Current Research

Clinical trial of cognitive-behavioral therapy to reduce side effects of antiretroviral therapy in HIV patients. Protocol # 28065. Sponsors: Duquesne University and Penn State Harrisburg Now enrolling. Infectious Disease Clinic, Hershey Medical Center, National Clinical Trial # 00696839

Eligibility: Persons with HIV who are taking anti-HIV medications and who suffer from any of the following side effects: nausea, fatigue, pain, or anxiety

Enrollment: patients of the Comprehensive Care Clinic at Milton S. Hershey Medical Center.

This trial is expected to begin enrollment in late Summer 2008

Past Research

Doerfler RE, Antiretroviral therapy for HIV: Standardization of adherence education. At Eastern Nursing Research Society Meeting, March 28, 2008 in Philadelphia PA, Abstract [Poster].

Kouvatsos P, Doerfler RE, Woodward WC. ALT does not predict hepatic fibrosis in HIV/HCV co-infected patients on antiretroviral therapy. In Abstracts of the XIV International AIDS Conference, July 7-12, 2002, Barcelona.

Yozviak JL, Kouvatsos P, Doerfler RE, Woodward WC. Supervised Treatment Interruption (STI) in an urban HIV clinical practice: A prospective analysis. In Abstracts of the XIV International AIDS Conference, July 7-12, 2002, Barcelona.

Yozviak JL, Doerfler RE & Woodward WC. Structured Treatment Interruption (STI) with Nevirapine (NVP) and two nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NsRTI): Is re-suppression achieved following treatment interruption? In Abstracts of the 40th Interscience Council on Antimicrobials and Chemotherapy, September 17 - 20, 2000, Toronto, ON. Abstract I1546.

Yozviak JL, Doerfler RE & Woodward WC. Antiretroviral therapy in clinical practice: Effectiveness and tolerability of Nevirapine (NVP), Stavudine (d4T) and Lamivudine (3TC). In Abstracts of the 40th ICAAC, September 17 - 20, 2000, Toronto, ON. Abstract I1519.

Yozviak JL, Moran BP, Doerfler RE & Woodward WC. Antiretroviral therapy in clinical practice: Ethnic variability in effectiveness and tolerability of Nelfinavir and two nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors. In Program and Abstracts, 13th World AIDS Conference, July 9 - 14, 2000, Durban, South Africa. Abstract 5171. [Poster]

Woodward WC, Lash J, Doerfler E. Protease Inhibitor (PI) induction followed by a non-PI maintenance regimen in HIV-1 infected patients. In Abstracts and Program of the 38th Infectious Disease Society of America (IDSA) Meeting. Nov 18 - 20, 1999. Philadelphia, PA. Abstract 372.

Yozviak JL, Doerfler RE & Woodward WC. Intermittent Antiretroviral Therapy Can Induce Reduction of Viral Rebound after ART-Interruption. In Program and Abstracts of the Seventh European Conference on Clinical Aspects and Treatment of HIV Infection. Lisbon, Portugal, October 23 - 27, 1999. Abstract 236.

Flores-Posadas M, Morrison CJ, Woodward WC, Doerfler RE. Is urine ligase chain testing a cost effective method of STD screening in an HIV population? In Abstracts of the 38th ICAAC, September 24 - 27, 1998, San Diego, CA. Abstract D32

Publications

Women's immunological health. In Whole Woman Wellness: Body, Mind, Spirit. Prentice Hall. 2003.

A Guide to clinical privileges. Adv Nurse Pract. 2007 November; 15(11), 18.

Let NP=NP. Adv Nurse Pract. 2004 July;12(7), 18.

Embracing the E-revolution: How technology can maximize your practice. Adv Nurse Pract. 2004 June;12(6):35-42.

Sweetening the toxic cocktail. Managing the side effects of HIV medications. Adv Nurse Pract. 2002 May;10(5):52-4, 57-8, 103.

Yozviak JL, Doerfler RE & Woodward WC. Effectiveness and tolerability of Nevirapine, Stavudine, and Lamivudine at high and low viral loads in clinical practice. HIV Clin Trials. 2001 Nov-Dec;2(6):474-6.

Yozviak JL, Doerfler RE & Woodward WC. Resuppression of viral load following treatment interruption with nevirapine and 2 nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors. Clin Infect Dis. 2002 Feb 15;34(4):547-50.

Consider a cash-only practice. Advance for Nurse Practitioners; February 2001, (9)2:21.

Prescriptive authority for NPs in Pennsylvania: Implementation guide, with notes on special circumstances. Published by the Pennsylvania State Nurses Association, December 2000, rev. June 2002.

The clinical management of erectile dysfunction. J Amer Acad Nurs Prac, March 1999, (11)3: 117-123.