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June 7, 2021June 9, 2021

Using Information Technology to Improve Health

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

June 7, 2021November 5, 2021

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

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

June 7, 2021June 9, 2021

Media Summit 2020

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In December of 2020, the GW School of Nursing’s Center for Health Policy and Media Engagement co-hosted¹ a follow up to last year’s inaugural Media Summit for Nursing Organizations. The goal of the Media Summit is to improve the representation of nurses in the media.

This work took on greater urgency over the past year, during which time the COVID-19 pandemic has dominated healthcare and the media. Nurses may have been featured in the media more than in years past, but often they were portrayed as heroes, angels, victims, or strictly bedside caregivers. Despite the fact that nurses are also thought leaders, scholars, innovators, policy influencers, and the backbone of healthcare systems, nurses and nursing organizations are still rarely the go-to for the science and evidence. Nurses have valuable knowledge, unique perspectives, and stories that deserve to be told and represented in the media.

The 2020 Media Summit convened leaders from 20 nursing organizations seeking to improve the representation of nurses in the media and enhance their media engagement skills. The participants discussed challenges and successes they have had implementing lessons from last year’s Summit. Some nursing organization representatives said they have noticed a trend of media requests seeking to portray nurses in a stereotypical manner. Others, who had success building relationships with journalists since the previous Summit, suggested that once your organization has a connection with journalists, you can begin to redirect their questions, pivoting away from discussing only bedside care to discussing the ways in which nurses are well-rounded leaders, in healthcare and policy.

At the 2020 Media Summit, we also hosted two journalists: Sheree Crute, director of communications at the National Institute for Health Care Management Foundation, and Courtney Stewart, vice president of strategic communications at Missouri Foundation for Health. These esteemed panelists advised our nursing leaders on many media topics, including how to navigate the current polarized media environment.

Sheree Crute told attendees that “sitting comfortably in the center is almost not possible,” so to consider, what are you willing to say and what you are willing to be known for. As she stated, “nurses have important stories. Finding people who can tell them factually, effectually, and efficiently is the challenge.”

To have the greatest impact, Ms. Stewart advised the diverse group to hone in on their organization’s specific audiences based on their niche or comparative advantage. Responding to the many participants who expressed wanting to see the underrepresentation of nurses and the media’s narrative around nurses change, she said that journalists do have a responsibility in this, including educating themselves on better understanding the complex roles of nurses. However, it is also partially up to nurses and nursing organizations to make themselves known, pivot the narrative, share unlikely stories, and come up with creative ways to enter conversations. She told our attendees to build relationships with journalists now, even in small ways, and that those relationships are what will, down the road, make the more in-depth healthcare and health policy conversations that nurses want to have possible.

1. The Center for Health Policy and Media Engagement looks forward to continuing these conversations and partnerships in 2021.

AUTHOR HALEY STEPP

June 5, 2021November 5, 2021

Innovation in Policy Teaching

The Innovation

While the COVID-19 pandemic has devastated the world in many ways, it has also fueled innovation and inspired resilience among many sectors of society. One of the many ways our GW Nursing community has been adaptive is through enhanced teaching methods, a prime example being the policy course, NURS 6205 – Health Policy, Quality, and Political Process. This course is designed to orient both master’s and undergraduate students to the policy environment, connect the dots between policy and health care quality, introduce the political process, and encourage students to be advocates.

In years past, one of the major assignments was for each student to contact their federal or state representative and dialogue with them about a specific policy issue. However, in the summer of 2020, COVID-19 had thrown Capitol Hill into chaos and the demands of legislating at that time were all consuming for members of Congress and Hill staff. Realizing this, one of the course professors, Ellen Kurtzman, created an alternative way to enhance students’ education while not inundating Hill staff with calls. Students were given options to either proceed with having a dialogue with a representative, join a virtual lobby day, or engage with a Hill staffer in a virtual Q&A session.

Q&A with a Hill Staffer

Dr. Ellen Kurtzman, Ph.D., MPH, RN, FAAN, a former Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) Fellow, used her contacts to recruit guest lecturers from Congressional offices. This provided students with the opportunity to interact with someone working on Capitol Hill while being sensitive to the dramatic political climate. Dr. Kurtzman said that the experience was both useful and inspiring because each staffer who chose to give these lectures and talk to students, did so out of a passion for inspiring nurses to be engaged in policy.

This option, which many students chose, provided an opportunity to learn why each staffer picked this career and what, in their backgrounds and experience, led them to Capitol Hill. They were able to dialogue with students about the most pressing issues in Congress (the 116th), how to be an effective advocate, and how to best interact with a lawmaker.

When asked about the decision to host these Q&A sessions, and what that experience was like, Dr. Kurtzman explained that the staffers who spoke were policy generalists and their job depends on constituents coming to tell them what is important to their stakeholder group or using their expertise to help them interpret a bill. Dr. Kurtzman summed up the message to students as “we can’t do our job without you, so coming to visit shouldn’t be intimidating.”

With regard to the interview sessions, Dr. Joyce Pulcini, Ph.D., RN, PNP-BC, FAAN – the course coordinator – stated that the helpfulness lies in getting instructions and encouragement directly from staffers; helping students to “break the fear” of talking to legislators. She said that based on student feedback, this assignment gave them a sense of what advocacy is – that the term finally began to “become real and come alive for them.” Dr. Kurtzman agreed by saying that these extra training sessions are an important piece of the training puzzle if we are to expect students to advocate or approach their representatives on their own.

In the spring 2021 semester, Dr. Melissa Batchelor, Ph.D., RN-BC, FNP-BC, FGSA, FAAN, a former Health and Aging Policy Fellow, set up the interview session with Hill staffers. Dr. Pulcini noted how unique and extremely helpful it is to have multiple faculty members “who have worked on the Hill and know the players.”

Lobby Day

The lobby days, the other option provided, were also very successful with the students. Virginia hosted a virtual lobby day this semester, free and specific to students, that they were encouraged to attend. Maryland hosted a similar virtual lobby day option, too. Dr. Pulcini noted that these virtual sessions are another COVID-19 related innovation – stemming from necessity – but have allowed for much higher participation rates, including among our students, who might not have otherwise traveled to the state capitals to participate.

This past year has been a crucial and dynamic time for nursing legislation, particularly at the state levels. For one, scope of practice laws are finally changing in many states like Virginia because of COVID-19. Between this and the fact that most nurses will end up conducting state level (rather than federal) political advocacy, these opportunities for students to get state lobbying experience has been invaluable.

Dr. Pulcini said that these virtual options will become a regular part of the course because they provide expanded opportunities and meaningful interaction for our students.

Why this is unique and innovative

GW Nursing is uniquely situated with the right environment, context, and connections to allow for this type of innovative educational experience to exist. This “Only at GW” opportunity enables students to learn from Hill staffers and begin to immerse themselves in the legislative process.

Dr. Kurtzman credits her time as a Robert Wood Johnson Fellow with her ability to bring this opportunity to students. Her goal during her fellowship was to absorb as much as she could and translate and disseminate the lessons learned into her classroom teaching. She is proud to have been able to enhance the experience of her students and leverage her year on the Hill to inform her teaching.

Gregg Margolis, Director of the RWJF Health Policy Fellows Program, said that this innovation is a great example of how he hopes and expects alumni, like Dr. Kurtzman, to share their experience once they return to their teaching positions. He said that because many policy makers “lack the perspective of frontline providers,” it is “important for students and clinical workers to engage with them.” He added that it is equally important that they learn how to do it effectively, though.

The student perspective

One of our former nursing students, Mehdi Rahmati, now a cardiac nurse at GW Hospital, took this course with Dr. Kurtzman in the summer semester and attended the Q&A session with legislative correspondent, Shivani Pampati. About this experience, Mehdi said:

“It allowed us to learn and know how legislatures would like to connect with healthcare workers and what avenues are more effective. The interaction [of hearing from and speaking with the Hill staffer] also helped break down the walls of pessimism and hesitation that some of us had in contacting a senator. Knowing that not only can our voice be heard, but that we, as healthcare providers, can serve as a resource to the legislatures was eye opening.”

When asked how his time at GW Nursing as a whole influenced his understanding of policy, he said that he now has an appreciation for how policy is woven into everything and how important it is to nursing…

“… especially during the current pandemic. In this course, we were discussing policies every class, but I appreciated the discourse with other professors and the administration about the importance of healthcare policies and their impact on nursing. How, for instance, the government drafted policies to fight the pandemic that directly impacted nurses and healthcare workers. We learned that now, more than ever, we as nurses should take great interest in policy work, otherwise policies will be drafted without our input, and those policies will directly change our day-to-day work at the hospitals, nursing homes, clinics, and elsewhere. “

**A special thank you to NURS 6205’s guest speakers from the Hill: Shivani Pampati (legislative correspondent), McKenzie Fields (legislative aide), Alexander Urry (policy advisor), and Samantha Koehler (policy aide).

