Voice News, Spring 2023
Research
Publications and presentations
CSON faculty and their teams were prolific in their scholarly output, including:
Publications
- Depression and anxiety symptoms among Arab/Middle Eastern American college students: Modifying religiosity and discrimination, by Associate Professor聽Nadia Abuelezam
- Nursing ethics and professional responsibility in advanced practice, by Associate Professors聽Pamela Grace聽(ret.) and聽Melissa Uveges
- A systematic review of implications for self-management among African Caribbean adults with noncommunicable diseases and mental health disorders, by Assistant Professor Cherlie Magny-Normilus, Barry/Goldman Sachs Chair聽Christopher Lee, and Associate Professor聽Corrine Jurgens
Presentations
- ACCESS:聽A practice-guiding framework for overcoming disparities in genomic health care, by Interim Associate Dean聽Andrew Dwyer
- Predicting cognitive decline among long-term care residents, by Associate Professor聽Elizabeth Howard
- Patient-centered care: Development and application of the new AACN Domain #2 in graduate psychiatric mental health nursing education, by Associate Professor of the Practice聽Karen Pounds
Faculty
Students
- D.N.P. student聽Esther Apraku Bondzie, M.S. �22, was awarded a 2022 New England Minority Nurse Leadership Conference Scholarship.
- Ph.D. candidate聽础尘测听顿别濒补苍别测聽received the Ann Stadtler Excellence in Practice Award from the Mass. chapter of the National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners.聽
- Ph.D. student聽Rose LaPlante聽was accepted聽into the Academy for Emerging Leaders in Patient Safety Program.
- D.N.P. students聽Gina Pallanta;听Julie Sanders, M.S., �22; and聽Katherine Valovcin聽presented 淩educing Weight Bias in Nursing: A Review of Effective Educational Interventions� at NETNEP 2022, an international nurse education conference in Barcelona.聽
Alumni
Briana Sasso聽Ferreira聽�20 received a Rookie of the Year Award from the Massachusetts Nurses Association.
Emese Parker, M.S. �08, authored To Carry Wonder: A Memoir and Guide to Adventures in Pregnancy and Beyond (Larkwell Press, 2023).
Jennie Chin Hansen �70, H�08, was awarded a UCSF Medal攖he highest honor given by the University of California, San Francisco攆or her work leading systemic change in senior health care. She was also named one of 12 淪ages of Aging� in the American Society on Aging Legacy Interviews series of leading experts in the field of gerontology.
Events
The end of CSON 75th anniversary year was marked by a celebration with a keynote presentation by Dean Katherine E. Gregory and a panel discussion with Brianna Cheatham �22; Marsha Maurer, M.S. �90, Karen Jennings Mathis, M.S. �11, Ph.D. �16; and Rolando Perea �85.
In March,聽Jennie Chin Hansen聽�70, H�08, presented the spring Pinnacle lecture 淩eflections and Projections: My Career at the Vanguard of Public Health Policy.漋iew Pinnacle lecture
Marsha Maurer, M.S. �90, a former senior vice president of patient care services and chief nursing officer at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, received CSON Dean Rita P. Kelleher Award.
Two scholars presented Grand Rounds talks in the spring semester:
Paule Joseph, the Lasker Clinical Research Scholar at the聽National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, gave 淭he Neglected Senses: A Program of Research Investigating Taste and Smell in Disease States.�
Assistant Professor聽Monica O橰eilly-Jacob聽presented 淣urse Practitioners and Value-Based Care: The Perfect Marriage.