Associate Professor
University of Central Florida
Orlando, Florida, United States
Ladda Thiamwong is an associate professor in the College of Nursing, University of Central Florida (UCF). An aging expert with 15 years of experience in gerontological nursing education, Thiamwong has spent most of her career and research on healthy aging, fall prevention in older adults and aging education. Her research has been published and presented both nationally and internationally.
In her native Thailand, Thiamwong developed a healthy aging model, healthy aging instrument, and fall risk assessment test for community-dwelling older adults. Additionally, she was the founding chair of a multidisciplinary research group focused on rural older adult health and a co-investigator on several projects funded by the National Research Council of Thailand.
At the UCF College of Nursing, Thiamwong is the lead developer of a physio-feedback exercise education program that seeks to improve balance performance and reduce the fear of falling in ethnically diverse older adults. Additionally, Thiamwong is part of a team using simulation technology with nursing undergraduate students to enhance students’ empathy toward older adults. Currently, she is PI on a funded study (R03) from the National Institute on Aging studying the technology-based fall risk assessments for low-income older adults. She is co-investigator on a $1.5 million funded study (R01) from the National Institute on Aging studying the adaptation of brain and body responses to perturbations during gait in young and older adults.
Thiamwong received the Distinguished Educator in Gerontological Nursing award from the National Hartford Center of Gerontological Nursing Excellence. Actively engaged in the gerontological nursing education community, Thiamwong is a member of the Gerontological Society of America, and a reviewer for 11 peer-reviewed professional journals.
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