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• Faculty
• Donna Berardo
• David Brushwood
• Jessica DeLeon
• Abraham G. Hartzema
• Teresa Kauf
• Carole Kimberlin
• Earlene Lipowski
• Sooyeon Kwon
• L. Douglas Ried
• Richard Segal
• Almut Winterstein
• Emeritus Faculty
• Richard Angorn
• Charles Hepler
• Michael Schwartz
• Affiliate Faculty
• David Angaran
• Barbara Brice
• Judy Davis
• T.J. Grainger-Rousseau
• Robert E. Kamm
• Everett Kelly
• Robert Kilroy
• Frederick Lippman
• Susan Maue
• Lynda McKenzie
• Mary Kay Owens
• Peter M. Pevonka
• James Powers
• Katheryne Richardson
• Wayne Russell
• Michael Stamitoles
• Lowell T. Sterler
• Jodi Sullivan
• Art E. Wharton
• Debbie Wilson
• Jianwei Xuan
• Post Doctorate
• Sonya Snedecor
• Staff
• Shirley Johnson
• Martin Meder
• Kathryn St. Croix

Sooyeon Kwon Ph.D.

Assistant In (UF appointment)
Research Health Scientist in Residence (VA appointment)

• B.S. Pharmacy, Ewha Women University, Seoul Korea
• M.S. Pharmaceutics, Seoul National University, Seoul Korea
• Ph.D. Pharmaceutical Science, Pharmacy Health Care Administration, University of Florida

Dr. Kwon's main research interest is in stroke outcomes. Dr. Kwon has been involved with and contributed to multiple VA projects over the past two years. She has participated in the Quality of Life in Veterans with Stroke project (PI: Reker, D., Co-PI Duncan, P.) that evaluated the feasibility of using mail and telephone administration methods for the Stroke Impact Scale (SIS) in community dwelling patients with stroke. Currently, Dr. Kwon serves for Stroke Quality Enhancement Research Initiative (QUERI), a national program to improve quality of care for stroke patients. Her focus in this national initiative is on reducing the risk of stroke recurrence by assuring appropriate anticoagulation of stroke patients with atrial fibrillation (AF). She is serving for Operations Committee and Data/Methodology support team in Stroke QUERI.

In addition, Dr. Kwon’s current and future research projects include (1) developing a computerized adaptive cognitive measure for stroke, (2) evaluating the significance of medication adherence and laboratory follow-ups using a stroke risk model for patients with atrial fibrillation, and (3) patients, caregivers, and providers’ view on medication adherence for chronic disease and their decision-making, and (4) developing performance indicators and Identifying implementation/dissemination strategies to improve provider performance in local and national level.

Selected Publications

• Kwon S, Hartzema A, Duncan P, Lai S. Disability Measures in Stroke: Relationship among the Barthel Index, the Functional Independence Measure, and the Modified Rankin Scale, Stroke. 2004; 35: 918-923
• Duncan P, Reker D, Kwon S, Lai S, Studenski S, Perera S, Alfrey C, Marquez J. Measuring Quality of Life with Stroke Impact Scale: Telephone vs. mail administration in Veterans with Stroke (Medical Care. In Press).