Sustainable Scholarship

BSN students present at eighth annual UAB Expo

April 22, 2015
Print
Email

Ninety-four BSN students in the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) School of Nursing recently joined other UAB undergraduates from across campus at the Eighth Annual UAB Undergraduate Research Expo on April 10, 2015 to present results from their independent research projects.

Three groups of students from the School earned awards from Expo organizers for their presentations:

• Meghan Pattison, Deandra Randaw, Steven Ingram, and Audrey Vickers for their poster presentation, "Beads for Better Bodies" (advisor: Laura Debiasi, DNP, MSN, MPH, CRNP)

• JaLynda Edwards, Nick Schilling, Kami Glass for their poster presentation, "Health Promotion for the UAB Primary Care Clinic at the Foundry" (advisors: Cindy Grimes-Robison PhD, RN, FNP; Cindy Selleck PhD, RN, FNP, FAAN; and Kim Davey, PhD(c), MBA, MA)

• Emily Bray, Sara Kimbrell, Ciera Ingram, for their poster presentation, "Cultivating Cultural Competence: A Breast Health Program for Latinas" (advisors: Jennifer Bail, BSN, RN; Timiya Nolan, MSN, ANP-BC, CRNP, Silvia Camata, RN, MPH; and Karen Meneses, PhD, RN, FAAN)

The nursing students' presentations were inspired by their experiences in the "Concepts of Community Health Nursing" course. The course focuses on the nurse's role in the community and 29 of the school's 30 partner agencies are in Jefferson, Hale and Tuscaloosa county.

Students were responsible for conducting a community assessment for the agency in which they are placed to determine the agency's needs. Based on the assessment data and input from the partner agency, the students then planned and implemented expo2

a Community Impact Project.

The following UAB School of Nursing faculty and staff served as advisors for students for the successful completion of their
projects: Cathy Boardman, MSN, RN; Laura Debiasi, DNP, MSN, MPH, CRNP; Veranda K. Melton, MSN, RN, ALA; Sherita Etheridge, MSN, CRNP, CPNP-PC; Sallie Shipman, EdD, RN, CNL; Shannon Polson, MSW, LCSW, PIP, MSN, RN, CNL; Melanie Gibbons Hallman, DNP,CRNP, CEN; and Cindy Grimes-Robison, PhD, RN, FNP.

Overall, more than 300 UAB undergraduate students made more than 200 presentations at the annual Expo. The categories included arts and humanities; biological, life, and physical sciences; business, financial, and international studies; social, behavioral and health sciences; and service learning.

