Barbara M. Bates-jensen MN, PhD, FAAN

Barbara Bates-Jensen is a Professor at the University of California (UCLA) School of Nursing. Dr. Barbara Bates-Jensen is engaged in clinical research and education that highlights wound care best practices. Her research on pressure ulcers (bedsores) and chronic wound care (screening, detection methods, assessment, and management) focus on vulnerable populations such as nursing home residents, elders, veterans with spinal cord injuries, and critically ill patients. Chronic wounds, such as ulcers, diabetic foot ulcers, and leg ulcers have become a silent global epidemic, in part because of poor outcomes associated with inadequate care. But also because of limited public awareness of the financial costs of patient care. Dr. Bates-Jensen helped invent a wound care medical device that measures skin and tissue damage before it becomes visible on the skin surface. The research her team is doing has the potential to improve sustainable patient wound care throughout the global medical community.