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Faculty Awards & Honors: July 2020 – April 2021

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GW Nursing is teaming with accomplished, well-respected faculty who are experts in their fields, and each year the awards and honors roll in, rewarding them for their excellent work.

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Dr. Melissa Batchelor’s project on: Towards Age-Friendly: Improving Lives for All 2.0 has been selected for University Seminars Funding Program 2020-21.

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Dr. Linda Cassar is selected to be an item writer for the National Certification Corporation (NCC) for their new Inpatient Antepartum Core Certification Exam. 

Dr. Linda Cassar is selected to serve on AWHONNs National Membership Committee for 2021-2022. 

Dr. Linda Cassar has been appointed to be the co-chair of the Northern VA/DC chapter of Association of Women’s Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN) 

Dr. Catherine Cox received a $148,462.00 federal grant award from the TriService Nursing Research Program for her project “Nursing on the Ocean Blue.” 

Dr. Cathi Cox is inducted as Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing 

Drs. Catherine Cox, Angie McNelis and Michelle Rumble received funding ($25,000) from Competency & Credentialing Institute (CCI) Research Foundation for their project: Addressing the Perioperative Succession Crisis: How a Perioperative Nursing Elective Contributes to Recruitment and Retention. October 21, 2020.

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Dr. Ashley Darcy-Mahoney is selected to participate as a panel member for the New York Academy of Medicine Event: The Future of Nursing 2020-2030: Charting a Path to Achieve Health Equity. June 22, 2021 

Dr. Ashley Darcy-Mahoney is invited to participate in the NIH/CSR review for PAR Panel: Pediatric and Obstetric Pharmacology and Therapeutics. April 19-20, 2021. 

Dr. Ashley Darcy-Mahoney is selected to participate in the upcoming 2021 NAM Emerging Leaders Forum (the Forum), April 20 – 21, 2021. 

Dr. Ashley Darcy-Mahoney received invited distinguished scholar position at University of Chicago Dept of Economics. Griffin Applied Economics Incubator. Summer 2020. https://voices.uchicago.edu/griffinincubator/visitors/ 

Drs. Sandra Davis and Karen Kesten are selected to serve on the DNPs of Color Inaugural Advisory Committee. March 21, 2021. www.docdnps.org 

Dr. Sandra Davis received $2000 award for her project: The Healing Power of Music. Interprofessional Collaboration with Nursing, Music and Psychology faculty. GW University Seminar series 2020-2021 

Drs. Karen Dawn and Erin Athey received $5,000 grant award from the GW Honey W. Nashman Center for Civic Engagement and Public Service for their project: Health Equity with DCHA. March 25, 2021. 

Dr. Maritza Dowling was awarded funding ($14,992) from the FY21 COVID-19 Research Fund competition through the GW Office of the Vice Provost for Research for her submission, Usability and Acceptability of Telehealth Technologies During COVID-19 Among a Racially and Ethnically Diverse Sample of Medicaid and Medicare Beneficiaries. 

Dr. Karen Drenkard was elected to serve on the AAN Board of Directors as Secretary. 

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Dr. Majeda El Banna is inducted as Fellow into the National League for Nursing (NLN) Academy of Nursing Education. 

Dr. Majeda El Banna is selected to serve on the Eastern Nursing Research Society (ENRS) Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, & Accessibility (IDEA) Advisory Group 

Ms. Esther Emard is appointed to the Board of Directors for the National Association for Healthcare Quality (NAHQ) and named the Director-at-Large. 

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Dr. Jeanne Geiger Brown is appointed to the Editorial Board of the Journal Sleep Medicine Reviews 

Dr. Kathleen Griffith is Inducted as Fellows of the American Academy of Nursing 

Dr. Kathleen Griffith will co-lead a project: Geriatric and Functional Assessments in Non-AIDS Defining Cancers ($496, 413). The P30 umbrella grant is held by Kevin Cullen, who is the cancer center director (P30CA134274 ). The goal of this research is to document relative differences in accelerated aging indicators between patients with NADCS and those with cancer who do not have a history of HIV disease.

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Dr. Pamela Jeffries has been elected to a second term as a member of AAN’s Board of Directors. 

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Dr. Karen Kesten received $595 grant award from Phi Epsilon Chapter of Sigma for research project: Employers’ perspective of practice scholarship outcomes of nurses holding a DNP degree. 

Dr. Karen Kesten was awarded the 2021 Morton A. Bender Teaching Award by the Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs for her excellence in teaching. She will also be inducted as a full member of the Academy of Distinguished Teachers. 

Dr. Joyce Knestrick was awarded the 2021 Towers Pinnacle Award by the American Association of Nurse Practitioners (AANP) for her sustained history of outstanding contributions, resulting in increased national recognition of the NP role and enhanced opportunities for NPs to provide care to patients. 

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Dr. Daisy Le is selected to receive an AACR Scholar-in-Training Award to support her attendance at the  AACR Virtual Conference on The Science of Cancer Health Disparities in Racial/Ethnic Minorities and the Medically Underserved, being held from October 2-4, 2020. 

Dr. Daisy Le received funding ($5000) for a District of Columbia Center for AIDS Research (DC CFAR) microgrant to support her project titled: HPV Self-Sampling to Concurrently Promote Cervical and Anal Cancer Screenings among Women Living with HIV (WLH).  October 7, 2020 

Drs. Carla Berg (Milken Institute SPH PCH) and Daisy Le’s R01 project title: Regulatory Impact on VapeShops and Young Adults’ Use of ENDS – Diversity Supplement is funded ($412,301) by the NIH. 

Dr. Dale Lupu and Amanda Nicklas’s project was approved for $1.16 million in funding by the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute’s (PCORI) Board of Governors and will scale up a multi-modal patient-centered intervention to improve advance care planning (ACP) for dialysis patients to over 3,500 patients in 50 dialysis clinics. 