Tagged under

Research with purpose
The School is inspiring innovative and sustainable scholarship across all missions
Research shows how social media use affects nurses’ career decisions
Article addresses how nurse leaders can use social media for recruitment, retention
Leadership changes announced for ORS
Ellen M. Lavoie Smith named Interim Associate Dean for the Office of Research and Scholarship
Harris named FNINR Ambassador
Advocating for continued funding to conduct advanced research
Gazaway named LEAP Fellow
APA Fellowship provides mentoring and leadership development for early career researchers
UABSON research team receives SNRS award
Recognized for leadership in nursing research
Patrician tapped to co-lead ANA Magnet Model criteria update
Goal is to enhance model to reflect current standards for nursing practice in hospitals
Odom co-authors ACS caregiver services guide
American Cancer Society toolkit provides resources for health care providers to develop caregiver clinical services
School highly ranked for NIH research funding
With annual total of $10 million, UABSON is in top 5 among public nursing schools
UABSON team receives article of the year award
Awarded by the American College of Healthcare Executives
Bakitas receives AAHPM award
The State of the Science in Palliative Care Research Mentoring Award recognizes necessity of research mentorship
Odom named HPNA Distinguished Nursing Researcher
The HPNA Distinguished Nursing Researcher Award recognizes longevity and consistency in research
Best-practice personalized program for birth options after cesarean
Shorten and collaborators’ work published in The Lancet
Wells, Gazaway awarded Rita and Alex Hillman Foundation grant
Employing non-pharmacologic pain interventions for patients with advanced heart failure
WE CARE grant expands to help UABSON students, faculty and staff
Social worker and psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner will provide support, resources
Grant piloting palliative care education in Caribbean
Edwards partnering on diploma initiative to help providers better serve people with life-limiting illnesses
Bowen receives grant to study exercise, brain health connection
Study will look at healthy lifestyle practices to improve cognitive function
Gazaway receives K23 career development award
Provides mentored patient-oriented research experience
HRSA grant addresses childhood obesity
Felesia Bowen awarded grant to help reduce childhood obesity and establish culturally relevant health practices
O’Neal receives HRSA faculty development award
Supporting career development of junior faculty in geriatrics
Chapman Lambert named Moore Fellow
Betty Irene Moore Fellowship is developing the next generation of nurse leaders and innovators
Wheeler receives five-year, $3.3M R01
Research focuses on the psychosocial and biological drivers of cognitive impairment in women with HIV
Kempf part of $15M grant to study HIV acquisition among women
Mirjam-Colette Kempf is CO-PI on study looking at factors associated with HIV vulnerability among women
Bowen named FNINR ambassador
Advocating for continued funding to conduct advanced research
$3M from NIOSH, HRSA supporting doctoral students
Heaton leading effort to fund up to ten PhD, DNP focused on occupational health quality improvement and research, and for nurses to become faculty
UAB is No. 2 public nursing school for NIH funding
With annual total of $9.4 million, School is No. 5 overall
Fogger co-edits addictions nursing resource
New edition of scope and standards provides legislative, practice updates
Weaver receives national scholarship
Nurses Educational Funds scholarship supports continued education and research
Aroke receives FNINR Protégé Award
Recognizes Aroke’s early career research excellence
Wilson receives New Investigator Award
Funding will advance gynecologic cancer research
Gazaway awarded PCRC pilot grant
Study will help evaluate palliative care decisions
PhD student receives NIH R36 grant
Pamela Jackson to study chronic low back pain, racial disparities in dissertation
Aroke recognized for research excellence
NIH Pain Consortium presents Aroke with Mitchell Max Award for Research Excellence
Puga receives five-year, $3.1M R01
Research focuses on mental health, experiences of Hispanic, Latino/a caregivers
Sullivan receives DRIVEN microgrant
Funding will support additional training for postdoctoral scholar
Addressing racism in pain research
Aroke and collaborators publish call to action regarding racism in pain research
$100K grant funds COVID impact research
Wheeler to study neuropsychological effects of COVID
Filling gaps in mental health research
Grant will fund study of mental health experiences for underrepresented populations with cancer
Podcast highlights nursing workforce challenges
Researchers, faculty discuss ASNA survey findings, next steps
$2.3M HRSA grant promotes nurse well-being
WE CARE program provides resiliency and mental health resources
School ranks No. 6 in nation for NIH funding
With annual total of nearly $8.4 million in NIH research funding, School is No. 2 among public nursing schools
Addressing racism in environmental health
Felesia Bowen discusses the need to include racism as a factor
Bowen’s paper addresses toxic stress, care
Schema includes guidance to diagnose, manage stressors for children
Wells is health disparities scholar
Rachel Wells earns spot in UAB MHRC Health Disparities Research Education Award Certificate Program
Wise studying social determinants, HIV

NIH grant looks at impact of SDOH on hypertension, diabetes, dyslipidemia in those living with HIV
Ellen Smith joins faculty

Named Marie O’Koren Endowed Chair in Nursing and Associate Dean for Research and Scholarship
Aroke’s publications win ASPAN awards

Receives first, second place Hanna journalism award
Dionne-Odom receives $3.6M R01

Research supporting intervention to improve health care decision making education for caregivers supporting individuals with cancer
$1.8M grant supports behavioral health

Training grant educating nurses, social workers, medical residents
PhD student receives NIOSH grant

Paula Levi to study stress, heart rate variability in ICU nurses
Aroke receives $1.7M NIH grant

Will study racial differences in chronic low back pain
Aroke is AANA Researcher of the Year

Honored with 2021 American Association of Nurse Anesthetists Foundation’s John F. Garde Researcher of the Year Award
Pickering receives fourth R01, $3M grant

Funding totaling more than $11M studying how to create best possible health outcomes and care for individuals with Alzheimer’s Disease and related dementias and their caregivers
Smith is delivering 30th Kelley lecture

