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CAREER FOCUS:
Throughout much of her career, Dr. Matthews has focused on community health nursing practice, education, and research. Her particular interest is in developing, applying, and evaluating technological solutions—including robotic assistive technologies—that enhance independence among community-residing persons with chronic disorders and promote the competence, health, and well-being of family caregivers.
CURRENTLY FUNDED RESEARCH:
- Navigation Assistant for a Wheeled Walker
(R43 HD049161-01A1)
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
Role: Consulting Investigator
- This investigation involves development of a navigation aid that can be attached to three- and four-wheeled rollators for assistance with wayfinding and tracking the user’s movements.
- Smart Walker Project
(EEC-0540865 – Quality of Life Technology Engineering Research Center; Principal Investigator: Takeo Kanade)
National Science Foundation
Role: Co-Principal Investigator with Geoffrey Gordon and Siddhartha Srinivasa
- This investigation focuses on developing a robotic walker that is aware of and responsive to its user’s physical and social environment, enabling enhanced physical activity, social interaction, and navigation in an unfamiliar setting.
- Caregiver Intervention for Caregivers of SCI Patients
National Institute of Nursing Research (R01 NR08272)
Role: Co-investigator (Principal Investigator: Richard Schulz)
- This investigation is designed to test the efficacy of an innovative, multi-component psychosocial/technology intervention aimed at reducing the risk of adverse health outcomes among family caregivers of older survivors of spinal cord injury and to improve the well-being of the spinal cord injured survivor.
PREVIOUSLY FUNDED RESEARCH
- Robotic Assistance with Ambulation among Older Adults
National Institute of Nursing Research (R03 NR008523)
Role: Principal Investigator
- This investigation is designed to ergonomically evaluate design features and the impact of environmental distraction on walking behavior among older adults using two prototype robots: a mobile robotic personal assistant (Pearl) and a robotic walker (the IMP).
- Use of Technology with Caregivers of Stroke Survivors
National Institute of Nursing Research (K01 NR00167)
Role: Principal Investigator
- This investigation, better known as the CLICK Project (Caregiver’s Link to Ideas, Contacts, and Knowledge), involved development and testing a telephone counseling and web-based intervention aimed at improving caregiving competence and self-preservation among family caregivers of first-time stroke survivors.
- ITR: Personal Robotic Assistants for the Elderly
National Science Foundation (0085796)
Role: Senior Personnel: 9/1/00-8/15/04; Principal Investigator: 8/15/04-8/31/05
9/1/00-8/31/04
- Known as the Nursebot Project, this research and development initiative involved multidisciplinary collaboration among the University of Pittsburgh, Carnegie Mellon University, and the University of Michigan. The aim of the collaboration was to develop information technology techniques that enable elderly people at risk for institutionalization to sustain independent living. This project resulted in development and initial user testing of two prototype robotic devices for older adults: Pearl, a humanoid robot, and the IMP (Intelligent Mobility Platform), a robotic walker.
TEACHING:
Dr. Matthews’ teaching responsibilities include coordinating the undergraduate community health nursing courses: Community Health Nursing Theory (NUR 1127 and NUR 1227) and Community Health Nursing Theory and Practicum (NUR 1128). She has previously co-taught a graduate-level, project-based course (NUR 2840 Robotic Applications in Clinical Practice) with faculty from the Robotics Institute at Carnegie Mellon University. This innovative course brought together students from the health sciences and students in technology to develop robotic devices designed to help community-residing, frail older adults and persons with disabilities sustain their independence.
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:
Sevick, M. A., Sereika, S., Matthews, J. T., Zucconi, S., Wielobob, C., Puczynski, S., Ahmad, S. M., & Barsh, L. F. (1994). Home-based ventilator-dependent patients: Measurement of the emotional aspects of home caregiving. Heart & Lung, 23(4), 269-278.
Sevick, M.A., Sereika, S., Hoffman, L. A., Matthews, J. T., & Chen, G. J. (1997). A confirmatory factor analysis of the Caregiving Appraisal Scale for caregivers of home-based ventilator-assisted individuals. Heart & Lung, 26(6), 430-438.
Dunbar-Jacob, J., Schlenk, E. A., Burke, L. E., & Matthews, J. T. (1998). Predictors of patient adherence: Patient characteristics. In S. A. Shumaker, E. Schron, J. Ockene, & W. L. McBee (Eds.), The handbook of health behavior change (2nd ed., pp. 491-511). New York, NY: Springer Publishing Company.