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Dr. Anne-Marie O’Brien’s project on ““Addressing Income Inequality and Its Growing Threat 
to Our Nation and The World” was selected for GW University Seminar Series funding ($4,000) for 2020-2021. 

Drs. Anne-Marie O’Brien and Sandra Davis received $2750 award from GW Nashman Center Faculty Development for Community-Engaged Scholarship 2020-2021 for “Optimizing Health in an Urban Community: Bringing Together Community, Nursing, Nutrition and Mindfulness in DC’s Ward 8” 

Dr. Anne-Marie O’Brien received $4,940 award for her project: “A simulation-based peer intervention training Program to increase active bystandership among a sample of police officers”. Drexel University – Rapid Response to Racial Injustices Grant Program 2020.

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Dr. Cara Padovano is selected to participate in the second cohort of GW Academic Leadership Academy. 

Dr. Joyce Pulcini received the National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculties Achievement Award. 

Dr. Joyce Pulcini is elected to the Organizational Development Committee of the Eastern Nursing Research Society (ENRS).

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Dr. Ric Ricciardi is appointed as a Fellow Ad Eundem of the Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery from the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI). 

Dr. Ric Ricciardi is elected to serve on the Board of Directors of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners (AANP). His term begins on July 1, 2021.

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Dr. Rhonda Schwindt received $29,997 grant award from the National League for Nursing for Impact of simulation versus case‐based learning on psychiatric nurse practitioner students’ knowledge, attitudes, beliefs and behaviors related to mental health care for gender diverse people submission. Designated as the Ruth Donnelly Corcoran Research Award recipient. May 21, 2021. 

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Dr. Sherrie Wallington is selected to participate in the second cohort of GW Academic Leadership Academy. 

Dr. Sherrie Wallington is invited to participate in a virtual meeting of the President’s Cancer Panel (PCP) Series—Improving Resilience and Equity in Cancer Screening: Lessons from COVID-19 and Beyond. Virtual – November 9 and 10, 2020 

Drs. Sherrie Wallington & Tony Yang are selected as fellows for 2020 RWJF Interdisciplinary Research Leaders Program (IRL). They received $359,000 award for their project, “It’s a Dad Thing: Fathers as Powerful Agents of Change in Reducing Disparities in Maternal Mortality in the District of Columbia”, a mixed-methods (key informant interviews, survey, and a policy analysis) study examining the role of fathers in reducing maternal mortality in the District of Columbia. DC has one of the highest rates of maternal mortality, especially among Black women. 

Ms. Jennifer Walsh and Elizabeth Choma accepted to GW 2021 Course Design Institute from May 17 – 22. 

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Dr. Tony Yang is selected to participate in the upcoming 2021 NAM Emerging Leaders Forum (the Forum), April 20 – 21, 2021. 

Dr. Tony Yang has been selected to take part in an academic exchange and exploration of Israel. 

Dr. Tony Yang was awarded a 2-year grant as PI by the HHS for $600,000 for his project title: A Community-based Patient Navigation Model for Hepatitis C Screening and Linkage to Care in People with Substance Use Disorders and Other High-Risk Populations in the District of Columbia. 

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Local and Global Presentations: July 2020 – April 2021

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Our faculty have presented at conferences, meetings and webinars throughout the world and online on topics ranging from COVID-19 to early literacy to nursing leadership and more.

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Yawn, B. and Batchelor, M. (March 2021). Understanding COPD in Older Adults. Podcast presentation on GSA Momentum Discussions. March 2021. https://bit.ly/3cCK8Ps 

Batchelor, M. (Host). (January 25, 2021). The 4M’s Framework: Medication with Ayo Bankole & Tahira Lodhi (Episode 46). [Audiovisual podcast]. This is Getting Old: Moving Towards an Age-Friendly World. https://bit.ly/3t1vd8T 

Batchelor, M. (July 2020) 3 Things to Know if You Get Sick During COVID. Podcast. July 14, 2020.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=101m0sIyOA8

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Cox, C. (December 13, 2020). “Authentic Assessments in Nursing Education.” Presentation for the Nursing Department, College of Health and Sport Sciences, the University of Bahrain, Kingdom of Bahrain. (virtual) 

Cox, C., Wiersma, G. (December 7, 2020). “The Transition of Military BSN Students to the Civilian Classroom as well as to the Profession.” Podium and poster presentation at the Association of Military Surgeons of the United States (AMSUS) 2020 Annual Meeting. (virtual) 

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Falusi, L., Hallowell, S. & Darcy-Mahoney, A. (April 26, 2021). 5 Practical Steps to Infuse Health Equity into Your Pediatric Practice presentation at the Beyond Flexner Alliance Conference. (virtual) 

Davis, S (September 24, 2020). Racism and Toxic Stress: The Physiological Effects of Racism presentation at the 2020 Virtual NLN Education Summit. 

Dawn, Karen (June 2021). A School of Nursing-led community initiative to identify and reduce hypertension in Mukono district, Uganda. Presentation at the Association of Community Health Nurse Educators. June 10 – 11, 2021. (virtual)  

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El-Banna, M. (May 2021). Team-based learning: a strategy to foster active learning and improve pharmacology standardized test and final examination scores presentation to the Faculty of Baghdad College of Medical Sciences, Iraq (May 20, 2020, virtual). 

El-Banna, M. & Kesten, K. (March 25-26, 2021). Generating Nursing Science to Better Understand Nurse Practitioner Fellowship/Residency Programs. The 33rd Eastern Nursing Research Society Annual Scientific Sessions (virtual) 

El-Banna, M. (September 2020). Nurse Practitioner Residency/Fellowship Programs: Innovation in Nursing Education. Presentation at the 2020 NLN Education Summit. September 24, 2020. (virtual)

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Faraz-Covelli, A., Pittman, P. & Darcy-Mahoney, A. (April 26, 2021). Social Mission and the Culture of Health: Nursing Schools Educating for Health Equity presentation at the Beyond Flexner Alliance (Virtual) Conference. 

