- About
- Scholarship Collaboratives
- Scholarship Grand Rounds
- Scholarship Toolkit Series
- Mentoring Resources
- Recorded Presentations
- Early Career Faculty Trainees
- Dean’s Scholar Award
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The Faculty Scholars and Mentor Development (FSMD) supports individual faculty, SON departments, and other offices by providing resources and facilitating high quality mentorship that will support academic productivity for all faculty. Services and support are provided in collaboration with relevant Associate and Assistant Deans, Department Chairs, and other leadership team members. This assistance includes developing an appropriate mentoring team for newly hired faculty, all assistant professors and other faculty as needed.
FSMD Faculty & Staff
Co-Director, Faculty Scholar Development Ellen Smith PhD, MSN, RN, AOCN, FAAN
Co-Director, Faculty Scholar Development Patricia Patrician PhD, RN, FAAN
Director, Faculty Mentor Development Mirjam-Colette Kempf PhD, MPH
Research Grants Writer Winston Gu PhDFSMD support falls within two main areas:
1. Scholarship Support:
- Assess faculty interests and needs.
- Offer workshops based on faculty needs. Examples include referencing program training, poster development, public speaking tips, IRB application tips, navigating the tripartite academic missions, strategies for finding and using protected time and grant writing.
- Develop and provide administrative support for SON scholarship collaboratives—groupings of faculty and trainees with broad, yet overarching scholarship interests that work together to leverage expertise and advance team scholarship for all. Scholarship collaboratives are inclusive and benefit all faculty, regardless of the departmental alignment, or research, teaching or clinical interests. Collaborative group meetings which will serve as writing groups, scientific think tanks, peer support and review teams.
- Identify and communicate sources of funding for sustainable research, teaching and service activities.
- Provide editorial support for scholarly products in progress (e.g., posters, papers, grants).
- Leverage existing UAB resources (such as the Center for Clinical and Translation Science).
2. Mentorship Support & Guidelines:
- The Faculty Scholars and Mentor Development service will facilitate high quality mentorships and encourage all mentors to develop their own mentoring capacity, with the goal that faculty will skillfully mentor newer faculty, students and trainees.
- Participate in designing mentorship teams for faculty, doctoral students and other trainees.
- Identify mentorship competencies and assist in mentorship training through a variety of offerings from the UAB Office of the Graduate School, Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL), Center for Clinical and Translational Sciences (CCTS) and other relevant University Wide Interdisciplinary Research Centers (UWIRCs) and School of Nursing lunch-and-learn sessions.
- Maintain a work environment that is intellectually stimulating, emotionally supportive, safe, equitable, and free of harassment without regard to gender, race, national origin, religion, disability, or sexual orientation. (SEE RESOURCES TABS FOR MENTORING GUIDELINES).
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Scholarship Collaboratives
The purpose of the UABSON Scholarship Collaborative infrastructure is to establish topically focused groupings of scholars who work together to advance individual- and group-produced scholarly products. Scholarship Collaboratives will facilitate research-, teaching- and practice-related scholarship by enhancing access to team-based collaboration, shared work, and scholar-scholar mentorship for students and faculty.
What is a Scholarship Collaborative?
A Scholarship Collaborative is a formal or informal intellectual community whose members collaborate in learning and scholarship. It is characterized by shared goals, coordinated effort and collective responsibility for outcomes, including manuscripts, grants and other forms of scholarship date.
Global Health
Global Health Leader: Ada Markaki
Purpose: To engage in and carry out global health scholarship activities assigned by PAHO/WHO for each 4-year designation period. For 2024, three separate workgroups are engaged in activities for the 2023-2027 designation period. For more information, please check here: https://www.uab.edu/nursing/home/partnerships/global/paho-who
Membership: Membership is based on expertise, availability of slots and desire to work in a WHOCC activity/project. The group is open to SON faculty and post-doctoral fellows by invitation only. If interested, please email Dr. Markaki.
Meetings: Each workgroup meets once or twice per month and receives individualized coaching. Timelines and scholarship deliverables are subject to PAHO/WHO Terms of Reference and guidelines.
Graduate Education Leadership Scholars
Leaders: Curry Bordelon - Tedra Smith - Aimee Holland - Becky Suttle - Kelley Borella
Purpose: To lead innovative graduate education through scholarly dissemination.
Membership: At this time membership is limited to the leaders above but other authors may be brought in for special projects.
Meetings: Monthly on an irregular schedule
Instructor Guides for Advanced Health Assessment for Nurse Practitioners
Leader: Laura Steadman
Purpose: To review and submit the instructor guides for publication and to identify other disciplines in which the teaching could be used, write manuscripts, and submit for publication.
Membership: Faculty from the SON and other schools, no new members at this time.
Meetings: Not meeting at this time.
Joint Department Writing Group (JDWG)
Leaders: Bryan Wilbanks - Loretta Lee
Purpose: The Joint Department Writing Group is a resource available for faculty development within the SON. The JDWG provides faculty mentorship to promote skills necessary for successful scholarly writing for publication. Our focus is on the basic mechanics of writing and manuscript structure for beginner to intermediate writers, but we support all levels of writing skills. We also offer individual sessions and assist with scholarly works' dissemination through posters. The JDWG is ideal for new faculty who need to expand their scholarly productivity.
Membership: All faculty are welcome to join.
Meetings: Monthly on a schedule TBD
Mental & Behavioral Health Group
Leader: Brenda Mayfield
Purpose: This is a writing collaborative specific to all aspects of mental and behavioral health across the lifespan and across all populations.
Membership: The collaborative is open to all who are interested.
Meetings: On Zoom, time TBD
Midwifery Writing Group
Leader: Sharon Holley
Purpose: This is a writing collaborative specific to Midwifery.
Membership: Open to all interested
Meetings: On zoom, time TBD
Neonatal Scholars Interest Group (NSIG)
Leader: Katherine Dudding - Allison Shorten
Purpose: To make a difference in the lives of neonates through research, scholarship, and teaching.
Membership: The group is open to SON students, post-doctoral fellows and faculty by invitation only. Email Dr. Dudding or Dr. Shorten if you are interested.
Meetings: Monthly
Neurocognitive Working Group
Leader: David Vance
Purpose: To publish papers and submit grants related to neurocognition.
Membership: Open to all with an interest in neurocognition
Meetings: Biweekly on Wednesdays at 1:30pm
Palliative and Supportive Care Research
Leaders: Marie Bakitas - J. Nicholas Odom
Membership: Open to those involved or interested in learning more about palliative & supportive care research (inquiries should be directed to Dr. Bakitas)
Meetings: Monthly, in-person, zoom available, on a TBD schedule
PATH Clinic
Leaders: Michele Talley - Bela Patel - Cori O'Neal - Allison Hernandez
Purpose: To provide guidance and support on writing in teams related to diabetes and interprofessional collaborative model and with others with specialty interests.
Membership: Open to anyone in a clinical practice
Meetings: TBD
Patient Safety & Quality, Nursing Leadership and Implementation Science
Leaders: Pat Patrician - Heather Nelson-Brantley
Purpose: The focus areas are nursing’s role in patient care quality and safety, nursing leadership science and implementation science. All of these topics are under the umbrella of health systems research.
