VCU School of Nursing honors two retiring professors with research endowment fund
The VCU School of Nursing held a celebration this week to kick off a fundraising campaign for a new research endowment fund named in honor of two retiring distinguished professors. More than 75 faculty, staff, alumni and friends were on hand at The 2300 Club in Richmond to honor Nancy McCain, Ph.D., RN, FAAN, Nursing […]
Patricia Kinser receives STTI/SNRS grant for centering pregnancy and yoga study
Patricia Kinser, Ph.D., WHNP-BC, RN (B.S. ’03/N; M.S. ’04/N; Cert. ’04/N), assistant professor in the Department of Family & Community Health Nursing, was selected to receive a Sigma Theta Tau International/Southern Nursing Research Society (STTI/SNRS) grant to support a pilot study, titled “Mindful Physical Activity+Centering Pregnancy for Overweight/Obese Diverse Pregnant Women.” Kinser is co-investigator on […]
Save the date – grand opening of the Langston Center for Quality, Safety and Innovation
Please mark your calendar for the grand opening of the Langston Center for Quality, Safety and Innovation!
School of Nursing Faculty Receive VCU Quest Global Impact Awards
Marianne Baernholdt, Ph.D., M.P.H., RN, FAAN, professor and director of the Langston Center for Quality, Safety, and Innovation, and Shelly Orr, M.S.N., RN, CNE, clinical instructor, received a VCU Quest Global Impact Award for a virtual global classroom and global visiting scholars. Their project, titled “Teaching and Researching Quality of End of Life Care in […]
Alison Montpetit Appointed to International Committee
Alison Montpetit, Ph.D., RN, assistant professor in the Department of Adult Health and Nursing Systems, has been invited to join the Scientific Committee of the International Association of Breath Research Summit 2015 in Vienna, Austria. She is the only nurse appointed to this committee. Montpetit conducts research focused on exhaled breath biomarkers and their relationship […]
Dr. Patricia Kinser Selected a VCU Clinical Faculty Scholar
Patricia Kinser, Ph.D., WHNP-BC, RN, assistant professor in the Department of Family and Community Health Nursing, was selected as a Clinical Faculty Scholar—a unique opportunity through the VCU School of Medicine and the VCU Center on Health Disparities. The Clinical Faculty Scholars Program provides a personalized experience designed to provide junior clinical faculty with training […]
Dr. Alison Montpetit Named a 2015 Blick Scholar
Alison Montpetit, Ph.D., RN, assistant professor in the Department of Adult Health and Nursing Systems, has been named a 2015 Blick Scholar. The Blick Scholars Program is funded by the George and Lavinia Blick Research Fund, an endowment designated to support medical research on the MCV Campus. It is given every four years to a maximum of […]
Three Faculty Selected for Intramural Grant Awards
The Office of Research is pleased to announce the following recipients of the School of Nursing Intramural Grants Program (IGP) for the fall of 2014. The program was created to fund pilot work that will help faculty members prepare for the submission of larger external grants. Award winners and their projects include: Lisa Brown, Ph.D., […]
Tara Albrecht Receives Massey Cancer Center Grant for Pilot Leukemia Study
Tara Albrecht, Ph.D., ACNP-BC, RN, assistant professor in the Department of Adult Health and Nursing Systems, received a $50,000 grant from the Massey Cancer Center (MCC) Cancer Prevention and Control (CPC) Pilot Project Program for a year-long study titled “Physical Activity as a Self-management Approach to Improve Health Outcomes in Acute Myeloid Leukemia.” The study […]
CBCR Hosts Lecture on Sleep Disorders Presented by Eileen Chasens
The Center for Biobehavioral Clinical Research welcomed guest lecturer Eileen Chasens, Ph.D., RN, associate professor of Health and Community Systems at the University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing, on Jan. 8. Chasens lectured on the topic “The other 8 hours: Adding sleep to ones program of research,” which focused on the effect of sleep disorders […]