•
Ph.D.
(1981); M.A. (1976); B.A. (1972) UCLA
Anthropology
• School
of Medicine (Doctoring Curriculum) UCLA
(1997 - present)
• Division
of Nursing CSU Dominguez Hills
(1983 - 2010)
•
Department
of Anthropology CSU Los Angeles
(1980-1983; 1987 - present)
• Course Content
Expert for “Cultural Diversity in Health Care” in the BSN
Program in the School of Nursing at CSU Dominguez Hills.
• Presentation: “Shortcut
to Cultural Competence: Asking the Right Questions” at
the Charles Drew University of Medicihne and Science Department of Research,
in collaboration with The Black Barbershop, Cultural Competence Course
in Santa Monica, Ca on February 26, 2010.
• Invited Participant to the Office
of Women’s
Health Cultural Competency Convening at the California Endowment on April
23, 2009.
•
Speaker: “Can you help my child? Tools to Work Toward Cultural
Competence to Improve Intercultural Communication and Provide Culturally
Effective Pediatric Care.” Presented at the American
Academy of Pediatrics National Conference & Exhibition in Boston, MA on October
11, 2008. With David Katz, PhD.
•
Presentation to the General Session of the American
Association of Nurse Anesthetists entitled, “The Melting Pot Revisited: Cultural Competency
and Diversity in Healthcare” at the annual meetings in Minneapolis,
MN, August 11, 2008.
• Keynote speaker at the 2008 Latino
Health Care Symposium in Rochester,
NY Jan. 17, 2008.
• Cultural
Consultant on a 5 year grant project through the UC Schools of
Medicine entitled "Statewide Initiative to Disseminate an
End-of-Life Curriculum" funded
through the National Cancer Institute, beginning August 2005. Responsibilities
include writing scripts and developing videos and tutorials.
• Curriculum
developer on "Cultural Competence in Medical Student Education:
An Integrated and Developmentally Informed Curriculum" at UC Davis,
September 2005-2006. Funded through the Association of American Medical
Colleges.
• Curriculum developer and trainer on cultural competency for the The Los Angeles County Department of Health Services Office of Diversity Programs. funded through The California Endowment, beginning July 2005.
• Consultant on the "Interactive ELSI Curriculum for Primary Care Residents" a 3-year grant to develop, implement, and evaluate a web-based training program for medical residents to deal with the ethical, legal, and sociocultural issues surrounding genetic counseling. Grant is being funded by the National Human Genome Research Institute though UCLA School of Medicine, UC Davis School of Medicine, and U of Washington School of Medicine. Responsibilities include writing scripts and developing videos and tutorials.
•Invited speader at the Annual Conference of the Council of Practical Nurse Programs of New York State on April 22, 2004 in Albany, NY.
• Keynote
speaker at a pediatrics conference at St. Joseph’s Hospital,
Marshfield, WI, April 11, 2003.
• Invited speaker at a symposia
of the 70th Annual Meetings of the American
Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. New Orleans, LA, February 5, 2003.
• Invited speaker at the 2003 Minority Health Conference, sponsored jointly by UCLA School of Medicine and USC School of Medicine. January 25, 2003.
• Founder's Address given at the 28th Annual Educational Conference of the Association of Rehabilitiation Nurses. Kansas City, MO, October 18.
• Keynote speaker for the 3rd International "Crossing Borders" Conference at the University of Texas at Arlington School of Nursing. Arlington, TX, October 11.
• Member of the working group on Cultural Diversity in Health Care for the Russell Sage Foundation.
•
Project Consultant and Designer & Developer of the project training
manual and sessions for the CHISPA
project (Caring for Hispanic Patients Interactively), an interactive
e-Learning program, through a grant awarded to the Long Beach Community
College District.
• Wrote Leader's
Guide (with group exercises) for video entitled "Patient
Diversity: Beyond the Vital Signs" for CRM
Learning. Video rated as one of "Top Ten Best Products"
in 2002 by Training Media
Review.
• Subject Matter Expert for web-based course on Cultural Diversity for Harcourt Brace Publishers.
• Member of grant writing committee for NIH proposal on incorporating complementary and alternative medicine into the medical school curriculum ( UCLA School of Medicine).
• Member of hanging committee for West J Med (formerly Western Journal of Medicine).
• Editor of Medicine and Culture section for West J Med (Western Journal of Medicine).
• Developed and taught Culture and Health course for cable television via JEC College Connection.
• Extensively revised Ethnic Diversity and the Care of the Terminally Ill: A Handbook for Community Hospice Care Foundation.
• Redesigned and taught introductory Cultural Anthropology course for Project LEAP (Learning English for Academic Purposes) at CSULA.
• Developed and taught video course for Culture and Health class which was used throughout California.
•
Developed syllabus and taught Culture and Health class for nurses
from mainland China
• Galanti,
Geri-Ann (2008) Caring for Patients From Different
Cultures, 4th edition. Philadelphia:
University of Pennsylvania Press.
•
Galanti, Geri-Ann. (2003) The
Hispanic Family and Male-Female Relationships: An Overview. Journal
of Transcultural Nursing. 14(3): 180-185.
• Galanti,
Geri-Ann and Shea, Carole A.
(2002-2006). Human Diversity and Health Care.
Carson,
CA: Division of Nursing, CSU Dominguez Hills.
• Galanti, Geri-Ann (2001) Japanese
Americans and Self-care West J Med
2001 174(3): 208-209.
• Galanti, Geri-Ann (2000)
Filipino Attitudes
Toward Pain Medication. West
J Med 173(4):278-279.
• Galanti, Geri-Ann (2000) Vietnamese Family Relationships. West J Med 172(6): 415-416.
• Galanti, Geri-Ann (2000) An Introduction to Cultural Differences. West J Med 172(5): 335- 336.
• Thorpe, Barbara and Galanti, Geri-Ann (1994) Culture and Health: Student Module Text (3rd ed.) Carson, CA: Statewide Nursing Program, CSU Dominguez Hills.
• Winner of
2007-2008 Outstanding Clinical Faculty Teaching Award for
the Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences at UCLA School
of Medicine
•
Winner of the
2006 Mary Hanna Memorial Journalism Award
• Participated in FIPSE
grant project
• Chancellor's
Fellowship
• Phi
Beta Kappa
• Undergraduate
Honors Program
• Transcultural
Nursing Society
• Council
on Nursing and Anthropology
• Society
for Medical Anthropology
• American
Anthropological Association
•
Phi Beta Kappa