Lecture by chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy expert scheduled for June 10
Postdoc Wells receives K99/R00 grant

Pathway Independence Award from NIH enables continued preparation as post-doc, transition to independent, tenure-track position
Jordan receives grant from ALN

PhD student, instructor awarded Alabama League for Nursing scholarship
Patrician receives TriService research grant

Will compare impact of nursing on military and civilian hospital patient experiences
NIH research ranking rises to No. 11
UAB School of Nursing ranked 11^th overall among U.S. Schools of Nursing in National Institutes of Health funding, according to Blue Ridge Institute for Medical Research
Dionne-Odom named Sojourns Scholar

Leadership program through Cambia Health Foundation includes $180,000 grant to support palliative care research and project
Growing School's research portfolio

UAB School of Nursing promotes research and scholarship across nursing education and practice
Cystic fibrosis research recognized at conference

The top three abstracts in nursing at the North American Cystic Fibrosis Conference from UAB School of Nursing
Dionne-Odom joins SON-led HIV/AIDS study

Dr. Jodie Dionne-Odom appointed co-PI of MACS/WHIS cohort study, several new staff also added
$1.5M grant improving mental health

HRSA funding supports behavioral health integration at School’s two-nurse managed clinics
Dionne-Odom receives FNINR Protégé Award

FNINR recognizes assistant professor for early career success
Faculty create neonatal research, scholarship group

Neonatal Scholars Interest Group to support collaboration, research and teaching
University-wide recognition for nursing-led palliative care research center
Center for Palliative and Supportive Care is first UAB University Wide Research Center with School of Nursing at the helm
Wheeler receives Nightingale Award from MS nurses

International Organization of Multiple Sclerosis Nurses honors Yolanda Wheeler for impact on patients, families
Understanding causes, sustained racial disparities in pain

Understanding causes, sustained racial disparities in pain
$3.2M grant studying lay-led intervention for underserved palliative care access

Dionne-Odom receives five-year R37 to assess effectiveness of a lay navigator-led, community-based palliative care intervention for rural and African-American family caregivers in the Southea
$2.87 million grant studying varying presentation of behavioral symptoms in dementia

Environmental, personal and disease related factors contribute to behavioral symptoms of patients with Alzheimer’s and dementia symptoms, but presentation varies significantly between patients
Dionne-Odom is inaugural Moore Fellow

Three-year, $450,000 grant as part of Betty Irene Moore Fellowship for Nurse Leaders and Innovators to fund caregiver support incubator
Wilbanks receives grant from AANA

Bryan Wilbanks awarded $5,221 grant from American Association of Nurse Anesthetists to study patient safety and outcomes
Jason Farley virtual lecture draws hundreds

Offers insight into infectious disease, COVID-19, ongoing research as part of first online Jean Kelley Lecture
School again highly ranked for NIH funding

8th among public schools of nursing in academic health systems
Social distancing is a luxury not everyone can afford
Income, working conditions and health disparities contribute to disproportionate rates of infection, death in minority populations
Jason Farley to deliver 29th Dr. Jean A. Kelley Lecture

Farley is an infectious disease trained nurse epidemiologist and nurse practitioner
Edwards receives grant for palliative care research

Assistant Professor Rebecca Edwards continuing dissertation research with American
Dionne-Odom study in JAMA looks at support for family caregivers

Discusses impact of telehealth palliative care intervention on caregiver quality of life Category: Sustainable Scholarship
White and Wilbanks papers receive AMIA recognition

American Medical Informatics Association Nursing Informatics Working Group names papers among those recommended that contributed to the science of nursing informatics
Jablonski named visionary, innovator in geriatric nursing

Among 55 honored by Geriatric Nursing for significant impact on specialty
Palliative care on the front lines in Washington
DNP alumnus Darrell Owens discusses role, importance of palliative care during pandemic
Faculty lead heart failure guidelines

Shirey and White-Williams co-author AHA statement on social determinants of health and heart failure
PhD student receives T32 fellowship

Shameka Rodgers Phillips is first nurse to receive fellowship from UAB Nutrition and Obesity Research Center
Wells gets palliative care grant

Post-doc studying interventions’ impact on heart failure caregivers, quality of life
Nichols presents at AACN conference

