Research Interests
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
- Improving outcomes for infants, children and their families during and after a life-threatening condition:
- Impact of the environment of care on health and development of high-risk infants and their families
- Models of infant caregiving including family centered care and parent-partnered care, neonatal and pediatric palliative care, and parent and provider decision-making
- Preterm infant skin health and its intersection with developmental care
- Maternal newborn health and development
- Parenting
RESEARCH METHODS EXPERTISE:
- Intervention research
- Longitudinal and mixed methods research
- Visual analysis
- Observational methods
Selected Grants
Nurse LEADS: Training in Nurse-LEd models of care ADdressing the Social Determinants of Health
Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2024 - 2029Influences Of Social Determinants Of Health And Parental Participation In Hospital Care On Development Of Parenting Confidence Among Parents Of Children With A Congenital Heart Defect
FellowshipPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2024 - 2026Implementation of an Evidence-based Parentally Administered Intervention for Preterm Infants
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Children's Hospital of Wisconsin · 2020 - 2026Decision Making for Infants with Neurologic Conditions
ResearchCo-Mentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2020 - 2026Trajectories of Maternal Needs and their Impact on Mother Infant Interactions in the First Six Weeks Postpartum
FellowshipPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2022 - 2023Maternal Postpartum Symptom Profiles and Associated Social Determinants of Health
FellowshipPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2022 - 2023Identification of Postoperative Pulmonary Complication Risk by Phenotyping Adult Surgical Patients who Underwent General Anesthesia with Mechanical Ventilation
FellowshipCo-Sponsor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2021 - 2022Evaluating the Effectiveness of Intraoperative Lung Protective (LPV) on Postoperative Pulmonary Complications (PPCs)
FellowshipPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by American Association of Nurse Anesthetists · 2020 - 2021Future of Nursing Scholars 2018
FellowshipPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Robert Wood Johnson Foundation · 2018 - 2021Body Temperature in the First Two Wees of LIfe and the Pathogenesis of Respiratory Mobidity in the Premature Infant Less than 29 Weeks Gestational Age
FellowshipPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Sigma Theta Tau International · 2019 - 2021Decision Making for Critically Ill Infants
ResearchMentor · Awarded by Kennedy Krieger Institute · 2018 - 2020Future of Nursing Scholars 2017
FellowshipPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Robert Wood Johnson Foundation · 2017 - 2020Very Low Birthweight (VLBW) Preterm Infant Skin Health with Bundled Care in the NICU: A RCT
Clinical TrialPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Kimberly-Clark Global Sales, LLC · 2017 - 2019Future of Nursing Scholars 2016
FellowshipPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by University of Pennsylvania · 2016 - 2019Perceptions of Family Centered Care and Trajectory of Parental Role among Parents of Infants with Complex Chronic Conditions
FellowshipPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2017 - 2019Trajectory of Parenting Confidence
FellowshipPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Association of Neonatal Nurses · 2017 - 2019Jonas Nurse Scholar Program 2016-2018
FellowshipPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Jonas Center for Nursing Excellence · 2016 - 2018MSN Nursing Program Partnership for Bridges to the Doctorate
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2012 - 2018MICROBIAL SUCCESSION AND ADAPTIVE IMMUNE RESPONSES IN THE PREMATURE INFANT
ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2014 - 2017Trajectories of Parental Bereavement Challenges and their Health Risks; A Case-based Mixed Methods Study
FellowshipPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by American Nurses Foundation, Inc. · 2014 - 2016Parental Bereavement Trajectories: Relationship to Health Risk Indicators
FellowshipPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Association of Indian Nurses of America · 2014 - 2016Mother-Daughter Relationship Influences on Daughters' Dietary Practices
FellowshipPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2014 - 2016Sleep-Wake State and Feeding Competency in Very Preterm Infants
FellowshipPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by American Nurses Foundation, Inc. · 2014 - 2015Decision-making for Infants with Complex Life-Threatening Conditions
ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2008 - 2015Nurses' Information Needs while Caring for Hospitalized Children
FellowshipMentor · Awarded by Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality · 2011 - 2012Mental Health Assessment for Pediatric Advanced Practice Nurses
Inst. Training Prgm or CMEParticipating Faculty Member · Awarded by Health Resources and Service Administration · 2007 - 2010Preterm Infants:Light Effects on Health and Development
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2003 - 2009Combined NNP/PNP program for Rural Health
Inst. Training Prgm or CMEParticipating Faculty Member · Awarded by Department of Health and Human Services · 2001 - 2004External Relationships
- National Association of Neonatal Nurses
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