Membership: Open to those who are genuinely interested in producing scholarship in these areas. This group is interprofessional, and comprised of PhDs, DNPs and graduate students.
Meetings: Biweekly on Wednesdays at 9:00am by Zoom.
PC4Famly Research Lab: Early Career Professional Development Forum
Leaders: J. Nicholas Odom
Purpose: Engage with early career peers to foster a safe space of networking, collaboration, and professional relationships; promote early career professional development and skills; support development of emerging research ideas and works in progress.
Membership: Mentees of Dr. Odom; No new members at this time.
Meetings: Biweekly
PEDS (Pediatric Experts ADvancing Scholarship) SIG
Leaders: Pamela Bryant - Jeremy Jordan
Purpose: To provide a collaborative environment for scholars to promote quality pediatric care and support achievement of career goals through education, research, scholarship, and practice.
Membership: Open to anyone who is interested in pediatrics
Meetings: Biweekly on Tuesdays at 1:00pm
Practice Scholarship
Leaders: Michele Talley - Candace Knight
Purpose: To provide guidance and support on writing in teams with others with specialty interests.
Membership: Open to all
Meetings: Monthly on the first Wednesday at 12:00pm
Scholarship of Multidisciplinary Team – Teaching Effort in Education
Leader: Karen Coles
Purpose: To review and submit original manuscripts for publication.
Membership: SON Assistant Professors. No new members at this time.
Scholarship of Teaching: Transition to Expertise in Academia
Leader: Pat Speck
Purpose: Review and submit manuscript for publication and identify other disciplines that the teaching could be used, write manuscripts and submit for publication.
Membership: SON Assistant Professors. No new members at this time.
Symptom Science and Cancer Control
Leader: Ellen Smith
Purpose: To work together to leverage expertise to facilitate scholarship productivity via frequent review and feedback, and advanced planning.
Membership: The group is open to anyone whose scholarship focuses on symptom science (any disease) or cancer control.
Meetings: Tuesdays from 9:00–10:30am
Women’s Health Writing Group
Leader: Lisa Pair
Purpose: To assist faculty who have a topic or desire to write with others of similar interest; to facilitate team writing.
Membership: Open to all. Contact Dr. Pair
Meetings: At least once per semester
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Scholarship Grand Rounds
The purpose of monthly SON Scholarship Grand Rounds is to share ongoing work of SON faculty in the areas of research, education, and practice in order to stimulate discussion and promote a scholarly community. Faculty scholars across the missions are encouraged to present their ongoing work.
Dr. Heather Nelson-Brantley will present “Advancing Health Care through Nursing Leadership and Implementation Science”
When: Tuesday, November 5, 2024 at 1:00 p.m.
Where: NB 1071 and via Zoom (Meeting ID: 692 318 5171).
An application for CE credits has been submitted and approved for ABN: 1.2- In-person attendees must bring their ABN nursing license to scan.
- Zoom attendees must pre-register before the presentation begins.
Bio: Dr. Heather Nelson-Brantley is an Associate Professor and Director of the Nurse Executive DNP Pathway at the School of Nursing, and an Associate Professor in the Heersink School of Medicine Department of Biomedical Informatics and Data Science at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB). She is nationally recognized for her contributions to nursing leadership and implementation science. She employs qualitative, quantitative, mixed methods, and implementation science approaches to improve the adoption, implementation, and sustainability of evidence-based interventions, innovations, and policy. Dr. Nelson-Brantley is President-Elect of the Association for Leadership Science in Nursing (ALSN), a Training Institute for Dissemination and Implementation Research in Health (TIDIRH) Scholar, and Betty Irene Moore Nurse Leaders and Innovators Fellow. Currently, Dr. Nelson-Brantley is leading research to understand how to support palliative care clinicians and minoritized persons with cancer through implementation of the 21st Century Cures Act Information Blocking Rule. She has authored over 40 peer-reviewed publications and 50 presentations in the fields of nursing leadership, implementation science, cancer care, and rural health. Dr. Nelson-Brantley also serves on the Editorial Board for the Journal of Nursing Administration.
Peter Bosworth & Shelly Camp will present “Interprofessional Education (IPE) Faculty Development and Beyond”
Presented: August 20, 2024 (Watch the recorded presentation on YouTube)
Bio: Peter Bosworth has been organizing conferences and events since 1981, including annual scientific symposia for the Comprehensive Center for Healthy Aging from 2004 until 2016, and the OIPC IP Symposium since 2019. From 2007 until 2013, he was the lead administrator for the UAB Interprofessional Geriatric Education Conference. Recently I was the Marketing Chair for the Greater Alabama Scoutfest with over 3,000 attendees at a 3-day event in Decatur Alabama. Since 2017 he has been developing, presenting, and evaluating activities in the OIPC Faculty Development program. He is the Vice Chancellor for the 2023 Greater Alabama Council, BSA, University of Scouting which trains approximately 500 adult Scouting volunteers from 22 counties within Alabama and from the surrounding states.
Bio: Shelly Camp has been working in the Office of Interprofessional Curriculum since December of 2019. She has been involved in many OIPC interprofessional activities such as Interprofessional Team Training, the Collaboratory, Students Helping At-Risk Patients (SHARP), Interprofessional Leadership and Us Training (IPLUS), Faculty workshops, and the annual IP Healthcare Symposium. She also has been involved in the development of learning modules, patient case development, and a version of the Collaboratory experience.
Dr. Amy Yerdon will present "Intraoperative hypotension and appropriate hemodynamic management: Using scholarship to change practice"
Presented: May 2, 2024 (Watch the recorded presentation on YouTube)
Bio: Amy Yerdon, DNP, MNA, CRNA, CNE, CHSE, is an Assistant Professor in the UAB School of Nursing and the BSN-DNP Nurse Anesthesia Assistant Program Director. She received her Master’s in Nurse Anesthesia (MNA) from UAB in 2011 and a Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) from Texas Christian University in 2020. Dr. Yerdon has many years of experience providing anesthesia in a busy, high-acuity OR in a level-1 trauma center, managing quality improvement projects, and teaching in the clinical setting. Her career goal is to impact the anesthesia profession through education to improve patient outcomes and experience.
While maintaining her clinical practice, Dr. Yerdon’s passions include major abdominal surgery, intraoperative hemodynamic management and goal-directed therapy, substance use disorder, and clinical preceptor education. She has given local, state, regional, and national presentations on these topics and published manuscripts on hemodynamic management and teaching in the clinical setting. She has served on various committees for the Alabama Association of Nurse Anesthetists (ALANA). She serves as a Director on the ALANA Board and Chair of the Professional Development Committee.
