Academic: Adjunct Associate Professor

Administrative: Faculty Representative – Tarjan Center at UCLA http://tarjancenter.ucla.edu/

ELNEC (End of Life Nursing Education Consortium) Graduate Curriculum Certified Trainer

Past-President and Founding Board Member, Developmental Disabilities Nurses Association (DDNA)

ANCC Board Certified Clinical Nurse Specialist in Gerontological Nursing

DDNA Certified Developmental Disabilities Nurse

Certified NCAST Instructor, Nursing Child Assessment Satellite

Human Responses to Aging and Chronic Illness

Directing and Managing Care of Persons with Developmental Disabilities – An RN Continuing Education Program

Theories of Instruction and Learning in Nursing

Community/Public Health Nursing

Disabilities Across the Lifespan

• Frank D. Lanterman Regional Center
• Casa Colina Centers for Rehabilitation Stay Well and Healthy! Project
• UCLA Center for Cerebral Palsy
• Arbor View Rehabilitation and Wellness Center

Dr. Hahn is a leading authority on health and aging issues of persons living with life long disabilities, health promotion and illness prevention across the lifespan for persons with disabilities, and nursing curriculum development in disabilities.

For the past five years, she has been funded to conduct several research intervention projects addressing the health and aging needs of adults with lifelong intellectual and developmental disabilities including an in-home intervention model conducted by advanced practice nurses that shows promise in reducing health risks.

Dr. Hahn has also had lead roles in curriculum development and continuing education for nurses, families, and caregivers including workshop-based continuing education programs, computer-assisted-instruction, and Internet web-based nursing continuing education programs for nurses. She was the lead consultant on the 75-hour web-based Developmental Disabilities Nursing Courses funded by National Institute of Nursing Research. (Grant # R43 NR04738-03; M.Willis, HealthSoft, Inc, PI.

Currently, she is the principle investigator on a project funded by the California Department of Developmental Services to develop training materials about palliative and end of life care. Dr. Hahn is leading a project at the Tarjan Center called “Addressing the Needs of Individuals Aging with Disabilities.”

Hahn, J.E., Aronow, H.U. (2005). A Pilot of a Gerontological Advanced Practice Nurse Preventive Intervention. Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 18, 131-142.

Aronow, H.U., Hahn, J.E. (2005). Stay Well and Healthy! Pilot Study Findings from an In-home Preventive Healthcare Program for Persons Ageing with Intellectual and/or Developmental Disabilities. Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 18, 163-173.

Hahn, J. E., Aronow, H. U., Mumaw, L., & Tuppo, E. E. (2004). A Caregiver’s Guide to Health Care Planning for Adults with Developmental Disabilities. Pomona, California: Casa Colina Centers for Rehabilitation.

Hahn, J.E., & Service, K.P. The older adult. (2005). In W. Nehring, (Editor). Core Curriculum for Specializing in Intellectual and Developmental Disability: A Resource for Nurses and Other Health Care Professionals. Sudbury, MA: Jones and Bartlett.

Hahn, J.E., Willis, MA. (2004). Multimedia web-based courseware in intellectual and developmental disabilities nursing: from concept to development. International Journal of Nursing in Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities. (Online publication date: 16-April-2004). http://journal.hsmc.org/ijnidd/

Hahn, J. E. & Marks, B. A. (2003). Preface - Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities. Nursing Clinics of North America, 38, xi-xiv.

Hahn, J. E. (2003). Addressing the Need for Education: Curriculum Development for Nurses about Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities. Nursing Clinics of North America, 38,185-204.

Service, K. P. & Hahn, J. E. (2003). Issues in aging: The role of the nurse in the care of older people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Nursing Clinics of North America, 38, 291-312.

Marks, B. A., Brown, A., Hahn, J.E. & Heller, T. (2003). Nursing Care Resources for Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities across the Lifespan. Nursing Clinics of North America, 38, 373-393.

Ailey, S. H., Marks, B. A., Crisp, C., & Hahn, J. E. (2003). Promoting Sexuality Across the Lifespan for Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities. Nursing Clinics of North America, 38, 229-252.

Hahn, J. E. Cueing into patient language. Reflections 1999; 25: 8-11. Heller, T., Factor, A.R., Hahn, J.E., Residential transitions from nursing homes for adults with cerebral palsy. Disability and Rehabilitation 1999; 21:277-83. Heller, T., Factor, A. Hsieh, K., & Hahn, J. E. The impact of age and transitions out of nursing homes and for adults with developmental disabilities. American Journal on Mental Retardation. 1998; 103:236-248.

Software and Multi-Media Educational Materials

Hahn, J. E. & Willis, M. A. (1999). An infant with Down syndrome: From hospital to home. In Nursing Care of the Individual with Down Syndrome: A Life Span Approach -Interactive Software for Health Professionals (CD Rom Computer Software). Orlando, FL: HealthSoft.

Hahn, J. E. & Willis, M.A. (2003). An infant with Down syndrome: From hospital to home. (Web-based interactive media). Orlando, FL: HealthSoft, Inc. www.healthsoftonline.com

Hahn, J.E., Charron, K., & Willis, M.A. (2003) James Russell, a middle-aged man with Down syndrome. (Web-based interactive media). Orlando, FL: HealthSoft, Inc. www.healthsoftonline.com

Hahn, J.E., Charron, K., & Willis, M.A. (2003). Developmental disabilities nursing today. (Web-based interactive media). Orlando, FL: HealthSoft, Inc. www.healthsoftonline.com