AUTHOR Haley Stepp

June 5, 2021November 10, 2021

GW Nursing Seeks to Advance Science and Education, Sees Strong Start to Ph.D. Program

As they undertake research they hope will translate to better patient outcomes and health care practices, GW Nursing’s first-ever Doctor of Philosophy in Nursing students are setting a high bar for those who will come after them.

The Ph.D. program launched in fall 2019. Although GW Nursing had already offered a doctoral-level degree–the Doctor of Nursing Practice (D.N.P.)–the Ph.D. program aims to prepare students interested in nursing science and education. 

“Upon graduation, a nurse scientist will address research questions that are most relevant to the care of patients, educational needs of students and policy goals of our profession,” said Kathleen Griffith, Ph.D., M.P.H., CRNP-F, assistant dean of the Ph.D. program and newly minted associate dean for research. “Nurses study clinical problems that we are in a unique position to manage–such as symptom management, family distress and decision making around preventive health care. The purpose of our research is to build the knowledge base of our profession, which will enhance our care of patients, improve education of our students and change the way health care is delivered.”

Eleven students, each with a range of experiences in nursing and health care, are currently enrolled in the three-year, full-time 57-credit program, which is delivered in an executive-style format. 

The six students in the first cohort are now completing their core coursework; the second cohort, with five students, started in fall 2020. A third cohort will have an orientation in July and begin studies in the fall semester, Dr. Griffith said.

First cohort students Michelle Clausen, M.S.N., CNM, and Noelle Herrier, PMHNP, have centered their research on improving outcomes for two populations that too often slip through the cracks.

After earning her undergraduate degree in public health from GW and then working at a Washington, D.C., area health-focused nonprofit, Clausen returned to GW, first earning a B.S.N. and then an M.S.N. with a concentration in nurse-midwifery.

She started her nursing career as a Midwifery Fellow and then as a full-time faculty member at the midwifery service at GW Medical Faculty Associates. These roles also came with the opportunity to teach students–from those in medical and nursing school to emerging midwives and medical residents—which has become another passion for Clausen. Since beginning her Ph.D. studies, Clausen has continued to work clinically as a nurse-midwife for the University of Maryland.

Clausen’s clinical experiences motivated her to return to school and is the inspiration behind her research focus.

“I have witnessed the system fall short for women and pregnant persons,” she said. “I’ve seen barriers that certified nurse-midwives have faced in providing high-quality, evidence-based compassionate care, despite this type of care continuously providing significant outcomes.”

On the other hand, she has had the opportunity, through mentors and other experiences, to see midwifery at its very best.

Clausen’s research interests include matters related to the nation’s growing maternal morbidity and mortality rates; barriers to access to care; innovations in women’s health; and the vast spiritual needs of pregnant individuals. She is now focused on testing spiritual needs assessment tools with pregnant women.

“Spiritual health has been studied throughout medicine and associated with various positive health outcomes, and I would like to help bring this to those experiencing pregnancy,” she said. “It is my hope that this work informs future research regarding the dynamic needs of pregnant individuals in order to improve their health and the health of their families.”

Nicole Herrier — Noelle Herrier, GW Nursing Ph. D. student

After 13 years in clinical practice, Herrier has returned to school, hopeful that she can play a greater part in eliminating the health disparities common among mental health patients. 

Though her undergraduate degree from Northern Arizona University is in zoology, Herrier minored in chemistry with an emphasis on health professions. She returned to school to earn a B.S.N. from Arizona State and then an M.S.N. in Adult Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner at the University of Washington. There, Herrier did much of her training at Madigan Army Medical Center, focusing on the neurobiology and treatment of trauma. She now works at a Maricopa County, ArIzona, facility, providing court-ordered evaluations and treatment for those with mental health concerns.

Her nursing career started in cardiac ICU, but mental health was always Herrier’s passion; she made time to pursue it by working with community mental health initiatives and at inpatient behavioral health facilities. 

“Throughout my career, I found that there were many barriers to my patients receiving medical care, from their psychiatric illness to their social and living situations, and I’ve even witnessed provider bias in delaying treatment,” she said. 

Herrier wants to use her Ph.D. to help change that. She says symptoms of other diseases are often overlooked in mental health patients, something that was underscored this past year, she says, as mental health patients with severe coughs were tested for COVID-19 only to discover they had advanced lung cancer. 

“The understanding that people with a serious mental illness have higher rates of mortality from cancer than those without a mental illness led me to want to research to find methods to decrease people’s mortality,” said Herrier, whose post-doctoral aspirations include joining the faculty of a university to teach and continue her research. 

Cohort 2 students Sasha DuBois, RN, M.S.N., and Burton Korer, RN-BC, D.N.P., CPHQ, have designs on using their research to change the health care industry for the better.

DuBois was in high school when she first came to work at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. Today, she is a nurse director for the hospital’s IV team and Patient Care Assistant Float Pool.

“I started out through the Student Success Jobs Program for Boston students who were interested in health careers,” said DuBois, who joined the hospital’s nursing staff after earning a B.S.N. at Simmons University. 

She received her M.S.N. in leadership and administration from Emmanuel College; she’s pursuing her doctorate because she believes it will be a valuable asset in her goal of addressing the dearth of diversity and cultural competency in nursing. 

“Ensuring we have racially and culturally concordant providers of our patients is a very important passion of mine,” she said. “My research interests around this subject are focused on barriers that nurses of color face when completing a professional nursing program.”

For DuBois, nursing is more than a profession, it’s a calling that beckoned to her early on. The pandemic, she says, has shown the world once again how critically important nurses are. She’s never been prouder to work in the field. 

“I love what makes a nurse, a nurse,” DuBois said. 

She’s determined to leave a mark: to make nursing better by working to knock down barriers that impede both nurses and patients. DuBois has begun that work already by volunteering at Simmons University in the Dotson Bridge and Mentoring Program, which supports African American, Latina, Asian and Native American nursing students. 

“I believe that there is room for everyone at the table,” DuBois said. “I plan to continue my career in nursing leadership while working in academia.  I can do my part to bridge the two worlds, so I may contribute to the development of the best nurses for tomorrow.”

The COVID-19 crisis has brought the vulnerability of older adults to the forefront, but Dr. Korer says this population was in a precarious situation long before the pandemic. He enrolled in the Ph.D. program to help change that. 

“I see many elderly low-income individuals at risk due to declining health and limited access to coordinated and effective care,” he said. “My aim is to help develop nursing practices to address elderly individuals who are aging in place in senior housing.”  

Years of study and practice led him to his research focus. He worked continuously in health care as he earned his A.D.N. from Gateway Community College; B.S. in business administration and management and M.S.N. from University of Phoenix; and D.N.P. from GW.

“Starting as a CNA, then an LPN, I have been employed in nursing full time for over 30 years, working for several large employers, and have owned my own health care company for more than 25 years,” he said. 

Dr. Korer believes one of the first steps in delivering better health outcomes for older adults and others is to ensure the right programs and initiatives are properly funded and utilized.

“The health care system in the United States currently covers many social costs as compared to other countries (but doesn’t) always produce favorable health care outcomes,” he said. “If we can spend the resources better we can improve the lives of many more individuals.”

After completing the program, Dr. Korer wants to share what he learns about fiscal performance and health care outcomes through teaching, lecturing and partnerships with hospitals and other health-focused organizations.

AUTHOR kevin walker

June 4, 2021June 14, 2021

A Pioneering Model

The student-run COVID-19 testing center, which got up and running in record time, offers an inspiring blueprint for the future, nursing experts say.

When Mark Tanner came to GW’s Virginia Science and Technology Campus weekly to get tested for COVID-19, the former assistant dean for the bachelor of science in nursing program parked adjacent to Enterprise Hall. He entered the building, scanned his GW badge, and walked up to the registration desk, where nursing students scannedQR codes on testees’ phones to call up their appointments, verify names and birth dates, and scan test tubes that would contain their samples. From behind plexiglass, the students—who were gloved and masked—wrote Dr. Tanner’s name and birth date on the test tube and verified his identity with his GW ID or license.

