Education

Doctor of Philosophy - December 2000
Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843
Program: Educational Human Resource Development
Specialization: Health Education

Master of Science - May 1996
Specialization: Exercise Physiology

Bachelor of Science - May 1993
Specialization: Sports Management and Outdoor Education

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Academic Professional Experience

Associate Professor (August 2010 - current) – Northern Arizona University- Department of Health Sciences:
Tenured Faculty within Public Health program (Program changed from Community Health Promotion)
Courses Taught: Foundations of Public Health, Prevention Concepts for Risky Health Behaviors, Medical Terminology, and those courses listed below.

Assistant Professor (August 2006 - Agust 2010) – Northern Arizona University- Department of Health Sciences:
Tenure Track Faculty and Area Coordinator for Community Health Promotion program(s)
Courses Taught: Foundations of Community Health, Exercise Physiology, Planning and Implementation of Health Promotion programs, Human Diseases, Drugs & Substance Abuse Prevention, and Emergency Care.

Assistant Clinical Professor (August 2002 - August 2006) – Northern Arizona University- Department of Health Promotion (Department name changed to Health Sciences):
Co-coordinator of the online degree programs in Health Sciences. 
Courses Taught: Exercise Physiology, Planning and Implementation of Health Promotion programs, Human Diseases, Drugs & Substance Abuse Prevention, and Emergency Care.

Assistant Professor (December 2000 – August 2002) - Sam Houston State University Department of Health & Kinesiology: Tenure track position within the Health Education division. Courses taught include: Human Diseases for health educators, Pharmacology, Health & Wellness, and First Aid. 

Faculty Lecturer (Aug 1996 - December 2000) - TAMU Department of Health and Kinesiology: Taught several undergraduate health courses in the emergency care program including first aid, first responder, and EMT-Basic.  Also taught in the physical education activity program. Promoted to the position of Senior Lecturer for fall 2001. (Full time)

Adjunct Faculty - (Aug 1998 – August 2002) Blinn College EMS programs Bryan, Texas.  Instruction in Paramedic Degree program.  Also responsible for coordination and instruction of specialty care courses such as Advanced Cardiac Life Support, Pediatric Advanced Life Support, and Prehospital Trauma Life Support. (Part time)

Graduate Assistant - Research (May 1995 - May 1996) - Applied Exercise Science Lab
Coordinated several research projects investigating cardiovascular disease risk factors with emphasis on lipids and lipid altering enzymes. Also, conducted contract cardiovascular stress testing in various healthy and at risk populations.

Graduate Assistant - Teaching - (Aug 1993 - May 1995) Required Activity Program
Taught a variety of activity classes including Aerobic Running, Golf, Fitness & Conditioning, Snow Skiing, and Country Western dance.

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Other Professional Experience

Park Ranger: Flight Paramedic (May 2005- August 2007) – Grand Canyon National Park:
Part-time seasonal (summers only) employment working for GCNP Emergency Services.  Duties include ground and flight medical operations as well as Search and Rescue missions.

Professional Ski Patrol- (November 2002- current) – Arizona Snowbowl Ski Area
Part-time seasonal (winter) employment working as a paramedic ski patroller.  Duties include advanced life support medical care, search and rescue, and avalanche control.

Paramedic (June 2003 – current) – Flagstaff Medical Center: Guardian Medical Transport Part-time (mostly summers) work as primary paramedic for local 911 emergency medical service.

Instructor - (May 1993 – August 2002) Challenge Works: An experience based training and development program. Facilitate workshops on leadership and development using an outdoor ropes course and other facilities. (Part time)

Senior Paramedic (Aug 1990 - Aug 1999) - Rural/Metro Corp. & Cypress Creek EMS. In charge paramedic on an advanced life support ambulance providing 911 service to several counties. Responsible for all aspects of patient care. (6 years full time experience, 3 years part time)

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Professional Licenses and/or Certifications

CHES (National Commission for Health Education Credentialing)

National Child Passenger Safety Program- Certified Technician

Certified Emergency Paramedic (CEP)-State of Arizona
EMT-Paramedic- National Registry
Wilderness Advanced Life Support- Wilderness Medical Associates
Wilderness First Responder -    Wilderness Medical Institute
Advanced Cardiac Life Support Instructor (ACLS-I) (American Heart Association)
Pediatric Advanced Life Support Instructor (PALS-I) (American Heart Association)
Pre-Hospital Life Support Instructor/Coordinator (PHTLS-I/C)
CPR/AED - Instructor  (American Heart Association and American Red Cross)

