Tina Patel Gunaldo, PhD, DPT, MHS


PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Louisiana State University Health New Orleans (LSUHNO), New Orleans, LA

Director, Center for Interprofessional Education and Collaborative Practice, 2015-2024

Clinical Instructor, School of Allied Health Professions, 2008-2015       

Clinical Instructor, School of Allied Health Professions, Physical Therapy Department, 2006-2008

Southeast Louisiana Area Health Education Center, Hammond, LA

Director, Health Education Planning and Research, 2013-2015

Independent Contractor, Southeast, LA

Physical Therapist, PRN, 2009-2013  

North Oaks Health System, Hammond, LA

Manager, Outpatient Rehabilitation Services Department, 2003-2006

Supervisor, Physical Therapy, 2002-2003

Physical Therapist, 1996-2002


Apple Home Health, Metairie, LA and Capitol Home Health, Hammond, LA

Physical Therapist, PRN 1997-1999

CONSULTING/COACHING

Pima Medical Institute Coaching

ACE Leadership Academy, 2024-present

iheed, Cambridge Education Group Supervision

Research Candidates, Master of Science Diabetes Programme, 2022-present     

Quinnipiac University Consultant

Advancement in Medical Education Scholarship: Dr. Maureen Helgren, 2021-2022  

American Physiology Society Consultant

Teaching Career Enhancement Award Mentor Team: Dr. Maureen Basha, 2020-2022  

EDUCATION

Capella University, Minneapolis, MN

PhD in Human Services, Health Care Administration, 2009-2012

Boston University, Boston, MA

Doctor of Physical Therapy, 2004-2005  

Louisiana State University Health New Orleans, New Orleans, LA

Master of Health Sciences, emphasis in Education, 1997-2000

Louisiana State University Health New Orleans, New Orleans, LA

Bachelor of Science in Physical Therapy ,1994-1996  

Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA

Concentration in Kinesiology and Sciences, 1990-1994  

AWARDS

Inteprofessional.Global

International Award for Teamwork and Collaboration, 2023

Association of Schools Advancing Health Professions

Award for Institutional Excellence and Innovation in Interprofessional Education and Collaborative Health Care, 2023 (collaborative effort with LSUHNO School of Allied Health Professions

Louisiana State University Health New Orleans

Chancellor Excellence Award, 2022

Interprofessional Education Collaborative

Best Poster, 2022 Virtual Poster Presentations, 2022

The American Society for Clinical Laboratory Science Clinical Laboratory Science

Distinguished Author Award, 2022, collaborative effort with Glover, M., Mercante, D., Foley, A. & Zitzmann, M.  

American Dental Education Association

Gies Award for Vision-Academic Dental Institution, 2018 (collaborative effort with LSUHNO School of Dentistry)  

American Interprofessional Health Collaborative

Scholarship, Registration for Nexus Summit, 2017  

North Oaks Health System

Employee of the Year, North Oaks Rehabilitation Services, 1998

Employee of the Month (December), North Oaks Health System, 1998

BOARDS AND COMMITTEES


American Interprofessional Health Collaborative (AIHC)

Co-President, 2023-present

Member, Mentoring Collaborative, 2023-present

Member, Leadership Workgroup, 2021-present

Co-Chair, Scholarship Committee, 2021-2023

Member, Innovation Task Force, 2021-2023

Member, Nexus Innovation Challenge, 2021

Member, Scholarship Committee, 2019-2021

Member, Membership Committee, 2017  

American Physical Therapy Association (APTA)

Member, Scientific and Practice Affairs Committee 2023-present

Member, Finance and Audit Committee 2018-2020  

Journal of Interprofessional Education and Practice (JIEP)

Associate Editor, 2024-present

 

Louisiana Interprofessional Consortium

Founding Member and President, 2021-2024

Executive Team Member, 2024-present  

Southeast Louisiana Area Health Education Center (SELAHEC)

Member of the Board, 2009-present

Health, Interprofessional Practice and Education Journal (HIP&E)

Co-Editor, 2019-2024

Member, Editorial Board, 2018-2019

University of Texas Health San Antonio Member, Linking Interprofessional Networks for Collaboration