Dr. Curry Bordelon will present "Let the Evidence Guide Your Practice"
Presented: April 2, 2024 (Watch the recorded presentation on Youtube)
Bio: Curry Bordelon, DNP, MBA, NNP-BC, CPNP-AC, CNE is an Associate Professor for the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Nursing. He is the Assistant Dean for Graduate Clinical Education-DNP Pathways. Dr. Bordelon’s educational background includes a BSN from Northwestern State University, an MSN from Emory University, and a DNP from UAB School of Nursing. Dr. Bordelon completed an MBA from the University of New Orleans. Dr. Bordelon has extensive leadership experience as a nurse practitioner manager, member of the Executive Committees and Educational Liaison for the Academy of Neonatal Nurses, Vice President for the American Associate for Men in Nursing, and Past-President for the UAB Nu at-Large Chapter of Sigma. Dr. Bordelon participates in the Curricula Leadership Committee for NONPF and led a curricula taskforce for AACN to develop toolkits for faculty to migrate to the new essentials. Dr. Bordelon is a nationally recognized expert in curricula design and evaluation and has several publications and presentations focusing on teaching innovations, neonatal care, curricula, and leadership.
Dr. Michael Daniel will present "Green tea extract and duloxetine to mitigate oxaliplatin-induced peripheral neuropathy: The importance of translational research”
Postponed until a rescheduled date is determined.
Bio: Michael Daniel, PhD is an Assistant Professor at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) School of Nursing (SON) and a translational scientist. He received his PhD in biology, with a concentration in cancer biology, from UAB in December 2017. After graduation, Dr. Daniel completed two years postdoctoral training in the UAB Department of Genetics where he focused on novel therapies to treat mutation-caused disorders. He then completed an additional year of training under the mentorship of Dr. Ellen Smith in the SON, where he began his transition towards symptom science research.
Dr. Daniel currently focuses on the prevention and control of cancer-treatment associated symptoms, particularly chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy (CIPN) and associated neuropathic pain. He is particularly interested in the exploration and advancement of non-pharmacological interventions to treat and/or prevent CIPN. He recently led a pilot study to explore the effects of green tea extract (GTE) to mitigate oxaliplatin-induced allodynia using a rat model of neuropathic pain, and those findings will be used to inform a future, randomized clinical trial.
Drs. Loretta Lee and Liz Muñoz will present “Eliminating Size Bias: Person-first Language in Nursing Academics, Practice, and Scholarship.”
Presented: February 27, 2024 (Watch the recorded presentation on Youtube)
Bio: Dr. Loretta Lee is a PhD-prepared, board-certified Family Nurse Practitioner and Certified Nurse Educator focused on health promotion and health policies affecting underserved populations. She is passionate about addressing the high prevalence of obesity among historically marginalized communities. Lee is in her second term serving as co-chair for the Nurses Obesity Network (NON), a diverse group of nursing organizations committed to changing the way we view, treat, and advance care for people living with obesity — including members of our nursing profession.
With a national perspective and realizing the need to bridge the gaps between healthcare and health policies that affect underserved populations, Dr. Lee has leveraged her 20 + years of advanced practice nursing experience and 18 years of academic expertise to inform the implementation of state and national programs to increase access to care and advocate for federal health care policies that contribute to inequities in health outcomes for historically marginalized people. As co-chair of the NON and chair of the National Black Nurses Association (NBNA) Health Policy Committee, Dr. Lee has garnered Congressional support for the passage of the Treat and Reduce Obesity Act (TROA), S.596. If passed, this bill would expand Medicare coverage to include screening and treatment of obesity from a diverse range of healthcare providers specializing in obesity care. The bill also provides coverage of FDA-approved medications for chronic weight management.
Bio: Dr. Liz Muñoz, is the Assistant Director of the Nurse-Midwifery Pathway and an Assistant Professor at UAB SON. She is originally from Atmore, Alabama and now lives in Champaign, IL, where she practices as a CNM. She is passionate about growing the profession of nurse-midwifery in Alabama and expanding nurse-midwifery scopes of practice nationally, including nurse-midwives caring for pregnant individuals in larger bodies and pregnant individuals experiencing substance use disorders. She has been a CNM for 10 years and is a graduate of Vanderbilt University’s School of Nursing for both her MSN and DNP. Dr. Muñoz has presented nationally for the Annual Meeting of the American College of Nurse-Midwives and regionally for ACNM affiliate conferences. Her publications have appeared in The Journal of Midwifery and Women’s Health, Advances in Primary Care Nursing, and Women’s Healthcare, and she has co-authored an appendix in the up-coming edition of Varney’s Midwifery on communication techniques when discussing health behaviors with clients. She is a distance faculty member at UAB and is excited to support the UAB student nurse-midwives as they advance through the pathway and enter into practice!
Dr. Muñoz will speak on the profession of nurse-midwifery, including a review of the history of nurse-midwifery from a bird’s eye view in the US and in AL. She will review information on the history of UAB’s NMW program and the rebirth of the current program and service line at UAB hospital. Additionally, Dr. Muñoz will focus on nurse-midwifery scholarship and research, including current projects at UAB, and how future innovative models of care can help solve the maternity care shortages in Alabama.
Dr. David Vance will present “Neurocognitive Research and Interventions in HIV and Other Clinical Populations: Tricks and Tips”
Presented: February 6, 2024 (Watch the recorded presentation on Youtube)
Bio: Dr. David Vance is a Professor at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) School of Nursing and psychologist actively pursuing research in positive and negative neuroplasticity, neurocognitive aging, neurocognitive remediation, aging with HIV, and more recently neurocognition in cancer survivors. With a passion for successful cognitive aging and for mentoring scientific leaders, Dr. Vance’s work has resulted in +350 publications (+280 peer-reviewed articles with 66% as first/senior author) including numerous book chapters and editorials, and he has disseminated his research prolifically in national and international presentations across +23 countries/territories.
He has received a White House invitation to attend the first forum on aging with HIV and has participated as an invited member of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Think Tank – Working Group on HIV and Aging sponsored by the Office of AIDS Research to develop the national research agenda, published in the Journal of Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndromes. He has been heavily involved in several NIH grants as co-investigator, and several as Principal Investigator (R01, R21, R03, etc.). In 2022, he was awarded a $404,000 grant from the National Institute on Aging titled: “Executive Function Training to Reduce Cognitive Intra-Individual Variability in Adults with HIV”.
Dr. Hiboombe Haamankuli will present "Prostate cancer: Diagnosing and treatment disparities."
Presented: November 15, 2023 (Watch the recorded presentation on Youtube)
Bio: Hiboombe Haamankuli, DNP, CRNP, ACNP-BC is an instructor in the UAB School of Nursing, primarily teaching in the Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner (AGACNP) track. He is a board-certified Acute Care Nurse Practitioner with 16 years of experience in critical care medicine, cardiology, and hospital medicine. He received his Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) degree from UAB in 2010 and his Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) from University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa in 2016. Prior to his full-time appointment at the school of nursing, Hiboombe was a lead nurse practitioner for a hospital medicine group at St Vincent’s East and served as an adjunct clinical instructor for the AGACNP track simultaneously for 10 years.
His scholarly interests are on prostate cancer, with special interest on the disparities that currently exist in the diagnosing and treatment of prostate cancer. This interest led him to become a community health advisor with the O’Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center. He collaborates mainly with the “Hey Fellas” program, which is a prostate cancer outreach program that provides opportunities for men in Alabama and Mississippi to have designated safe spaces to discuss men’s health topics with prostate cancer being the focus. Through this program, he has has led several prostate cancer awareness initiatives in the city of Birmingham and Jefferson county.
