CURRICULUM VITA
THOMAS COX
4600 Bunn Ave
Richmond, VA 23231
804-677-4140
EDUCATION:
BA in pure mathematics. Hofstra University. 1969
MS in applied mathematics and statistics. SUNY at Stony Brook. 1972.
MSW in social welfare. SUNY at Stony Brook. 1975.
BSN in nursing. University of Florida. 1999.
MS in psychiatric mental health nursing. May, 2001. Virginia Commonwealth University.
Doctoral student in nursing. Virginia Commonwealth University. Fall, 2000 - present
Doctoral candidate in nursing, Virginia Commonwealth University. Summer, 2002 - present
Registered Nurse. Virginia 2000 - present.
Registered Nurse. Florida 1999 - present.
Chartered Property Casualty Underwriter (CPCU): 1988.
Casualty Actuarial Society exams 1, 2, 3, and 5.
New York State Certified Social Worker: 1982-present. Third party provider certification: 1983-present.
Psychiatric Social Worker: New York, Pennsylvania, Florida, Virginia, 1975 - present.
Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse: Florida, Virginia, 1999 - present.
Psychiatric Nurse. Virginia Commonwealth University Health Systems. Richmond, VA. Fall, 2000.
Registered Nurse Clinician A. Central State Hospital. Petersburg, VA. March, 2000 – August, 2000.
Case Manager and Tutor: JTPA. Santa Fe Community College, Gainesville, FL. September, 1995 – June, 1996.
Adjunct Faculty: Mathematics Department. Santa Fe Community College, Gainesville, FL. August, 1995 – June, 1996.
Tutor: Disabled Student Services. Santa Fe Community College, Gainesville, FL. May, 1995 – August, 1996.
Statistical Consultant: New York, Pennsylvania, Florida, Virginia, 1972 – present.
Biostatistician: Institute for Cancer Research, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA. April, 1990 – June 1992.
Senior Actuarial Analyst: Reliance Insurance Company. Philadelphia, PA. October, 1986 – August, 1989.
Actuarial Assistant: General Accident Insurance Company. Philadelphia, PA. March, 1985 – October, 1986
Actuarial Analyst: Liberty Mutual Insurance Company. Boston, MA. October, 1982 – March, 1985.
Actuarial Assistant: Insurance Services Office. New York, NY. August, 1981 – October, 1982.
Research Consultant: Center for Integrative Teacher Education. Huntington, NY.
Director: Social Welfare Program: Clinch Valley College of the University of Virginia. Wise, VA. August, 1976 – June, 1978
Director: Agency Evaluations: United Way of Greater Richmond. Richmond, VA. September, 1975 – August, 1976.
VISTA volunteer: People for Adequate Welfare, Bay Shore, NY. January, 1971 – December, 1971.
Caseworker: Suffolk County Department of Social Services. Bay Shore, NY. September, 1969 – January, 1971.
Teaching Assistant: School of Nursing, Virginia Commonwealth University. Richmond, VA. August, 2000 – June, 2002.
Adjunct Faculty: Graduate Division, School of Social Administration,. Temple University. Philadelphia, PA. October, 1989 – June, 1990.
Teaching Assistant: Statistics Department, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA. August, 1989 – December, 1991.
Instructor: Mathematics and Statistics Departments, Rutger's University. Camden, NJ. August, 1985 – June, 1986.
Instructor: Mathematics and Statistics Departments, Philadelphia Community College. Philadelphia, PA. June, 1985 – August, 1985.
Instructor: Mathematics and Statistics Departments, Empire State College. Hauppauge, NY. June, 1979 – May, 1980.
Instructor: Social Work Department,. SUNY College at Old Westbury. Westbury, NY. August, 1979 – December, 1979.
Field Instructor: Social Work Department, Virginia Commonwealth University. Richmond, VA. September, 1975 – August 1976.
Instructor: Mathematics Department, J. Sargent Reynolds Community College. Richmond, VA. May, 1976 – August, 1977.