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Jeon, M., Griffith, K., and Le, D. (October 2020). Overweight/Obesity in Low SES Minority Children poster presentation at the American Academy of Nursing’s 2020 Transforming Health, Driving Policy Conference (October 29-31, 2020, virtual). 

Griffith, K. (October 2020).  Advancing the science of cancer symptom management through research collaboration and mentorship. A plenary session at Walden University Annual Research Conference October 2, 2020 

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Kesten, K., Moran, K., Beebe, S., Conrad, D., Burson, R., Corrigan, C., Manderscheid, A. (January 2021). Reasons for Seeking the DNP Degree and Competencies Acquired as Reported by Nurses in Practice, poster presentation at the American Association of Colleges of Nursing Doctoral Education Conference, January 20-22, virtual. 

Kesten, K., Moran, K., Beebe, S., Conrad, D., Manderscheid, A. (January 20, 2021). Practice Scholarship Outcomes as Reported by Practicing Nurses Holding a DNP Degree, podium presentation at the American Association of Colleges of Nursing Doctoral Education Conference, January 20-22, virtual. 

Kurtzman, E. (July 7, 2020) Bridging the Gap: From Research to Policy. A guest piece for the National Library of Medicine (NLM) monthly blog – Musings from the Mezzanine. July 7, 2020. 

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Le, D., Coriolan, A.R., Pan, J., Berg, C.J., Hong, A.Y., Nguyen, A., Le, H.C., Abroms, L., Juon, H.S., & Yang, Y.T. (October 2-4, 2020). Viral hepatitis among foreign-born communities in the Washington-Baltimore metropolitan area: 5-year prevalence data and implications for linkage to care follow-up. Presentation at the 13th American Association for Cancer Research Conference on the Science of Cancer Health Disparities in Racial/Ethnic Minorities and the Medically Underserved, Virtual. 

Jeon, M.J., Coriolan, A.R., & Le, D. (September 16, 2020). HIV and Hepatitis Co-Infections, and Cervical Cancer Screening for Women Living with HIV. Invited talk presented to the Heart to Hand, Inc., virtual/webinar. 

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Posey, L., Venzke, M., Rilko, L., Briggs, L. & Pintz, P. (November 6, 2020). Teaching with Technology: Strategies & Tools for Learner Engagement. Presentation at the NONPF 2020 Fall Conference: Excellence in Virtual NP Education. 

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Ricciardi, R. (April 2021). Opportunity Awaits: Are We Ready to be Disruptive Innovators in Healthcare? Keynote presentation at the Sigma Theta Tau Southern Ohio Northern Kentucky Annual Consortium 2021. 

Ricciardi, R. (April 2021). Implementation Science and Care Improvement. Presentation at the Helen K. Grace/Nursing Deans Distinguished Lecture. South Dakota State University 2021. 

Ricciardi, R. (December 15, 2020). Advanced Nursing Practice and Nursing Leadership in 
Times of Public Health Emergencies. Presentation at the Najran Saudi Arabia 2nd Health Forum. (Virtual Conference) 

Ricciardi, R. (November 13, 2020). Convocation Keynote Address at the Florida Atlantic University Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing. 

Ricciardi, R. (November 11, 2020). Role of the APN during Public Health Crisis, a presentation at the annual meeting of the Irish Association of Advanced Nurse Midwife Practitioners (IAANMP) and the Royal College of Surgeons of Ireland Faculty of Nursing and Midwife 

Ricciardi, R. (July 2020). Infusing joy during a global pandemic. Presentation at the Philippine Nurses Association of America (PNAA) 41st Annual & 1st Virtual Convention. July 3, 2020. 

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Schwindt, R., & Forssell, S. (February 3, 2021). Somewhere Over the Rainbow: Addressing Mental HealthCare in the LGBTQ Community and Serving Gender Diverse Patients. Neuroscience Education Institute, Podcast.  https://neiglobal.libsyn.com/ 

Schwindt, R. (November 2020). Integrating Gender-Affirming Care into Primary Care Settings. 9th Annual Doctor of Nursing Practice Colloquium. Sacred Heart University, Fairfield, CT. 

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Yang, YT. (October 27, 2020). The effects of state preemption of local smoke-free restrictions on smoke prevalence.  Presentation at the American Public Health Association (APHA), Annual Research Meeting, Virtual. 

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Faculty Publications: July 2020 – April 2021

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Take a look at the latest scholarly publications from GW Nursing faculty. From articles to books to peer-reviewed journals, our faculty are sharing their expertise.

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Bankole, A.O. & Marchi, N. (2021). Using a guided note-taking tool in a prelicensure pharmacology course. Nurse Educator doi: 10.1097/NNE.0000000000001015 

Kolanowski, A., Cortes, T., Mueller, C., Bowers, B., Boltz, M…Batchelor, M., et al (2021). Call to the CMS: Mandate Adequate Professional Nurse Staffing in Nursing Homes. American Journal of Nursing, 121(3), 22-25. 