HRSA PANEL
Presented: October 12, 2023
About: The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) aims to improve equitable health care high for communities and people at high risk in the US. Populations served include people with low income, people with HIV, pregnant women, children, parents, rural residents, transplant patients and the health workforce. HRSA fulfills its mission by providing grants and cooperative agreements to investigators interested in these problems. Examples of HRSA funding are the Nurse Education, Practice, Quality and Retention (NEPQR) awards, the Advanced Nursing Education Workforce awards (ANEW), the Advanced Nursing Education awards (ANA), the Nurse Faculty Loan Program awards (NFLP), awards supporting the behavioral health workforce (e.g. BHWET), Health Workforce Resiliency Training awards, the Nurse Anesthetist Training award and the state AHECs.
School of Nursing Scholarship Grant Rounds on October 12, 2023 will feature a panel of four distinguished SON faculty who have or previously had HRSA funding.
Dean Maria R. Shirey will present NEPQR – Transitional Care Clinic for Patients with Heart Failure Recently Discharged from UAB Hospital.
Dr. Patricia Patrician will present Health Workforce Resiliency – WE CARE.
Dr. Tedra Smith will present Bright Healthy Future: Partnering to Promote Healthy Lifestyle Habits in Children and their Families.
Dr. Michele Talley will present NEPQR – PATH, Behavioral Health Workforce Education Training program – BHIP.
Dr. Liz Muñoz will present "Growing Nurse-Midwifery in Alabama: Looking to History to Inspire the Future"
Presented: October 2, 2023 (Watch the recorded presentation on Youtube)
Bio: Dr. Liz Muñoz, is the Assistant Director of the Nurse-Midwifery Pathway and an Assistant Professor at UAB SON. She is originally from Atmore, Alabama and now lives in Champaign, IL, where she practices as a CNM. She is passionate about growing the profession of nurse-midwifery in Alabama and expanding nurse-midwifery scopes of practice nationally, including nurse-midwives caring for pregnant individuals in larger bodies and pregnant individuals experiencing substance use disorders. She has been a CNM for 10 years and is a graduate of Vanderbilt University’s School of Nursing for both her MSN and DNP. Dr. Muñoz has presented nationally for the Annual Meeting of the American College of Nurse-Midwives and regionally for ACNM affiliate conferences. Her publications have appeared in The Journal of Midwifery and Women’s Health, Advances in Primary Care Nursing, and Women’s Healthcare, and she has co-authored an appendix in the up-coming edition of Varney’s Midwifery on communication techniques when discussing health behaviors with clients. She is a distance faculty member at UAB and is excited to support the UAB student nurse-midwives as they advance through the pathway and enter into practice!
Dr. Muñoz will speak on the profession of nurse-midwifery, including a review of the history of nurse-midwifery from a bird’s eye view in the US and in AL. She will review information on the history of UAB’s NMW program and the rebirth of the current program and service line at UAB hospital. Additionally, Dr. Muñoz will focus on nurse-midwifery scholarship and research, including current projects at UAB, and how future innovative models of care can help solve the maternity care shortages in Alabama.
Dr. Shena Gazaway will present “Addressing Health Disparities Through Community-Based Collaborative Research Methods and Practices”
Presented: April 6, 2023 (Watch the recorded presentation on Youtube)
Bio: Shena Gazaway PhD, RN is currently an Assistant Professor in the School of Nursing at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. She received her Master’s in Nursing Education from Brenau University in Gainesville GA and her PhD in Nursing Research from August University, the former medical College of Georgia, in Augusta. GA.
Shena’s research interests are focused on developing and optimizing, community informed decision support interventions for individuals living with chronic kidney disease and the caregivers, particularly those who live in built environments that limit their access to resources that can support the self-management of their disease. Shena is currently funded by the Palliative Care Research Cooperative Pilot Grant Program and the UAB Integrative Center for Aging Research, in addition she was a 2021-2022 SON Dean’s Scholar Award recipient. She is a 2022 Research Scholar and newest co-chair of the Early-Career Special Interest Group for the Hospice and Palliative Association of Nurses.
Dr. Somali Nguyen will present "Ultrasound Everything: Implementing Ultrasound Into a Graduate Nursing Program to Improve Clinical Practice"
Presented: March 7, 2023 (Watch the recorded presentation on Youtube)
Bio: Somali Nguyen, DNP, CRNP, AGACNP-BC is an instructor in the UAB School of Nursing. He is a board-certified Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner (AGACNP) with over twelve (12) years of clinical experience in Emergency Medicine. He graduated with his Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree (2010), Master of Science in Nursing degree (2014), and Doctor of Nursing Practice degree (2019) all from the UAB School of Nursing. He was the Lead Nurse Practitioner for the Comprehensive Vascular Access Team (CVAT) and Medical Emergency Team (MET) at UAB hospital and UAB Highlands in which he help to establish in 2017.
In 2019, he receive a faculty appointment at UAB School of Nursing in which he is currently the Specialty Track Coordinator (STC) for the AGACNP track as well as the Academic Integrity Coordinator for the MSN program. Dr. Nguyen currently has a faculty practice in the emergency department at UAB and also continues to assist with CVAT and MET. His clinical experience and training has given him the opportunity to advance his skills with the ultrasound (US) and implement US into the AGACNP track. He offered UAB School of Nursing’s first US mini-conference in 2022 and has disseminated his work with the implementation of US into a graduate course at international, state, and local conferences. He has completed advanced training in simulation from the Center of Medical Simulation.
Dr. Lisa Pair will present "Updated Evidence on Care of Women with Pelvic Organ Prolapse and Urinary Incontinence"
Presented: February 15, 2023
Bio: Lisa S. Pair, DNP, WHNP-BC, CRNP became a WHNP back in 1992 when there were only 307 NPs in the State of Alabama at that time. She spent over 20 years of her career in clinical practice providing care for women across the lifespan. During her time in clinical practice, she also participated in many departmental research grants assisting the interprofessional team in research clinical data collection. Her specialty focus has been pelvic organ prolapse and urinary incontinence in women.
Her Fellow status in the Association of Urologic Nurses and Associates is an honor granted to recognize her outstanding sustained contribution to urologic and urogynecologic education, clinical practice, or research. She moved to the UAB School of Nursing in 2015 and has since become the Women's Health Nurse Practitioner Track Coordinator for the MSN and DNP Pathways. She continues her scholarship through presentations and publications and continues with a clinical faculty practice.
Dr. Penni Watts will present "Excellence in Simulation for Improving Patient Care"
Presented: January 12, 2023 (Watch the recorded presentation on Youtube)
Bio: Penni Watts is currently the assistant dean for clinical simulation and training and the interim associate dean for the office of technology and innovation. She is also the Assistant Director for Program Implementation in Office of Interprofessional Curriculum (OIPC) at UAB. She has extensive training in clinical simulation focusing on nursing and interprofessional experiences. She has expertise in simulation faculty development, simulation design and delivery.
