LISA TAYLOR-SWANSON

Associate Professor

College of Nursing

  • Associate Professor
    College of Nursing
  • Adjunct Assistant Professor
    Obstetrics & Gynecology

RESEARCH INTERESTS

As a translational, feminist, clinician-scientist, my objective is to reduce the disproportionate symptom burden during menopause across socioeconomic strata by developing and implementing effective interventions feasible in public health settings and utilizing complexity-informed research methods. Specifically, my long-term goal is to improve the scientific understanding and use of acupuncture to improve symptom experience by applying novel, advanced methods grounded in complexity science.

GRANTS

  • EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACT
    WHIM (WOMEN'S HEALTH IN MENOPAUSE): PROMOTING HEALTHY AGING IN MENOPAUSAL WOMEN
    15 Sep 2025 - 31 Aug 2026
  • EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACT
    WANING MOON: A WHOLE PERSON HEALTH INTERVENTION DESIGNED BY AND FOR URBAN MENOPAUSAL AMERICAN INDIAN/ALASKA NATIVE WOMEN
    1 Sep 2025 - 30 Jun 2027
  • EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACT
    DECENTRALIZED CLINICAL TRIAL OF EFFECTIVENESS OF ENERGYPOINTS APP TO GUIDE ACUPRESSURE USE FOR FATIGUE AND SLEEP DISTURBANCES IN CANCER SURVIVORS
    5 POINT ACUPUNCTURE1 Aug 2025 - 30 Apr 2026
    5 POINT ACUPUNCTURE
  • EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACT
    CONFIRMING THE EFFECTS OF ACUPUNCTURE TREATMENTS TO RELIEVE SYMPTOMS OF GULF WAR ILLNESS
    1 Aug 2024 - 31 Jul 2028
  • EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACT
    AMERICAN INDIAN AND ALASKAN NATIVE MIDLIFE WOMEN'S SYMPTOM EXPERIENCE AND ACCESS TO MEDICAL AND INTEGRATIVE HEALTH CARE: DEVELOPING A CULTURALLY-INFORMED INTEGRATIVE GROUP MEDICAL VISIT
    UNIVERSITY OF UTAH RESEARCH FOUNDATION1 Apr 2022 - 1 Aug 2024
    UNIVERSITY OF UTAH RESEARCH FOUNDATION