Discusses contemporary initiatives, innovative solutions
Wells receives postdoc appointment

Graduate to continue training through T32 grant funding
Polancich is on National Quality Forum

Polancich to serve on Data Quality Technical Expert Panel
Student publishes in journal

Article by PhD student discusses random drug screening in nursing profession in Workplace Health & Safety
DNP student wins grad school competition

Nursing student recognized in graduate-level Three Minute Thesis competition, will continue to next level.
Faculty contribute to textbook

Multiple faculty contribute to 10th commemorative edition of Public Health Nursing textbook
Supporting undergraduate research

Wingo gives keynote speech at Undergraduate Research Fall Expo
Innovation in faculty development

Collaboration between UAB School of Nursing faculty advances scholarship, education
Faculty recognized by JANAC

Contributions to AIDS Care research recognized nationally
Miltner honored by QSEN, VAQS

Recognized for achievements in health care quality improvement, patient safety
PhD student receives F31 grant

NIH grant to support Stockdill’s continued doctoral study in palliative care
Ending obesity in African Americans

Pam Bowen receives $50,000 pilot grant to study Fitbit use to increase physical activity, improve lifestyle behaviors to improve health of African American women
PhD student presents at ASNA

Caitlin Campbell detailed her work on nursing work environment for Alabama State Nurses’ Association at annual meeting
Aroke named NIH research scholar

Attends National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD) summer research institute as 2019 Health Disparities Research Institute Scholar
$2.8M grant advancing addiction care

HRSA grant supports additional training for primary care NPs to screen, treat, refer individuals in rural, underserved areas
$1.13M HRSA grant combats opioid crisis

Partners nursing, social work to create interprofessional care providers for opioid use disorder
Currie wins HPNA poster award

Research on neonatal ICU palliative care access in minority and rural deep south populations honored at Annual Assembly of Hospice and Palliative Care Nurses
Kempf receives $16M NIH grant

Healthy aging among individuals living with HIV focus of study
Shirey named to endowed professorship
Professorship established for a faculty member who exhibits Nightingale’s essence and whose work focuses on building access to quality health care
Ladores recognized by Philippine Nurses
Associate Professor Sigrid Ladores receives 2019 Nursing Excellence Award from the Philippine Nurses Association of America.
NIH Funding Increases, School ranks 14th
UAB School of Nursing increased its NIH funding for fiscal year 2018 and maintains its 14th ranking by the Blue Ridge Institute
NIH grant studying cognitive aging in African Americans
Wheeler developing tailored educational information and activities to encourage healthy behaviors to promote healthy cognitive aging.
PhD student receives award for research poster

Kristin Ashley presents, receives poster award at the AAOHN National Conference.
NIH grant examining fertility preservation counseling for women with cystic fibrosis

Ladores focusing on understudied area with goal of developing clinical practice guidelines for fertility preservation conversations across transplant population
Workshop supports faculty scholarship

The Writing Envelope workshop provides innovative space for scholarly writing.
Meneses receives posthumous lifetime achievement award from ONS

Recognized for contributions and service to ONS, dedication and compassionate work as nurse oncologist
First-year PhD student wins oncology scholarship

Hendricks awarded Oncology Nursing Foundation Doctoral Research Scholarship
Shirey is AONE Nurse Researcher of the Year
Shirey recognized for contribution to nursing research
PhD student receives inaugural ALN scholarship
Corey Lofton is first Alabama League of Nursing doctoral level scholarship recipient
Turkman receives NPCRC grant
With an NPCRC grant, assistant professor to create a culturally-adapted palliative care program.
Wells presents palliative care conference

Third-year student Wells presents research findings at national palliative care symposium
Bakitas receives national honor

Marie Bakitas received the American Cancer Society Pathfinder in Palliative Care award for 2018.
Second-year PhD student wins research award

Wells wins competition at American Association of Heart Failure Nurses meeting
Graduate student support reaches $4.6 million
School of Nursing once again sees increase in funding to support graduate students, reaching $4.6 million.
Neonatal NP and PhD students earn scholarships

Graduate students Markwell and Wells earn academic scholarships from state nursing association
Two receive RWJF funding