Dr. Tanner took his test tube and walked down a hall in the building’s former cafeteria, which was sufficiently capacious to accommodate the center, to one of six testing booths. If it was a busy time of day, he could wait a few minutes, but often he went right in. He would hand his test tube to the nursing student (gowned, gloved, and clad in an N95 mask and face shield), and the latter verified his birth date. Dr. Tanner had taught many of these students in first-semester didactic courses, but the students would invariably stick to protocol.

“Every experience I had, they always ask, ‘Hey. How are you? Have you done this before?’ even though they knew who I am, and they knew I’d done it before,” he said. “They’re doing the things that they should be doing. They’re neither relaxing nor taking anything off. There’s a sense of pride knowing they’ve come to our program; they’ve come this far; and they’re doing well with this very important task.

Each time, the student explained the procedure to Dr. Tanner, directed him to sit and drop his mask below his nose, and swabbed 10 seconds per nostril. The student nurse placed the swab in the test tube, broke it off and capped it, and then Dr. Tanner was ready to go. A courier picked up samples twice daily from the site, at noon and at 4 p.m., for delivery to Foggy Bottom for processing in a GW lab. Dr. Tanner usually had his results, which he could check via a mobile application, within about a day.

“It’s been very well and smoothly run,” he said. “I’m rarely there for longer than 5 to 10 minutes from the time I stand in line until the time I’m back in my car.” There’s a huge amount that happens in a very short clip, and the testing center did that more than 500 times per week at its peak. But equally as impressive is the speed with which the COVID-19 testing center was created and launched and how effective it has been during these difficult and uncertain times.

An ‘Aha Moment’

When GW announced in March 2020 that it would be going virtual, the School of Nursing was already well poised for online instruction, which it had been doing previously, but clinical placements became a problem when area hospitals said they couldn’t accommodate student-nurses. The Commonwealth of Virginia ruled that simulations could count for clinical experience, so that semester’s students could graduate.

“But then the new group comes in. What do you do with the new group? Summer, fall, and now spring. We really were beginning to scramble a little bit,” said Karen Drenkard, associate dean of clinical practice and community engagement.

By early summer, Dr. Drenkard was representing the Nursing School on GW’s pandemic task force and was co-running the task force’s health and wellness subcommittee. As the university moved toward bringing essential community members back to campus, there was a need for a COVID-19 surveillance polymerase chain reaction (PCR) testing program. Two testing centers were created in Foggy Bottom—one for symptomatic and the other for non-symptomatic people—and by mid-August, Dr. Drenkard had a mandate to create and operate a testing center on the Virginia campus for the 550 faculty, staff, and students, who reported there for work.

“I’m not sure when we had the aha moment, but it’s 25 miles away, and the students have their clinical labs in Ashburn, the employees work in Ashburn, and we have housekeeping staff, faculty, students, and essential staff that are all going to be there,” Dr. Drenkard said.

The semester was slated to begin some two or three weeks after the Nursing School received direction to start the testing center, so Dr. Drenkard—who had only been at GW for about a year—needed to move very quickly. The former chief nurse who spent a decade at the five hospitals of the Inova Health System, had served also on the Northern Virginia regional emergency preparedness disaster task force for the hospital alliance right after September 11, 2001.

“I had a lot of disaster management experience, and I had operations experience,” she said.

Dr. Drenkard corralled a group, which included people she hadn’t met before and who hadn’t met one another, and oriented everyone toward the goal and looming deadlines. “We were able to break down a lot of barriers very quickly,” she said. She also brought aboard two people with whom she had worked previously and upon whom she knew she could count.

She enlisted Bonnie Sakallaris—who was chief nurse of the Alexandria, Va., hospital system and had worked with Dr. Drenkard at Inova—as the COVID-19 testing center director. “She was thinking that she was going to retire. I called her on Aug. 12 and said, ‘Would you be interested in doing this with me? I have no idea how long it’s going to last, but it’s going to be crazy. Do you want to come with me?’” Dr. Drenkard said. “She called me back in two hours and said, ‘Yes. I do.’”

“When you’re a nursing executive or a hospital administrator in the executive suite, you stand up new programs frequently, and often without a whole lot of notice. I had never opened up a testing center before, but both Karen and I have on multiple occasions, with very little notice, developed a whole new program, staffed it, and opened it up,” Dr. Sakallaris said. “There are organizational things that you know you have to do. This was not foreign territory.”

Dr. Drenkard also hired Patsy Deyo, M.S.N. ’14—who is in her Ph.D. dissertation phase in translational health sciences at GW’s School of Medicine and Health Sciences, and who worked previously in academic affairs at the Nursing School—to run student-nurse educational training.

“I knew we could do it. I wasn’t sure how,” Deyo said with a laugh. “There were so many moving pieces and so many different things that had to happen in such a short time that anywhere along the lines there could have been hiccups that would have impacted our being able to do it.”

The group secured supplies (including the highest level of personal protective equipment, PPE, that it could to protect the student nurses), drafted colleagues from different parts of the university, and found ways to involve students. (It also created and ran a flu vaccination clinic adjacent to the COVID testing center, as a “one-stop shop,” for two weeks in October.)

“I said, ‘If I’m going to put students who aren’t licensed yet in a situation where they’re exposed to some people who could possibly have COVID, they have to have N95s, face shields, gowns, and nitrile gloves,” Dr. Drenkard said. “We used very stringent infection control, and none of my testers ever got COVID.”

From the start, staff members were very open with the student nurses, asking how the process could improve and what challenges could be foretold and skirted. “We kept modifying what we did based on what they were seeing and said, ‘No idea was too crazy or far-out to try,’” Dr. Sakallaris said.

Students have expressed to Dr. Sakallaris something quite similar to how she feels herself: that as the pandemic unfolded, she felt drawn to the front lines to do something useful and to be part of the solution.

“This offers that opportunity,” she said. “It’s very gratifying to know that you’re doing something really important to manage and eventually stop this pandemic. That feels really good. It’s fun to see a plan come together.”

And though the group went into creating the clinic expecting there would be great lessons but also initial glitches, the process went surprisingly smoothly from the start, according to Dr. Sakallaris. “There was no chaos,” she said. “It was all really well controlled.”

students in PPE getting instructions — Nursing student volunteers in PPE receiving instructions

Charge Nurse

Throughout the day—10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Mondays and Thursdays, and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Tuesdays and Wednesdays—student nurses rotate through three roles: registrar, tester, and charge nurse. One student is charge nurse in the morning, and another takes over after lunch. That person is in charge of ensuring the center has adequate inventory and supplies, oversees lunches and breaks, and enforces social distancing and masking protocols in the center. She or he also delivers test samples to the courier for transport to the Foggy Bottom lab.

Veronica Nguyen—who worked at the testing center during the spring 2021 semester—found it nerve wracking the first time she served as charge nurse. Only one other student from her group had held the charge nurse position before, and Nguyen trained with Dr. Sakallaris and with that previous charge nurse.

“You worry about keeping everyone happy and running daily operations as smoothly as you can,” Nguyen said. “Especially for someone with limited leadership experience, it can be daunting to delegate tasks and make decisions. However, developing my leadership skills in a setting like the testing center was incredibly helpful.”

Faculty provided a safe learning environment to facilitate student growth and development, and debrief sessions at the end of the day helped the team address collectively issues that arose during the day. “This time allowed me to reflect on my role and work with my peers to improve,” Nguyen said. “I’m thankful that the testing center created this role. These experiences can help us develop our leadership style and practice as we go into our jobs as full-time nurses.”

Working at the testing center also helped Nguyen bridge the gap between didactic knowledge and practical nursing skills. “The testing site represents a crossroads of our nursing education, training, and experiences at clinical. At the center, we can practice practical skills like properly donning and doffing PPE, participate in patient education, and learn among peers,” she said. “The testing site offers opportunities for team management and building leadership skills.”

Another student nurse who worked at the testing center spring 2021, Timothy Barksdale, also found that the experience connected directly to what he was learning in his classes. “I am learning about COVID procedures in all my clinicals and classes, so the PPE requirements and general knowledge is very intertwined,” he said. “This clinical has absolutely raised my confidence in patient care as a whole and with COVID specific protocols.”

When Seneka Lea worked at the center during that same semester, she discovered there’s a lot more to the center than just swabbing noses and scanning test tubes.

“I was surprised at the number of individuals tested at the Virginia campus everyday, and then more so at the Foggy Bottom campus. Before my experience, these numbers didn’t really mean anything to me,” she said. “But in understanding the importance of surveillance and contact tracing on preventing outbreaks in our GW community, it is impressive to see how many individuals we test on a weekly basis.”

