May 1985 Ph.D. Nursing—
Academic Administration University of Texas at Austin

May 1983 M.N. Clinical —
University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina

December 1981 B.S.N. Nursing—
Medical University of South Carolina Charleston, South Carolina

December 1975 B.A. Psychology—
University of Illinois, Chicago Circle Campus, Chicago, Illinois

December 1973 R.N.—
School of Nursing Evanston Hospital Evanston, Illinois

In addition to managing the daily operations of one of the most active Telehealth programs in the world, Dr. Hartshorn oversees the SBC Telehealth Research Center and conducts a weekly telemedicine epilepsy clinic. Before her appointment as executive director of the Center for Telehealth and Distance Education in 2000, she served as associate dean for academic administration and director of graduate studies at the UTMB School of Nursing. A long-time proponent of distance education, she continues to teach graduate-level nursing courses through UTMB's distance learning programs. Dr. Hartshorn received her B.S.N. and M.S.N. from the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston. She was awarded her doctorate, with an emphasis in nursing academic administration, from the University of Texas at Austin School of Nursing in 1985.

Dr. Hartshorn is the Executive Director of the University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB) Telehealth Center. In that role she has oversight of the telemedicine and distance learning initiatives at UTMB.
Trained as a Registered Nurse, Dr. Hartshorn holds baccalaureate degrees in psychology and in nursing as well as earned master’s and Ph.D. degrees in nursing. Prior to assuming the Executive Director position at the Telehealth Center she served as a professor of nursing and in Associate Dean roles at the UTMB School of Nursing and at the University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio. In those leadership roles she was responsible for the development of innovative and successful nursing distance education programs.
Holding certification as an Advanced Nurse Practitioner: Clinical Nurse Specialist in Medical-Surgical Nursing, she is actively involved in the delivery of care to adult patients with epilepsy through a nurse-managed clinic at the UTMB Department of Neurology and through two telemedicine clinics sponsored by the Epilepsy Foundation of Southeast Texas (EFSET).

Research Activities
A. Areas of Research
Neuroscience Nursing – Adults with Epilepsy
Uses and Application of Telemedicine
B. Grant Support
Principal Investigator, “Texas Telehealth Resource Center Beta Test”; Health Resources and Services Administration; $481,351; 2003-2005.
Project Director, “SBC Telehealth Research Center”; SBC Foundation; Direct Costs: $1,000,000; 2002-2006.
Project Director, “Public Healthcare 8 Grant”; Telecommunications Infrastructure Board (TIF); Direct Costs: $582,800; 2002-2003.
Project Director, “Telehealth Resource Center; Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA); Direct Costs: $989,637.58; 2000-2002.
Project Director, “East Texas Mental Telehealth Project;” Technology Opportunities Program, Department of Commerce; Direct Costs: $909,644; 2000-2003
Project Director, “Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Program”; Division of Nursing, Bureau of Health Professions; Direct Costs: $739,229; 1997-2000.
Principal Investigator, “Advanced Practice Nurses in the Care of People with Epilepsy: Multicenter Project;” Hoechst Marion Roussel, Inc.; Direct Costs: $19,150.00; 1996-1997.
“ Professional Nurse Traineeship,” Division of Nursing, Bureau of Health Professions, 1996-2001.
Principal Investigator, “Impact of Epilepsy and the Quality of Life,” Sigma Theta Tau, Delta Alpha Chapter, Direct Costs: $650.00, 1995.
Principal Investigator (1991-1994) and Consultant (1992-1995), “Educational Mobility: LVNs/LPNs to BSN,” National Institutes of Health, Nursing Special Projects, Direct Costs: $329,604, 1991-1994, Resubmit 1992-1995.
Principal Investigator, “Quality of Life and Epilepsy”, National Epilepsy Foundation, Direct Costs: $25,000, 1991-1992.
Principal Investigator, “Quality of Life and Epilepsy”, American Association of Neuroscience Nurses, Direct Costs: $1,500, 1991-1992.
Principal Investigator, “A Proposal to Establish Program Offerings in the Lower Rio Grande Valley”, Robert Wood Johnson, Direct Costs: $793,028 (Not funded), 1989-1993.
Principal Investigator, “Expansion of Existing Critical Care Tract”, National Institutes of Health (#1 D23 NV 00694-01), Direct Costs: $439,810, 1988-1991.
Principal Investigator, “The Effects of Transfer from a Critical Care Unit on Anxiety”, Medical University of South Carolina, Direct Costs: $1200.00, 1986-1987.
Principal Investigator, “Psychometric Evaluation of the Synchrony Desynchrony Scale”, Medical University of South Carolina, Direct Costs: $1200.00, 1986.
Principal Investigator, “Impact of Epilepsy on the Quality of Life”, Sigma Theta Tau, Delta Alpha Chapter, Direct Costs: $650.00, 1 year.
Principal Investigator, “Advanced Practice Nurses in the Care of People with Epilepsy: Multicenter Project,” Hoechst Marion Roussel, Inc., Direct Costs: $19,159.