Research Chronicle, 2006 - School of Nursing - University of North ...

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Jill Hamilton, PhD, RN Assistant Professor
Healthcare in the African American community is the focus of Jill Hamilton’s research. In particular, she is
interested in how older African Americans handle cancer survivorship, and as a three-time SON graduate, Hamilton
has returned to the School to conduct her work.
Hamilton’s goal in her current study, “Helping Older African American Cancer Survivors Cope,” is to evaluate
a questionnaire to measure coping strategies used by older African American cancer survivors. She received R01
funding from the NINR and National Center for Minority Health and Health Disparities, NIH, for the study. One of
Hamilton’s long-term goals is to develop a culturally sensitive measure of coping to evaluate the effectiveness of
interventions with older African American cancer survivors.
After earning a BSN from the SON, she took positions as a staff nurse at Duke University Medical Center and,
then, Emory University Hospital. She also completed post doctoral work at Oregon Health and Science University.
As a faculty member, Hamilton has held positions at the North Carolina Central University Department of Nursing, the Nell Hodgson
Woodruff School of Nursing and UNC-Chapel Hill.
Vitals: PhD, Nursing, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
MSN, Nursing, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
BSN, Nursing, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Eric Hodges, PhD, APRN, BC Assistant Professor
Nutrition during childhood has been a longtime interest for Eric Hodges. For the past 10 years, he has honed his
skills as a nurse, family nurse practitioner and child nutrition expert at academic institutions nationwide. Now, he
focuses on mother-child feeding cues and patterns, specifically how a mother or guardian responds to a child’s
hunger and fullness signs.
Hodges is studying childhood nutrition in an effort to stave off the rising trend of obesity in children. One of
the long-term goals of his research is to teach mothers and guardians how to readily identify feeding cues so they
can respond appropriately.
While advancing his education, he also taught human development courses with an emphasis on children and
adolescents. He received funding from the NINR, NIH, the Nurses Educational Fund Inc., and the Northwest Health
Foundation for his doctoral research. Funding for his post doctoral work came from the National Institute for Child Health and Human
Development, NIH.
Vitals: PhD, Family Nursing, Oregon Health & Science University
MSN, Family Nurse Practitioner, George Mason University
BSN, Nursing, University of Tennessee-Memphis
BA, International Studies, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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RESEARCH CHRONICLE 2006–2007
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