Two PhD students funded through Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Future of Nursing Scholars Program
$2.8M grant will establish primary care RN workforce
Project focuses on medically underserved areas and includes building and educating undergraduate students, practicing RNs in team-focused primary care
Investigating epigenetics in chronic low back pain
Assistant Professor Edwin Aroke receives AANA Foundation research award
Argade, Polson named Alabama Schweitzer Fellows
Students selected for prestigious fellowship focused on impacting health disparities
BSN students earn research award
Leake and Morris awarded third place in research expo
PhD students support nursing workforce
Anusiewicz and Prapanjaroensin earn scholarships to improve nursing practice
Second-year PhD student presents nationally
Carter presents on substance use disorder at occupational health meeting
PhD student awarded ACS scholarship
Sullivan earns scholarship to support research to enhance pediatric oncology nursing in resource-limited countries, hospitals
PhD student receives oncology scholarship
Rebecca Edwards, also a faculty member, will use funds from Oncology Nursing Society to begin crafting research proposal on palliative care in the Caribbean
Second-year PhD student earns prestigious scholarship
PhD student Wells honored by Heart Failure Nurses
Jablonski improving quality of care
$1.7 million grant providing oral hygiene training for nursing home staff to improve care for patients with cognitive issues
Faculty, students present at pediatric conference
Jordan and Waddell selected from a competitive pool of national experts on pediatric health care, presented an educational session on pediatric sepsis
27th Annual Dr. Jean A. Kelley Lecture is June 4
Elaine Larson, a pioneer in infection prevention, antimicrobial resistance and hand hygiene delivering keynote address, “One Nurse’s Journey: Bridges to the Future with Interdisciplinary Teams”
First-year PhD student earns national honors
Stockdill honored by Hospice and Palliative Nurses Foundation, Heart Failure Society of America
Prevent, spot signs of and report child abuse
April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month
School ranks 14th nationally in NIH funding
2017 ranking represents 9 spot jump, up from 23rd in 2016
Wheeler leading pediatric MS cognition research
Only nurse on committee overseeing Network of Pediatric Multiple Sclerosis Centers national project
Vo tapped for NCI Fellowship
Vo first from School selected, will study heart disease, breast cancer link
Wells transforming heart failure care
Awards support PhD student in her development as early career nurse scientist
Combs examining truck driver health
Manuscript exploring shoulder injuries in long-haul truck drivers earns national writing award
Recognizing, preventing child abuse
Faculty contribute to Child Abuse Quick Reference field guide for health care providers
Two earn ACS doctoral degree support
PhD students Cherven, Vo each receive $30,000 ACS Cancer Nursing scholarships
Currie receives NPCRC research award
Two-year, $154,000 grant studying pediatric palliative care needs in the Deep South
Ladores chosen for NIH training course
One of 50 worldwide invited to NIH National Human Genome Research Institute Short Course in Genomics
PhD students named RWJF Scholars
Third straight group from School receives three-year RWJF funding commitment, matching scholarships
Kempf tapped to lead NIH HIV study
Named primary site investigator for women-focused research, gets additional funding to extend study
Wilbanks honored by AANA Foundation
Work with Closed Claims Research Team earns him Researcher of the Year Award
Excellence in oncology nursing
Three students receive ONS Foundation scholarships to transform cancer care
Graduate student support tops $4 million
Grant to prepare advanced practice nurses to provide primary care for rural and medically underserved populations
Student earns AL-HAC scholarship
Wehunt one of nine statewide to receive 2017 Graduate Nursing Award
Doctoral student tops in research
Bray's presentations, networking at SNRS highlights "incredible" learning opportunity
Touching lives through telehealth
White impacting outcomes for ostomy patients with online post-operative visits
What impacts hospice decision?
PhD student Gordon receives two grants to study end-of-life care choice in African American families
Improving sickle cell outcomes
PhD candidate Pack-Mabien receives grant to study care transition for sickle cell patients
School ranks 23rd nationally in NIH research funding
Jumped 11 spots from 2015 ranking, boasting nearly $2.2 million from NIH in 2016
Vance receives R21 grant from NINR for HIV-Associated Neurocognitive Disorder research
Funding supports development of interventions, treatments to improve everyday functioning, quality of life for older adults with HIV-related cognition problems
Kirkendoll honored by Chi Eta Phi Sorority
UAB School of Nursing PhD student is first recipient of group's Dr. Dorothy Coverson Grant
Jablonski receives 2016 PREP Pilot Award
Honor from UAB Center for Palliative and Supportive Care caps fulfilling year for associate professor
Cherven, Wells chosen 2016 RWJF Future of Nursing Scholars
PhD students will receive $150,000 in funding over next three years as they work towards their doctorates
Recent graduate receives National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences funding
Dr. Jeannie Rodriguez is co-investigator on effort to understand why African-American women experience a higher rate of preterm birth than Caucasian women
Breast Cancer Awareness Month a time of heartache, hope for PhD student
Loss of her mother to breast cancer sparked Bail's desire to help others through nursing research
Vo relishes "incredible" experience at RWJF Summer Institute
Gathering of nation's top PhD students provides welcomed opportunity for receiving critical feedback, networking
Dionne-Odom films video for American Society of Clinical Oncology
Postdoctoral Fellow expounds on his scholarly work "Expanding Endpoints in Oncology Palliative Care to Include Family Caregivers"
Shipman article selected by The Journal of Continuing Education in Nursing for Innovation Award
Publication, co-authored by fellow UAB School of Nursing faculty and alumna, offers innovative approaches to nursing education that can significantly impact disaster responses
UAB School of Nursing secures more than $5.15 million for student support and innovative clinical training programs
Crucial funding ensures the best and brightest nurses continue advanced nursing studies
Assistant Professor Gakumo attends 2016 Butler-Williams Scholars Program
School of Nursing faculty one of 55 nationwide selected for prestigious NIH/NIA program for investigators new to the field of aging research
Strider receives American Cancer Society Graduate Scholarship in Cancer Nursing Practice
MSN student is recipient of two-year, $20,000 award
PhD student Lowe receives scholarships from NBNA, HPNF
Birmingham VA Medical Center Nurse Educator wants to complete her doctoral studies, become a full-time professor
UAB School of Nursing awarded nearly $3 million in HRSA grants