Dr. Watts has received simulation training at the Center for medical simulation in Boston, Mass. She is very active in the Society for Simulation in Healthcare and the International Association for Simulation and Learning and holds leadership positions in both organizations. Her scholarship focuses on best practice and faculty development in simulation and interprofessional education.
Dr. Frank Puga will present “Daily and Long‐Term Patterns of Depression Among Individuals Living with Chronic Illness and Their Caregivers”
Presented: November 10, 2022
Bio: Dr. Frank Puga is an assistant professor in the Department of Acute, Chronic, and Continuing Care at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) School of Nursing. His expertise includes stress, resilience, and mental health in older adults living with chronic illness and their families. His main research focus is on inter-and intra-individual variation in mental health experiences over time and factors that increase resilience to stress in older adults, specifically among diverse patient populations disproportionately impacted by dementia and cancer.
He is currently interested in how social and cultural factors interact with disease-related stress to increase resilience and decrease the risk of daily anxiety, depression, and suicidal ideation. The main goal of his work is to develop and test cognitive and behavioral interventions that promote healthy aging. He received his Ph.D. in psychology with a concentration in behavioral neuroscience from the University of Texas at Austin.
Dr. Sharon Holley will present “Public Health Nurses, Midwives, Physicians and Historical Perspective on 5 Maternity Services in Alabama during the 1940's”
Presented: October 12, 2022
Bio: Dr. Holley is a Certified Nurse-Midwife with over 25 years of clinical practice. Administrative roles include practice director for the Vanderbilt Faculty Nurse-Midwife Practice in Nashville, Tennessee and Chief, Division of Midwifery at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield, Massachusetts where she was the first Advanced Practice Nurse to receive a faculty appointment with the University of Massachusetts School of Medicine – Baystate.
Her contributions are in the areas of quality and safety in perinatal care through interprofessional collaboration in development and deployment of evidence-based clinical guidelines. She is a fellow of ACNM serving on a variety of committees at the national level including the Quality and Business committees, Committee for Advancement of Midwifery Education, and Quality Committee. Her publications have been cited 440 times. She is currently an Associate Professor of Nursing and Director for the nurse-midwifery program at University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Nursing.
Dr. Richard Taylor will present “Life‐space Mobility in Older Adult Cancer Survivors”
Presented: September 8, 2022
Bio: Richard Taylor, PhD, DNP, CRNP, APN-BC is an Assistant Professor in the UAB School of Nursing. He graduated from UAB School of Nursing in 1985 with a Bachelor’s degree, received his Master’s degree in Adult Oncology Nursing from the University of California, San Francisco in 1987, a postgraduate Adult Nurse Practitioner degree in 2000, a Doctor of Nursing Practice from UAB in 2010, and a PhD in nursing from UAB in 2022.
He was the Lead Nurse Practitioner in the Adult Neuro-Oncology program at UAB for 14 years and the Director of Nursing for the UAB Comprehensive Cancer Center’s CMS Innovation Award (lay navigation for older cancer survivors) before joining the graduate faculty at the UAB SON eight years ago. He has a part-time faculty practice in the UAB Supportive Care and Survivorship Clinic at The UAB Kirklin Clinic. He is engaged as a palliative care interventionist in multiple palliative care clinical trials. He is currently a UAB Geriatric Scholar. His clinical experience includes geriatric oncology, hematology-oncology, hospice, neuro-oncology, and palliative care. His research experience and interests involve cancer survivorship, palliative care, and quality of life in older adults. His dissertation topic was life-space mobility in the older adult, community-dwelling cancer survivor in the Deep South: A secondary data analysis.
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Scholarship Toolkit Series
The SON Scholarship Toolkit sessions are designed to teach the UAB School of Nursing Community about the use of helpful tools to make your scholarship endeavors easier. Each session is held live through Zoom, with previously held session recordings being accessible through the links found below.
Services Provided by PDM unit
Presented by: Proposal Design & Methods (PDM)
When: October 15, 2024 at 11:00 AM
Where: Join us on Zoom
"The Impact of Open Access Publications"
Presented by: Linlin Gu (Winston)
When: October 10, 2024 at 10:00 AM
Where: Join us on Zoom
"Understanding and Visualizing Interaction Effects Using R and SPSS"
Presented by: Liang Shan
When: September 17, 2024 at 11:00 AM
Where: Join us on Zoom
"Forming and Managing a Scholarship Collaborative"
Presented by: Ellen Smith, PhD
Presented on: April 11, 2024
"Writing for Professional Journals: How to get started?"
Presented by: Pat Patrician, PhD
Presented on: March 21, 2024
"Working Effectively"
Presented by: Edwin Aroke, PhD
Presented on: January 30, 2024
Recorded presentation coming soon.
"How to Turn an Abstract into a Publication"
Presented by: David Vance, PhD
Presented on: November 16, 2023
"Understanding and Visualizing Interaction Effects Using R and SPSS"
Presented by: Liang Shan, PhD
Presented on: November 8, 2023
Recorded presentation coming soon.
"How to write an abstract: Teaching-focused"
Presented by: Tedra Smith, DNP
Presented on: October 19, 2023
"How to write an abstract: Practice-focused"
Presented by: Shannon Layton, DNP
Presented on: October 17, 2023
"How to write an abstract: Research-focused"
Presented by: Ellen Smith, PhD
Presented on: October 10, 2023
"An Overview of Endnote and other Resources"
Presented by: Amanda Jenkins
Presented on: October 3, 2023
"Factor analysis in instrument development and validation: EFA or CFA or both?"
Presented by: Peng Li, PhD
Presented on: September 6, 2023
"Qualtrics Overview"
Presented by: Lauren Antia
Presented on: March 2, 2023
"REDCap Overview"
Presented by: Sally Engler
Presented on: February 21, 2023
"Introduction to Power BI"
Presented by: Sarah Khalidi
Presented on: February 8, 2023
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Mentoring Resources
“The mediocre mentor tells. The good mentor explains. The superior mentor demonstrates. The greatest mentor inspires!" –Lucia Ballas TraynorHow do they inspire?Great mentors see brilliant diamonds amid rough cut stones. They can see your potential when you cannot. They believe in you when you don’t believe in yourself.Which type of mentor do you want to be?Below are some resources to enhance your mentoring skills. A certificate is awarded for completing most of the programs.CCTS – Case Studies in MentoringConsists of a series of 9 one-hour sessions on Zoom. The series repeats approximately every ten weeks allowing participants to complete cases that they missed certificate awarded following completion. Further information is available on the Center for Clinical and Translational Science website.Mentoring MattersRun by ELearning and Professional Studies, this course is in the academic instance of Canvas and users can submit a request to be enrolled as students. The URL for the course is https://uab.instructure.com/courses/1572174.
For more information, contact Cheri Hamilton at cdhamilt@uab.edu.Mentoring and Leadership Graduate CertificateRun by UAB Graduate School, the Mentoring and Leadership certificate is designed to provide students with opportunities to build strong mentoring and leadership skills while exploring what it takes to be a mentoring leader. The certificate offers courses in mentoring, leadership, communication skills, and more.
