Laurie A Theeke, PhD, FNP-BC, GCNS-BC, FAAN

Nurse Practitioner

Organization:

West Virginia University School of Medicine

Department:

Family Medicine

Classification:

Staff

• PhD, West Virginia University, 2007
• MSN, West Virginia University, 1992
• BSN, West Virginia University, 1989

kelechi, T. J., Muise-Helmericks, R., Theeke, L. A., Cole, S. W., Madisetti, M., Mueller, M., & Prentice, M. (2021) An Observational Study Protocol to Explore Loneliness and Systemic Inflammation in an Older Adult Population with Chronic Venous Leg Ulcers (Vol. 21, pp. 1–11). Morgantown United States: BMC Geriatrics. Retrieved from 11 Dartmouth St.

Theeke, L. A., & Carpenter, R. D. (2020) Integrating an online statistics course into a graduate nursing research course (Vol. 59, pp. 227–230). Journal of Nursing Education. Retrieved from https://www.healio.com/nursing/journals/jne/2020-4-59-4/%7Bb3fd86d6-0dfe-4cec-accd-e1a7feef405e%7D/integrating-an-online-statistics-course-with-a-graduate-nursing-research-course-for-enhanced-learning#divReadThis

McCoy, M., & Theeke, L. A. (2019) Systematic Review of Quantitative Studies of the Relationships among Psychosocial Factors and Coping in Adult Men and Women with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus. International Journal of Nursing Sciences.

Theeke, L. A., Carpenter, R. D., Mallow, J. A., & Theeke, E. (2019) Gender Differences in loneliness, anger, depression, self-management ability, and biomarkers of chronic illness in chronically ill, mid-life adults in Appalachia (Vol. 45, pp. 55–62). Applied Nursing Research.

• Fellow in the American Academy of Nursing - (November 1, 2020)
• LISTEN intervention featured in Social Isolation and Loneliness Project - (September 17, 2020)
• PhD Program Recognized as Program of Excellence by Board of Governor's - (July 1, 2020)
• Outstanding Reviewer - (February, 2018)
• Inducted as Member in Academy of Teaching and Learning - (May 3, 2013)

Dr. Theeke is a nationally known nurse scientist who has demonstrated focused dedication to solving the problem of loneliness. As an alumni of the Robert Wood Johnson Nurse Faculty Scholars Program, Dr. Theeke developed and evaluated LISTEN, an intervention she developed to target loneliness. She was awarded the Hildegard Peplau American Nurses Foundation funding to complete her qualitative work on loneliness and is currently funded through the WVCTSI to evaluate LISTEN in a sample of lonely stroke survivors. Dr. Theeke has demonstrated expertise in multiple research methodologies and has been funded for mixed method, quantitative, and qualitative studies. Dr. Theeke currently serves as mentor to several junior faculty.

Teaching interests: Dr. Theeke's teaching interests include Nursing Research, Research Methodologies, Contemporary Nursing Science, Informatics, Writing for Publication, and Evidence-Based Practice

The major focus of Dr. Theeke's research is the biopsychosocial stressor of loneliness and how it contributes to poor health. She has developed a new intervention for loneliness called LISTEN which is a cognitive restructuring intervention designed to addressed maladaptive thinking that is associated with loneliness. Her team has studied how loneliness relates to inflammatory and immune systems, contributes to multiple chronic conditions, leads to functional decline, and poor quality of life.

• Using Story Theory to Promote Recruitment of Diverse Students for a PhD in Nursing - Transform This! Call for Applications from WVU Provost - 2021 -
• A Social Genomics Model to Explore Loneliness and Systemic Inflammation in an Older Adult Population with Chronic Venous Leg Ulcers - NIH - 2020 - 2022
• A De-identified Data Analysis of sociodemographics and loneliness in opioid substance users. - - 2019 -
• Assessing the emotional integrity of parents of critically ill children - WVU SON REsearch Fund - 2018 - 2019
• Loneliness, Depression, Social Support, and Quality of Life Among Pregnant Appalachian Women - WVU Department of OB/GYN - 2018 - 2020

Medical Specialties

• Family Medicine