Mary F Oconnell

Research and Clinical Interest: 
Leadership, Maternal Child Health, Vulnerable Populations

Clinical Expertise:
Leadership and Management, Transcultural Nursing, Community Health Nursing, Maternal Child Health and Pediatrics, Diabetes Type Two, Online Teaching Expertise for Integrative Therapies, Nursing Research and Leadership

 Research & Scholarship: 

• Leadership and Management
• Diabetes in Hmong and Latino Communities
• Border Health Care
• Breast Cancer and Prevention in Latina and Hmong Communities
• Depression and Exercise in Hmong Women
• Diabetes Prevention in Adolescent Latinas
• Community Health and Public Housing Residents
• Transcultural Nursing
• Maternal Child Health and Pediatrics
• Hmong and Latino Diabetic Group Visits
• Hmong Women and Support Groups for optimal mental health
• Special Populations and Vulnerable Populatio

Funding: 

1/1/2007-12/31/2009
Federal Public Housing Primary Care Grants
BPHC
Contributor and Site Director

1/1/2007-12/31/2009
Eliminating Health Disparities Initiative, Diabetes Program for Hmong and Latinos
Minnesota Department of Health
Project Director

1/1/2007-12/31/2007
Community Care Network Grant; Program for intensive case management for poorly controlled patients with Diabetes
UCare of Minnesota
Project Director

1/1/2007-12/31/2007
Diabetes Prevention Program
UCare of Minnesota
Contributor to grant and Project Director

1/1/2006-12/31/2006
Diabetes Prevention Project
Minnesota Department of Health
Author of grant and Project Director

1/1/2005-12/31/2005
Hmong group visits for Diabetes Patients
Midwest Clinician Network
Assistant Project Director

1/1/2005-12/31/2007
Eliminating Health Disparities Initiative, Continuation Grant; Diabetes Program for Hmong and Latinos
Minnesota Department of Health
Contributing Author and Project Director

1/1/2004-12/31/2004
Chicas Al Ritmo de Salud Girls to the Rhythm of Health
General Mills Corporation
Project Director

1/1/2004-12/31/2004
Pearle Vision Grant; The Gift of Sight
Pearle Vision Foundation
Project Director

1/1/2003-12/31/2005
Eliminating Health Disparities Initiative, Continuation Grant, Hmong and Latinos
Minnesota Department of Health
Contributing Author of grant and Project Director

1/1/2003-12/31/2006
Federal Public Housing Primary Care Grants
BPHC
Contributor and Site Director

1/1/2002-12/31/2002
Breast Cancer Prevention
American Cancer Society
Contributor to grant and Project Director

1/1/2002-12/31/2002
Hmong and Latina Cancer Screening Outreach Program
Susan G. Komen Foundation
Author and Project Director

1/1/2002-12/31/2002
Special Populations Grant, Mental Health and SEA
BPHC
Contributing Author and Project Director

1/1/2002-12/31/2005
Diabetes Fitness Program, Por Tu Salud
Medtronic Foundation
Project Director

1/1/2001-12/31/2003
Eliminating Health Disparities Initiative, Diabetes Program for Hmong and Latinos
Minnesota Department of Health
Contributing Author of grant and Project Director

1/1/2000-12/31/2001
Hmong and Latina Cancer Screening Outreach Program
Susan G. Komen Foundation
Author and Project Director

1/1/2000-12/31/2002
Federal Public Housing Primary Care Grants
BPHC
Contributor and Site Director

1/1/1997-12/31/1998
South East Asian Women living in Public Housing
Fannie Mae Foundation
Project Director

1/1/1997-12/31/1999
Hmong and Latino Breast Cancer Screening Outreach Program
Allina Foundation
Project Director and Principal Investigator

Honors and Awards: 

• 2018 Chosen by BSN student body for Pinning at Fall Convocation
• 2016 Integrative Nursing Faculty Fellowship
• 2016 Chosen by BSN student body for Pinning at Spring and Fall Graduation.
• 2015 Excellence in Teaching BSN Student Body
• 2015 Excellence in Teaching RN/MS Student Body
• 2012 Excellence in Teaching
• 2007 Leadership Vision

Education: 

Augburg College, Minneapolis, MN
Masters, 1999-2001

Transcultural and Community Health Nursing
Bethel College
BSN, 1992-1993, Nursing

Minneapolis Community College
ADN, 1983-1985, Nursing