Liu, W., Batchelor, M.K., Williams, K.N. (2020). Development and Psychometric Testing of the Mealtime Engagement Scale (MES) in Direct Care Providers of Nursing Home Residents with Dementia. The Gerontologist. https://doi.org/10.1093/geront/gnaa097 

Liu, W, Batchelor, M., Williams, K. (2020) Ease of Use, Feasibility, and Inter-rater Reliability of the Refined Cue Utilization and Engagement in Dementia (CUED) Mealtime Video-coding Scheme. Journal of Advanced Nursing. https://doi.org/10.1111/jan.14548 

Liu W., Perkhounkova, E., Williams, K., Batchelor, M., Hein, M. (2020). Food Intake is associated with Verbal Interactions between Nursing Home Staff and Residents with Dementia: A Secondary Analysis of Videotaped Observations. Journal of Advanced Nursing. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2020.103654 PMID: 32535342 

Liu, W., Williams, K., Batchelor, M., Perkhounkova, Y., & Hein, M. (2020). Mealtime verbal interactions among nursing home staff and residents with dementia: A secondary behavioral analysis of videotaped observations. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 77(3), 1244–1257. https://doi.org/10.1111/jan.14647 

Liu, W., & Batchelor, M. (2020). Mealtime Caregiving Engagement for Residents with Advanced Dementia: Item Response Theory Analysis. Western Journal of Nursing Research, 019394592094389. https://doi.org/10.1177/0193945920943898

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Cox, C. W., Wiersma, G. M., & McNelis, A. M. (2020). Military nursing. Nursing, 50(11), 56–59. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.nurse.0000719216.45758.c8

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Tubbs-Cooley, H. L., Lavin, R., Lyndon, A., Anderson, J., Baernholdt, M., Berry, P., Bosse, J. D., Mahoney, A. D., Gibbs, K. D., Donald, E. E., Donevant, S., Dorsen, C., Fauer, A., French, R., Gilmore-Bykovskyi, A., Greene, M., Morse, B. L., Patil, C. L., Rainbow, J., & Ruppar, T. M. (2021). Stronger together: The case for multidisciplinary tenure track faculty in academic nursing. Nursing Outlook, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.outlook.2021.03.016 

Brasher, S., Becklenberg, A., Darcy Mahoney, A., Ross, K., & Stapel-Wax, J. (2021). Integrating early brain science and skills into prelicensure nursing curriculum to promote parent-child interaction. Nurse Educator. https://doi.org/10.1097/NNE.0000000000000983 

Lewis, T. T., Kim, H., Darcy-Mahoney, A., Waldron, M., Lee, W. H., & Park, C. H. (2021). Robotic uses in pediatric care: A comprehensive review. Journal of Pediatric Nursing, 58, 65–75. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pedn.2020.10.016 

Darcy-Mahoney, A., Westphaln, K., Covelli, A., and Mullan, F. (2020). Advancing Social Mission in Nursing Education: Recommendations from an expert advisory board. Journal of Nursing Education. https://doi.org/10.3928/01484834-20200723-03 

Ahmad, K. A., Darcy-Mahoney, A., Kelleher, A. S., Ellsbury, D. L., Tolia, V. N., & Clark, R. H. (2020). Longitudinal Survey of COVID-19 Burden and Related Policies in U.S. Neonatal Intensive Care Units. American Journal of Perinatology. https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0040-1718944 

Baralt, M., & Darcy Mahoney, A. (2020). Bilingualism and the executive function advantage in preterm-born children. Cognitive Development, 55, 100931. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cogdev.2020.100931 

Davis, S., & O’Brien, A.-M. (2020). Let’s talk about racism: Strategies for building structural competency in nursing. Academic Medicine. Published Ahead-of-Print. https://journals.lww.com/academicmedicine/toc/publishahead 

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Faraz Covelli, A., Flaherty, S., & McNelis, A. M. (2021). An Innovative Distance-Based Mentorship Program for Nurse Practitioner Student-Alumni Pairs. Nursing Education Perspectives. 

Barnes, H., Faraz Covelli, A., & Rubright, J. D. (2021). Development of the novice nurse practitioner role transition scale. Journal of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners, Publish Ahead of Print. https://doi.org/10.1097/jxx.0000000000000566 

Farina, C.L. & Bryant, K. (2021) Simulation-Based Operations in C. Kasper & T. Schneidereith (Eds) Annual Review in Nursing Research 30 (1), 181-200. https://doi.org/10.1891/0739-6686.39.181 

Farina, C. (2020). Setting up a simulation center and its essentials. In P. Jeffries (Ed), Simulation in nursing education: From conceptualization to evaluation (3rd ed., pp. 99-121). Wolters Kluwer. 

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Glenn, A. and Glenn, W. (2020). Educational Leaders’ Need for Health Literacy During the Covid-19 Pandemic. Journal of School of Administration Research and Development

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Jeffries, P. R. (2021). Simulation in Nursing Education: From Conceptualization to Evaluation. (3rd ed., pp. 99-121). Wolters Kluwer. 

Jeffries, P., Bauman, E., Farina, C., & Slaven-Lee, P. (2020). The future of simulation in healthcare. In J. Palaganas, B. Ulrich, & B. Mancini (Eds.), Mastering simulation: A handbook for success (2nd ed., pp. 297-308). Sigma Theta Tau. 

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Kesten, K. S., Moran, K., Beebe, S. L., Conrad, D., Burson, R., Corrigan, C., Manderscheid, A., & Pohl, E. (2021). Drivers for seeking the doctor of nursing practice degree and competencies acquired as reported by nurses in practice. Journal of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners, Publish Ahead of Print. https://doi.org/10.1097/jxx.0000000000000593 

Kesten, K. & Echevarria, M. (2021). Strategies for Strengthening Quality Improvement Projects in Doctor of Nursing Practice Programs, Journal of Doctor of Nursing Practice. 
DOI: 10.1891/JDNP-D-20-00034 (published ahead of print). 