Member, External Advisory Council, 2020-present

Collaborating Across Borders (CAB) Conference

Abstract Committee, CAB VIII, 2022-2023  

National Center for Interprofessional Practice and Education

Nexus Summit Advisory Committee, 2023  

Interprofessional Education Collaborative (IPEC)

Panel Member, “Leveraging the IPEC Competency Framework to Transform Health Professions Education," 2021-2022

Big Easy Fleur de Lis Parkinson’s Support Group

Member of the Board, 2020-2022

Louisiana Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics

Member, State Immunization and Strategy Action Team, Supporting Pediatricians to Improve HPV and Pediatric Influenza Vaccination Rates , 2020-2021


Interprofessional.Global

Member, Academic and Workforce Development Working Group, 2019-2021  

Louisiana Department of Health, Office of Public Health

Member, Louisiana Immunization Work Group 2016-2021  

Academy of Leadership and Innovation (ALI) of the American Physical Therapy Association

Treasurer, 2013-2018

Past-Chair, Member Services Committee, 2012

Chair, Member Services Committee, 2011

Member, Branding Task Force, 2011-2012

Member, Member Services Committee, 2009-2010

Louisiana State University Health New Orleans (LSUHNO)

Member, Standardized Patient Project Working Group ,2024

Member, SACSCOC Steering Committee, 2022-2024

Member, Interprofessional Learning Committee, 2012-2015

Member, SACSCOC Quality Enhancement Plan Committee ,2013-2015

Member, SACSCOC Steering Committee, 2013-2015  

LSUHNO, School of Allied Health Professions

Member, Interprofessional Education Committee, 2013-2015

Chair, Emerging Technology Committee, 2011-2015

Member, Alumni Committee, 2007-2009, 2014

Chair, Professional Development Series and Job Fair, 2010-2014

School Liaison, Alumni Association Board, 2010-2014

Chair, Alumni Committee, 2010-2013

Member, Faculty Assembly, 2006, 2010-2012

Co-Chair, Electronic Survey Committee: Course and Faculty Evaluations, 2009-2010

Alternate Member, Faculty Assembly, 2008-2009

Chair, 1st Annual Family Day, 2008

Member, Diversity Committee, 2007-2012

Member, Recruitment Committee, 2007-2009

Member, Department of Physical Therapy Curriculum Committee, 2006-2008  

Federation of State Boards of Physical Therapy

Member, Leadership Issues Forum, 2012-2013

Member, Continuing Competence Committee, 2011-2013

Member, Membership Survey Task Force, 2010

Member, Leadership Committee, 2010  

Louisiana State Board of Physical Therapy
Member, Advisory Committee, 2009-2012

TEXTBOOK


Utley, J., Mathena, C., & Gunaldo, T. Interprofessional education and collaboration: An evidence-based approach to optimizing health care. Human Kinetics, 2020

PUBLICATIONS


Journal of Interprofessional Education and Practice

  1. Gunaldo, T.P., Lockeman, K., Matulewiczc, A.T., & Mazumder, H. Evaluation of 2024 alternate form reliability for the 9-item versions of the Interprofessional Socialization and Valuing Scale (ISVS-9A/9B), 2024. 

  2. Gunaldo, T. P., Blakeney, E. A. R., Blue, A. V., Kirkpatrick, A. J., Lockeman, K., Nickol, D., ... & Dow, A. Identification of interprofessional education variables to support replicability and generalizability of scholarly outcomes, 2023.

  3. Davis, A., Goumas, A., Hebert, C., Levitzky, E., McLean, A., Rusnak, S. & Gunaldo, T. The transfer of interprofessional learning to the clinical environment following a high-fidelity simulation experience in undergraduate nursing and medical students: A curricular resource, 2022.

  4. Gunaldo, T., Ankam, N., Black, E., Davis, A., Mitchell, A., Sanne, S., Umland, E., & Blue, A. Sustaining large scale longitudinal interprofessional community-based health education experiences: recommendations from three institutions, 2022.

  5. Zorek JA, Ragucci KR, Eickhoff J, Najjar G, Ballard J, Blue A, Bronstein L, Dow A, Gunaldo T, Hageman H, Karpa K, Michalec B, Nickol D, Odiaga J, Ohtake P, Pfeifle A, Southerland J, Vlasses F, Young V, Zomorodi M. Development and validation of the IPEC Institutional Assessment Instrument, 2022.

