Faculty Spotlight: Julie Eggert
Name: Julie Eggert, Ph.D.
Title: Associate Professor and Healthcare Genetics Doctoral Program Coordinator
Department: School of Nursing
What colleges did you attend as a student?
- The University of Kansas (BSN);
- Texas Woman’s and transferred to Wichita State University (MN);
- Clemson University (PhD Microbiology); and
- Clemson University (Post-Master's Certificate GNP).
- Texas Woman’s University;
- Tulsa University;
- Loretto Heights College, Denver Colorado;
- University of Utah; and
- Clemson University
What is the best thing about your job? The students!
Describe some of your current research projects. Use of the Wii® to improve involvement in elders living in long-term care. Also, DNA activity in the white blood cells of women with a risk for or new diagnosis of breast cancer.
Tell us about your family. We have two sons. One is an attorney and married an attorney who was his classmate. They live in Chicago and are very poor as they pay off student loans. Our younger one is currently in law school. He is becoming poor, too. I think that it's so strange that no one wanted to go into healthcare. My husband has two autoimmune diseases, so we decided that he should stay at home to take care of us and our home in order to decrease the stress in his life. I'm not certain that “staying home” and taking care of me has been effective at decreasing his stress. We have a beagle named Bailey. She talks to me, cuddles with me and just makes me feel so important when I open the door to come into the house.
Please list your favorite(s).
• Hobby: Counted cross stitch
• Book: Any mystery
• Movie: Something with a complex plot
• Electronic gadget: My Blackberry. It is soo cool.
• Vacation destination: Well, my favorite place to go is the beach, but my fantasy is Alaska.
• Music or musical genera: Bluegrass and Bach
• Previously owned vehicle: My first car, a white Pontiac Custom S with blue interior
• Influential person: Winston Churchill
• Person with whom you would like to have a conversation: My father who died 6 years ago
• Thing that makes you smile: Teasing my friends
• Advice received: You can still make a difference even if you haven’t yet started.
• Advice to give: Carefully notice the time with your children