Lea learned something different from each of the three roles at the testing center. As a tester, she learned to ensure sample quality and to reassure patients (nasal swabs aren’t fun, she assures). As registrar, she fine-tuned customer service skills and attention to detail. And as charge nurse, she learned the importance of teamwork and assuming responsibility.

Normally—when it’s not a pandemic—student nurses don’t get a lot of primary care experience, because their clinical experiences tend to focus on acute care.

“This is a real chance for them to see how a primary care, very-specialized clinic works, and to see all the roles that go into making it happen. It gives a different experience than we’ve been able to provide in the past, and it really allows them to understand the full picture of what’s going on,” Dr. Tanner said. “It’s a hopefully once in a lifetime opportunity to work through a pandemic and to provide this service.”

student wiping down chair — Nursing student volunteer wiping down chair

Student Innovations

In addition to their assigned roles as registrar, tester, and charge nurse, students also kept their eyes and ears open and made an impact on important parts of the testing center processes, center staff said.

One nursing student read the label on a sanitizer bottle and questioned testers taking the swabbed specimens where they needed to go and only then coming back and sanitizing chairs. The instructions said the sanitizer had to sit for a minute before cleaning to be effective. After the student approached staff with that realization, the center process changed. Now, testers spray the chair and let the sanitizer sit while they deliver the specimen. By testers’ return, the sanitizer has done its magic and is ready to be wiped down.

On another occasion, students got the idea to help Spanish-speaking facilities and housekeeping staff on the Virginia campus understand more about COVID in their mother tongue. One of the students, who was fluent in Spanish, provided the text for the educational materials. “The students felt that it was very important to do this project,” Deyo said. “It was so well received.”

“The students were really picking up on knowledge deficits among groups of people coming in to get tested and were able to put together educational materials to address that,” Dr. Tanner said. “They served a really good role. They were the ones who noticed that and brought it to the faculty, who were overseeing and working with them.”

In another instance, students suggested minimizing the distance between the donning and doffing site and testing booths, so they wouldn’t have to walk through the entire testing center in full PPE. A new, closer space was identified, with the students’ help, and students set it up, sanitized it, and arranged supplies, Deyo said.

In normal times, students have less of an opportunity to bring fresh sets of eyes and ears in their clinicals and to provide feedback that revolutionizes processes, according to Dr. Tanner.

“Absolutely, there are people who may have those ideas, but the nature of this being a new clinic, really gave them more a sense of freedom to go ahead and say, ‘Hey. I’m seeing this,’” he said. “When you’re a student and you’re going into a well-established clinical site, you see something, but you may wonder why they do that. You may ask that question, but it’s not going to be very typical—I certainly know that as a student I wouldn’t have felt comfortable being like, ‘Hey. You guys should change this.’”

Nursing student administering flu vaccine

Looking Ahead

As Dr. Drenkard thinks back on all that GW was able to accomplish with its COVID testing, she thinks the university sits squarely in the top tier of those who showed leadership in pandemic management and surveillance. “The capacity to stand something up quickly and to use students who are in clinical training as a resource—these are all really important assets,” she said.

Dr. Drenkard also thinks that the testing center broadcasts an important and broad message about nursing. “As a profession, we’ve struggled a little bit to really shine as leaders, and this was an example of a combination of so many things going together,” she said. “Nursing and nurses taking on leadership and a nurse-led testing site and center shows what can happen and shows people what nurses are capable of.”

There will almost certainly be testing in some form over the summer, and the hope is that need will greatly reduce by the fall.

Now that COVID vaccinations are more prominent, the testing center has shifted to reduced hours. But there is still a potential role the center will play in vaccinations going forward.

It was able to do that with a flu vaccine clinic that the Nursing School stood up adjacent to the COVID-19 testing center, which provided flu vaccines in two weeks to everyone reporting to the Virginia campus who wasn’t already vaccinated. “The thing that we could really look at and see how we can incorporate is working on vaccination clinics,” Dr. Tanner said.

“It’s great to know we can do it on such a short time frame and make it effective. We hope that we don’t have to do it again that quickly,” he said of the COVID testing center. “Academics are made to move kind of slow and deliberate; it’s not the same thing as the clinical environment. But knowing that we were able to do that is a great thing to know and if we have a similar situation—which goodness I hope we don’t—it’s great to know that we were able to do that.”

Dr. Sakallaris agreed. “There’s going to be another crisis at some point, so this is the lesson that I would take away from that: When there’s a crisis looming, take a look at what your students can do, what can they learn from this, and how can we marry those two things. I think that’s been the most valuable thing,” she said.

“When there is a crisis, when there is something new going on, it’s a significant opportunity for learning for your students. Use that. Staffing this with student nurses is unique,” she added. “Other places have tested college students, but they’ve used contract labor and that sort of thing. I don’t know of any other place that has used their student nurses.”

And, of course, their flu vaccination clinic is likely to return in future flu seasons, as it has operated in the past. “It is a really good opportunity for student nurses to do IM (intramuscular) injections,” Deyo said.

AUTHOR Menachem Wecker

June 4, 2021June 8, 2021

Dean’s Welcome: Spring 2021

A Year to Remember

What a difference a year makes. To think, at this time last year we were hunkering down amidst the initial spikes in COVID-19 cases. We were reeling from the unthinkable killing of George Floyd. We were swiftly transitioning in-person to virtual education and finding new, creative…sometimes challenging and painful…ways of navigating our new realities.

While we’re not out of the woods, yet…we find ourselves a year later entering a place of relief, reflection and recovery. Healthcare workers have done the amazing work of educating communities and vaccinating more than 60% of adults and adolescents, leading to reduced COVID cases and deaths each month and relaxed restrictions on mask wearing and social distancing. We saw the criminal justice system work the way it should, holding accountable those who have done wrong. And we find our school of nursing on the precipice of transition as I prepare to embark on my next adventure at Vanderbilt School of Nursing and Interim Dean Pam Slaven-Lee takes the helm with a newly-minted four-year strategic plan and the support of a dynamic leadership team, faculty and staff.

As I reflect on my six years at GW Nursing, it is with such joy and satisfaction at the things we’ve accomplished together and the progress we’ve made. It has been such an amazing chapter of my life. And this last year, in particular, has been a reminder of all that is possible working with the talented faculty, staff, students, alumni, friends and donors of the GW School of Nursing.

Last August, as the COVID pandemic raged on, we saw the GW School of Nursing take the lead in planning, building and running a highly effective COVID-19 testing and vaccination clinic that served as an invaluable learning experience for A.B.S.N. students, while providing a vital healthcare service for the GW community. We saw faculty embrace the “silver linings” of online learning to breathe new life into courses. And we saw our community come together, virtually, for milestone events like our 10^th anniversary gala, the inaugural GW Digital Health Summit, and our second annual Media Summit, to name a few.

This year has also brought a renewed focus on research at GW Nursing with the influx of more than $1.5 million in funding for projects ranging from how to reduce maternal mortality, to ways of mitigating liver disease, to strategies for improving clinical operations aboard military ships during a pandemic. We also have two cohorts of Ph.D. students working toward becoming the next wave of groundbreaking researchers in areas such as addressing the lack of quality care for pregnant persons, disparities in healthcare treatment among mental health patients, the dearth of diversity and cultural competency in nursing, and how to ensure better health outcomes for older adults.

We have also found time this year to engage with our alumni and celebrate their accomplishments, as you’ll see in our highlights of Dr. Valerie Strockbine and GW Monumental Alumna Dr. Mary-Michael Brown.

This has been an unprecedented year, filled with challenges, opportunities, successes and failures. But, above all, our GW Nursing community stayed true to itself, supported each other and found a path forward. This issue aims to capture some of that strength, resilience, innovation and tenacity. Please enjoy our spring issue.

Pamela R. Jeffries
Ph.D., RN, FAAN, ANEF, FSSH
Dean | School of Nursing
The George Washington University

October 13, 2020October 15, 2020

Dean’s Welcome: Fall 2020

Fall 2020 Magazine Dean’s Welcome Message

As we reflect on the last six months, we are astonished by what has unfolded. We see communities across the globe grappling to subdue a viral pandemic. A reckoning over structural racism playing out in our streets and in our organizations. And nurses, in the middle of a world turned upside down, focused as always on delivering safe and efficient care, sometimes at great personal sacrifice to themselves and their families.

