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of medicine post-doctoral fellow
in the department of biomedical
informatics at CumC. This depart-
ment is recognized as one of the top
international programs in biomedical
informatics.
August
A new five-year grant from the
national institute of Allergy and
infectious diseases, “risk Factors for
spread of staphylococcus Aureus in
Prisons,” has been awarded to two
principal investigators, drs. Frank
Lowy and Elaine Larson, for a total of
$3,722,761.
Elaine Larson, PhD
Dr. Larson also received indus-
try funding of $146,000 from
Clorox, inc., to study the h1n1 virus.
her project, “The role of hands and
environmental surfaces in spread
of h1n1 virus,” aims to enhance
understanding of the potential role
of direct contact in viral transmission
by determining the duration of viability
of the influenza virus on naturally
contaminated hands and common
environmental surfaces in the home
setting. it will assess the efficacy of
three hand hygiene products (traditional
soap and water, alcohol-based
hand sanitizer, and alcohol-impregnated
hand wipes) on reducing the
viral load on hands and evaluating
the efficacy of three environmental
cleaning products on reducing the
viral load on environmental surfaces.
September
every year, The American Journal of
Maternal/Child Nursing (mCn) gives
awards in two categories, research
and practice, for the best articles
published that year. Annie Rohan,
PhD student at the school of nursing,
wrote a three-part series entitled,
“hypoxia in the Term newborn,” that
won this year’s mCn Practice award.
her submissions were chosen from
all the articles in the journal for 2009,
and voted on by all the editorial
board members. They were selected
for their important content, their clear
writing and their applicability for all
of mCn’s readers.
The Center for evidence-based
Practice in the underserved received
its second ArrA supplement. This
$385,314 award provides support for
a feasibility study focused on video
Podcasting for hiv/Aids symptom
management led by post-doctoral
trainee Dean Wantland, RN, PhD. The
award also provides for the addition
of a Latino arm to dr. Leanne Currie’s
currently funded feasibility study on
creating a personal health record for
community-based falls prevention
which will be led by post-doctoral
trainee Robert Lucero, RN, PhD.
Alumna Shin-Shang Chou, DNSc, was
appointed deputy director of Taipei
veteran’s general hospital (Tvgh) in
Taiwan. This trend-setting 2,000 bed
hospital is one of Taiwan’s most prestigious.
Patricia Stone, PhD, director
of the School of Nursing’s Center for
Health Policy, was asked to deliver
the plenary address celebrating
Tvgh’s 50th anniversary and reconnected
with dr. Chou while there.
dr. stone also was an invited guest
and speaker at the Taiwanese nurses’
Association where she discussed
nurse work environments with the
nation’s top nurse leaders.
Kathleen Hickey, EdD, C-ANP, C-FPN,
Assistant Professor of Nursing, has
won a competitive grant from the
robert Wood Johnson Foundation
(rWJF) to conduct innovative
research on genetic mutations that
may predispose individuals to a
higher possibility of sudden cardiac
death. hickey is one of just 15 nurse
educators from around the country
to receive the three-year $350,000
nurse Faculty scholar award this
year. it is given to junior faculty who
show outstanding promise as future
leaders in academic nursing. For her
research, hickey will examine patients
with previously implanted internal
cardioverter defibrillators (iCds) and a
history of long QT syndrome and cardiomyopathy
to determine whether
they possess an underlying cardiac
genetic mutation. her research will
determine whether having a specific
cardiac mutation increases the prev-