  6. Gunaldo, T., Mason, M., Harrison-Bernard, L., Davis, A.H., Andrieu, S., Brisolara, K., Brown, A., Goumas, A., Kreko, A., Roi, C., Sanne, S., Wall, L., Zamjahn, J., Yue, X., Esteve-Patrick, J. Qualitative analysis of pre- licensure student perceptions of ingroup professional stereotypes, 2021. 

  7. Mangum, S., Johnson, J., Casanova, E., & Gunaldo, T. Developing student interprofessional competence through a support group assignment, 2017.

  8. Tartavoulle, T., English, R., Gunaldo, T., Garbee, D., Mercante, D., Andrieu, S., & Johnson, J. Using the IDEA Framework in an Interprofessional Didactic Elective Course to Facilitate Positive Changes in the Roles and Responsibility Competency, 2015.


Journal of Interprofessional Care

  1. Gunaldo, T., Lockeman, K., Kirkpatrick, A., Zorek, J., & Dow, A. Advancing interprofessional education research: The need for a systematic approach, 2022.

  2. Gunaldo, T., Lockeman, K., Pardue, K., Breitbach, A., Eliot, K., Goumas, A., Kettenbach, G., Lanning, S., & Mills, B. An exploratory, cross-sectional and multi-institutional study using three instruments to examine student perceptions of interprofessional education, 2021.

  3. Gunaldo, T., Augustus-Wallace, A., Brisolara, K., Hicks, M., Mercante, D., Synco, T., Zorek, J. & Schilling, D. Improving stereotypes: The impact of interprofessional education in pre-health students, 2020.

  4. Brisolara, K., Gasparini, S., Davis, A., Sanne, S., Andrieu, S., James, J., Mercante, D., De Carvalho,R., Gunaldo, T. Supporting health system transformation through an interprofessional education experience focused on population health, 2018.

  5. Gunaldo, T., Brisolara, K., Davis, A., & Moore, R. Aligning interprofessional education collaborative sub-competencies to a progression of learning, 2017.

  6. Gunaldo, T., Andrieu, S., Garbee, D., Giovingo, L., Mercante, D., Tortu, S., & English, R. Student perceptions about interprofessional education after an elective course, 2014.  

Health, Interprofessional Practice & Education

  1. Gunaldo, T., Baudoin, C., Duffy, S., Mazumder, H., & Edwards, S. An exploratory Investigation of interprofessional education attitudes at the team level, 2023.

  2. Gunaldo, T., Brisolara, K., Gasparini, S., Mercante, D., Rosenbaum, C., & Alving-Trinh, C. Interprofessional education perceptions: Intra-rater reliability of longitudinal pre-test design scores, 2022.

  3. Gunaldo, T., Augustus-Wallace, A., Schilling, D., Hicks, M., Goumas, A., & Levitzky, E. Gaining an understanding of interprofessional roles and responsibilities among pre-professional health students, 2020.

  4. Barker, T., Allen, H., Levitzky, E. & Gunaldo, T. Comparison of two dental 2020 hygiene student cohorts receiving varying interprofessional and intraprofessional curricula, 2020.

  5. Gunaldo, T., Augustus-Wallace, A., Goumas, A., Cheramie, T., Brisco, S., & Levitzky, E. Integrating interprofessional education into an academic enrichment program, 2018.

  6. Gunaldo, T., Tartavoulle, T., Karlin, S., Lin, A., Truong, O., Levitzky, E. Practicing collaborative skills through an interprofessional interview with individuals diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease, 2017.  

BMC Medical Education

S. Edwards, Ferguson, T., Gasparini, S., Mercante, D., P. Molina, & T. Gunaldo. Interprofessional education as a potential foundation for future team-based prevention of alcohol use disorder, 2023.

BMJ Simulation & Technology Enhanced Learning

Gunaldo, T., Rosenbaum, C., & Davis, A. Long-term impact of a single interprofessional education high-fidelity simulation experience: A pilot study, 2021.  

European Journal of Dental Education

Gunaldo, T., Owens, J., Andrieu, S.A., Mercante, D.E., Schiavo, J.H., & Zorek, J.A. Assessing dental student perceptions after engaging in a longitudinal interprofessional education curriculum: A preliminary study, 2021.  

