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Tsui-Sui Annie Kao, PhD, FNP-BC
Assistant Professor

University of Michigan School of Nursing
400 North Ingalls Building
Room 3356
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-5482
Telephone: (734) 647-0147
FAX: (734) 647-0351
anniekao@umich.edu

Education
PhD University of Michigan, School of Nursing, Ann Arbor, Michigan, April 2008
MS University of Michigan, School of Nursing, Community Health Nursing: Family Nurse Practitioner, April 2005
BSN Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI, June 1999

Research Interests
Maternal influences
Adolescents’ sexual health
AAPI population
Acculturation influences
Gender Influences
Smoking cessation among homeless population

Recent Research
“Maternal Influences on Adolescents’ Sexual Initiation: AAPI and Whites”, Individual NINR pre-doctoral award (grant number F31NR010174). $43,444.00, 2007-2008 (PI: Tsui-Sui Annie Kao)

Acculturation and maternal Influences on AAPI Adolescents’ Sexual Behaviors, Provost’s Research award for New Faculty, Eastern Michigan University. $5,000.00, 2006-2007 (PI: Tsui-Sui Annie Kao)

Kao, T. A. PI; Intergenerational Approach to Understanding Taiwanese American Adolescents’ Sexual Health, Student Award from Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Foundation (grant number: 896.SAP), $3,000.00, 2004-2005 (PI: Tsui-Sui Annie Kao)

Recent Publications

Published Manuscripts

Kao, T. A., Loveland-Cherry, C. & Guthrie, B. (2007). An intergenerational approach to understand Taiwanese American girls and their mothers’ perception of sexual health, Journal of Family Nursing, 13 (3), 312-332

Kao, T. A. (2006). Ask Expert Column: Sexual health education disparities in Asian American adolescents. Journal for Specialists in Pediatric Nursing, 11 (1), 57-60

Abstract Presentations

Kao, T. A. (2008). Maternal Influences on Sexual Initiation of Adolescents from Asian American Pacific Islanders and other Ethnic/Racial Groups: Implications for Nursing and Safe Care Practice, Scholarly Achievement Day, Eastern Michigan University, March 19, 2008

Kao, T. A. (2008). Maternal Influences on Adolescents' Sexual Initiation: AAPI and Other Ethnic/Racial Groups, Paper presentation for the 4th National Coalition of Ethnic Minority Nurse Associations (NCEMNA), March 6-9, 2008, San Diego, CA.

Kao, T. A. (2007). Maternal influences on AAPI adolescents’ sexual initiation. Paper presentation at Midwest Nursing Research Society (MNRS), Omaha, March 25 2007, NE

Kao, T. A. (2006). An intergeneration approach to understanding Taiwanese American girls and their mothers’ perception of sexual health. Paper presentation at Midwest Nursing Research Society (MNRS), Milwaukee, WI, April 1, 2006

Kao, T. A. (2006). An intergeneration approach to understanding Taiwanese American girls and their mothers’ perception of sexual health. Paper presentation for the 2nd National Coalition of Ethnic Minority Nurse Associations (NCEMNA), Chicago, Illinois, March 11, 2006

Guthrie B, Wu, T. & Kao, T. A. (2005). Symposium presentation topics: Life course approach to preventing future health care disparity. International Council of Nurses, the 23rd Quadrennial Congress, Taipei, Taiwan, May 21, 2005

Editorial/Review Activities: Journal

2008-present Journal of Pediatric Nursing