University of Colorado Denver
Colorado Health Outcomes Program
12477 E. 19th Ave
Mail Stop F443
Aurora,
CO
USA
80045
Email:
carolyn.nowels@ucdenver.edu
Biographical Sketch:
1980-1984 Social Worker, Larimer County Dept. of Social Services, Loveland, CO.
1984-1985 Director, Continuing Education Pgm, Community Services Assoc., Cairo, Egypt
1985-1986 Consultant, Health/Nutrition Project, Catholic Relief Services, Cairo, Egypt
1987-1990 Research Assistant, AMC Cancer Research Center, Denver, CO.
1986-1990 Research Assistant, Dept. of Family Medicine, UCHSC, Denver, CO.
1990-1991 Project Coordinator, SEARCH/AHEC Program, UCHSC, Denver, CO.
1991-1993 Research Associate, WAMI Rural Health Research Center, U. of Washington, Seattle, WA.
1993-2004 Professional Research Assistant, Dept. of Family Medicine, UCHSC, Denver, CO.
2004-2009 Sr. Professional Research Asst., Colorado Health Outcomes Program, UCHSC, Denver, CO
2009- present Sr. Professional Research Asst, Division of General Internal Medicine, UC Denver, CO.
Carolyn Nowels, MSPH, has had extensive experience in qualitative research and evaluation over the past 15 years, including various data collection methods and analysis approaches. She has conducted interviews and focus groups with community members and leaders, health care providers, people diagnosed with diabetes, cancer, and chronic heart failure. She has provided consultation on methods and analysis to a variety of projects with qualitative methodologies, including moral distress in the ICU setting, opiate prescribing at end of life, quality of life of young scoliosis patients undergoing spinal fusion surgery and their caregivers, as well as feasibility/acceptability of childhood immunization in non-traditional settings.