Nurse Education Today

Lanning, S., Pardue, K., Eliot, K., Goumas, A., Kettenback, G., Mills, B., Lockeman, K., Breitbach, A., Gunaldo, T. Early-learners’ expectations of and experience with IPE: A multi-institutional qualitative survey, 2021.  

Dimensions of Dental Hygiene

Allen, H., Barker, T. & Gunaldo, T. Addressing the opioid crisis. 2020        

Journal of Physician Assistant Education

  1. Chappell, R., Goumas, A., Hollie, S., Levitzky, E., & Gunaldo, T. Measuring student interprofessional skills in the roles/responsibilities competency, 2020.

  2. Edwards, S., Molina, P. McDonough, K., Mercante, D. & Gunaldo, T. Integrating an interprofessional education experience for physician assistant students into a human physiology course, 2017.  

Advances in Physiology Education

  1. Harrison-Bernard, L., Augustus-Wallace, A., Souza-Smith, F., Tsien, F., Casey, G. & Gunaldo, T. Knowledge Gains in a Professional Development Workshop on Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Implicit Bias in Academia, 2020.

  2. Harrison-Bernard, L., Naljayan, M., Mercante, D., Gunaldo, T., & Edwards, S. Longitudinal interprofessional education in a graduate physiology course, 2019.

  3. Edwards, S., Molina, P. McDonough, K., Mercante, D. & Gunaldo, T. The Potential of Interprofessional Education to Effectively Translate Physiology Curricula into Future Team-Based Healthcare, 2018.

  4. Harrison-Bernard, L., Naljayan, M., Eason, J., Mercante, D., & Gunaldo, T. Effectiveness of interprofessional education in renal physiology curricula for health sciences graduate students, 2017.  

Journal of Dental Hygiene

  1. Allen, H., Gunaldo, T. & Schwartz, E. Creating awareness for social determinants of health through interprofessional service-learning experiences with dental hygiene and nursing students, 2019.

  2. Barker, T., Smith, C., Waguespack, G., Mercante, D., & Gunaldo, T. Building a foundation of collaborative skills through dental hygiene and dental intraprofessional education: applying a quality improvement model, 2018.  

Journal of Allied Health

Breitbach, A., Lockeman, K., Gunaldo, T., Pardue, K., Eliot, K., Goumas, A., Kettenback, G., Lanning, S., Mills, B. Utilizing Shared Expertise Across Contexts to Engage in Multi-institutional Interprofessional Scholarship, 2018.  

Journal of Health Administration Education

Brisolara, K.F., Culbertson, R., Levitzky, E., Mercante, D.E., Smith, D.G., & Gunaldo, T.P. Supporting health system transformation: The development of an integrated interprofessional curriculum inclusive of public health students, 2019.  

The Journal of the Louisiana State Medical Society

Levitzky, E., Buehler, A., Gunaldo, T., Straif-Bourgeois, S. Descriptive study of 30-day hospital readmissions for persons 65 and older, Louisiana 2011-2014, 2018.  

Journal of Dental Education

Townsend, J., Zorek, J., Andrieu, S., Baroni De Carvalho, R., Schiavo, J., Mercante, D., Gunaldo, T. Developing interprofessional education: Establishing a baseline and moving forward, 2018.    

Journal of Respiratory Care

Zamjahn, J., Beyer, E., Alig, A., Mercante, D., Carter, K., Gunaldo, T. Increasing awareness of the roles, knowledge and skills of respiratory therapists through an interprofessional education experience, 2018.

American Journal of Audiology

James, J., Chappell, R., Mercante, D., & Gunaldo, T. Promoting hearing health collaboration through an interprofessional education experience, 2017.

Clinical Laboratory Science

Glover, M., Foley, A., Zitzmann, M., & Gunaldo, T. Promoting interprofessionalism within an academic environment, 2017.

Medical Science Educator

Gunaldo, T. & Mangum, S. Providing interprofessional continuing education promotes continuing competence in healthcare providers, 2013.

MEMBER ORGANIZATIONS

American Interprofessional Health Collaborative, 2016-present

American Physical Therapy Association, 2006-present  

Louisiana Physical Therapy Association, 2006-present