Kesten, K. & El-Banna, M. (2021). Strategies to Re-envision Doctor of Nursing Practice Projects to Meet Organization Goals During a Pandemic, Journal of Continuing Education in Nursing, 52(2):61-63 https://doi.org/10.3928/00220124-20210114-03 

Kesten, K. S., & Beebe, S. L. (2021). Competency frameworks for nurse practitioner residency and fellowship programs. Journal of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners, Publish Ahead of Print. https://doi.org/10.1097/jxx.0000000000000591 

Conrad, D., Moran, K., Burson, R., Kesten, K., Corrigan, C. and Hussey, P. (2020). The Practice Doctorate Approach to Assessing Advanced Nursing Practice in Ireland. International Nursing Review: The Official Journal of the International Council of Nurses 67, 535-542. https://doi.org/10.1111/inr.12624 

Kurtzman, E. T., & Barnow, B. S. (2020). Do Teams Improve the Quality of Ambulatory Care? Journal of Ambulatory Care Management, Publish Ahead of Print. https://doi.org/10.1097/jac.0000000000000372 

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Windon, M. J., Le, D., D’Souza, G., Bigelow, E., Pitman, K., Boss, E., … Fakhry, C. (2021). Treatment decision-making among patients with oropharyngeal squamous cell cancer: A qualitative study. Oral Oncology, 112, 105044. 

Schell, J. O., & Lupu, D. E. (2020). A Step in the Right Direction: The Promise of PROMs in Routine Hemodialysis Care. Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, 15(9), 1228–1230. https://doi.org/10.2215/CJN.12350720 

Lupu, D. E., Aldous, A., Harbert, G., Kurella Tamura, M., Holdsworth, L., Nicklas, A., Vinson, B., & Moss, A. H. (2020). Pathways Project: Development of a Multimodal Innovation to Improve Kidney Supportive Care in Dialysis Centers. Kidney360, 10.34067/KID.0005892020. https://doi.org/10.34067/kid.0005892020 

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Marchi N, Wavelet J, Davis S, Condict M. (2020) Patient Safety Teamwork Using the Clifton® Strengths Finder Tool and Cognitive Rehearsal. Nurse Educator. Volume Publish Ahead of Print – Issue 

Chu, E., Lee, K.-M., Stotts, R., Benjenk, I., Ho, G., Yamane, D., Mullins, B., & Heinz, E. (2021). Hospital-based Healthcare Worker Perceptions of Personal Risk related to COVID-19 Authors and affiliations. Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine. https://www.jabfm.org/sites/default/files/COVID_20-0343.pdf 

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Park, J., Faraz Covelli, A., & Pittman, P. (2021). Effects of completing a postgraduate residency or fellowship program on primary care nurse practitioners’ transition to practice. Journal of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners, Publish Ahead of Print. https://doi.org/10.1097/jxx.0000000000000563 

Park, J. and Dowling, M. (2020).  Do nurse practitioner-led medical homes differ from physician-led medical homes?  Nursing Outlook, vol. 68:5, pp. 601-610. 

Pericak, A., Hogg, C., Skalsky, K., and Bourdeanu, L. (2020). What influences work engagement among Registered Nurses: Implications for Evidence-based Action, Worldviews on Evidence-Based Nursing. https://doi.org/10.1111/wvn.12469 

Pintz, C., Briggs, L., Zhou, Q. (Pearl), Nelson, K., & Guzzetta, C. E. (2021). Hospital-Based Nursing Research: Clinical and Economic Outcomes. Western Journal of Nursing Research, 019394592199491. https://doi.org/10.1177/0193945921994911 

Pintz, C., Posey, L., Farmer, P., & Zhou, Q. (Pearl). (2021). Interprofessional care of people with multiple chronic conditions: An open-access resource for nursing educators. Nurse Education in Practice, 51, 102990. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nepr.2021.102990 

Muganlinskaya, N., Posey, L., Skojek, D.V., & Resar, J.R. (2021). Implementing the AMI READMITS risk assessment score to increase referrals among patients with Type I Myocardial Infarction. Journal of Clinical Outcomes Management, 28(2), 90-96, 10.12788/jcom.0043. 

Ocho, O., Pieper, B., Pulcini, J., & Wheeler, E. (2020). ET/WOC nursing – leadership lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic: an opinion. WCET Journal, 40(3). https://doi.org/10.33235/wcet.40.3.43-46 

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Naegle, M., Finnell, D., Kaplan, L., Heer, K., Ricciardi, R., Reuter-Rice, K., Oerther, S. and Van Hook, P. (2020). Opioid Crisis through the Lens of Social Justice, Nursing Outlook, 68:5, pp.678-684. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.outlook.2020.08.014 

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Schwindt, R. (2020). LGBTQ Cultural Competency for Pharmacists. Pharmacy Today, https://elearning.pharmacist.com/products/6176/lgbtq-cultural-competency-for-pharmacists. 

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Toulouse, C. (2020). Screen capture recordings enhance connectedness among students, course content, and faculty. Journal of Nursing Education. 59, 531-535. https://doi.org/10.3928/01484834-20200817-11 

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Tucker-Seeley, R. D., Wallington, S. F., Canin, B., Tang, W., & McKoy, J. M. (2021). Health Equity for Older Adults With Cancer. Journal of Clinical Oncology, JCO.21.00207. https://doi.org/10.1200/jco.21.00207 

Greaney, M.L., Wallington, S.F., Rampa, S. et al. Assessing health professionals’ perception of health literacy in Rhode Island community health centers: a qualitative study. BMC Public Health 20, 1289 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-020-09382-1 

Wiersma, G., Cox, C. W., McNelis, A. M., Schumann, M. J., & Maring, J. (2020). Faculty Perceptions in Facilitating Success for Accelerated BSN Student Veterans. Nursing Education Perspectives, Publish Ahead of Print. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.nep.0000000000000673 

Wiersma, G., & Hagler, D. (2021). Supporting Clinical Adjunct Faculty to Develop Educator Competencies. Nurse Educator. https://doi.org/10.1097/NNE.0000000000000984 

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New Associate Dean for Research Named

Kathleen Griffith

Going into spring 2021, GW Nursing faced the impending retirement of Dr. Jeanne Geiger-Brown as associate dean for research (ADR). A search team, led by Professor Angie McNelis, took up the charge of evaluating candidates to take over a role that has become increasingly pivotal with the school experiencing record increases in grant funding in recent years. After an exhaustive search, Dr. McNelis and team named Dr. Kathleen Griffith as the new ADR and her tenure began on June 1.  