In the fall issue of GW Nursing magazine, we shine a spotlight on the leadership, adaptability and resilience of nurses in the face of these challenges. You’ll read about GW Nursing faculty who quickly adapted their pediatric clinical course so students could do the entire clinical component virtually. You’ll learn about students, alumni, faculty and staff who rolled up their sleeves to battle COVID-19 on the front lines, as well as confront structural racism through open, respectful dialogue in our Continuing the Conversation series. And you’ll have a chance to interact with our stories in a deeper way than ever before, with links to photo albums; student-produced PSAs; and faculty podcasts, webinars and bios. It’s a virtual celebration of nurses, honoring them for the blood, sweat and tears they put into caring for our communities, especially during these unprecedented times.

Who could have imagined how this year would unfold when the World Health Organization designated 2020 as the “International Year of the Nurse and the Midwife,” in honor of the 200th anniversary of Florence Nightingale’s birth? If ever there was a year that justified why nurses should be valued and revered as the most trusted profession, 2020 is it. Stories of nurses providing expert care, compassion and leadership under unprecedented circumstances are now being told in the news and on social media…and signs that herald our heroism adorn highways, neighborhoods and office buildings around the country. It seems the World Health Organization was a bit prescient in choosing this year, of all years, to recognize us!

This pandemic has also reminded us of the importance and critical nature of our shared work as health care providers and leaders. COVID-19 has impacted our communities, our health care workforce, and the substance and delivery of nursing education itself. As our country and the world continue to battle this public health crisis, our commitment remains strong to preparing a workforce that will advance the health of all people.

To be clear…there are more difficult days ahead – for our students, for our communities, and for the world. But we can turn to our priorities of safety, care and efficiency to inform our decision making. In fact, I would argue that those three tenets would describe the ethos of every organizational leader right now. How do we manage operations in a safe, caring and efficient manner? In all that we do, these core values should form a compass and guide our approach to finding the new normal, because it may be a long time, if ever, before we go back to the way things were.

In the meantime, I invite you to scroll through the digital pages of our fall magazine and read the stories of leadership, adaptability and resilience that reflect the remarkable work of the GW Nursing community. I hope they bring you as much pride as they do me. Enjoy, stay safe and be well.

Pamela R. Jeffries
Ph.D., RN, FAAN, ANEF, FSSH
Dean | School of Nursing
The George Washington University

October 12, 2020October 13, 2020

Faculty Awards & Honors: July 2019 – June 2020

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. Erin Athey was accepted as a Fellow of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners. March 2020.

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Dr. Melissa Batchelor was selected to participate in the 2019 Training Institute for Dissemination and Implementation Research in Health (TIDIRH) supported by the National Institutes of Health and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.

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

Dr. Melissa Batchelor was awarded funding from the University Seminars Funding Program 2019-20 for Towards Age-Friendly: Improving Lives for All.

Dr. Sabrina Beroz was inducted as Fellow into the National League for Nursing (NLN) Academy of Nursing Education.

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

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Dr. Ashley Darcy-Mahoney was selected as the National Academy of Medicine (NAM) Distinguished Nurse Scholar-in-Residence.

Dr. Ashley Darcy-Mahoney was a visiting professor in the School of Health Sciences in Spring 2019. Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Australia.

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

Dr. Ashley Darcy-Mahoney received funding from the NIH for the project, Hablame Bebe: Improving health information access for low-income Hispanic children’s early language environments. The project seeks to develop, disseminate, and evaluate health information pertaining to early developmental milestones and language environments for low-income Hispanic families using the Hablame Bebe application.

Dr. Ashley Darcy-Mahoney received funding from the NIH Center for Advancing Translational Sciences CTSI-CN Discovery Pilot Award Program as a co-investigator for the project, Early Detection of Autism with Automated Social Cognition & Imitation Screener (AScIS). She proposed adapting existing technology to develop a novel automated social cognition and imitation screener (AScIS) that identifies robust developmental benchmarks in infants (ages 6-12 months) associated with a heightened risk of ASD.

Dr. Ashley Darcy-Mahoney was awarded funding by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation for her project, Social Mission and the Culture of Health: Nursing Schools Educating for Health Equity. This project will work to define further discussions and potential initiatives to advance social mission within nursing education really call for a better understanding of the social mission of nursing schools in the context of current educational possibilities and realities

Drs. Sandra Davis, Anne-Marie O’Brien, Adriana Glenn, Sharon Lambert (GW CCAS) and Loren Kajikawa (Corcoran School of the Arts and Design) were awarded funding from the University Seminars Funding Program 2019-20 for “The Power of Music to Heal, Inspire and Unite.”

Dr. Maritza Dowling was awarded funding from the fiscal year 20s21 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.

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Dr. Majeda El-Banna was appointed to serve on the National League for Nursing Commission for Nursing Education Accreditation (NLN CNEA) Program Review Committee. This committee is to deliberate and recommend accreditation status for programs that have submitted a self-study and hosted an on-site program evaluation visit.

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

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Dr. Asefeh Faraz’s project, Psychometric Testing and Evaluation of the Novice Nurse Practitioner Role Transition (NNPRT) Scale, was selected for the 2019 GW Nursing Pilot Proposal.

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Dr. Kathleen Griffith was inducted as Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing.

Dr. Kathleen Griffith was appointed to co-lead the Geriatric and Functional Assessments in Non-AIDS Defining Cancers project with other external colleagues. 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. The P30 umbrella grant is held by Kevin Cullen, who is the cancer center director (P30CA134274).

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Dr. Pamela Jeffries received the 2019 Virginia Nurses Foundation (VNF) Leadership Excellence Award for a Nursing School Dean/Director.

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Dr. David Keepnews was appointed to a three-year term on the National Board of Directors of CHADD (Children and Adults with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder).

Dr. David Keepnews was inducted as a Fellow into the National League for Nursing (NLN) Academy of Nursing Education.

Dr. Karen Kesten was awarded the STTI Phi Epsilon Faculty Grant Award for her Practice Scholarship Study, “Outcomes of Practice Scholarship as Reported by Nurses Holding a Doctor of Nursing Practice Degree.”

Dr. Karen Kesten received the 2019 Nursing Outlook Excellence in Education Award. From the American Academy of Nursing.

Dr. Joyce Knestrick was inducted as a fellow of the American Academy of Nursing (FAAN).

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Dr. Daisy Le was awarded funds by the Clinical and Translational Science Institute at Children’s National (CTSI-CN), for her project, “The My SHARE (Self-sampling HPV Awareness, Results, and Empowerment) Study: A pilot trial of HPV self-sampling as a remote intervention to promote cervical cancer screening among women living with HIV,” under the CTSI-CN Community Engagement Pilot Award Program.

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.

Dr. Daisy Le was awarded funding for the 2019 GW Cancer Center Intra-Program Pilot Cancer Grant for the grant entitled “Promoting HPV Self-Sampling Test Kits to Increase Cervical Cancer Screening among Women Living with HIV.”

Dr. Daisy Le was selected as 2020 Emerging Scholar by Diverse: Issues in Higher Education.

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Dr. Anne-Marie O’Brien received funding from the GW University Seminar Series for her project, Addressing Income Inequality and Its Growing Threat to Our Nation and The World.

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

Dr. Anne-Marie O’Brien received funding 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.

Dr. Jeanne Murphy was awarded funds by Clinical and Translational Science Institute at Children’s National (CTSI-CN), for her project, “Mindfulness-Based Pregnancy Eating Awareness Promoting Optimal Development (MB-PEAPOD)-DC: Tailoring and testing a place-based intervention for excessive gestational weight gain for African-American women in Washington D.C,” under the CTSI-CN Community Engagement Pilot Award Program.

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

Dr. Laurie Posey is awarded a Fulbright Specialist grant to assist the Child Nurse Practice Development Initiative within the Department of Pediatrics and Child Health at the University of Cape Town with transitioning their post-graduate diploma programs in child nursing and critical care child nursing to a blended learning format.

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Dr. Rhonda Schwindt received tenure and promotion to Associate Professor.

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

Drs. Sherrie Wallington and Tony Yang are selected as fellows for 2020 RWJF Interdisciplinary Research Leaders Program. They received funding 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 study examining the role of fathers in reducing maternal mortality in the District of Columbia.

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Dr. Tony Yang received funding from the George Washington Cancer Center as co-investigator for his project, A secondary analysis of state cancer registries to understand the epidemiology of liver cancer in the Washington D.C. area.

Drs. Tony Yang, Sherrie Wallington and Daisy Le received funding from the Office of Minority Health of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for the project, Academic-Community-Government Partnership to Reduce Liver Diseases Attributable to Hepatitis B Virus in the Washington-Baltimore Metropolitan Area.

Dr. Tony Yang received funding from Merck & Co as principle investigator for his project, A Multimethod Examination of Conditionally Admitted Kindergartners and School Entry Vaccination Requirements.