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Recorded Presentations
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Early Career Faculty Trainees
Elizabeth M. Byrd, PhD
Funded Project
Anosognosia for Hemiplegia and Stroke Rehabilitation Outcomes
Dean’s Scholar Award
Loss of awareness is a common phenomenon after acute ischemic stroke, but its effect on stroke rehabilitation outcomes is unclear. Dr. Byrd's funded project aims to explore the relationship between the loss of awareness (anosognosia for hemiplegia) and stroke rehabilitation outcomes.
Michael Daniel, PhD
Funded Project
Green Tea Extract and Duloxetine to Mitigate Painful Oxaliplatin-Induced Peripheral Neuropathy
Intramural Smith Impact Grant—UAB
Mentor: Ellen M. Lavoie Smith, PhD
The primary goal of this pilot study is explore the mitigating and/or preventative effects of green tea extract (GTE) on oxaliplatin-induced peripheral neuropathy (OIPN), as measured by allodynia and an axonal damage biomarker, neurofilament light chain (NfL), in a rat-pain model. To date, there are no known preventative interventions for OIPN, with duloxetine being the only ASCO recommended treatment for certain chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathies. Thus, another goal of this study is to explore the combinatorial effects of GTE and duloxetine on OIPN prevalence and/or severity. It is expected that this study will provide preliminary evidence of a pragmatic, feasible, and cost-effective non-pharmacological intervention that allows for maintenance of chemotherapy dose intensity and optimizes patient outcomes and survival.
Tracey K. Dick, PhD
Funded Project
Introduction of an Innovative Care-Based Delivery Model of Nursing
Clinical Transformation Award
Dr. Dick has been awarded the inaugural Clinical Transformation Award from the School of Nursing as project director for “Introduction of an Innovative Care-Based Delivery Model of Nursing”. The purpose of this project is to improve staff satisfaction, perceived adequacy of unit staffing, intent to leave, satisfaction with teamwork, communication, and delegation skills by implementing an innovative care-based delivery model on one unit at UAB hospital. She also serves as the Research Advisory Subcommittee Chair for the Alabama State Nurses Association which allows her to assist with data analysis and reporting of ASNA survey findings.
Deborah Ejem, PhD
Funded Project
Addressing Communication Challenges Confronting Older African Americans with Multiple Chronic Conditions and their Family Caregivers
NPCRC Kornfeld Scholars Award
Mentors: Marie Bakitas, DNSc Raegan Durant, MD Monica Baskin, PhD Mary Tinetti, MD
The purpose of this study is to adapt the Patient Aligned Decision-Making Program©, a facilitated values elicitation exercise with patients that is then communicated to providers, to African Americans with Multiple Chronic Conditions via qualitative interviews and subsequent pilot testing.
Shena Gazaway, PhD
Funded Project
Determining the Influence of Cultural Values of Black, Rural Caregivers on Decision-making for Seriously Ill Loved Ones
NIH/NINR Diversity Supplement – Parent Grant 5R01NR017181-04
Mentors: Ronit Elk, PhD Marie Bakitas, DNSc
The goals of this supplement are to explore the cultural values, beliefs and attitudes of rural African American family caregiver participants in the parent randomized trial about serious illness, consideration of treatment options, and determine how these factors influence the decision-making goals of care for their loved one.
https://reporter.nih.gov/search/woD7fzyC9kOxDMDKoCr1jQ/project-details/10173904
Rachel Wells, PhD
Funded Project
Optimizing an Early Palliative Care Intervention for Older Adults Living with Advanced Heart Failure
NINR K99/R00 Pathway to Independence Award
Mentors: Marie Bakitas, DNSc Raegan Durant, MD J. Nicholas Odom, PhD
The overall goal during the R00 phase is to conduct an optimization pilot using a 2x2x2x2 factorial design to assess acceptability, feasibility, and potential efficacy of the newly refined early palliative care, lay navigator-led UPHOLDS intervention components on quality of life (primary outcome) at 12- and 24- weeks after baseline. The results will directly support an R01 application to conduct a fully powered optimization trial to test the effects of individual PC intervention components on outcomes of persons with advanced HF.
https://reporter.nih.gov/search/Gxt2Xz50jUueX1nPWZ_TIg/project-details/10386866
Jenni Wise, PhD
Funded Project
The Impact of Environmental and Psychosocial Stressors on Cardiovascular Disease Risk in Women Living with HIV: A Mixed Methods Study
NIH/NHLBI-UAB School of Public Health
Mentor: Mirjam Colette Kempf, PhD
The purpose of this K12 award application is to support the PD to receive the essential training and mentorship necessary to become an independent investigator in the field of HIV and cardiovascular disease (CVD) research.
https://sites.uab.edu/mwccs/2020/10/30/dr-wise-receives-k12-funding-award-from-nhlbi/
Dean’s Scholar Award
The purpose of the Dean’s Scholar Award Program (DSA) annual award program is to support pilot projects in research, innovative educational programs, and/or clinical partnership programs. The DSA is consistent with the School of Nursing (UABSON) mission to enhance nursing scholarship through research, education, and clinical practice.
This funding opportunity is designed to facilitate faculty contributions to the development and advancement of nursing scholarship through research, education, and practice, and/or to foster collaborative interdisciplinary partnerships with scientists and clinicians within UAB, University Hospitals, and the larger health care community.
Pilot and feasibility studies for partnerships with the UAB hospital are encouraged.
Eligibility:
The primary applicant must hold a full-time primary faculty appointment as an Assistant Professor or above in the School of Nursing. The applicant will hold responsibility and accountability for their project if awarded a DSA. Co-applicants may be other UAB faculty, post- doctoral trainees, and/or clinical partners.
- Priority will be given to applicants who demonstrate an innovative approach and the ability to apply for a larger competitive extramural application within six months of the DSA completion.
- Applicants who received a Dean Scholar Award as a PI or Co-PI in the past 5 years are not eligible.
For more information about the DSA program click here.
Awardees 2023-2024
Felesia Bowen, PhD
Funded Project
Everyone Counts Everyday: An Evidence-Based Preceptor Training Intervention to Improve UAB Nurse Anesthesia Student Clinical Experience
Co-Pi: Susan McMullan, PhD
The specific aim of this study is to develop and evaluate an evidence-based intervention to enhance the knowledge of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) concepts among clinical preceptors in the UAB Nurse Anesthesia Pathway (NAP), and to improve the educational experiences of NAP students. Reports of negative interactions in the clinical setting are increasing among students in advanced nursing pathways. Recent literature has illustrated a need for additional training for clinical preceptors teaching and interacting with students, and that continued education highlighting the importance of DEI topics is vital to the success of students. 1-8 To mitigate the effects of the negative experiences reported by NAP students, we will partner with the UAB School of Nursing Office of DEI to develop an evidence-based workshop intervention for NAP clinical preceptors that focuses on unconscious bias, microaggressions, and cultural humility.
