Voice News, Spring 2023

Research

Publications and presentations

CSON faculty and their teams were prolific in their scholarly output, including:

Publications
  • Depression and anxiety symptoms among Arab/Middle Eastern American college students: Modifying religiosity and discrimination, by Associate Professor Nadia Abuelezam

  • Nursing ethics and professional responsibility in advanced practice, by Associate Professors Pamela Grace (ret.) and Melissa Uveges

  • A systematic review of implications for self-management among African Caribbean adults with noncommunicable diseases and mental health disorders, by Assistant Professor Cherlie Magny-Normilus, Barry/Goldman Sachs Chair Christopher Lee, and Associate Professor Corrine Jurgens
Presentations
  • ACCESS: A practice-guiding framework for overcoming disparities in genomic health care, by Interim Associate Dean Andrew Dwyer

  • Predicting cognitive decline among long-term care residents, by Associate Professor Elizabeth Howard


  • Patient-centered care: Development and application of the new AACN Domain #2 in graduate psychiatric mental health nursing education, by Associate Professor of the Practice Karen Pounds

Faculty

Students

  • D.N.P. student Esther Apraku Bondzie, M.S. ’22, was awarded a 2022 New England Minority Nurse Leadership Conference Scholarship.
  • Ph.D. candidate ٱԱ received the Ann Stadtler Excellence in Practice Award from the Mass. chapter of the National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners. 
  • Ph.D. student Rose LaPlante was accepted into the Academy for Emerging Leaders in Patient Safety Program.
  • D.N.P. students Gina Pallanta;Julie Sanders, M.S., ’22; and Katherine Valovcin presented “Reducing Weight Bias in Nursing: A Review of Effective Educational Interventions” at NETNEP 2022, an international nurse education conference in Barcelona. 

Alumni

Briana Sasso Ferreira ’20 received a Rookie of the Year Award from the Massachusetts Nurses Association.

Emese Parker, M.S. ’08, authored To Carry Wonder: A Memoir and Guide to Adventures in Pregnancy and Beyond (Larkwell Press, 2023).

Jennie Chin Hansen ’70, H’08, was awarded a UCSF Medal—the highest honor given by the University of California, San Francisco—for her work leading systemic change in senior health care. She was also named one of 12 “Sages of Aging” in the American Society on Aging’s Legacy Interviews series of leading experts in the field of gerontology.

Events

The end of CSON’s 75th anniversary year was marked by a celebration with a keynote presentation by Dean Katherine E. Gregory and a panel discussion with Brianna Cheatham ’22; Marsha Maurer, M.S. ’90, Karen Jennings Mathis, M.S. ’11, Ph.D. ’16; and Rolando Perea ’85.

In March, Jennie Chin Hansen ’70, H’08, presented the spring Pinnacle lecture “Reflections and Projections: My Career at the Vanguard of Public Health Policy.”View Pinnacle lecture

Marsha Maurer

Marsha Maurer, M.S. ’90, a former senior vice president of patient care services and chief nursing officer at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, received CSON’s Dean Rita P. Kelleher Award.

Two scholars presented Grand Rounds talks in the spring semester:

Paule Joseph, the Lasker Clinical Research Scholar at the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, gave “The Neglected Senses: A Program of Research Investigating Taste and Smell in Disease States.”

Assistant Professor Monica O’Reilly-Jacob presented “Nurse Practitioners and Value-Based Care: The Perfect Marriage.”