Each month, the Center for Research and Scholarship at the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing sends an internal research newsletter to faculty, staff, students and researchers. A recap is posted here.
A Message from the Associate Dean for Research
Dear School of Nursing faculty, students and staff,
Since our last RE/Search newsletter, there have been significant changes impacting our community. The landscape of federal research policy continues to evolve, but the Center for Research and Scholarship (CFRS) remains committed to ensuring our faculty, staff, and students have the necessary support to thrive. While these shifts present challenges, they also open avenues for strategic adaptation and innovation to sustain our commitment to advancing science that benefits everyone.
Unrelated to the executive orders or memos issued in late January, a new requirement for National Institutes of Health (NIH) biosketches will go into effect on May 25, 2025. The NIH is transitioning to Science Experts Network Curriculum Vitae (SciENcv) as the required platform for biosketch creation to enhance consistency and reduce administrative burden. There aren't any substantial changes to the biosketch format. Still, using the SciENcv platform is now mandatory to generate these documents containing metadata used to authenticate them. This newsletter highlights several hands-on sessions to help our faculty and students prepare their NIH biosketches using SciENcv.
As federal priorities shift, we will remain steadfast to our research mission and continue to generate impactful research while adapting to evolving policies. I encourage you to stay engaged, informed, and proactive as we move forward together. Don't hesitate to contact CFRS for guidance and take advantage of upcoming SciENcv training.
Ronald Hickman, PhD, RN, ACNP-BC, FNAP, FADLN, FAAN
Associate Dean for Research
Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing
Scholarship News
MNRS Gerontological Nursing Senior Career Award
Jaclene Zauszniewski, professor and interim PhD program director, has been recognized with the Gerontological Nursing Research & Implementation Interest Group (RIIG) Senior Career Award by the Midwest Nursing Research Society (MNRS).
The honor will be presented to Zausiewski at the MNRS Annual Research Conference in Indianapolis this March. The award recognizes her positive impact on the field of gerontological nursing.
MNRS Gerontological Nursing Early Career Award
Kylie Meyer, assistant professor, has been awarded the MNRS Gerontological Nursing RIIG Early Career Award in 2025.
This award, which will also be presented at the MNRS Annual Conference in March, recognizes Meyer's dedication, hard work, and excellence in the field of gerontology.
ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ Research News
Science Experts Network Curriculum Vitae
Starting May 25, 2025, all National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant applicants must use the Science Experts Network Curriculum Vitae (SciENcv) to create and submit biosketches and current and pending other support documents. SciENcv is an online profile system for researchers involved with federal research funding. The university Office of Research and Technology Management (ORTM) staff will be available to assist in helping create a SciENcv NIH biosketch at the following locations and times:
- Feb. 24: NRB 2280 from 3-4 p.m.
- March 3: NRB 2280 from 3-4 p.m.
- March 10: HEC 231S from 2-3 p.m.
- March 13: NRB 2280 from 3-4 p.m.
Upcoming Events
Feb. 25:
In this ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ Office of Research and Technology Management (ORTM) training webinar, get an overview of the informed consent process, including the different types of consent forms and templates, and explore how ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½â€™s electronic informed consent (eIC) system can improve efficiency in obtaining consent for your studies (3 CRECs).
Feb. 28:
In this ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ Office of Research and Technology Management (ORTM) training webinar, participants will be provided an overview of ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½'s research administration functions, including finding funding, proposal preparation, compliance, grant submissions, post-award accounting, and closeouts.
March 5:
Jessica DeCaro, director of the Cleveland Health Sciences Library, will give an overview of MyNCBI and ORCHID via the Zoom link above to provide additional information.
March 10: Goldbag Seminar: Lisa Carter-Bawa, "Factors that influence the decision-making process in lung cancer screening decisions"
Part of the Spring 2025 Goldbag Seminar series. Please join the Center for Research and Scholarship team from noon to 1 p.m. Zoom links to be distributed later.Lisa Carter-Bawa, PhD, MPH, APRN, ANP-C, FAAN, professor of Oncology at Georgetown University School of Medicine; director of the Cancer Prevention Precision Control Institute, Center for Discovery & Innovation at Hackensack Meridian Health.
March 21:
The Clinical and Translational Science Collaborative (CTSC) will host its first Research Discovery Day at Tinkham Veale University Center from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. The CTSC is looking for investigators who would like to volunteer to assist students with judging posters at the event, and/or network with students to discuss your research at a luncheon. You are also welcome to attend the entire day. . If you have any questions, please email ctsc-discoveryday@case.edu.
March 24: Goldbag Seminar: Monica Wagner, "Pain in the Context of Cancer and Cancer Treatment"
Part of the Spring 2025 Goldbag Seminar series. Please join the Center for Research and Scholarship team from noon to 1 p.m. Zoom links to be distributed later.Monica Wagner, PhD, assistant professor at the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing; member of the Population and Cancer Prevention Program at the Case Comprehensive Cancer Center
April 14: Goldbag Seminar: Douglas D. Gunzler, "Risk prediction tools for persons with chronic conditions accounting for individual-specific variation using electronic health records"
Part of the Spring 2025 Goldbag Seminar series. Please join the Center for Research and Scholarship team from noon to 1 p.m. Zoom links to be distributed later. Douglas D. Gunzler, Ph.D. professor in the ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ Department of Medicine at The MetroHealth System; professor in the ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ Department of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences.
April 28: Goldbag Seminar: Brittany L. Smalls, "Social environmental determinants of health, such as social support, social networks, and community/neighborhood factors that contribute health behaviors and outcomes"
Part of the Spring 2025 Goldbag Seminar series. Please join the Center for Research and Scholarship team from noon to 1 p.m. Zoom links to be distributed later. Brittany L. Smalls, PhD, MHSA, MSH Psych, associate professor at the University of Kentucky College of Medicine
Marketing-Driven Systems Change: Seminar Series
Join the for a series of informative and engaging conversations about marketing’s impact and potential for improving the systems in which people live, work, learn, and play. Topics include:
- How marketing methods can be ethically applied for systems change
- What is social marketing? How can it benefit the social marketer and society?
- System dynamics: An approach for understanding systems underlying social problems and finding leverage points for systems change
- Concepts such as supply and demand in the social marketing context
- How the science of storytelling can inform historical system behavior and bring about systems change.
Wednesdays, January 29 through April 30
9:30-10:30 a.m.
Free and open to all
Attend in person or on Zoom
Contact Brian Biroscak for in-person location details: bxb467@case.edu or 216-368-4472.
Register for the Systems Change seminars
Recent School of Nursing Publications
Armstrong, G.Q., Aldossary, H.M., Bingham, J., Pino, L., Pohnert, A., Dolansky, M. A., & Schiltz, N.K. (2025). Outcomes of age-friendly health systems: Return to clinic after 4Ms care delivery. Inquiry: The Journal of Health Care Organization, Provision, and Financing, Volume 62.
Pohnert, A., Dolansky, M. A., & Patterson, A. (in press). Implementing and leading the age-friendly health systems 4Ms framework in nursing practice: A competency-based approach. Nurse Leader.
Gravis, E. & Dolansky, M.A. (2024). Evaluation of an orientation program for adjunct clinical instructors in nursing. Nursing Education Perspectives, October 18.
Click, E., Edguer, M., Honsky, J., Salerno, M. A., Burgess-Van Aken, B., Rusnak, S., & Berg, K. A. (2025). Mindfulness matters: The experience of mindfulness activity facilitation by faculty. Building Healthy Academic Communities Journal, 9(1).