Faculty of Health & Social Development
UBC Okanagan
Kelowna, BC V1V 1V7      

Academic Information
PhD student
Interdisciplinary Studies
UBC Okanagan
Kelowna, BC , Canada

MA 2000
Family Studies
UBC Vancouver
Vancouver , BC , Canada

BA 1994
Psychology
UBC Vancouver
Vancouver , BC , Canada

Awards & Scholarships

• Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC), Doctoral Fellowship, 2007-2011
• CIHR Strategic Training Program in Gender, Women & Addictions (IMPART), Doctoral Fellowship, 2007-2009
• CIHR Strategic Training Program in Tobacco Research (STPTR), Doctoral Fellowship, 2007-2009
• The University of British Columbia Okanagan, University Graduate Fellowship, 2007-2008

Research Interests
My research interests include: adolescent health; adolescent girls' smoking; parent-adolescent relations; sex and gender based analysis; and mixed methods research. For my dissertation research, I will be looking at the social context and meaning of mother - daughter smoking from an interdisciplinary perspective.

Publications

• Haines, R.J., Bottorff, J.L., Barclay McKeown, S., Ptolemy, E., Carey, J. & Sullivan, K. (Under Review). Breast cancer messaging for younger women: gender, femininity and risk. Health, Risk & Society.

• Robinson C.A., Bottorff J.L., Smith M.L., & Sullivan K.M. (Under Review). “Just because you’ve got lung cancer, doesn’t mean I will:” Lung cancer, smoking and family dynamics. Journal of Family Nursing.

• Okoli, C.T.C., Ratner, P.A., Haines, R., Sullivan, K., Guo, S.E., & Johnson, J.L. (in press). Do researcher-derived classifications of youths' smoking behavior correspond with youths' characterizations of their behavior? Addictive Behaviors.

• Bottorff, J.L., Robinson, C.A. , Sullivan, K.M., & Smith, ML. (2009). Continued family smoking after lung cancer diagnosis: The patient’s perspective. Oncology Nursing Forum. 36(3), E126-E132.

• Sullivan, K ., Marshall , S. K., & Schonert-Reichl, K. A. (2002). Do expectancies influence choice of help-giver? Adolescents' criteria for selecting an informal helper. Journal of Adolescent Research, 17, 509-531. Abstract

Reports

• Bottorff, J.L., Grewal, S., & Sullivan, K. (June 2006). Punjabi Women’s Experience of Breast Cancer. Report written for the Atlantic Breast Cancer Network

Posters and Conferences

• Bottorff, J.L., Robinson, C., Sullivan, K., & Smith, M. (April 2009). It is not going to ruin our relationships – or will it?: Smoking, lung cancer and family dynamics. Poster presented at the 24th Conference of the Canadian Association for Psychosocial Oncology, Vancouver, BC (April 1-4, 2009).

• Sullivan, K., Bottorff, J., Robinson, C., & Smith, M. (November 2008). Lung cancer, smoking, and family dynamics. Poster presented at the Tobacco Control for the 21st Century: Challenges in Research and Evaluation Conference, Toronto, ON (November 9-12, 2008).

• Sullivan, K. (May 2008). Does Nature and Nurture Put Girls at Risk for Smoking? Poster session at the Women's Health Research Network Summer Institute, May 1-2, 2008, Victoria, BC .

• Marshall, S. K., Sullivan, K. (March 2008). "Can I Ask You Something?" Adolescent Selection of a Source for Sexual Information. Poster abstract submitted for the 2008 biennial meeting for the Society for Research on Adolescence Conference, Chicago, IL (March 6-9, 2008).

• Sullivan, K. (February 2008). Does Nature and Nurture Put Girls at Risk for Smoking? Poster session at the 4th Annual Symposium for Research to Inform Tobacco Control, Portland, OR (February 26-27, 2008).

• Sullivan, K ., & Marshall, S. K. (April 2001). Do expectancies influence choice of help-giver?: An exploratory examination of adolescents' help-seeking from parents and friends. Poster session at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research on Child Development Conference, Minneapolis, MN (April 19-22, 2001).

• Marshall, S. K., Sullivan, K ., & Bosdet, L. (April 2000). The role of the adolescent in parental monitoring. Poster session at the biennial meeting for the Society for Research on Adolescence Conference, Chicago, IL (March 30-April 2, 2000).

Oral Presentations

• Robinson, C.A., Bottorff, J., Sullivan, K., & Smith, M. (June 2009). Lung cancer, tobacco and family dynamics. Paper presented at the 9th International Family Nursing Conference. Reykjavik, Iceland (June 2-5, 2009).

• Who is Smoking Now? CIHR Café Scientifique, Panel: Lorraine Greaves, Joan Bottorff, and Kelli Sullivan. Rotary Centre for the Arts, November 5, 2008, Kelowna, BC.

• Sullivan, K. (March 2008). Does nature and nurture put girls at risk for smoking? Presentation at The University of British Columbia Okanagan Celebrate Research Week, Kelowna, BC (March 11, 2008).

• Budgen, C., Callaghan, D., Stewart, S., & Sullivan, K. (June 2007). Speaking of health issues: Student voice-driven healthy campus initiatives. Oral presentation at the 17th Annual International Union on Health Promotion and Education Conference, Vancouver, BC (June 10-15, 2007).

• Callaghan, D., Budgen C., Gamble, D., & Sullivan, K. (April 2007). Creating a healthy campus. Table topic at the Interior Health 2nd Annual Research Conference Translating Research into Practice, Kelowna, BC (April 23, 2007).

Grants

• Participatory Action Research: Student voices creating a healthy campus community . C. Budgen (PI); Doris Callaghan, Diane Gamble, Kelli Sullivan, Ian Cull, Alaa Abd-El-Aziz, Shannon Dunn, Rob Johnson, Wade Bottorff, Sandra Peacock, Karen Hodges, Leanne Bilodeau, Lindsay Winger, Peter Hutchinson. Funded: July 2007-December 2008, BC Medical Services Foundation ($49,905)

Other Pursuits and Interests
I have two young boys who keep me focused on the important stuff. I also volunteer for "Coffee for Change", a fundraising project that supports poor and homeless women and children. In my spare time I love to check out antique auctions, read fiction, and connect with friends.

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