Gayle Roux, PhD, RN, FAAN University of North Dakota, USA
Gayle Roux, PhD, NP-C, FAAN, is Dean and Professor of the College of Nursing and Professional Disciplines at University of North Dakota. She graduated with her MS and PhD in nursing from Texas Woman’s University. Her program of research is on Inner Strength and survivorship in women living with chronic health conditions such as cancer, diabetes, and depression. Earlier in her career she completed a NIH Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women’s Health (BIRCWH) research fellowship at Virginia Commonwealth University and she remains an advocate for interprofessional research teams. Dr. Roux collaborates with Dr. Monique Ridosh and others on the meaning of quality of life and inner strength in women and their families managing chronic conditions such as diabetes and depression. This research was recently published in Canadian Journal of Nursing Research:
Ridosh, M., Roux, G., Meehan, M. & Penckofer, S. (2017). Barriers to Self-Management in Depressed Women with Type 2 Diabetes. Canadian Journal of Nursing Research, 49(4), 160-169. doi: 10.1177/0844562117736699.
Over the last twenty years Dr. Roux and coauthor, Dr. Catherine Dingley, have developed a middle range theory on Inner Strength in Women. The qualitative findings of this research program have been used to develop items and conduct psychometric testing of an instrument, Inner Strength Questionnaire (ISQ). The theory and instrument have been used by other researchers nationally and internationally. Further information on the ISQ, a public domain instrument available for further research studies, can be found at The Repository @ TWU library https://twu-ir.tdl.org/twu-ir/handle/11274/453.
