Research

• Older Adults and Driving
• Mental Health Nursing
• Impact of Chronic Illness on the Family

Clinical

• Geropsychiatry
• Mental Health Nursing

Awards & Honors

• 2001 - Greater Cincinnati Joint Council on Geriatric Care
• 2001 - Outstanding Individual Providing Service

Dissertation

• Characteristics of Older and Oldest Adults: Understanding Risky Driving (2008).

Publications

Articles

Osterman, R., Ribak, J., Fargo, J., Bohn, C. & Sommers, M.(in press) Screening for hazardous/harmful drinking and depressive symptoms in an at risk emergency department population. Journal of Addictions Nursing.

Sommers, M.S. & Ribak, J.H., A conceptual model for preventing serious traffic injury in teens: Or “keep those teenagers out of our ICU!” Dimensions of Critical Care Nursing. 2008 27(6)143-151.

Abstracts

Sommers, M.S., Fargo, J., Ribak, J.H., Osterman, R., & Lyons, M. (2007). Sleep deficit in young adult problem drinkers and risky drivers (Abstract). Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 31(6), 170A

Presentations

Ribak, J.H., Osterman, R., Chapman, H., Fargo, J., & Sommers, M. (Refereed Presentation) Alcohol assessment in the urban emergency department: Comparison of three forms of the AUDIT. October 3, 2008 Council for the Advancement of Nursing Science, Washington DC

Ribak, J.H., Osterman, R., Chapman, H., Fargo, J., & Sommers, M.S, (Refereed Presentation) Bringing alcohol assessment to the urban emergency department: Predictive value of three forms of the AUDIT” Midwest Nursing Research Society- Indianapolis, Indiana, March 29, 2008

Ribak, J.H., Uncharted Waters: Negotiating the journey with our aging parents. Adult Education Series, Congregation Beth Adam, Cincinnati OH., November 28, 2007

Ribak, J.H., Osterman, R., Chapman, H., Fargo, J., & Sommers, M.S, (Refereed presentation) “How Short is too Short? Comparing three forms of the AUDIT for use in the emergency department” International Nurses Society on Addictions (IntNSA) 31st Annual Conference Research Paper Presentation, Arlington, VA. October 13, 2007

Posters

Osterman, R, Ribak, J.H., Bohn, C., Fargo, J., and Sommers, M., Co-Morbid Hazardous/Harmful Drinking and Depressive Symptoms in an Emergency Department Population of Problem Drinkers and Risky Drivers. October 2-4, 2008 Council for the Advancement of Nursing Science, Washington DC

Ribak, J.H., Characteristics of Older and Oldest Adult Drivers: Understanding Risky Driving. Sigma Theta Tau International Beta Iota Chapter, Annual SONK Conference, February 15, 2008, Cincinnati, OH