Paula L. Ross-durow

Biography

Teaching: Dr. Ross-Durow has many years of teaching experience at the university level, primarily in the area of psychiatric-mental health nursing and research methods. At the undergraduate level, she taught courses in theory and clinical in psychiatric-mental health nursing, families in crisis, research methods, and statistics.  She also taught research methods with graduate students and served as an advisor for master’s theses and projects. She has done many presentations at national, regional, and local conferences including the College of Problems on Drug Dependence, the American Society of Criminology, and the Midwest Nursing Research Society. Affiliations / Service: Member, Midwest Nursing Research Society, 1993-present Member, Sigma Theta Tau International, 1970-present (several service roles in the Lambda Zeta Chapter, 1995-2007)   Education: PhD in Nursing, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 2007 M.S. in Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 1989 BSN, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, 1972  

Research Interest

Dr. Ross-Durow has focused on adolescents’ nonmedical use of controlled medications. From 2009-2013, she was the Project Director of a National Institute of Health study at the University of Michigan which prospectively examined the nonmedical use of prescription medications by adolescents. She has also studied peer abusive behaviors among adolescents, including bullying and sexual violence, and the impact of these problems on mental health. She has practiced for many years as a Clinical Nurse Specialist in Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing, serves as a nurse consultant for psychiatric services, and has served as an expert witness on mental health nursing practice.