Maria Gilson Sistrom, M.S.N., R.N.

Assistant Professor Oregon Health & Science University School of Nursing 3455 SW US Veterans’ Hospital Road Portland, OR. 97239-2941 Phone: 503 494-3869 FAX: 503 494-3878 E-mail: sistromm@ohsu.edu

"My passion and calling in nursing is in public health. I’ve worked for approximately 20 years in public health practice and research on the “street” level, in mid- and upper-level management positions at the county, regional and state levels. My work has varied from outbreak investigation to hand washing and bioterrorism. It has been my recent pleasure to bring this rich practice to bear in teaching and I am greatly enjoying employing the case study methodology in the graduate and undergraduate nursing programs to inspire a new generation of nurses."

Education

University of Virginia, M.S.N.

Teaching

Public Health Undergraduate and Graduate Courses

Community Service

• OPHA Program Committee Board Member
• APHA Member
• OHSU Faculty Search Committee Member

Publications

Brantley, R., Williams, R., Silva, T., Sistrom M., Thielman, N., Ward, H., Lima, A., Guerrant, R. AIDS-Associated Diarrhea and Wasting in Northeast Brazil is Associated with Subtherapeutic Plasma Levels of Antiretroviral Medications and with Both Bovoine and Human Subtypes of Cryptosporidium parvum. The Brazilian Journal of Infectious Disease 2003;7(1):16-22.

Muto, C., Sistrom, M., Strain, B., Farr, B. Glove Leakage Rates as a Function of Latex Content
and Brand. Archives of Surgery, 2000;135:982-985.

Muto, C., Sistrom, M., Farr, B. Hand Hygiene Rates Unaffected by Installation of Dispensers of a Rapidly Acting hand Antiseptic. American Journal of Infection Control. American Journal of Infection Control, 2000;28:273-6.

Sistrom, M., Coyner, B., Gwaltney, J., Farr, B. Frequency of Percutaneous Injuries Requiring Post-Exposure Prophylaxis for Occupational Exposure to HIV. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, 1998;19:504-506.