Apr. 2012-Mar. 2013.

External Grant."Take care of yourself and help others" : Breast health and breast cancer screening in China and Taiwan, $134,552 from Susan G. Komen for the Cure, Jul. 2012-Jun. 2013.

External Grant."Increasing Access & Reducing Barriers to Breast Health & Cancer screening for Underserved Minority Women" $60,272 from Susan G. Komen for the Cure, Mid-Michigan Affiliate, May. 2012-Apr. 2013.

External Research Grant, "An Individually-tailored mammography screening intervention for Chinese Americans," National Cancer Institute, (September 1st, 2009-August 31, 2011; funding amount: $361,000).

External Research Grant, "Promoting Breast Health and Cancer Screening for Asian American Women," Susan G. Komen for the Cure, Mid-Michigan Affiliate, (October 1^st 2009-September 30 2010, funding amount: $71,165).

External Research Grant, "Reducing Health Disparities through Community-Based Health Promotion Programs: Colorectal Cancer Screening Education and Screening Program (CRCESP) and Personal Action toward Health (PATH)," Michigan Department of Community Health, (October 1^st 2008-September 30 2009, funding amount: $206,876).

External Research Grant, "Reducing Health Disparities through Community-Based Health Promotion Programs: Colorectal Cancer Screening Education and Screening Program (CRCESP) and Personal Action toward Health (PATH)," Michigan Department of Community Health, (October 1^st 2007-September 30 2008, funding amount: $206,876).

External Research Grant, "An Innovative Interdisciplinary Approach to Promote Breast Health among New Immigrant Women from Southeastern and Southern Asia," Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation, 2005 (May 2005-April 2008, funding amount: $249, 096).

External Research Grant, "Development of Tailored Intervention to Promote Breast Cancer Screening among Asian American Women," Clinical Research Nurse Award, Breast Cancer Research Program, Department of Defense, 2003 (May 2004-April 2006, funding amount: $199, 997).

External Research Grant, "Development of a Culturally-Sensitive Questionnaire on Mammography Use for Filipino American Women" Oncology Nursing Society, 2003 (Sep. 2003-Sep. 2005, funding amount: $8,250).

External Research Grant, "Cultural Beliefs and Breast Cancer Screening," National Cancer Institute, 1999 (Jan. 2000-Dec. 2001, funding amount: $100,000).

Internal Research Grant, Graduate School Research Support Fund, Eastern Michigan University, 2006 "Promoting breast self-exam and HPV testing among college female students." (Jan. 2006-Dec. 2006, funding amount: $2,000).

Internal Research Grant, Faculty Research and Creative Activity Fellowship & Graduate School Research Support Fund, Eastern Michigan University, 2003 "Community-Based Program to Promote Breast Cancer Screening among Urban Minority Women." (Jan. 2003-Dec. 2003, funding amount: $4,000+ 50% of release time).

Internal Research Grant, Faculty Research and Creative Activity Fellowship, Eastern Michigan University, 2002 "A Comparative Study on Physical Activity and Health-Risk Behaviors among Native-Born and Immigrant Adolescents in the U.S."(Jan. 2002-Dec. 2002, funding amount: $2,000+ 50% of release time).

Internal Research Grant, Faculty Research and Creative Activity Fellowship & Graduate School Research Support Fund, Eastern Michigan University, 1999 "Determinants of Physical Activity among Taiwanese Adolescents: A Longitudinal Study, 1999," (Jan. 2000-Dec. 2000, funding amount: $4,000 + 50% of release time).