ALUMNI AFFADAVITS - School of Nursing - University of Virginia

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WORTH NOTING
Oncology Research Initiatives
In the strategic planning work done by U.Va.
faculty in recent years, the School of Nursing
identified oncology as one area where investments
would be made to grow viable and
productive research and education programs,
especially in light of the disease demographics
and given the existing strengths for
this important field at U.Va.
Recent select achievements show the
range of work conducted by faculty in
oncology.
Patricia Hollen, the Malvina Yuille Boyd
Professor of Oncology Nursing, recently
received a $455,000 grant from the NINR for a
two-year study on “A Decision-Making Aid for
Patients with Advanced Lung Cancer.” That is
just one of many grants she has received for
cancer treatment.
In the Rural Health Care Research Center,
Bonnie Jerome D’Emilia is leading a pilot
study called “Mammography Screening in
Rural African-American Populations.”
Drs. Barbara Parker, Rick Steeves, and
Kathryn Laughon are conducting a study
called the “Breast Cancer Survivor Study.” Their
focus is on women in abusive relationships
who are diagnosed with breast cancer as they
examine the intertwined effects of one issue
upon the other.
Jeanne Erickson, a clinical instructor who
is working on her doctorate in oncology at
the University of Utah, is involved in a study
called MoST (a Month of Symptoms in Teens)
to learn more about symptoms of fatigue and
sleep disturbances in teenagers receiving
chemotherapy.
Assistant Professor Susan Kennel has a
small grant subcontracted from the National
Cancer Institute to study “Cranial Stimulation
for Chemotherapy Symptoms in Breast
Cancer.”
Faculty Achievements
Burns
Suzanne Burns (BSN ’85, MSN ’88, FNP
’96) was inducted as a fellow of the
American Academy of Nurse
Practitioners (AANP). The fellows of the
AANP are a distinct group of nurse practitioner
leaders who have contributed to
health care through clinical practice,
research, education, or policy.
Burns, associate professor of nursing
and Clinician 5 in the medical center, is
an expert in critical care and the care of
patients with pulmonary diseases. She is
known for her work in the area of
mechanical ventilation and weaning and
she has published and lectured widely on
those and other related topics.
Dorothy Tullmann was a scholar in the
2005 Geriatric Nursing Research
Scholars Program funded by the John
A. Hartford Foundation Institute for
Geriatric Nursing, part of the New
York University Division of Nursing.
Selected for both her significant
research in gerontologic nursing and for
her strong leadership potential, she is
one of eleven nurses selected from a
national pool of outstanding candidates.
Professor Mikel Gray was appointed editorin-chief
for the Journal of Wound, Ostomy
and Continence Nursing. He has also been
appointed to the Scope and Severity
Panel for Urinary Incontinence for the
Center for Medicare and Medicaid
Service.
At the 2005 conference of the International
Society of Psychiatric Nurses,
Associate Professor Catherine Kane received
the prestigious Melva Jo Hendrix
Lectureship Award. The award was established
to “recognize psychiatric-mental
health nurses whose careers exemplify
Dr. Hendrix’s values and principles, her
unswerving commitment to improving
care for the underserved, stigmatized, or
disenfranchised, and her dedication to
mentoring others.”
On June 9,
2005, the
Board of
Visitors
named three
School of
Nursing professors
to
endowed
chairs.
Parker
Associate
Professor
Arlene Keeling now holds the Centennial
Distinguished Professorship; Beth Merwin,
associate dean for research, now holds the
Madge M. Jones Professorship; and
Professor Barbara Parker, director of the
doctoral program, now holds the Theresa
A. Thomas Professorship.
4 The Virginia Legacy WINTER 2005–06