Matthews, J. T., Dunbar-Jacob, J., Sereika, S., Schulz, R., & McDowell, B. J. (2000). Predictors of adherence to preventive health practices among family caregivers. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, Supplement, S043.
Matthews, J. T., Dunbar-Jacob, J., Sereika,
S., Schulz, R., & McDowell, B. J. (2000). Predictors of adherence
to preventive health practices among family caregivers. Annals
of Behavioral Medicine, Supplement, S043.
Matthews, J. T., Dunbar-Jacob, J., Sereika, S., Schulz, R., & McDowell, B. J. (2000). Responsiveness of caregiving women to persuasive strategies for improving mammography screening adherence. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, Supplement, S210.
Matthews, J. T. (2002). The Nursebot Project: Developing a personal robotic assistant for frail older adults in the community. Home Health Care Practice & Management, 14(5), 403-405.
Matthews, J. T., Thrun, S., & Dunbar-Jacob, J. (2002). Robotic assistive technology for community-residing older adults and persons with disabilities: An inter-institutional initiative for students in the health and technology fields. Proceedings of the International Conference on Engineering Education (ICEE) 2002.
Pollack, M. E., Brown, L., Colbry, D., Dunbar-Jacob, J., Engberg, S., Matthews, J. T., McCarthy, C. E., Montemerlo, M., Orosz, C., Peintner, B., Pineau, J., Ramikrishnan, S., Roy, N., & Thrun, S. (2002). Pearl: A mobile robotic assistant for the elderly. AAAI (American Association of Artificial Intelligence) Technical Reports Series.
Morris, A., Donamukkala, R., Kapuria, A., Steinfeld, A., Matthews, J. T., Dunbar-Jacob, J., & Thrun, S. (2003). A robotic walker that provides guidance. Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation.
Glover, J., Holstius, D., Manojlovich, M., Montgomery, M., Powers, A., Wu, J., Kiesler, S., Matthews, J., & Thrun, S. (2003). A robotically-augmented walker for older adults. (Tech. Rep. CMU-CS-03-170). Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: Carnegie Mellon University, Computer Science Department, School of Computer Science.
Matthews, J. T., Dunbar-Jacob, J., Sereika, S., Schulz, R., & McDowell, B. J. (2004). Preventive health practices: Comparison of family caregivers 50 and older. Journal of Gerontological Nursing.30(2), 46-54.
Dishman, E., Matthews, J. T., & Dunbar-Jacob, J. (2004). Everyday health: Technology for adaptive aging. R. Pew & S. Van Hemel (Eds.). Technology for Adaptive Aging: Workshop Report and Papers (pp. 179-208). Steering Committee for the Workshop on Adaptive Aging. Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press (read-only and printable .pdf version available at (http://www.nap.edu/books/0309091160/html/179.html)
Matthews, J. T., Engberg, S. J., Glover, J., Pollack, M., & Thrun, S. (2004). Robotic assistants for the elderly: Designing and conducting field studies. Proceedings of the IASTED (International Association of Science and Technology for Development) International Conference on Robotics and Applications, pp.101-106.
Lingler, J. H., Erlen, J. A., Schulz, R., Belle, S., Matthews, J. T., & Engberg, S. (2004). Modeling vigilance among caregivers of persons with dementia. The Gerontologist, 44(1), 80-81.
Lingler, J. H., Erlen, J. A., Schulz, R., Belle, S., Matthews, J. T., & Engberg, S. (2004). Does vigilance mediate the association between care recipient functional impairment and caregiver depression? The Gerontologist, 44(1), 598.
Matthews, J. T. Existing and emerging healthcare devices for elders to use at home. (2006). Generations, 30(2), 13-19.
Kutiyanawala, A., Kulyukin, V., LoPresti, E., Matthews, J. T., & Simpson, R. (2006). A rollator-mounted wayfinding system for the elderly: A smart world perspective. Proceedings of the 8th International ACM (Association for Computing Machinery) SIGACCESS (Special Interest Group on Accessible Computing) Conference on Computers and Accessibility, 1-2.
Matthews, J. T., LoPresti, E. F., Simpson, R., Kulyukin, V. A., Wang, J., & Nalitz, N. R. (to appear). Preferences for interface design for a navigation assistant on a wheeled walker. Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Technology and Aging (ICTA).
BACKGROUND:
| Education |
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| BS |
Pennsylvania State University
Nursing |
| MS |
Boston University
Community Health Nursing |
| PhD |
University of Pittsburgh
Nursing |
| MPH |
University of Pittsburgh
Epidemiology |
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