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News
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May 18, 2010
RWJF Nurse Faculty Scholar, Jacquelyn Taylor, Ph.D., R.N from the 2008 NFS cohort was recently highlighted for her research in Yale Nursing Matters. Taylor, a bench scientist and assistant professor at the Yale University School of Nursing, is investigating the interaction between genetics and behavior on high blood pressure among African American women, who are at greatest risk for developing cardiovascular disease.
Read the entire feature by clicking on the link below.
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May 18, 2010
Nurse Faculty Scholar, Angela Amar, PhD, RN, was recently awarded the New England Regional Black Nurses Association's (NERBNA) Excellence in Nursing Award for her dedication to improving emergency nurses trained in forensic nursing. Dr. Amar is an Associate Professor at Boston College's William F. Connell School of Nursing. NERBNA is a regional nursing association whose mission is to unify, educate and increase the number of African American Nurses in this country.
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Jan 26, 2010
RWJF Nurse Faculty Scholars National Advisory Committee member, Dean Divina Grossman has been appointed Florida International University's founding vice-president for engagement. In her new role, Grossman will provide leadership for the development and coordination of partnerships with key local, state, national and global stakeholders and will spearhead a university-wide effort to coordinate and expand internship opportunities for graduate and undergraduate students.
Dean Grossman has served on the RWJF Nurse Faculty Scholars program since its inception in 2007. Please click more on the link below to learn more about her new role as vice president for engagement and her accomplishments as Dean of the College of Nursing at FIU.
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Dec 16, 2009
RWJF Nurse Faculty Scholar , Kynna Wright-Volel, Ph.D., RN, MSN, MPH, CPNP was awarded 2009 Minority Health Community Trailblazer Award.
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Oct 10, 2009
Dr. Donna Roberson, a doctor with the East Carolina College of Nursing, has is awarded a grant to help prevent the spread of the HIV virus.
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Oct 5, 2009
Elizabeth Galik, a professor at the University of Maryland School of Nursing, receives a grant for research on improving the physical activity and quality of life for seniors with dementia.
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Oct 2, 2009
Nurse Faculty Scholar Devon Berry , Ph.D., R.N. discusses the impact of ethnocentricity at the “The Role of Nursing in Promoting Global Health: The Power of One” conference, held at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center.
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Sep 30, 2009
Through his research in pain detection, Martin Schiavenato of the University of Rochester’s School of Nursing is developing a tool to help health care providers more accurately assess pain in infants, young children and people with dementia who cannot articulate their pain. His Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Nurse Faculty Scholar research will support this work.
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Sep 24, 2009
Selected as one of just 15 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Nurse Faculty Scholars this year, Janice Goodman of the Massachusetts General Hospital Institute of Health Professions is using her grant to provide early intervention to encourage healthy mother/infant bonding for first time mothers who are at high risk of developing postpartum depression. The goal is to reduce postpartum depression and its negative effects on child development.
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Sep 23, 2009
East Carolina University’s Donna Roberson will conduct her Nurse Faculty Scholar research on strategies to slow the spread of HIV infection among women who have been incarcerated or detained in jail. Roberson will develop an educational tool designed to help women detained or incarcerated in jail avoid contracting HIV upon release.