Rita Jablonski, PhD
Funded Project
“Care-Resistant Behavior Internet Training for Caregiver Networks (CuRB-IT:CaN)
In the United States, an estimated 11 million family caregivers provide unpaid care to 6 million people living with dementia (PLwD). The dyad model of dementia caregiving is being replaced by informal networks of two plus family caregivers. Two-thirds of caregivers experience care-resistant behaviors (CRBs) Half of family caregivers report engaging in elder abuse and neglect (EAN) behaviors, especially when confronted with CRBs. Aims: 1) to obtain preliminary data about the composition of caregiver networks faced with care-resistant behavior by PLwD in the home; 2) to test the feasibility of providing the CuRB-IT intervention to caregiving networks composed of unpaid family caregivers; and 3) to examine if the intervention improves caregiver coping skills and reduces abuse and neglect behaviors for caregivers in the network. Design: A quasi-experimental design will be used to meet the aims and answer the research questions. This design will allow pre- and post-intervention measurement of coping skills and EAN behaviors, with participants serving as their own controls. Approach: 76 caregivers will be recruited nationally from 24 informal family caregiving networks. They will receive the coaching intervention, 9 1-hour sessions delivered over a 12-week period by a coach. Measures: Participants will complete a demographic instrument, a battery of questionnaires, and 7 days of daily diaries that capture EAN before and after the 12-week intervention. Analysis: Descriptive statistics will describe network member characteristics. Generalized linear mixed models will examine relationships between caregiver characteristics, care-giving related variables, completion of intervention, and EAN behaviors.
Susan McMullan, PhD
Funded Project
Everyone Counts Everyday: An Evidence-Based Preceptor Training Intervention to Improve UAB Nurse Anesthesia Student Clinical Experience
Co-Pi: Felesia Bowen, PhD
The specific aim of this study is to develop and evaluate an evidence-based intervention to enhance the knowledge of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) concepts among clinical preceptors in the UAB Nurse Anesthesia Pathway (NAP), and to improve the educational experiences of NAP students. Reports of negative interactions in the clinical setting are increasing among students in advanced nursing pathways. Recent literature has illustrated a need for additional training for clinical preceptors teaching and interacting with students, and that continued education highlighting the importance of DEI topics is vital to the success of students. 1-8 To mitigate the effects of the negative experiences reported by NAP students, we will partner with the UAB School of Nursing Office of DEI to develop an evidence-based workshop intervention for NAP clinical preceptors that focuses on unconscious bias, microaggressions, and cultural humility.
Allison Shorten, PhD
Funded Project
The Mothers and Infants of Rural Alabama Research (MIRAR) Birth Pilot Study
Skilled childbirth care is critical for improving maternal-infant outcomes. Rural labor and delivery unit (LDU) closures in Alabama have created access gaps or “maternity care deserts,” whereby only 17 of 54 rural counties have hospitals with active LDUs. A retrospective study (2017–2022) of 11 rural northeast Alabama (RNEA) hospitals identified 122 unplanned out of hospital births (UOOHB) resulting in seven neonatal deaths. Understanding determinants of UOOHB in RNEA is essential for reducing maternal-infant morbidity and mortality. This study will increase knowledge about critical health determinants predisposing women in RNEA to UOOHB. Aim 1a: Examine data from patients who experienced UOOHB and attended one of 8 RNEA hospitals during 2017-2022, along with matched controls, to identify contributing factors. Aim 1b: Using survey and interview data from identified mothers, integrated with medical record data analysis, determine social determinants of health (SDoH) associated with UOOHB.
Allison Jones, PhD
Funded Project
“Preparing Emergency Responders to Control Bleeding: The PRESS Study
Uncontrolled hemorrhage remains the primary preventable cause of death following injury. Stop the Bleed® training was introduced in 2015 to disseminate bleeding control education to the lay community. The purpose of this study is to evaluate Stop the Bleed® training outcomes and assess current adoption and implementation practices among emergency responders. We will use an observational, descriptive design with a mixed-methods approach. Participants (N=60) will include emergency responders who completed initial Stop the Bleed® training in the past 6-12 months and will be recruited from Birmingham Fire & Rescue Service (existing clinical partnership), Birmingham Police Department, and the UAB Police Department. Electronic surveys will be used to collect baseline sociodemographic data, bleeding control knowledge, and emergency response experience. On enrollment, participants will demonstrate tourniquet placement to determine rate of accuracy. We will also complete group interviews with emergency responders including those in leadership roles to assess current Stop the Bleed® adoption and implementation practices, including barriers and facilitators, associated costs, access to supplies, and plans for skill maintenance and sustainability of training. Our primary outcome of interest will be level of bleeding control knowledge and rate of tourniquet placement accuracy. We anticipate a decline in bleeding control knowledge and tourniquet placement accuracy with greater time since initial training. Widespread dissemination of Stop the Bleed® training is essential to promote patient survival in the pre-hospital setting. Evaluation of training outcomes and implementation among emergency responders will inform practices in the community setting.
Marti Rice, PhD
Funded Project
“An Exploration of Direct Patient Care Pediatric RN Shortages and Transition to Practice
Pediatric direct care registered nurse (PDCRN) shortages and inability to transition to practice impact the care of pediatric patients. It is unclear what factors influence PDCRN shortages and successful transition to practice. Some factors that may impact successful transition to practice are undergraduate preparation for practice and transition to practice programs. If nursing management or newly graduated PDCRNs do not feel that they are prepared to practice, this could also influence PDCRN shortages in initial hiring and retention. Shortages of PDCRNs could, subsequently, result in fewer graduate level nurses, providers, pediatric nurse scientists, and pediatric nursing faculty.
The purpose of this mixed methods research project is to examine factors that impact PDCRN shortages, transition to practice, and workforce. Using a Design Thinking framework to guide this study, nursing management and newly graduated PDCRNs from three facilities in Alabama will first be surveyed about pediatric workforce shortages and transition to practice. These stakeholders will then be interviewed in separate focus groups to understand their perspectives. Survey data will be analyzed using descriptive statistics and regression analysis. Data from focus groups will be analyzed using an inductive thematic analysis with constant comparative method.
Awardees 2022–2023
Elizabeth Byrd, PhD
Funded Project
Anosognosia for Hemiplegia and Stroke Rehabilitation Outcomes
It is common for those who have suffered a stroke to overestimate their ability to perform activities of daily living. The purpose of this study is to understand the impact of that.
Karen Heaton, PhD
Funded Project
Firefighter Cardiovascular Risk Reduction Using a Kiosk and Telehealth Approach: The Redline Study
Co-PIs: Michele Talley, PhD and Penni Watts, PhD
The purpose of this study is to examine the efficacy and feasibility of using a kiosk and telehealth coaching to optimize hypertension and obesity management among a sample of full-time, paid, career fire fighters.
Jeremy Jordan, PhD
Funded Project
Day-to-Day Pulsatility Index Change in Pediatric Brain Injury: A Proof-of-Concept Study
Co-PIs: Peng Li, PhD, Karin Reuter-Rice, PhD and Nicole O’Brien, MD
The purpose of this study to provide proof-of-concept of a novel biomarker of brain injury using a transcranial doppler ultrasound in children. The results of this study will help clinicians utilize a non-invasive neuromonitor to help in the diagnosis, management and prognostication in pediatric neurologic injury.
