Background
DeSantis, Lydia Ann was born on November 30, 1939 in Monongahela, Pennsylvania, United States. Daughter of Frank and Albertina (Ferrari) diplôme d’Etudes Supérieures.
anthropologist nursing educator
DeSantis, Lydia Ann was born on November 30, 1939 in Monongahela, Pennsylvania, United States. Daughter of Frank and Albertina (Ferrari) diplôme d’Etudes Supérieures.
Registered Nurse, Allegheny General Hospital, 1960. Bachelor of Science in Nursing, University Pittsburgh, 1963. M. Nursing Education, University Pittsburgh, 1967.
Master of Arts, University Washington, Seattle, 1976. Doctor of Philosophy, University Washington, 1979. Master in Public Health, University Alabama, 1993.
Staff nurse Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, 1960-1961, instructor, 1963-1966, University Pittsburgh, 1967-1968, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, 1968-1969. Nurse Ship Hope, Tunisia, 1969-1970. Assistant chief nurse education Project Hope, Jamaica, 1970-1971.
Research associate University Washington, Seattle, 1972-1976. Project coordinator Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, 1976-1978. Director, dean Frontier School Midwifery and Family Nursing, Hyden, Kentucky, 1979-1981.
Professor nursing University Miami, Florida, 1982—2007.
Member American Nurses Association, American Anthropol. Association, Council Nursing and Anthropology, Transcultural Nursing Society, Society Applied Anthropology, Sigma Theta Tau.