James Lester Harmon | Scholars@Duke

James Lester Harmon
Associate Professor in the School of Nursing

Les Harmon earned a Bachelor’s degree in architecture from the University of North Carolina-Charlotte in 1977, and later moved to San Francisco, where he worked in architectural design, graphic design, mapmaking, and medical illustration. In 1991 he earned a Bachelor’s degree in nursing from the University of San Francisco’s accelerated BSN program. In 1997 he earned a Master’s degree in nursing from Duke. He joined the school’s regular rank faculty in 2008 and earned a DNP from Duke University in 2012.

As a faculty member, he currently teaches in the Nurse Practitioner Program and assists Julie Barroso in her study of HIV-related fatigue. He came to nursing as a second career more than 15 years ago and has focused on treating and improving the quality of life for HIV patients.

Current Appointments & Affiliations

Associate Professor in the School of Nursing, School of Nursing, Duke University 2014

Contact Information

307TRENT Drive Room 3015, Duke School Of Nursing, Durham, NC 27710
Box 3322 Med Ctr, Durham, NC 27710
(919) 681-4846

Background
Education, Training, & Certifications
- D.N.P., Duke University School of Nursing 2012
- M.S.N., Duke University 1997
- B.S., University of California - San Francisco 1991
Duke Appointment History
- Assistant Professor in the School of Nursing, School of Nursing, Duke University 2008 - 2014
- Instructor, Temporary in the School of Nursing, School of Nursing, Duke University 2008
- Clinical Associate in the School of Nursing, School of Nursing, Duke University 2004 - 2008
- Clinical Associate in the School of Nursing, School of Nursing, Duke University 1998 - 2004
Recognition
In the News
- FEB 8, 2017 School of Nursing
  
  Nursing Readies for the Next Generation in the War on HIV
- JUN 27, 2013
  
  The New Nursing Classroom
Research
Selected Grants
- HIV Nurse Practitioner Training Program awarded by Health Resources and Service Administration 2013 - 2018
- Orthopedic Adult Nurse Practitioner Specialty awarded by Health Resources and Service Administration 2011 - 2014
- Fatigue in HIV Positive People awarded by National Institutes of Health 2004 - 2010
- Advanced Diabetes Management for Nurse Practitioners awarded by Health Resources and Service Administration 2007 - 2010
- (PETS) Peer Training to Empower, Education and Advocate awarded by Department of Health and Human Services 2002 - 2005
Publications & Artistic Works
Selected Publications
- Journal Articles
  - McGee, KS, Relf, M, and Harmon, JL. "The Development of an HIV Training Program for Nurse Practitioners." The Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care : JANAC 27, no. 3 (May 2016): 240-245. Full Text
  - Relf, MV, and Harmon, JL. "Entry-Level Competencies Required of Primary Care Nurse Practitioners Providing HIV Specialty Care: A National Practice Validation Study." The Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care : JANAC 27, no. 3 (May 2016): 203-213. Full Text
  - Voss, JG, and Harmon, JLL. "Working Toward 21(st) Century Interprofessional Workforce Training and Leadership in HIV Care." The Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care : JANAC 27, no. 3 (May 2016): 199-202. Full Text
  - Barroso, J, Leserman, J, Harmon, JL, Hammill, B, and Pence, BW. "Fatigue in HIV-Infected People: A Three-Year Observational Study." Journal of pain and symptom management 50, no. 1 (July 2015): 69-79. Full Text
  - Caiola, C, McGee, K, and Harmon, JL. "Reflections: A Case for Intersectional Approaches in HIV Research." AIDS research and human retroviruses 31, no. 7 (July 2015): 669-670. Full Text
  - Barroso, J, Harmon, JL, Madison, JL, and Pence, BW. "Intensity, chronicity, circumstances, and consequences of HIV-related fatigue: a longitudinal study." Clinical nursing research 23, no. 5 (October 2014): 514-528. Full Text
  - Harmon, JL, Collins-Ogle, M, Bartlett, JA, Thompson, J, and Barroso, J. "Integrating Routine HIV Screening Into a Primary Care Setting in Rural North Carolina." Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care 25, no. 1 (2014): 70-82. Full Text
  - Harmon, JL, Collins-Ogle, M, Bartlett, JA, Thompson, J, and Barroso, J. "Integrating Routine HIV Screening Into a Primary Care Setting in Rural North Carolina." Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care (2013). Full Text
  - Barroso, J, Hammill, BG, Leserman, J, Salahuddin, N, Harmon, JL, and Pence, BW. "Physiological and psychosocial factors that predict HIV-related fatigue." AIDS and behavior 14, no. 6 (December 2010): 1415-1427. Full Text
  - Barroso, J, Hammill, BG, Leserman, J, Salahuddin, N, Harmon, JL, and Pence, BW. "Physiological and Psychosocial Factors that Predict HIV-Related Fatigue." AIDS and Behavior (2010): 1-13. Full Text
  - Pence, BW, Barroso, J, Harmon, JL, Leserman, J, Salahuddin, N, and Hammill, BG. "Chronicity and remission of fatigue in patients with established HIV infection." AIDS patient care and STDs 23, no. 4 (April 2009): 239-244. Full Text
  - Salahuddin, N, Barroso, J, Leserman, J, Harmon, JL, and Pence, BW. "Daytime sleepiness, nighttime sleep quality, stressful life events, and HIV-related fatigue." J Assoc Nurses AIDS Care 20, no. 1 (January 2009): 6-13. Full Text Link to Item
  - Leserman, J, Barroso, J, Pence, BW, Salahuddin, N, and Harmon, JL. "Trauma, stressful life events and depression predict HIV-related fatigue." AIDS Care 20, no. 10 (November 2008): 1258-1265. Full Text Link to Item
  - Pence, BW, Barroso, J, Leserman, J, Harmon, JL, and Salahuddin, N. "Measuring fatigue in people living with HIV/AIDS: psychometric characteristics of the HIV-related fatigue scale." AIDS Care 20, no. 7 (August 2008): 829-837. Full Text Link to Item
  - Harmon, JL, Barroso, J, Pence, BW, Leserman, J, and Salahuddin, N. "Demographic and illness-related variables associated with HIV-related fatigue." J Assoc Nurses AIDS Care 19, no. 2 (March 2008): 90-97. Full Text Link to Item
  - Barroso, J, Pence, BW, Salahuddin, N, Harmon, JL, and Leserman, J. "Physiological correlates of HIV-related fatigue." Clin Nurs Res 17, no. 1 (February 2008): 5-19. Full Text Link to Item
  - Markert, ML, Hicks, CB, Bartlett, JA, Harmon, JL, Hale, LP, Greenberg, ML, Ferrari, G, Ottinger, J, Boeck, A, Kloster, AL, McLaughlin, TM, Bleich, KB, Ungerleider, RM, Lyerly, HK, Wilkinson, WE, Rousseau, FS, Heath-Chiozzi, ME, Leonard, JM, Haase, AT, Shaw, GM, Bucy, RP, Douek, DC, Koup, RA, Haynes, BF, Bolognesi, DP, and Weinhold, KJ. "Effect of highly active antiretroviral therapy and thymic transplantation on immunoreconstitution in HIV infection." AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses 16, no. 5 (March 20, 2000): 403-413. Full Text Link to Item
Teaching & Mentoring
Recent Courses

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Education, Training, & Certifications

Duke Appointment History

In the News

Selected Grants

Selected Publications

Journal Articles

Recent Courses