PC, Mainframe, and Mini-computers
Basic networking
Operating systems: DOS, Windows 3.0 - XP; Unix, Linux
Wordprocessors: MS Word, WordPerfect, AbiWord, Emacs, OpenOffice, TeX
Presentations: MS PowerPoint, OpenOffice
Databases: Focus, SAS, SPSS
Spreadsheets: Excel, Lotus
Programming: FORTRAN, BASIC, MS QuickBasic, MS VisualBasic,
MS Visual C++, GCC
Web design: Macromedia Dreamweaver, Netscape Composer, MS FrontPage
Statistical: SAS, BMDP, SPSS, StatXact, R-Language
Barrett, E.A.M & Cox, T. In review. Australian Nurses Convene Holistic Nursing Conference. The International Nurse.
Cox, T. (2003). There had better be magic in the myth: A posthumous reflection on the work of Shepard Gellert and the power of healing narrative. Eye-Witness News Publication, 11(1): 20-25. Nevada: American Psychotherapy & Medical Hypnosis Association.
Cox, T. (2003). Risk and Nursing: Financial Implications of Prospective Funding. The International Nurse, 16(2), p.5
Cox, T. (2003). Theory and exemplars of advanced practice spiritual intervention. Complementary Therapies in Nursing and Midwifery, 9(1): 30-34.
Cox, T. (2003). A nurse-statistician reanalyzes data from the Rosa Therapeutic Touch study, Journal of Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine, 9(1): 58-64.
Cox, T. (2001). Average cost based reimbursement and risk theory: Implications for health care policy and practice. Paper presented at the International Society for Research in Healthcare Financial Management Annual Conference, August, 2001, Baltimore, MD. Published in the Proceedings of the International Society of Research in Healthcare Financial Management. Baltimore: International Society of Research in Healthcare Financial Management.
Cox, T. (2001). Risk theory, reinsurance, and capitation. Issues in Interdisciplinary Care, 3(3): 213-218.
Cox, T. (2000). Critiquing the critiquers: An analysis of empirical issues in therapeutic touch research. Abstract. Rogerian Nursing Science News, 12(1).
Hallman, G. & Cox, T. (2000). Rosa Revisited, In Touch: The Therapeutic Touch Networks of Canada, 12(10), p 6-8.
Cox, T. (1999) 'Writing scripts for self-hypnosis - Part 2'. Excerpt from T. Cox, Pushing Your Own Buttons: A Pilgrim's Guide to Hypnosis and Self Hypnosis. Eye-Witness News Publication, 7(2). Nevada: American Psychotherapy & Medical Hypnosis Association.
Cox, T. (1999). “Ridding Yourself of Unwanted Habits: A hypnotic script" Writing scripts for self-hypnosis' Excerpt from T. Cox, Pushing Your Own Buttons: A Pilgrim's Guide to Hypnosis and Self Hypnosis. Eye-Witness News Publication, 7(1). Nevada: American Psychotherapy & Medical Hypnosis Association.
O'Dwyer, PJ, LaCreta, FP, Walczak, J, Cox, T, Litwin, S, Hoffman, JP, Zimny, M and Comis, RL (1993). "Phase I /Pharmacokinetic/ Biochemical Study of the Nitroimadazole Hypoxic Cell Sensitizer SR2508 (Etanidazole) in Combination with Cyclophosamide". British Journal of Cancer, 68.
Hoffman, JP, Kusiak, J, Boraas, M, Steuber, K, Genter, B, Weese, JL, Keidan, RD, Eisenberg, BL, Cox, T (1990). "How Do Adjuvant Therapies Influence the Success of Immediate Post-Mastectomy Prosthetic Reconstruction" American Surgeon. 57(8):514-21.
Cox, T.: (1990). “Comment on ‘Regression Estimates in Federal Welfare Quality Control Programs,’ by M. H. Hansen and B. J. Tepping”, Journal of the American Statistical Association, 85.
Cox, T. (1989). "Denial of Services in Public Agencies: A Statistical Approach" Proceedings of the Sixth Annual Conference on Criminal Justice Statistics. John Jay College of Criminal Justice.