Texas Commission on Alcohol and Drug abuse
            Instructor - Alcohol Education Program for Minors (MIP)
            Instructor - Texas Drug and Alcohol Driving Awareness Program (5% program)
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Service Activities (outside the university setting)

Member of Allied Health Advisory Board for Coconino Community College, AZ
Member SAFEKIDS Coalition Coconino County Health Department
Invited Reviewer for peer-reviewed journal: Califonia Journal of Health Promotion
Vice president: Health Division SWD AAHPERD (2003-2005)
Vice President: Sport and Exercise Science Division: SWD AAHPERD (2002-2003)
Research Committee Member: National Association for EMS educators (NAEMSE)
Invited Reviewer for peer-reviewed journal: Prehospital Emergency Care
Assistant Director: Camp Adventure (Summer 1997 & 1998)
Volunteer Tactical Medic for College Station Police Department SWAT Team

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Peer-Reviewed Publications

Begay, C, Brown, B, Bounds, R.. (2009) Disability as a Human Perception: Personal and Professional Reactions to American Indian Families’ Narratives about their Children’s Disabilities  In: Disability: Insights from Across Fields and Around the World, Volume I.  Publisher: Praeger Press

Bounds, R., McCormick, D., Brynteson, P. (2008) Development and Delivery of Online Health Promotion Bachelor’s Degree Programs for Allied Health Professionals. The International Electronic Journal of Health Education, 11, 39-51.

Bounds, R,. (2006) Factors Affecting Perceived Stress in Pre-hospital Emergency Medical Services. Californian Journal of Health Promotion, 4(2), 113-131.

Lawler JM. Hu Z. Green JS. Crouse SF. Grandjean PW. Bounds RG. (2002) Combination of estrogen replacement and exercise protects against HDL oxidation in post-menopausal women. International Journal of Sports Medicine. 23(7), 477-83.

Bounds, R.G. Martin, S., Grandjean, P., O’Brien, B.C., Inman, C. & Crouse, S. (2000). Diet and short-term plasma lipoprotein lipid changes after exercise in trained men. The International Journal of Sport Nutrition and Exercise Metabolism, 10(2), 114-127.

Kitzmiller, L. & Bounds, R. (2000). Tips for CPR Instructors.  Every Second Counts, 1(2), 30-33.

Bounds, R & Kitzmiller, L. (1999). Remote location medical care: how to handle the delayed response.  Every Second Counts, 1(4), 28-31.

Frey, G., Palmer, D. & Bounds, R. (1998). Osteogenisis Perfecta. In, L. Phelps (Ed.), Health-Related Disorders in Children and Adolescents. American Psychological Association.

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Grant Funding

Funded (July 2010): $6,000  Principal Investigator
Faculty Grants Program Northern Arizona University
Title: Course Duration and real time video feedback influence on CPR training

Funded (October 2009): $20,980  Principal Investigator
Arizona Health Education Centers
Title: Visionary Interprofessional Health Sciences Training in Arizona

Funded (January 2009): $25,491  Co-Principal Investigator (with Cruz Begay)
Arizona Board of Regents: Arizona Regents Reach Out program (ARRO)
Title: Public Health Certificate for Entry Level Health Employees.
Funding Period: January, 2009 – June 2010.

Funded (January 2008): $39,639  Primary Principal Investigator
Arizona Board of Regents: Step Up Program
Title: Stepping Up by 2’s: Implementing and Evaluating and Upside-Down 2+2 Allied Health Professional Preparation Model.
Funding Period: January, 2008 – June 2009.

Positive Review, not funded (June 2007): $152,540   Primary Principal Investigator
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Title: Work-based Learning for English writing skills in front line health care workers

Funded (October 2006): $435,000    Co-principal Investigator (with Cruz Begay)
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Title: “Learning Circles”-- Work Based learning initiative on the reservation
Funding period: (3Years) October 2006 – October 2009

Funded (January 2006): $49,580    Primary Principal Investigator
Arizona Board of Regents:  Arizona Regents Reach Out program (ARRO)
Title: “Development of an Allied Health 2 + 2 + 2 Educational Model”
Funding Period: January, 2006 – June 2007.

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Published Abstracts or Proceedings

Sandlin, J.R., Keathley, R.S., Bounds, R.G., & Sandlin, M.E. (2005). Personal protective equipment: Time effects on initiation of lifesaving support. Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 76 (1), A45

Blevins, J.S.; Bounds, R G.; Mougin, J E.; Coast, J R. (2005) Minor Changes In Lifestyle Programming Significantly Improve Health And Fitness In Fire Fighters. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise 37(5): S405.

