Alona Angosta
Biography
Dr. Alona D. Angosta teaches in both the baccalaureate and graduate programs. She is also a Board Certified family nurse practitioner and maintains a clinical practice. Her clinical experience include: family practice medicine, internal medicine, emergency care, trauma and critical care, military and cardiovascular nursing.
Angosta’s program of research includes coronary heart disease (CHD) risk and CHD prevention among Filipino-Americans. Her research foci are as follows: a) CHD knowledge, b) prevalence of CHD risk factors, including the incidence of metabolic syndrome, and c) impact of ballroom dance on hemodynamic responses and anthropometric measurements.
She recently completed her PhD in nursing at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. During her doctoral studies, she received numerous scholarships and awards. She is a recipient of the IDeA Network of Biomedical Research Excellence (INBRE) from the National Institutes of Health through UNR for her research projects and training. She has published articles in peer-reviewed journals. She has manuscripts that are currently in press and in review. Additionally, she has presented at regional, national, and international nursing and scientific conferences.
Angosta is a reviewer and a member of the editorial board of the Journal of Cultural Diversity: An Interdisciplinary Journal. She has also reviewed manuscripts for the Journal of Professional Nursing and Journal of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners. She serves as the Vice President of Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing, Zeta Kappa Chapter and a member of the Advanced Practice Committee of the Nevada State Board of Nursing. She is also a member of the following organizations: Nevada Nurses Association, American Nurses Association, Asian American Pacific Islander Nurses Association, American Academy of Nurse Practitioners, and the UNLV School of Nursing Scholarship Affairs Council. She also serves as committee chair for the UNLV SON graduate students’ capstone projects and a member of doctoral dissertation committees. She has volunteered as an educator for the UNLV’s Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) Educational Outreach program.