Siegel, ME, Binder, MB and Cox, T. (1978) "A New Curriculum for New Kinds of Students: Higher Education's Responsibility to Society" Proceedings of the Fourth International Symposium for Improving University Teaching, Aachen, F.R. Germany.
Cox, T.H. Post-Hypnotic Suggestion in Behavior Modification. Journal of the International Society of Psychosomatic Dentistry and Medicine. 25 (2): 68-73.
Cox, T.H. and Araoz, D.L. (1977). Sexual Excitement and Response By Imagery Production" Journal of the International Society of Psychosomatic Dentistry and Medicine, 24(3):82-93.
Jonas, S., Cox, T. and Lamont, C.T.: (1977). Family Medicine Residency Program in a Semirural Setting? Development of a Plan. New York State Journal of Medicine.
Cox, T.: "Federal Program Evaluation: The Richmond Retired Senior Volunteer Program" Prepared in support of testimony before the House Select Committee on Aging. Congressional Record, June 16, 1976.
Cox, T.H. "Denial of Services in Public Agencies: A White Collar Crime" Published in the Proceedings of the Sixth Annual Sociological Research Symposium of the Alpha Kappa Delta Sociological Honor Society (Eds. Hickey, PD, Nelson, LD, Schwartzbaum, AM, Westerberg, NR & Williams, JS) pp 401-8, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, February, 1976.
Cox, T. & Cole, D. M. "Mind Dynamics: Personal Empowerment Skills." Elco Ltd. Surrey, UK. 1998
Cox, T.: "Pushing Your Own Buttons: A Pilgrim's Guide to Hypnosis and Self-Hypnosis." Green Trees Consulting. June, 1995.
Cox, T. and Saltzman, D.: "Logic: A Guide to the Critical Thinking Test." Green Trees Consulting. February, 1997.
November 2002: "Professional Caregiver Risk and Despair: A Unitary Inquiry", Virginia Nursing Association – District 5, Richmond, VA.
November 2002: Spiritual intervention and the Science of Unitary Human Beings. Presented at Touching the Spirit: Ancient Wisdom in the Art & Science of Future Nursing, 5th International Conference 2002, Australian College of Holistic Nurses. Hahndorf, South Australia.
November 2002: A skeptical thinker looks at skeptic’s work products: A re-analysis of Emily Rosa’s therapeutic touch study data. Paper presented at Touching the Spirit: Ancient Wisdom in the Art & Science of Future Nursing, 5th International Conference 2002, Australian College of Holistic Nurses. Hahndorf, South Australia.
October 2002: "Professional Caregiver Despair: A Unitary Perspective" Society of Rogerian Scholars Research Meeting, Richmond, VA.
September 2002: "Professional Caregiver Insurance Risk and Average Cost Based Reimbursement Plans: Implications for Nursing", Advancing Nursing Practice Excellence: State of the Science, Washington, D.C.
June 2002: “Average cost based reimbursement and risk theory: Implications for health care policy and practice” Poster Presentation, Academy for Health Services Research And Health Policy – Annual Research Meeting, Washington, DC.
October 2001: "Average cost based reimbursement and risk theory: Implications for health care policy and practice" American Public Health Association, Atlanta, GA.
August 2001: Average cost based reimbursement and risk theory: Implications for health care policy and practice. Paper presented at the International Society for Research in Healthcare Financial Management Annual Conference, Baltimore, International Society of Research in Healthcare Financial Management.
June 2000: Society of Rogerian Scholars. New York, NY. Critiquing the Critiquers: Research Issues in Therapeutic Touch - Part 2. Society of Rogerian Scholars. New York, NY.
October 1999: "Critiquing the Critiquers: Research Issues in Therapeutic Touch." Society of Rogerian Scholars Research Meeting, Richmond, VA.
October 1999: "Extropy and the Science of Unitary Human Beings." Society of Rogerian Scholars Research Meeting, Richmond, VA.
Sigma Theta Tau
Society of Rogerian Scholars
American Psychiatric Mental Health Association
American Nurses Association
Southern Nursing Research Society
Virginia Nurses Association
American Statistical Association