Faculty Bio Detail

Sylvia Fox - RN, CNS, PhD
Associate Professor
School of Nursing
Email: SFox@samuelmerritt.edu
Program:Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN)
Telephone: 869 6511 ext 4726
Address: 3100 Summit St
Oakland - CA 94609

Psychiatric-Mental Health Clinical Specialist, Certified Psychoanalytic Psychotherapist


Professional and Community Service and Professional Memberships:
American Association of Nurses
Sigma Theta Tau International
American Associaton of University Women

Consultation: Ministry of Health, Asmara, Eritrea

Courses Taught at Samuel Merritt University:
N 129 Mental Health Nursing - Theory and Clinical;

N 108 Nursing Research, BSN and ABSN;

N 601 Nursing Research, Graduate

Research Interests:
Qualitative Research, Phenomenology

"Health Effects of the Patient-Provider Relationship"

Women's Health, Chronic Disease



Publications and Presentations:
Living with chronic illness: A phenomenological study of the health effects of the patient-provider relationship. Journal of American Academy of Nurse Practitioners, accepted for publication, October, 2006.