Bounds, R.G. & McCormick, D. (2003). Course Management Systems: Facilitating Learning Outcomes in Health Education Courses. *Proceedings of the 2003 Combined Conventions.  Northwest & Southwest Districts and the state of Nevada AAHPERD. 44-47.

Martin, S. E.; Bounds, R. G.; Crouse, S. F. FACSM; O'Brien, B. C.; Grandjean, P. W.; Inman, C. (1999) Diet and Short Term Plasma Lipoprotein-Lipid Changes After Exercise in Trained Men.  Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise. 31(5): S370.

Bounds, R., Crouse, S., O’Brien, B., Rohack, J., Grandjean, P., Brown, J., & Green, J. (1996). Menopausal status does not affect exercise training response in women. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise 28: S119.

Grandjean, P., Crouse, S., O’Brien, B., Rohack, J., Bounds, R., & Booker, C. (1996). Effects of a single exercise session on LPLA, HTGLA, and LCAT in pre- and postmenopausal women. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise 28: S96.

Hu, Z., Lawler, J., Green J., Crouse, S., Grandjean, P., & Bounds, R. (1996) Effect of estrogen replacement and exercise on HDL lipid peroxidation. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise 28(5): S96.

Weise, S., Green, J., Crouse, S., Rohack, J., Bounds, R., & Grandjean, P. (1996). Estrogen replacement, exercise training, and blood lipids in post-menopausal women. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise 28: S96.

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Professional Presentations

4th Annual Pathways into Health Conference (October 2009)
“A university curricular approach to inter-professional education for health sciences in an American Indian community"

American Public Health Association (October 2008)
“Crossing organization boundaries; innovative work-based learning strategies to develop career paths for frontline health care workers”

American Public Health Association (October 2008)
“Developing competency based education to advance the careers of frontline health care workers”

Pathways Into Health National Conference (September 2008) Girdwood, AL
“Learning Circles: A work-based approach to inter-professional education”

Pathways Into Health National Conference (September 2008) Girdwood, AL
“Enhancing Allied Health education through and upside down 2+2 model”

AAHPERD National Convention AAHE-Speaker (April 2008) Ft Worth, TX
“Building Health Education Capacity through education of allied health practitioners”

Invited Speaker: Healing and the Humanities Mini-Symposium (March 2008)
College of Arts and Letters at NAU
“Health Care Education Panel discussion”
           
Pathways into Health National Conference (September 2007) Chicago, IL
“Work-based Learning: Unclogging the pipeline to health careers”

34th Annual Arizona Rural Health Conference (August 2007)
“Accredited Work-based Learning: Education for rural Health Employees”

The 4th Biennial Conference on Transfer and Articulation (July 2007)
“Developing an ‘upside down 2+2’”

AAHPERD National Convention (March 2007) Baltimore, MD
“Be Visible: Develop a Presentation to Promote Physical Education to Your Community”

ACSM National Convention (May 2005) Nashville, TN.
“Minor Changes In Lifestyle Programming Significantly Improve Health and Fitness In Fire Fighters”

AAHPERD National Convention, (April 2005) Chicago, IL
 “Personal Protective Equipment: Time effects on initiation of life saving care”

AAHPERD National Convention, (March 2004) New Orleans, LA
“Breathing Barriers and the likelihood of beginning lifesaving care”

AAHPERD National Convention, (March 2004) New Orleans, LA
“Using Technology to enhance a behavior change project”

SWD AAHPERD Convention, (February 2004), Albuquerque, NM
“When It’s All Said and Done, Do Your Students Get It? Developing an Assessment Plan”

TAHPERD State Convention, (December 2003) Galveston, TX
“The effects of experience with knowledge of breathing barriers on the willingness to initiate lifesaving care”

SWD/NWD/Nevada combined AAHPERD convention, Reno Nevada, February 2003
“Course Management systems: Facilitating learning outcomes in health education courses”

SWD/NWD/Nevada combined AAHPERD convention, Reno Nevada, February 2003
"Decline of University Physical Activity Programs: “Survival of the Fittest.”

SWD/NWD/Nevada combined AAHPERD convention, Reno Nevada, February 2003
“Development and delivery of an online bachelors degree for allied health professionals”

AAHPERD National Convention, (April 2002) San Diego, CA
“Using Web Course Management systems to enhance face-to-face health education courses”

TAHPERD State Convention, (December 2001) Corpus Christie, TX
“American red cross changes in CPR and First Aid Guidleines”

American College of Sports Medicine Annual Meeting (1996, Cincinnati)
"Menopausal Status does not affect training response in women"

Texas Chapter American College of Sports Medicine Annual Meeting (1996, Houston)
"The influence of diet on the short-term lipid response to exercise"