PATH Clinic, Heart Failure Clinic, residents of rural Alabama areas will benefit from Federal agency's focus on improving health equality
Patrician, Swiger receive prestigious TriService Nursing Research Program grants
Funding will help mentor, mentee continue research into various aspects of military nursing
PhD student Gray receives Sigma Theta Tau International scholarship
Award will help further her research into sleep issues in children with neurodevelopmental problems
Hunt earns ALANA scholarship
Nurse Anesthesia student receives one of two Alabama Association of Nurse Anesthetists scholarships in the state
Post-doc receives five-year, $935,000 K-99/R00 from NINR
Dionne-Odom developing health-coaching program for caregivers of persons with advanced cancer
PhD student Bail receives coveted ACS award
Goal of research project is to guide development of future cognitive interventions for breast cancer survivors
Post-Doctoral Scholar Ejem to explore link between spirituality, health care
NINR diversity supplement will fund study of religion, relationships among African American heart-failure patients, their caregivers and their clinicians
PhD students Bahorski, Soistmann named 2016 Ireland Research Travel Award winners
Support from UAB Graduate School provides 'elite educational experiences that enrich not only students, but UAB as a whole'
Bowen receives grant for health policy research
Pilot project will study promoting physical activity among African Americans
UAB School of Nursing PhD students Bray, Mumbower and Pavicevic named 2016 Jonas Scholars
Prestigious program continues effort to increase number of doctorally prepared faculty, nurse leaders nationwide
Professor David Vance awarded five-year, $2.86-million R01 grant by NIMH
Study will look at speed of processing training to improve cognitive functioning, quality of life for middle-aged and older adults with HIV
Talley studying effects of Community Health Advisors on diabetes care
Role of mentors, coaches as part of the process is focus of $30,000 grant
UAB School of Nursing Board of Visitors uses year-end meeting to say 'thank you'
Acknowledges significant contributions from four special members
Moss, colleagues develop competencies to help new nurses better respond to Veterans' needs
Veterans come with unique backgrounds and needs, and it is imperative that nurses are adequately prepared to care for Veteran patients and their families
Alumna Katherine Pearson receives SINI Sharon Coleman Memorial Award
Alumna attributes her success to mentor Dr. Jacqueline Moss, who played a tremendous role in helping her find this path
Wilbanks receives two AANA fellowship awards
Palmer Carrier, CNA Insurance doctoral fellowships provide $10,000 in education support
Post-Doctoral Fellow Nicholas Dionne-Odom named UAB “Most Esteemed” Postdoc of the Year
Recognized for his willingness to help other students and his outstanding publication and presentation record
Bowen to test text messaging as a tool to make older African Americans more active
Increased use of mobile technology at the heart of $10,000 RCMAR Pilot Grant
Study will look at social support, intuitive eating impact on older African-American men with type 2 diabetes
Award given to an early career scientist who is focusing on minority aging and health disparities in the African-American population
Morrison studying impact of ketogenic diet on cognition in older adults with HIV
Exploring the neurocognitive, inflammatory and cardiometabolic effects of a ketogenic diet in medically stable, older persons living with HIV who have mild to moderate neurocognitive impairment
Telemedicine: Removing barriers for rural women with HIV
Pilot study is using telemedicine to provide mental health counseling to women who cannot readily access mental health care
Student's doctoral research is U.S. Army's patient CaringTouch system
Swiger's work was inspired by the teamwork she saw when she was in Baghdad, Iraq, as part of a Deployed Combat Casualty Research Team
November 17, Patrician and Gamble presenting seminar on nurses and shift work
Their talk "Cognition and Vigilance in Shift-Working Nurses," is an offshoot of their collaborative research into staffing night shifts with workers who are genetically best suited to work during the overnight hours
Navigating the holidays can be difficult for those with dementia and their families
Internationally renowned UAB School of Nursing dementia expert Dr. Rita Jablonski-Jaudon offers tips to make holidays enjoyable for both patients and families
Cystic fibrosis fertility research 'very personal' for Sigrid Ladores
Research into cystic fibrosis fertility rates a passion for UAB School of Nursing assistant professor
Two PhD Students Selected for Prestigious Award
The two are among 46 nurses around the country to receive a prestigious Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Future of Nursing Scholars program award this year
Marie Bakitas wins 2015 FNINR Path-Paver Award
Internationally known as an innovative pioneer, leader and scientist for high-impact research in pain management and palliative care
Three PhD students awarded Komen training grants
Scholars receive financial, educational support to pursue training in cancer disparities research, mentoring from preeminent researchers including Karen Meneses
PhD candidate Natalie Wilson receives JANAC Article of the Year award
UAB School of Nursing PhD student receives Article of the Year award from the Journal of the Association of Nurses in Aids Care
School awarded prestigious Komen traineeship
Provides pre-doctoral scholars with financial support and career development skills building in breast cancer survivorship
New online resources for Alabama young breast cancer survivors
Site provides information and resources for women under 45, including fertility decisions, family, financial and career implications.
Dionne-Odom receives NPCRC Junior Faculty Career Development Award
Award provides for the development of a culturally relevant intervention to help family caregivers of patients with advanced cancer in the rural south
PhD student receives prestigious American Cancer Society scholarship
The award provides Timiya Nolan with support as she enters the dissertation phase of her studies
BSN students present at eighth annual UAB Expo
Community Health Nursing students detail experiences with School's partner agencies and findings on nurses' role in the community
Honors students partner with YBCSN, Think Well for preceptorship
Three fifth semester honors students use undergraduate research experience to help empower Latina women about breast cancer, culturally sensitive health education
PhD student Bryan Wilbanks receives AANA fellowship
American Association of Nurse Anesthetists names PhD student to prestigious fellowship
PhD student impacting nursing informatics
Bryan Wilbanks' research, part of his dissertation work, is changing the course of perioperative informatics, published in peer-reviewed journal
April 18, School hosting YBCSN Workshop
Breast cancer risk and genetics, families, relationships are topics at the third Young Breast Cancer Survivors Network workshop in Birmingham
Ladores accepted to CCTS training program