In her new position, Dr. Griffith will provide strategic leadership to support development of capacity and excellence in achieving the school’s research goals and objectives. She is a Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing and has been an associate professor of nursing at GW since 2017. She also serves as the inaugural assistant dean for the GW Nursing Ph.D. program, a role she graciously agreed to continue until a replacement is named. Dr. Griffith’s scientific focus is on management of symptoms related to cancer and its treatment. Her interdisciplinary research is based at the Baltimore Veterans Administration Geriatric Research and Education Clinical Center and the George Washington University Cancer Center, where she has a secondary appointment as associate professor of medicine. 

We recently asked Dr. Griffith about her new role. 

Q. What do you see as your highest priorities as you enter this role (e.g., help researchers secure funding, publicity around research)?  

A. I have been at the university for a few years and have a general idea of the GW research landscape. Our new faculty-informed GW Nursing strategic plan for research, which is currently undergoing a comment period, will be a rich source of information about priorities.  I will also be meeting with faculty individually and in groups to learn about their needs and ideas. In this way, the GW Nursing Office of Research will incorporate perspectives of all faculty who are invested in growing the school’s research enterprise. 

Q. More specifically, are there research subject areas that you will prioritize (e.g., health disparities, cancer, kidney disease)? 

A. I believe that the GW Nursing research portfolio will continue to grow in the topic areas of highly funded faculty.  The current and future areas of research emphasis will position our school to develop high quality training for Ph.D. students and eventually post-docs. I see the growth of research funding at our school as coming from two places: through increased investigator-initiated, extramurally funded research and through training grants for undergraduate and graduate students.  In addition, a strong partnership between the GW Nursing Office of Research and the Office of Educational Research and Innovation will leverage the collective talent of our faculty for joint initiatives.  

Q. What excites you most about taking on this role?

A. At this early point, my enthusiasm about leading the GW Nursing Office of Research is about operationalizing the research success of our faculty, which will mean something different to each person. I am committed to providing the structures that faculty need to catalyze their research productivity, which will further the mission of the school and university. 

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Mary-Michael Brown Named One of GW’s “Bicentennial Monumental Alumni”

Mary Michael Brown

In honor of her legacy as a preeminent nurse practitioner and leader, the George Washington University recently named Mary-Michael Brown one of its 73 Monumental Alumni as part of its Bicentennial celebration. 

After many years as a clinical nurse, Mary-Michael Brown, RN, D.N.P., utilizes her vast knowledge to improve nursing practices. As vice president of nursing practice innovation for MedStar Health, Dr. Brown creates and disseminates evidence-based clinical practice guidelines and provides oversight for nursing practice across MedStar Health. She also leads multiple system initiatives, including chairing the Nursing Practice Innovation Committee and serving as the executive sponsor for the Nursing Peer Review Committee, Safe Patient Handling and Mobility Committee, and Nursing Quality and Safety Council. In 2011, Dr. Brown was honored with The Martha E. Brill New Researchers Award from the American Nurses’ Foundation.  

Dr. Brown earned her Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing from Georgetown University, her Master of Science degree from Boston College School of Nursing, and her Doctor of Nursing Practice degree from the George Washington University. She was the recipient of the 2011 George Washington University Alumni Award for the School of Nursing and is the chair of the GW School of Nursing Dean’s Advisory Council. As an adjunct faculty member in the Doctor of Nursing Practice Program, Dr. Brown co-facilitates the course, Translating Research into Practice. She serves as a secondary advisor for Doctor of Nursing Practice students’ final scholarly projects. 

Dr. Brown is a member of the American Organization of Nurse Leaders, Sigma Theta Tau International (Phi Epsilon chapter), the American Association of Critical Care Nurses, and the Emergency Nurses Association. 

“Earning a D.N.P. degree from GW School of Nursing helped me appreciate that there are no limits on what I can contribute to the profession of nursing,” said Dr. Brown. “Giving back to the School of Nursing and advancing its mission is an honor and privilege.” 

As a Monumental Alumna, Dr. Brown is in rare company with GW’s most prestigious alumni, including Colin Powell, Ted and Mark Lerner, Tammy Duckworth, Elizabeth Warren and Kerri Washington. 

For more on the GW Bicentennial Monumental Alumni, visit: https://bicentennial.gwu.edu/monumental-alumni 

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GW Nursing Researcher to Study the Response of U.S. Navy Aircraft Carrier, Fleet Surgical Team, and Hospital Ship Nurses to COVID-19

Navy ship at sunset

In Spring 2021 Dr. Catherine Wilson Cox received federal funding from the TriService Nursing Research Program (TSNRP) to gather first-person narratives from shipboard nurses when confronted with Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and other potential public health emergencies. By doing this study, she hopes to support future shipboard nurses’ acumen and skill development necessary for the provision of competent care regarding the suppression and transmission of infective diseases while underway. 

COVID-19 presents a unique challenge to U.S. Navy ships due to the provision of health care for essential personnel within the close confines of a shipboard setting. The major components of control of the current pandemic include social distancing, isolation of sick patients, and quarantine of exposed persons, yet none of these is easily achieved while at sea. Balancing operational readiness with the management of any public health emergency while underway potentially exposes vulnerabilities to potential adversaries. For example, in March 2020 national news was made when at least 36 crew members from the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt tested positive for COVID-19 and had to be quarantined in Guam. This crippled the show of force to U.S. rivals that is critical to U.S. Defense policies, as well as sidelined the ship until contingency plans could be made. Because prevention of disease in the military is key to ensuring a fit and ready force, U.S. Navy nurses who are forward-deployed at sea on aircraft carriers, on amphibious assault ships via fleet surgical teams, and on hospital ships are integral to the mission of responding to any worldwide emergency. 

