Sheryl LaCoursiere, PhD, RN-BC Fellow Yale Center for Medical Informatics
		Center for Medical Informatics Yale School of Medicine 300 George Street, Suite 501 New Haven, CT 06511-6624 Tel: (203) 737-5365 Fax: (815) 572-5768 Email: sheryl.lacoursiere@yale.edu

Research and Interest Areas
       
        Telehealth, Telemedicine and eHealth
        Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM)
        Veterans Health
        Disaster Preparedness and Public Health
        Consumer Health Informatics and Personal Health Records (PHRs)    
        Scope and Standards of Nursing Informatics

Research Projects
       
       Pediatric Preparedness of Emergency Departments in Connecticut (PPED-CT)

         Treatment Outcomes in Elderly Hypertensive Veterans with and without Cognitive Impairment (HE-VET)
    
       My Healthe Vet- Usability of Veterans Administration Personal Health Portal
     
       Breast Cancer Internet Information and Support Study (BCIIS)

• Breast Cancer Internet Information and Support (BCIIS): How Are Older Persons Different?

• Alternative and Complementary Medications and Treatments in Women with Breast Cancer

      TELEhealth CARdiac Education and Support (TELECARES)

Educational Presentations

       Hypertension

         PTSD

Education

      Fellow, Yale School of Medicine 2006-preesent
      Fellow, Yale School of Nursing 2003-2006
      PhD, University of Connecticut, 2003
      MS, University of Connecticut, 1997
      MS, Hartford Graduate Center/Rensselaer at Hartford, 1993
      BS, University of Connecticut, 1980

Publications
     
     Telehealth Support in Cardiovascular Disease- AHRQ Final Report

     Pub Med citations