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Dr. Jillian Inouye serves as the Associate Dean for Research the School of Nursing and the School of Allied Health. Inouye is a prolific researcher who joined UNLV in Spring 2013 from the University of Hawaii at Manoa School of Nursing. She is a licensed psychologist and psychiatric/mental health nurse.

Her research foci are on lifestyle behaviors, health disparities, chronic illness and self-management.

Inouye was recently invited to become of a member of the Advisory Council of the NIH National Institute of Nursing Research and has an extensive research background in four NIH grants.

Inouye has an extensive research background and was/has been the Principal Investigator of four NIH grants, (a) The Center for `Ohana (family) and Self-Management of Chronic Illnesses (5P20NR010671) to advance knowledge in the field of `ohana self-management to improve health-related quality of life and reduce health disparities in ethnically diverse populations with chronic illnesses; (b) the Office of Research Development (EARDA) to enhance faculty opportunities to secure funding for and conduct collaborative biomedical and behavioral research and engage in research training for faculty and students; (c) Cognitive Behavioral Intervention in Diabetes Self-Management, to determine the effectiveness of cognitive behavior intervention in enhancing adherence to self-management strategies for Asian/Pacific Islanders with type 2 diabetes, the effectiveness of cognitive behavioral intervention in improvement health outcomes of quality of life and glycemic control for Asian/Pacific Islanders with type 2 diabetes, and identify unique response to treatment of Asian/Pacific Islanders with type 2 diabetes; and (d) an ARRA diversity supplement.

She also was the principal investigator of a HRSA grant for the first on-line PhD program at her previous institution and a co-investigator of a Tri-Service grant for use of technology by military public health nurses to prevent child abuse.

Her other areas of involvement in funded projects include the Core-Co-Director for Community Research Training and Education of a RMATRIX grant and faculty mentor of NIH supported MARC and MCH-LEND grants.