“The study cannot build on previous research because the phenomenon of interest has never been described in the nursing literature,” said Dr. Cox. “The significance of this study is that the knowledge gained will expand the discipline of nursing’s understanding of shipboard nursing and its role in the face of public health emergencies. This in turn will support future nurses’ expertise and skill development necessary for the provision of competent care regarding the suppression and transmission of infective diseases while underway.” 

For the research study, Dr. Cox will interview 30 nurses and will include up to 10 participants per type of ship (n=30): nurses who have deployed to aircraft carriers (n=10), with fleet surgical teams (n=10), and on hospital ships (n=10) within the last 12-24 months (preferably, the last 12 months). She hopes to start the interviews this summer, once the IRB (Institutional Review Board) approvals are received. Then data analysis will occur (late summer/early fall) with findings being disseminated in early 2022. 

Dr. Cox is a retired U.S. Navy Nurse and Associate Professor in the undergraduate program at GW Nursing. As a retired military nurse, she was eligible to compete for TSNRP grants. According to the Uniformed Services University, “TSNRP facilitates nursing research to optimize the health of military members and their beneficiaries. Active duty military nurses from the U.S. Army, Navy, and Air Force as well as Reserve and National Guard Nurse Corps officers, and retired military nurses, are eligible to apply for grant awards. It supports nurses in all phases of their research careers.” This is the third time that Dr. Cox has been funded by TSNRP, the first time as a novice researcher during her doctoral studies, another mid-career, and now as a senior nurse scientist. Dr. Cox hopes more GW Nursing faculty and students with military affiliations consider submitting grant proposals to TSNRP.

AUTHOR Catherine Cox

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Alumna Profile – Valerie Strockbine

Valerie Strockbine

This spring, GW Nursing is proud to highlight distinguished alumna, Valerie Strockbine, D.N.P., M.S.N., RN, a quality improvement team leader for regulatory and risk management at the Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland.  

Dr. Strockbine entered the M.S.N. in Healthcare Quality program in August of 2014. During her time in the M.S.N program, she served as an active member of Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society. Upon graduation in 2016, Dr. Strockbine furthered her career as a quality improvement team leader for pediatric surgery and a transfusion safety officer at the Johns Hopkins Hospital.  

In 2016, she enrolled in the GW Nursing’s online Doctor of Nursing Practice program (D.N.P.) where she proposed a D.N.P. project to study whether clinical decision support (CDS) could help reduce unnecessary type and screen phlebotomy tests. Because of her research, in May of 2019, Dr. Strockbine received the Outstanding D.N.P. Scholarly Project award and the Outstanding Student Award in Research.  

We caught up with Dr. Strockbine recently to see how she’s persevering with work, teaching, school and the unprecedented circumstances that 2020 has thrown our way. 

Q. I see from your LinkedIn page that you have a degree in journalism…what drew you away from that pursuit to the field of nursing? 

A. While studying journalism, I learned that you could find yourself in the middle of someone’s most vulnerable, painful point in life and not have the skillset to step in and help. I wanted to take an active role in comforting and healing people when they need it. Most of my clinical experience is in pediatric critical care and in this venue I was able to support both patients and families through their health crisis journey. 

Q. What was the focus of your fellowship project with the Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety and Quality? 

A. The focus of my fellowship project with the Armstrong Institute was to look at nursing’s role in reducing central line-associated bloodstream infection (CLABSI). Much work has been done on the insertion of central lines and the provider’s role, but it’s the nurses who maintain the line and apply infection prevention measures. Specifically, my work was on improving central line dressing changes by applying evidence-based best practices, the use of an observer-to-maintain technique, and use of a standardized dressing change kit. My organization’s infection control team has adopted and spread some of these strategies to other areas of the hospital, which has been especially rewarding.  

Q. As a D.N.P. graduate, how have you infused your professional life with the lessons you learned in the program?  

A. I think I apply the skills I gained from the D.N.P. program more often than I even realize! As a quality improvement team lead, I am constantly analyzing data to understand and define the problem, identifying opportunities for improvement, evaluating the literature and guidelines for best practices, and developing implementation strategies that address the problem and are feasible in the environment. I also apply many soft skills I learned along my D.N.P. journey, such as assembling and leading a team of relevant stakeholders, communicating the need for change, and empowering the team to put a change into action.  

Q. After 20 years as an RN, how did you make the switch to Quality Improvement Team Leader and how did those 20 years of experience and/or your degrees prepare you for this role?  

A. I spent the majority of my career at the bedside and was drawn to improving care as the science of safety was being applied in the healthcare industry.  I have the good fortune to work at an organization that not only said they wanted to improve patient safety and care quality, but found the resources to do it. Part of this was the creation of the Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety and Quality, where I served as a patient safety fellow. The program, now called the Leadership Academy, was essentially an immersion program that taught foundational safety and quality skills that led me to formal education programs at GW Nursing. Having a frontline background allows me to understand several perspectives of the same issue and provides some ’street credibility’ with the clinical teams.  

Q. What are you most proud of in your career? 

A. This is a tough question to answer. During the clinical portion of my career, I am proud of being part of a team that literally made miracles happen at the bedside. Regarding the academic phase of my career, I am proud to have had my D.N.P. project published in a healthcare quality journal. And now as a quality team leader, I am excited to apply my expertise to improvement projects that span our health system. I would be remiss if I didn’t also mention how satisfying it was to assist my colleagues during the height of the COVID-19 crisis by monitoring correct use of personal protective equipment and the safe transport of COVID patients. 

Q. How have you been able to make the greatest impact on the community that you serve? 

A. While I work with teams that reach many of the different communities we serve, the greatest influence I had was with the implementation of a safety process that protects every patient who receives a blood transfusion from receiving the wrong type of blood. The project started in one hospital but when it’s value was realized by organizational leadership, it became a system-wide process change. 