Dr. Tony Yang was awarded a two-year grant as principal investigator by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for his project, 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.

October 12, 2020October 13, 2020

Local and Global Presentations: July 2019 – June 2020

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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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

BATCHELOR, M. (2020). Use of social media in building your professional brand and branding your science. University of North Carolina Chapel Hill School of Nursing, Chapel Hill, NC. [Invited, Webinar]

BATCHELOR, M. (April 2020). HealthCetera. COVID19 and older adults in nursing homes. Interview with Dr. Diana Mason, April 22, 2020.

BATCHELOR, M. (May 2020). How to talk to your older relatives about the COVID-19 pandemic – and actually have them listen! Webinar presentation at Nasdaq Employee Assistance Program. May 7, 2020.

BATCHELOR, M. & Delva, J. (2019). Social Determinants of Mental Health: Issues Touching Older Adults. Presentation at the 2019 National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. Washington, DC.

BATCHELOR, M. (2019). Rx4Policy: Policy, Process, Politics & The Press. Presentation at the 2019 Gerontological Nurses Association (GAPNA) Annual Conference. Las Vegas, NV.

BATCHELOR, M. (2019). Professional Brand: Using the Nuts and Bolts of Social Media. Presentation at the 2019 Gerontological Nurses Association (GAPNA) Annual Conference. Las Vegas, NV.

BATCHELOR, M., & Simpson, D. (2019). Grandfamilies. Presentation at the 2019 Gerontological Nurses Association (GAPNA) Annual Conference. Las Vegas, NV.

Yap, T., Kennerly, S., BATCHELOR-MURPHY, M., Horn, S., Barrett, R., Boss, L., & Bergstrom, N. (July 2019). Influence of Asian and Non-Asian Nursing Home Residents’ Nutritional Intake Patterns on Pressure Ulcer/ Injury Outcomes. Presentation, 29thInternational Research Congress, sponsored by Sigma Theta Tau International, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, July 25-29, 2019. https://bit.ly/2KlgIaj

BATCHELOR-MURPHY, M. (August 2019). Presented three breakout sessions at the 2019 Quality in Long-Term Care Conference. The title of the sessions was Supporting Nutritional Outcomes in Dementia through the Interdisciplinary Team and aimed to teach caregivers handfeeding strategies for improving meal intake in older adults with dementia. Georgetown, TX. August 12-13th, 2019

Ward, D. & BATCHELOR-MURPHY, M. (October 2019). From Training to Competency: Creating Efficiencies to Ensure Excellence Achieve Business Goals. Presentation, American Health Care Association, Orlando, FL, October 13-16, 2019.

BATCHELOR-MURPHY, M. (2019). Bettering Clinical Care for Alzheimer’s Disease. Keynote Address at Maine Alzheimer’s Summit. Point Lookout Resort, Northport, ME

BATCHELOR-MURPHY, M. (2019). Supporting Nutritional Outcomes in Dementia Through the Interdisciplinary Team. Presentation at the 2019 Texas Geriatric Symposium: Taking the Next Steps. Advancing Nursing in Long-Term Care. Austin, TX.

Carmody, J., & BATCHELOR-MURPHY, M. (2019). Age-Friendly Health Systems. Presentation at the 2019 Health and Aging Policy Fellows Alumni Network Meeting. Washington, DC.

BATCHELOR-MURPHY, M. (2019). Optimizing Intake in Alzheimer’s Disease: Supportive Handfeeding Strategies that Work. National webinar for NICHE Webinar: Nurses Improving Care for Health systems Elders.

BATCHELOR-MURPHY, M.., Shattell, M., & Darmoc, R. (2019). Influencing the Conversation, One Tweet at the Time. Presentation at the 2019 Health and Aging Policy Fellows Annual Communications Workshop. Washington, DC.

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COX, C.W. (November 2019). Undergraduate Military Nursing Students in the Civilian Classroom: An Integrative Review. Poster Presentation. Sigma Theta Tau International’s 45th Biennial Convention, National Harbor, MD.

COX, C.W. (November 2019). Facilitating the Success of Nursing Faculty via the Onboarding Process. Poster Presentation. Sigma Theta Tau International’s 45th Biennial Convention, National Harbor, MD.

COX, C.W., WIERSMA, G., PEARCE, M., & Spatola, A. (September 2019). Creating a Culture of Success: Transitioning Military Bachelor of Science in Nursing Students to the Civilian Classroom and Beyond. Panel Presentation. NLN Education Summit, National Harbor, MD.

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DARCY-MAHONEY, A. (January 2020). Presented her research: Improving Hispanic children’s early language environments through nurse home visiting at the Home Visiting Applied Research Collaborative Meeting. January 29, 2020. Washington, DC.

Baralt, M., Darcy–Mahoney, A ., Thota, A., Myland, C., Dargam, V., Rincon, L., Leon, V., Jung, R. (October 2019). Bilingualism enhances preterm-born children’s executive function: an fNIRS study. 5th Annual Florida Psycholinguistics Meeting. Oct. 5, 2019. University of Miami, Miami, FL.

DARCY-MAHONEY, A., Baralt, M., Thora, A., Myland, C., Dargam, V., Rincon, L., Leon, V., Jung, R. (October 2019). The Neural Recruitment of Executive Function in Monolingual versus Bilingual Preterm-Born Children: An fNIRS Study. Council on Advancement in Nursing Science Advanced Methods Conference: The Expanding Science of Sensor Technology in Research. Poster. October 2019. Washington, DC.

Faunda, M., Austin, E., DARCY-MAHONEY, A. (October 2019). Enhancing Early Literacy & Language coaching with Nurse Family Partnership. Council on Advancement in Nursing Science Advanced Methods Conference: The Expanding Science of Sensor Technology in Research. Poster. October 2019. Washington, DC.

DAVIS, S. (October 2019). The social determinants of a heart healthy community: A participatory action research project. The American Academy of Nursing, October 24^th – 25^th, Washington, D.C.

DAVIS, S. (September 2019). Understanding implicit bias. The 2019 National League of Nursing Education Summit. September 26 – 28, Fort Washington, MD.

DAWN, K. and PULCINI, P. (November 2019). Becoming a Community Engaged Department in an Academic University. Presentation at the Biannual Sigma Theta Tau Convention. National Habor, Washington, DC.

DAWN, K. (November 2019). A Nurse-led Community Partnership Initiative to Identify and Reduce Hypertension in the Mukono district, Uganda. Presentation at the Biannual Sigma Theta Tau Convention. National Habor, Washington, DC.

DOWLING, N.M. et al. (November 2019). Measuring Literacy of Dementia Prevention and Treatment Among Older LGBT Adults. 2019 Gerontological Society of America: Annual Scientific Meeting. Austin, Texas.

DRENKARD, K. (October 2019). Creating a Culture of Patient and Family Engagement. Central Connecticut State University, Hartford, CT.

DRENKARD, K. (October 2019). Caring Science Health Care Organization Accreditation Standards: Become an Accredited Caring Science Organization. Watson Caring Science Consortium, San Francisco, CA.

DRENKARD, K. (November 2019). Every Nurse is a Leader. University of Missouri Nursing Symposium, Columbia, MO.

DRENKARD, K. (November 2019). Show me the money: The Return on Investment for Professional Development in Action. Kaiser Permanente Southern California Nurse Educators Conference, Pasadena, CA.

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EL-BANNA, M. & KESTEN, K (March 2020). Nurse Practitioner (NP) Residency/Fellowship Programs: Innovation in Nursing Education. Presentation at the 32nd Annual Eastern Nursing Research Society Scientific Sessions, Boston, MA.

EL-BANNA, M., Whitlow, M., & MCNELIS, A.M. (November 2019). Connecting Pharmacology Concepts through Team Based Collaborative Learning. Sigma 45th Biennial Convention. Washington, DC. November 16-20, 2019.

EL-BANNA, M., Whitlow, M., & MCNELIS, A.M. (September 2019). Team-Based Learning: A Strategy to Foster Active Learning and Improve Exam Scores. The 2019 George Washington University Teaching Day, The George Washington University, Washington, DC. September 27, 2019.

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Daniels, A., FARINA, C.L., and Sittner, B (January 2020) Podium presentation at the International Meeting for Simulation In Healthcare, “Enhance Security and Confidentiality of Simulation Experiences: Safeguarding Our Learners, January 20, 2020, San Diego, CA

Schneidereith, T., Cowperthwait, A., and FARINA, C.L. (January 2020) Podium Presentation at the International Meeting for Simulation In Healthcare, “Start A Business: Lessons Learned from Simulation Entrepreneurs, January 22, 2020, San Diego, CA

FARINA, C.L., and Schneidereith, T., (November 2019). Podium presentation at the Biennial Sigma Theta Tau Convention, “Ways to Maximize Simulations: Outsourcing.” National Harbor, November 18, 2019. Washington, DC.