Peng Li, PhD
Funded Project
Day-to-Day Pulsatility Index Change in Pediatric Brain Injury: A Proof-of-Concept Study
Co-PIs: Jeremy Jordan, PhD, Karin Reuter-Rice, PhD and Nicole O’Brien, MD
The purpose of this study to provide proof-of-concept of a novel biomarker of brain injury using a transcranial doppler ultrasound in children. The results of this study will help clinicians utilize a non-invasive neuromonitor to help in the diagnosis, management, and prognostication in pediatric neurologic injury.
Michele Talley, PhD
Funded Project
Firefighter Cardiovascular Risk Reduction Using a Kiosk and Telehealth Approach: The Redline Study
Co-PIs: Karen Heaton, PhD and Penni Watts, PhD
The purpose of this study is to examine the efficacy and feasibility of using a kiosk and telehealth coaching to optimize hypertension and obesity management among a sample of full-time, paid, career fire fighters.
Penni Watts, PhD
Funded Project
Firefighter Cardiovascular Risk Reduction Using a Kiosk and Telehealth Approach: The Redline Study
Co-PIs: Karen Heaton, PhD and Michele Talley, PhD
The purpose of this study is to examine the efficacy and feasibility of using a kiosk and telehealth coaching to optimize hypertension and obesity management among a sample of full-time, paid, career fire fighters.
Christina Wilson, PhD
Funded Project
Identification of Knowledge & Needs to Reduce Anxiety and Pain and Improve Dilator Usage
The purpose of this study is to identify the content to use in an educational video as part of a multi-component educational intervention to improve dilator usage in patients with cervical cancer. A content analysis of the semi-structured interview transcripts will be conducted using a deductive analytic approach to identify the most common topics to address within the video.
Awardees 2021–2022
Pamela Bowen, PhD
Funded Project
Pa2TH (Providing Physical Activity Access through Healthcare)
Co-PI: Stephanie Hammond, DNP
This project will address previous gaps related to the need for clinic-based physical activity (PA) interventions that examines the impact of the “Exercise is Medicine” initiative for increasing healthcare providers’ (HCP) PA self-efficacy for PA discussions, promoting self-regulation of PA among vulnerable populations, and increasing and sustaining long-term PA outcomes behaviors
Deborah Ejem, PhD
Funded Project
Exploring spiritual concerns, needs, and resources in outpatient care: A case for spiritual care as a core service in facilities serving under-resourced patients
This study expands on prior work that African America heart failure patients and family caregivers expressed the importance of their spiritual beliefs in coping with illness; and viewed prayer as a way for participants to release the emotional burden of illness. Data from this exploratory study will be directly used to develop and pilot test a small-scale intervention to be submitted for a National Institute of Minority Health and Health Disparities
Benjamin Galatzan, PhD
Funded Project
A Pilot Study to Examine the Hand-Off Communication Content in Specialty Nursing Units
The purpose of this pilot study is to determine the feasibility of the data collection techniques and the within-methods triangulation data analyses to examine the contextual and linguistic meaning of the nursing hand-offs about patients who have experienced a clinical event.
Sarah Gallups, PhD
Funded Project
Formative Evaluation Informing the Development of a Communication-Enhanced Oncology Patient Navigation Capacity Program
This study’s purpose is to better understand the essential elements of a capacity building program for oncology patient navigators on interpersonal communication among key stakeholders (patients, caregivers, oncology patient navigators, patient navigator supervisors/administrators, oncology providers
Shena Gazaway, PhD
Funded Project
Developing a Collaborative Community Intervention to Train Chronic Kidney Disease Family Caregivers in providing Decision Support
The purpose of this study is to explore the needs, challenges, and experiences of chronic kidney disease patients and their caregivers facing health-related decisions and to elicit their feedback on the format, content and delivery of tentative intervention components based on the Ottawa Decision Support Framework.
Stephanie Hammond, DNP
Funded Project
Pa2TH (Providing Physical Activity Access through Healthcare)
Co-PI: Pamela Bowen, PhD
This project will address previous gaps related to the need for clinic-based physical activity (PA) interventions that examines the impact of the “Exercise is Medicine” initiative for increasing healthcare providers’ (HCP) PA self-efficacy for PA discussions, promoting self-regulation of PA among vulnerable populations, and increasing and sustaining long-term PA outcomes behaviors
Sigrid Ladores, PhD
Funded Project
Program Evaluation: A Focus on PhD Student Recruitment Strategies
Co-PI: Nancy Wingo, PhD
This project will evaluate UABSON strategies to recruit PhD students, identify program strengths/weaknesses, and inform next steps to optimize student recruitment, retention, and support.
Nancy Wingo, PhD
Funded Project
Program Evaluation: A Focus on PhD Student Recruitment Strategies
Co-PI: Sigrid Ladores, PhD
This project will evaluate UABSON strategies to recruit PhD students, identify program strengths/weaknesses, and inform next steps to optimize student recruitment, retention, and support.
Awardees 2020–2021
Gwendolyn Childs, PhD
Funded Project
Evaluation of the RN BSN and ADN Joint Enrollment Pathway
The purpose of the project is to evaluate the UABNCCP JEP to determine progress toward elimination of barriers to BSN education, achievement of program goals, and short-term impact of the program.
Jessica Corcoran, PhD
Funded Project
Exploring Adolescent Healthcare Providers’ Sexual Health Discussions and STI Screening Practices
The purpose of this pilot study is to examine adolescent healthcare providers’ knowledge, practices, experiences, and attitudes surrounding sexual health discussions and STI screening at routine well-child visits. This pilot study will inform the development of a larger study to develop and test an intervention to increase healthcare providers’ sexual health discussions with adolescents and improve STI screening rates.
Katherine Dudding, PhD
Funded Project
Improving Patient to Nurse Communication through Early Detection of Pain in the Neonate
The purpose of this study is to create a learned data model using data collected through electronic sensors and monitors and a psychometric valid pain scale. The physiological and behavioral indicators of pain in the neonate will be annotated and categorized based on the agreement of two research nurses’ perceptions of videoed neonates experiencing pain and non-pain events. The categorizations will be further validated by using the scale to assign a pain score and as a measure of pain intensity. Once the categorizations are created, a cross validation framework will be used to statistically and concurrently validate the categorizations to generalize to a learned data model to develop and build an automated, real-time, and reliable pain assessment algorithm to improve patient outcomes.
Frank Puga, PhD
Funded Project
Suicidal Ideation Among Dementia Caregivers
The purpose of the project is to examine the experiences of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias caregivers to identify risk and protective factors that increase or decrease the daily odds of suicidal ideation.
Awardees 2019–2020
Leigh Ann Bray, PhD
An Exploration of Paths to Motherhood among Women with Cystic Fibrosis
Katherine Dudding, PhD
Improving Patient to Nurse Communication Through Early Detection of Pain in the Neonate
Tedra Smith, DNP
A Distance Accessible Education Model for Continuing EducationAwardees 2018–2019
Edwin Aroke, PhD
A Pilot Study of Epigenetic Changes in Chronic Low Back Pain
Bryan Wilbanks, PhD
Comparing the Effectiveness of Video-facilitated Self-reflection and Faculty Led Debriefing on Anesthesia Students’ Clinical Performance Indicators and Satisfaction During High Fidelity Simulations