Ladores, a pediatric nurse practitioner, investigates reproductive health concerns in adolescents and young adults with chronic illness
UAB School of Nursing receives $3.5M NIH grant
Marie Bakitas’ study will determine if palliative care results in better quality of life for advanced heart failure patients, caregivers
Comfort Enah featured on NPR’s All Things Considered
Discussing building a role-playing game that simulates the challenges of modern teen life to help slow the HIV epidemic among adolescents in the rural South
PhD student earns top award at Aging Meeting
Shameka Humphrey garners accolades for poster at Comprehensive Center for Healthy Aging Annual Symposium
PhD candidate Johnson receives travel grant
PhD candidate Ann H. Johnson has received a $1000 Ireland Research Travel Award for her dissertation
Eye-opening research
Rosetta Norman never thought she would end up with a passion for research or taking care of adults. The second-semester BSN student plans to be a NICU nurse once she graduates, but joining a faculty member’s research team has opened her eyes to more career possibilities and might just change her mind about the age of her patients.
Life-saving research
Dr. June Cho dreams of giving preemies a better start. It is well known that testosterone is the primary hormone that increases bone and muscle mass as males grow. But could the very thing that strengthens boys during adolescence also be responsible for weakening them during infancy?
Improving health, removing barriers
Two UAB School of Nursing faculty members have been selected by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation as 2014 Scholars and Fellows. C. Ann Gakumo, PhD, RN, has been named an RWJF Nurse Faculty Scholar and Joy P. Deupree, PhD, MSN, APRN-BC, has been named an RWJF Executive Nurse Fellow.
Jukkala receives research award
Barkley Award comes from UAB MHRC
Deupree Selected for Highly Competitive National Nurse Fellowship
Her ultimate goal is to reduce practice barriers for nurse practitioners
Meneses named inaugural FNINR Ambassador
Meneses will promote awareness of FNINR, research priorities
Meneses Receives Grant for Cancer Survivorship Project
A two-year, $150,000 grant from the Women's Breast Health Fund will help improve the quality of life for young breast-cancer survivors and their loved ones through education, personal support, distance learning and networking.
UAB School of Nursing awarded prestigious R01 grant to study infants born preterm
June Cho has been awarded a five-year, $1.72 million R01 grant from the National Institute of Child Health and Development to study testosterone and cortisol levels in infant health and development.
PhD student receives funding for pilot study
Natalie Wilson, DNP, ANP-BC, MPH, AAHIVE, a current PhD student in the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) School of Nursing, has received $100,000 from the Veteran's Administration to fund a two-year Nursing Research Initiative pilot study on the role of inflammation in symptoms commonly reported by HIV patients entitled "Gastrointestinal Symptoms and Microbial Translocation in HIV+ Veterans."
Vance publishes 100th first author, peer-reviewed manuscript
Published his first peer reviewed paper in 1993
Turner-Henson receives leading SNRS award