FARINA, C.L., (July 2019) Podium Presentation at Virginia State Simulation Alliance Conference, “Concept-Based Debriefing: Making Connections. July 30, 2019. Williamsburg, VA

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GLENN, A. (March 2020). Instruction and Empowerment of Nursing Students in Participatory Action Research: The Heart Healthy Photovoice Project, Sigma Theta Tau, National Education and Research Conference 2020, Washington DC, (accepted for podium presentation) https://www.sigmarepository.org/nerc-2020/ [conference canceled due to COVID 19]

GLENN, A. (November 2019) Podium presentation at the Sigma Theta Tau, 45th Biennial Convention. Becoming a Community Engaged Department in an Academic University. Washington, DC

GLENN, A. (August 2019) Podium presentation at the 14th Annual International Family Nurses Association. The Social Determinants of a Heart Healthy Community: A Participatory Action Project with Middle School Students. Washington, DC.

GRIFFITH, K., Crandall, K. (December 2019). Responsible Conduct of Research Monthly Series: Collaborative Research. Office of the Vice President for Research, The George Washington University. December 17, 2019. Washington, DC.

GRIFFITH, K. (July, 2019). Incorporating non-pharmacological therapies into pain care for older Veterans. Veterans Administration Geriatric Research and Education Clinical Centers National Webinar, Baltimore, MD.

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JEFFRIES, P. (October 2019). Panelist, Simulation in an Academic Setting. Columbia Innovation Summit, October 2019. New York City, NY.

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KESTEN, K. & EL-BANNA, M. (August 2019). Current Best Evidence about Nurse Practitioner Residency/Fellowship Programs. The 12th National Doctors of Nursing Practice Conference August 7-9, 2019. Washington, DC.

Willett, T., & KESTEN, K. (March 2020). Nurse’s Perception of Safety Culture and Patient Safety with the Handoff Communication Process between Pre-op and Operating Room Nurses Post Intervention. Presentation at the AORN Global Surgical Conference & Expo 2020, March 28 – April 1, 2020. Anaheim, CA

Junker, C., KESTEN, K., & Lay, C. (March 2020). Time for Quiet: Reducing Nighttime Interruptions in the ICU (TURN IN-ICU). Presentation at the 32nd Annual Eastern Nursing Research Society Scientific Sessions, Boston, MA.

Taft, S., KESTEN, K., & EL-BANNA, M. (November 2019). One Size Does Not Fit All: Structuring High Quality Learning Experiences: Differentiating Class Enrollment Sizes in Online Nursing Courses. Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) Faculty Development Conference, Orlando,FL. November 20-21, 2019.

KESTEN, K., & Anderson, K., White, K., & Fall-Dickson, J. (August 2019). Mentoring Doctor of Nursing Practice Scholarly Projects, 12th Annual National Doctor of Nursing Practice Conference, Washington, DC

Conrad, D., Burson, R., Moran, K., KESTEN, K., Corrigan, C. & Pohl, E. (July 2019). A Global Team Approach to Advancing the Practice Doctorate in Nursing, The International Network for Doctoral Education in Nursing, Calgary, Canada.

KNESTRICK, J.M. & Edwards-Tuttle, C. (October 2019). Ethics for leaders in Healthcare. Podium Presentation, AANP Fall Conference. October 10-13, 2019. LasVegas NV.

KNESTRICK, J.M. & Wilbur, V. (October 2019). Interdisciplinary Care Conference from a Primary Care Perspective. Poduim Presentation, AANP Fall Conference. October 10-13, 2019. Las Vegas, NV.

Pitts, C, Begley, MN, Padden, D & KNESTRICK, J.M. (2019). A relationship and communication checklist for faculty and preceptor to enhance the nurse practitioner student clinical experience, NONPF webinar.

KURTZMAN, E.T. (October 2019). Transforming health, driving policy: Confessions of an RWJF Health Policy Fellow. Podium presentation at AAN Transforming Health, Driving Policy Conference, Quality Expert Panel, October 26, 2016. Washington, DC.

KURTZMAN, E.T. (July 2020). Bridging the Gap: From Research to Policy. National Library of Medicine (NLM) monthly blog: Musings from the Mezzanine. July 7, 2020.

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LANG, C. and MURPHY, J. (August 2019). International Community Engagement as a Construct for Teaching Social Determinants of Health. Oral/Podium Presentation at the 14th International Family Nursing Conference. Washington, DC. August 13 – 16, 2019.

LE, D., Juon, H.S., Park, V.M., & Hong, A.Y. (April 2020). Liver cancer prevention among Asian Americans: What we’ve known and what else we can do? Society of Behavioral Medicine 41st Annual Meeting and Scientific Sessions (Accelerating Our Science: Finding Innovative Solutions for Tomorrow’s Health Challenges), San Francisco, CA.

LE, D. (September 2019). You can’t escape tobacco; you have to change your environment: Perceived barriers to and recommendations for cessation among polytobacco using urban young adults in Baltimore, Maryland. Poster presentation at the 12th AACR Conference on The Science of Cancer Health Disparities. San Francisco, CA.

Lee, A., Aldous, A., Anderson, E, & LUPU, D. (March 2020). Provider Perceptions of the MY WAY Intervention: Implementing Advanced Care Planning in CKD Clinics. Poster presentation at the National Kidney Foundation. March 25-28, 2020. New Orleans, LA. Conference cancelled due to pandemic.

Aldous, A., Anderson, E., Schell, J., Sherman, M., Groninger, H., Aiello, J., & LUPU, D. (March 2020). Impact of Advance Care Planning Coaching for Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease: Results from the My Way Randomized Clinical Trial. Poster presentation at the National Kidney Foundation. March 25-28, 2020. New Orleans, LA. Conference cancelled due to pandemic.

Bursic, A., LUPU, D. , Aldous, A., & Schell, J. (March 2020). A Retrospective Analysis of Advance Care Planning Outcomes among Older Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease. Poster presentation at the National Kidney Foundation. March 25-28, 2020. New Orleans, LA. Conference cancelled due to pandemic.

LUPU, D. , Aldous, A., Anderson, E., Schell, J., & Groninger, H. (March 2020). Impact of Advance Care Planning Coaching for Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease: Results from the MY WAY Randomized Clinical Trial. Poster presentation at the AAHPM State of the Science. March 21, 2020. San Diego, CA. Conference cancelled due to pandemic.

Aldous, A., Klawson, E., Loughlin, S., & LUPU, D. (March 2020). Measuring Engagement in Advance Care Planning: Comparison of a Validated Survey with Chart Review in Kidney Patients. Poster presentation at the AAHPM State of the Science. March 21, 2020. San Diego, CA. Conference cancelled due to pandemic.

Moss, A., LUPU, D. , & Harbert, G. (March 2020). Closing the Gap on the Palliative Care Needs of Patients with Kidney Disease: Innovations from the Pathways Project. Oral presentation at the AAHPM/HPNA Annual Assembly of Hospice and Palliative Care. March 19, 2020. San Diego, CA. Conference cancelled due to pandemic.

Aldous, A., Klawson, E., Loughlin, S., & LUPU, D. (March 2020). Measuring Engagement in Advance Care Planning: Comparison of a Validated Survey with Chart Review in Kidney Patients. Poster presentation at the AAHPM/HPNA Annual Assembly of Hospice and Palliative Care. March 19, 2020. San Diego, CA. Conference cancelled due to pandemic.

LUPU, D. , Aldous, A., Anderson, E., Schell, J., & Groninger, H. (March 2020). Impact of Advance Care Planning Coaching for Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease: Results from the MY WAY Randomized Clinical Trial. Presentation at the AAHPM/HPNA Annual Assembly of Hospice and Palliative Care. March 19, 2020. San Diego, CA. Conference cancelled due to pandemic.

Anderson, E., LUPU, D., Kelemen, A., Lee, A., Aldous, A., & Loughlin, S. (March 2020). Implications of the MY WAY Randomized Clinical Trial for building bridges between palliative care and nephrology. Poster presentation at the Social Work Hospice & Palliative Care Network (SWHPN). March 15-17, 2020. San Diego, CA. Conference canceled due to pandemic.

LUPU, D. & Harbert, G. (October 2019). Presented at the 2019 National Renal Administrators Association Conference. “Expanding the Menu Choices:Person-Centered care for seriously ill patients on dialysis.” Huntington Beach, CA.

