Ruth M. Barnard, PhD, RN
Associate Professor Emerita
Division of Acute, Critical, and
Long Term Care
and
School of Nursing
University of Michigan
400 North Ingalls, Div 1
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-0482
Telephone: 734/763-0001
FAX: 734/936-5525
Research interests
My research is in women's health,
especially menopause. Recent work with a colleague demonstrated the
effect of ambient temperature on menopausal hot flashes: women had
significantly fewer and less intense hot flashes in a controlled cool
environment than in a controlled warm environment. Flashes were
recorded as sudden decreases in skin resistance, increase in heart
rate, and increase in finger temperature. Women did not report any
hot flashes that did not show on the physiological monitors. See:
Kronenberg, F. & Barnard, RM. (1992). Modulation of
menopausal hot flashes by ambient temperature. Journal of
Thermal Biology, 17, 43-49.
Barnard, RM. & Reame, NE. (1996). Peri-Menopause. In JA.
Lewis & J. Bernstein (Eds.), Women's Health: A Relational
Perspective Across the Life Cycle. (pp. 144-191). Boston: Jones
& Bartlett.
Other interests
Menopausal symptom management
Data analysis
Professional information access and exchange via computers and
other technology
Volunteer with Community Television Network
Digital videographer
Volunteer developing a School of Nursing with L'Hopital Sainte Croix, Leogane, Haiti.