Honored for her leadership, contribution to society, and promotion of nursing and health care research
UAB's Meneses named to CDC Advisory Committee on Breast Cancer in Young Women
International leader in breast cancer survivorship research
Bakitas receives grant to study palliative care for vets, minorities, rural cancer patients
UAB School of Nursing Professor Marie Bakitas has received a four-year, $720,000 grant from the American Cancer Society to study whether a phone-based palliative care intervention can help reduce access disparities for veterans, minorities and patients from rural areas who have advanced cancer.
Walker named Fulbright Senior Specialist

Deborah Kirk Walker, D.N.P., assistant professor in the UAB School of Nursing has been named a Fulbright Senior Specialist by the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board
Growing old with AIDS: facing new health concerns

UAB School of Nursing faculty provide research to help those living with HIV cope with chronic conditions
Bakitas appointed Marie L. O'Koren Endowed Chair

Marie Bakitas is an internationally recognized expert in palliative care
Making Discoveries and Changing Lives
Research by UAB nurses is enhancing the quality of life for communities around the world
Safety on 18 wheels
Karen Heaton working to improve the health of most visible invisible workers in America
Heaton receives NIOSH grant for truck driver study
Karen Heaton will use R21 award to study the effects and feasibility of a computer-based intervention on truck drivers' sleep
Three receive ONS scholarships
Foundation support will help PhD, DNP and MSN students transform cancer care

Academics

Research & Scholarship

Partnerships

Technology & Innovation

Upcoming Events

View More Events