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MARCHI, N., WAVELET, J., DAVIS, S. (September 2019). Developing Patient Safety teamwork To Address Lateral Violence Using Clifton Strengths Finder Tool and Cognitive Rehearsal. The 2019 National League of Nursing Education Summit. September 26 – 28, Fort Washington, MD.

MULLINS, B. (May 2020) presented live webinar for Assessment Technologies Institute titled “Nursing at the Front Line during the COVID-19 Pandemic.”

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PULCINI, J., LANG, C., DAWN, K., LESLIE, M., DAVIS, S., PERICAK, A. (November 2019). Becoming a Community Engaged Department in an academic university. Presentation at the Biennial Sigma Theta Tau Convention. November 17, 2019. National Harbor, MD.

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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.

RICCIARDI, R. (June 2020). Nursing: A pathway to empowerment of women. Strengthening and focusing health systems around primary health care. Presentation at the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women. June 23, 2020. Virtual presentation due to COVID-19.

RICCIARDI, R. (May 2020). President-Elect STT, delivered keynote address at the Sigma 5th European Regional Conference in Coimbra, Portugal. “Influencing Global Health: Reflections on the past and plans for the future.” May 28, 2020.

RICCIARDI, R., (March 2020). STT President, delivered keynote address at the Tau Alpha Meeting. The title of the presentation is: Sigma President’s Biennial Call to Action: Infuse Joy. 2020 Tau Alpha Meeting on March 4, 2020. Mexico.

RICCIARDI, R. (January 2020). Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing Growth and Impact in Europe. Presentation at the 2020 European Academy of Nursing Science (EANS) Meeting. University of Milan, Italy. January 28 – February 2, 2020.

RICCIARDI, R. (December 2019). Evaluating new and established strategies for implementing large-scale, system level interventions. Presentation at the 12th Annual Conference on the Science of Dissemination and Implementation in Health. Washington, DC.

RICCIARDI, R. (November 2019). Keynote Speaker Sigma Theta Tau International (Sigma) Presidential Call to Action: Infuse Joy. Sigma Theta Tau International 45th Biennial Convention, November 16-20, 2019. Washington, DC.

RICCIARDI, R. (November 2019). Development, Integration and Implementation of the Advanced Practice Nurse in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Panel presentation at King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center. November 3, 2019. Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

RICCIARDI, R. (October 2019). President-Elect STT, presented at the Iota Alpha Chapter Chartering at William Paterson University. The Role and Value of Professional Organizations in Lifelong Professional Development. October 26, 2019. Wayne, NJ.

RICCIARDI, R. (October 2019). President-Elect STT, presented at the Omega Nu Chapter Chartering at Long Island University. Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing: Supporting the Work of Nurses. October 15, 2019. Brooklyn, NY.

RICCIARDI, R. (October 2019). Keynote Speaker at the Tristate Consortium meeting. “Driving Change: Rethinking the APRN’s Role in Reshaping Healthcare.” University of Delaware.

RICCIARDI, R. (October 2019). Presented at the Nurse-Led Care Conference. “Value-based Care in Ambulatory Setting.” Nashville, TN.

RICCIARDI, R. (September 2019). Cost benefit analysis. Webinar presentation for the Duke-Johnson & Johnson Nurse Leadership Fellows.

RICCIARDI, R. (August 2019). Opportunity Awaits: Are We Ready to be Disruptive Innovators in Healthcare? Presentation at the DNP National Conference. Washington, DC.

RILKO, L., & VENZKE, M. (April 2020). Managing Nursing Assessment Remotely: NLN Webinar Series “Taking Aim: Remote Teaching Challenges. Webinar presentation for National League of Nursing. April 9, 2020.

RILKO, L., & Venzke, M. (April 2020). A Glimpse of the Future: NP Student’s Attitudes on Virtual Reality as a Tool for Learning. Poster presentation at the National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculties (NONPF) 46th meeting. Virtual due to COVID-19

Washington, C., ROBERSON, A.J., Mitrani, V (March 2020). Living with a Mother with a Mental Disorder: Self-Management of Adolescents as a Protective Factor. Podium presentation at the Southern Nurses Research Society Annual Conference. March 18 – 20, 2020. New Orleans, LA.

Giorgianni, S.J., Brott, A., ROBERSON, A.J. (2019). Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI). Conference Summer: Behavioral Health Aspects of Depression and Anxiety in the American Male – An Expert Panel Report from Men’s Health Network. https://www.pcori.org/sites/default/files/Mens-Health-Network-Conference-Summary.pdf

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SCHWINDT, R., Alaniz, J., & Law, S., (March 2020) Culture, Competency and Compassion for LGBTQ Patients presentation at the American Pharmacists Association Annual Meeting & Exposition. National Harbor, MD.

SCHWINDT, R. (December 2019). Top Ten Things You Need to Know About Gender Affirmative Care. Annual Midwestern University Health Sciences Conference. Downers Grove, IL.

SCHWINDT, R. (August 2019). Caring for LGBTQ Patients: Methods for Improving Cultural Competence. American Pharmacists Association. Webinar.

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TOULOUSE, C., & Fine, P. (July 2019) Making the Connection: Enhancing Connectedness within the Learning Triad of Student, Course Content, and Faculty. Poster presentation at the Virginia Association of Doctors of Nursing Practice Podium Presentation, Winchester, VA.

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WALLINGTON, S.F., Kelly, K. (June 2020). Assessing HPV Knowledge and Attitudes Among Black Adolescent Males in the District of Columbia, Session 5A: Health Literacy & Health Equity, Academy of Healthcare Communication, Virtual Research Forum, Zoom poster presentation, June 27. 2020, Washington, D.C.

WALLINGTON, S.F., Lindsay, A.C., Greaney, M.L., Rabello, L.M., and Kim, Y.Y. (March 2020). Brazilian Immigrant Parents’ Awareness of HPV and the HPV Vaccine and Interest in Participating in Future HPV-Related Cancer Prevention Study: An Exploratory Cross-Sectional Study Conducted in the USA, 33rd International Papillomavirus Conference, March 23-27, 2020, Barcelona, Spain. (adapted to Zoom to due to COVID pandemic).

WALLINGTON, S.F. and Felder, T. (November 2019). Cervical Screening and Prevention. Session: Black Women, Cervical Cancer and What You Need to Know. 6^th Annual Healthy Churches 2020 National Conference. Balm in Gilead, INC.: Healing through Prayer, Education, Advocacy, and Service. November 19 – 22, 2019. Charlotte, NC.

WALLINGTON, S.F. (October 2019). The Wicked Problem of Health Disparities, Human Rights Forum at Augsburg University, Session: Equity, Climate Change, and the Human Right to Healthcare. October 29, 2019. Minneapolis, MN

WALLINGTON, S.F. (September 2019). HPV and Cervivor Cancer. Cervivor School 2019: Survivor Advocacy Training. September 26-28, 2019. Chicago, IL.

Whitlow, M., EL-BANNA, M., & MCNELIS, A.M. (September 2019). Active Engagement in the Classroom: Using Team-Based Learning (TBL) to Improve Student Learning of Pharmacology. The 2019 National League of Nursing Education Summit. Washington, DC. September 26-28, 2019.

WHITT, K. & Ray, G. (March 2020). Do family health history interviews influence college student’s perceived risk for disease and intent to engage in preventive behaviors? 2020 American College of Medical Genetics (ACMG) Annual Clinical Genetics Meeting, Digital Edition. March 25, 2020. https://www.acmgeducation.net/Users/Catalog.aspx

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YANG, Y.T. (November 2019). Empirical evidence of nonmedical exemptions’ contagiousness. Podium presentation at the APHA’s 2019 Annual Meeting and Expo. Philadelphia, PA. November 2-6, 2019.

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ZHOU, Q., GRIFFITH, K., & WALLINGTON, S. (November 2019). Body weight and general health among female breast cancer survivors. Podium Presentation, Sigma Theta Tau International 45th Biennial Convention, November 16-20, 2019. Washington, DC.

Strockbine, V.L., Gehrie, E., ZHOU, Q., & Guzzetta (November 2019). Reducing Unnecessary Phlebotomy Testing Using a Clinical Decision Support System. Poster, the 2019 Architecture of High Value Health Care National Conference (HVPAA). Baltimore, MD.

Jeffries, C., Guzzetta, C., & ZHOU, Q. (July, 2019). A Study of Bonding and Bridging Among Nurse Teleworkers. Poster presentation, Sigma’s 30th International Nursing Research Congress. Calgary, Canada.