AUTHOR Pria McNeil

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Using Information Technology to Improve Health

GW Digital Health Summit logo

GW’s inaugural Digital Health Summit looked at how technology has transformed the healthcare landscape.

The Digital Health Summit immersed George Washington University in the world of health care as defined by digital technology, bringing together over three days an interdisciplinary group of educators, clinicians, health system leaders and industry innovators.

GW Nursing Dean Pamela Jeffries said the COVID-19 pandemic made clear the necessity to adopt digital health solutions for the delivery of health care using technologies that are rapidly evolving and innovative approaches that connect patients and families in communities with the health care system.

The summit was co-hosted by GW Nursing, the School of Medicine and Health Sciences, the Milken Institute School of Public Health, the School of Engineering and Applied Science and GW Medical Faculty Associates. Over three days in mid-April, sessions offered discussions on topics such as what academic institutions can learn from practice institutions, how to translate innovation from the corporate sector to healthcare and using digital health for evidence-based practice and research.

Screenshot of Digital Health Summit session
Screen shot from Digital Health Summit session

The virtual assembly heard from among others imminent corporate leaders such as Heather Cox, chief digital health and analytics officer for Humana, Kristi Henderson,  senior vice president for the Center of Digital Innovation at Optum Health, and Karen DeSalvo, chief health officer at Google Health.

“So much of what we need to do as the next phase in using data and technology in health care is simply just making sure that we have the right information and that we have transparency in operability and accessibility and understand consent and privacy,” Dr. Salvo said.

Bringing the three-day virtual summit to a close, Dr. Jeffries and Marc Garbey, CEO of ORintelligence, an information technology firm and consultant to the GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences, engaged Dr. Salvo in a “fireside chat” where she shared her experiences as an internist new to digital technology. She found herself providing urgent care during Hurricane Katrina at a time where she was unaware of digital technology—including not knowing what a text message was.

“There was a little envelope on my phone that wouldn’t go away,” she said, laughing.

From clinical and public health work she moved on to policy as an assistant secretary for health in the Department of Health and Human Service in the Obama’s administration, where she helped to bring federal health policy in line with the rapidly evolving field of telehealth. She currently leads a team of experts at Google Health in technological health care innovation.

When Dr. Jeffries asked what was the major challenge to digital health systems, Dr. Salvo said “equity.”

“The pandemic has, as many crises do, shown a spotlight on the fact that even a virus that theoretically should have an equal impact on a community. . .has a different impact because there’s already so much difference in access, outcomes and other underlying health issues,” she said.

Dr. Salvo said addressing these inequities would take more than just great medical care. Public health systems would have to be modernized and comparable social care data scaled up. “We were not as well trained in the U.S. context about understanding that most people’s health is driven by where they live and learn and work and play,” she said.

But if the pandemic revealed inequities, it was also a key driver in the uptake of telehealth, she said, “and clearly showed us that technology is a viable option in the digital toolbox.”

“It is so much easier to connect with someone to get the help you need…when that can be done virtually,” said Dr. Salvo, adding that it is essential the next generation of doctors and nurses are trained to use those digital tools.

She reminded the audience that Google is first and foremost a consumer company that has partnered with companies such as Fitbit Inc. and Mayo International Health on projects. As a business, Google has an incentive to share data, she said. “We’re all connected, and so the data has to be all connected in ways that are private and secure,” she said. “That allows us to not miss what’s coming next that might be impacting the population’s health or a person’s health.”

AUTHOR B.L. Wilson

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RWJF Interdisciplinary Research Leaders Examine Role of Fathers in Reducing Maternal Mortality

father holding infant

George Washington School of Nursing’s Dr. Sherrie Wallington, an assistant professor of health disparities and oncology, along with her colleague, Dr. Tony Yang, professor and executive director of the Center for Health Policy and Media Engagement, were selected as fellows as part of the 2020 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Interdisciplinary Research Leaders Program (IRL).  This is a three-year (2020-2023) funding of $371,000 with 20% support for each fellow/leader. The IRL connects leaders in varying professions and fields of expertise from all over the country to promote collaboration and learning from one another to develop stronger leadership competencies.

Drs. Wallington and Yang, along with their community partnering organization, Alliance of Concerned Men, Inc in D.C., make up their team focusing on the project, It’s a Dad Thing: Fathers as Powerful Agents of Change in Reducing Disparities in Maternal Mortality in the District of Columbia.  This project is a mixed-methods study that examines the role of fathers in reducing maternal mortality in the District of Columbia.  Currently, D.C. has one of the highest rates of maternal mortality, especially among Black women.

The anticipated outcome of their project is to expand current literature and identify multilevel issues related to father involvement  in improving maternal/child health outcomes. A particular aspect of the study involves examining policy-level factor that promote or impede father involvement. Their findings will contribute to the design of innovative and sustainable father-focused interventions and community-engaged activities.

The research component of the study will feature a visual research method known as photo voice, various focus groups and discussions, and cross-sectional surveys, all of which will take place in the targeted communities. 

Right now, Drs. Wallington and Yang are working with their community partner to establish a community advisory board, which will help inform and provide feedback throughout the duration of the project.  The community advisory board will ensure that the goals of the project fully reflect the needs and makeup of the D.C. communities that are part of the project.  By working with a community advisory board, the project leaders expect that the resulting actions at the conclusion of the project will produce significant, real-world changes that directly benefit the parents and children living in those communities. 

The project leaders are also hard at work finalizing data collection processes and tools as well as seeking feedback from RWJF staff and community partner organizations in order to maximize the long-term impact of their study. To learn more about the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s IRL program, visit www.irleaders.org.

AUTHOR Sherrie Wallington & Tony Yang

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