Voice news, fall 2022

Research

Five students were honored at the Eastern Nursing Research Society conference last spring:

Karen Aldana 鈥�23 presented her paper 鈥淭he Role of Race on Prenatal Care Experiences鈥� with Associate Dean for Undergraduate Programs Colleen Simonelli, with additional mentorship from Assistant Professor of the Practice Melissa P茅rez Capotosto.
Monika DeTurk, D.N.P. 鈥�22, Joelle Mamon, D.N.P. 鈥�23, and Ellen Tracy, D.N.P. 鈥�22, won first place in the D.N.P. Poster category for 鈥淓liminating Race-Based Medicine in Primary Care.鈥� They were mentored by Associate Professor Corrine Jurgens.
Ph.D. candidate Amy Goh received an ENRS Student Conference Scholarship.

Associate Professor Corrine Jurgens and Christopher Lee, CSON鈥檚 Barry Family/Goldman Sachs Chair and associate dean for research, led a committee of experts in writing a scientific statement for the American Heart Association (AHA) titled听State of the Science: The Relevance of Symptoms in Cardiovascular Disease and Research. Published in AHA鈥檚 journal Circulation in August, the research was covered by NBC鈥檚 Today Show, The Sun, and other media outlets.

Assistant Professor Cherlie Magny-Normilus鈥檚 project to develop a culturally tailored diabetes self-management intervention in adult Haitians entered the second phase of its five-year K99/R00 grant from the National Institutes of Health/National Institute of Nursing Research.

CSON was awarded a $1M grant from the American Nurses Foundation to fund a pilot project led听by Assistant Professor Monica O鈥橰eilly-Jacob that aims to reduce the barriers to financial reimbursement for nurse practitioner-led practices.

Community

A class in CSON's Brown Family Clinical Laboratory

The National League for Nursing (NLN) named CSON a 2022 NLN Center of Excellence for its success in faculty development, nursing education research, student learning and professional development, and academic progression in nursing.

Learn more about this designation

Cristo Rey md传媒国产剧 High School awarded Connell School a Service and Dedication Award for its work on the school鈥檚 COVID-19 vaccination clinic.

CSON signed a memorandum of understanding with Xavier University-Ateneo de Cagayan College of Nursing in the Philippines to support academic and research collaboration between the two Jesuit nursing schools.

Faculty

Professor听Ann Burgess听and听Steven Constantine, associate director of marketing and communications,听who co-authored the book A Killer by Design, were interviewed about the case of convicted serial killer Henry Wallace on听ABC News鈥檚 20/20.

Donna Cullinan was promoted to associate professor of the practice, Cherlie Magny-Normilus was promoted to assistant professor, and Victor Petreca was promoted to assistant professor.

Dean Katherine Gregory spoke with md传媒国产剧 25 News about the current nursing shortage and various barriers to addressing it.

Associate Professor Tam H. Nguyen听received a Betty Irene Moore Fellowship for Nurse Leaders and Innovators from the University of California-Davis nursing school for her leadership in nursing research, practice, education, policy, and entrepreneurship.

Alumni

The American Academy of Nursing (AAN) honored Jennie Chin Hansen 鈥�70, H鈥�08, with its Health Care Leader Award for her influential leadership to improve the health of the nation.听Hansen, the immediate past CEO of the American Geriatrics Society and former President of AARP, was one of six trailblazers recognized at the AAN鈥檚 Health Policy Conference in October.

Sara Dolan Looby, Ph.D. 鈥�08, received an A. Clifford Barger Mentoring Award from the Harvard Medical School (HMS) Office for Diversity, Inclusion, and Community Partnership. Looby is an HMS assistant professor of medicine and a clinical investigator in Mass. General鈥檚 Metabolism Unit and its Munn Center for Nursing Research.

Anne P. Manton, M.S. 鈥�81, was inducted into the American Nurses Association Hall of Fame in recognition of her 60-year career as a practicing nurse, educator, leader, editor, and mentor.

Students and Candidates

Ph.D. candidate Amy Delaney was named Distinguished NP of the Year by the Massachusetts Coalition of Nurse Practitioners for her policy, practice, and research.

Ph.D. candidates Erin George and Amy Goh earned Nurses Educational Funds Scholarships. George also received the 2022 March of Dimes Margaret Comerford Freda 鈥淪aving Babies, Together庐鈥� Award from the Association of Women's Health, Obstetric, and Neonatal Nurses for her study 鈥淒ecision-Making and Care Experiences at Birth Centers in the United States.鈥�

Events

CSON resumed its Grand Rounds lecture series this fall with two visiting speakers:

Susanne Grylka-Baeschlin, from the Institute of Midwifery at Zurich University of Applied Sciences, spoke on 鈥淎dvising Primiparous Women During Early Labor.鈥�
Shawn M. Kneipp, from UNC-Chapel Hill鈥檚 School of Nursing, spoke on 鈥淚ntervention Designs to Modify Social Determinants of Health.鈥�

View Grand Rounds talks

In November, Angelleen Peters-Lewis, Ph.D. 鈥�06, COO and chief听nurse executive at Barnes-Jewish Hospital, presented CSON鈥檚 Pinnacle Lecture, 鈥淪eizing the Momentum: Elevating Nursing Post-Pandemic.鈥�

View Pinnacle lecture

In memory

Jean O鈥橬eil, associate professor emerita and former acting dean of the School of Nursing, died听on September 2 at the age of 88. She graduated cum laude from BC鈥檚 baccalaureate nursing program in 1955 and earned a master鈥檚 degree in 1963.

Claudia Sheila Daileader 鈥�66, a lifelong nurse and a benefactor of md传媒国产剧 College, passed away on July 15 in Williamsburg, VA, at the age of 77.

听	听	Publications	Presentations
听	听	The role of nurse practitioners during COVID-19鈥攁nd beyond, by Assistant Professor听Monica O鈥橰eilly-Jacob听and Department Chair and Associate Professor听Jane Flanagan	The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on labor and delivery nursing care, by Associate Professor听Joyce K. Edmonds
听	听	Assessing the intersection of TB and HIV treatment, by Assistant Professor听Brittney van de Water	Staying healthy through menopause, by Lecturer听Alison Marshall
听	听	Exploring the role of school nurses in HPV vaccination, by听Associate Professor of the Practice听Laura Santangelo White	Measuring the fallout of food allergies, by Associate Professor听Jinhee Park	听	听

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