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 Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing Research Community,
As we approach the end of November, I want to take a moment to reflect on the remarkable progress we’ve made together this academic year. Since July, our community has achieved impressive milestones in grant submissions, meeting our ambitious first-quarter metrics and laying the groundwork for continued success.
Our projections for the second quarter look equally promising, thanks to your commitment to excellence and innovation. Your embrace of this year’s motto, RISE (Raise Productivity, Innovate Strategically, Succeed Together, and Elevate Impact). These achievements underscore the strength of our shared mission and the incredible momentum we’re building together.
November is the National Month of Gratitude—a perfect time to pause and celebrate the power of gratitude in sustaining a positive and collaborative culture within our teams and vibrant research community. As the writer Melody Beattie so beautifully said, “Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more.â€
I am deeply grateful for each of you—for your perseverance, creativity, and unwavering commitment to addressing the most pressing challenges in nursing and healthcare. Together, we are transforming ideas into solutions and advancing knowledge that matters.
Let us continue to foster a culture of excellence, high productivity, and gratitude, lifting one another as we strive for new heights.
With gratitude and optimism,
Ronald Hickman, PhD, RN, FAAN
Associate Dean for Research
Scholarship Awards & Happenings
UH Distinguished Nurse Researcher
Susan Mazanec, associate professor, has been recognized by University Hospitals with its 2024 Distinguished Nurse Researcher award, recognizing an exemplary UH nurse researcher for expertise in research, advances in the science of nursing, dissemination of her work, and mentoring of other nurses in research. Congratulations, Susan!
Distilling Dissertation Research to 1-Minute Pitch
Heba Al Dossary and Megan Foradori, PhD students, were asked to join graduate students from other programs on campus at the Graduate Student Research Showcase for the Academic Affairs and Student Life Committee of the ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ Board of Trustees in October.
Charged with summarizing their dissertation research in less than sixty seconds using only one slide, Heba shared her work studying the role of caregiver contributions in enhancing self-care in heart failure patients, and Megan spoke on using machine learning techniques to identify disparities in developmental screening, diagnosis, and service use in young children with developmental delays.
Distilling down complex research methods and findings to a lay audience was a challenge, but they both enjoyed the opportunity to present and learn about the other student research happening at the university.
FPB Research News & Events
Goldbag Research Seminars
The Goldbag Research Seminars are hosted each Monday from noon to 1 p.m. via Zoom on select days throughout the semester. The last seminar for the Fall 2024 series will take place on Dec. 9.
Dec. 9: "Caring Guidance: Trajectory of an Internet-based Psychoeducational Intervention for Women with Breast Cancer" featuring Robin Lally, PhD, MS, BA, RN, AOCN, FAAN. Lally is the Bertha L. Pankratz Professor in Nursing; Director of the Center for Chronic Illness, Self-Management and Prevention (CRISP); and Professor at the UNMC College of Nursing.
Grant Proposals Due Before Thanksgiving
The university will be closed on Nov. 28-29 for the Thanksgiving holiday break. To accommodate this, grant proposal deadlines for the Office of Pre-Award Services and Agreements (PASA) are as follows:
- Proposals due on Tuesday, Dec. 3, are due to PASA by 5 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 26.
- Proposals due on Wednesday, Dec. 4, are due to PASA by 5 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 27.
CTSC Pilot Funding: Health Equity through Integrative Medicine
The Clinical and Translational Science Collaborative (CTSC) of Northern Ohio at ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ is requesting applications for pilot research funding to enhance and grow CTSC activities in the area of integrative medicine. CTSC seeks applications from faculty at ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½, Cleveland Clinic, MetroHealth Medical Center, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, the Louis Stokes Cleveland Veterans Administration Medical Center, Northeast Ohio Medical University, and the University of Toledo.
CTSC will award up to four pilot grants of $25,000 to $50,000 each. Applications must be submitted electronically no later than Monday, Dec. 2, at 11:59 p.m.
STTI Alpha Mu Chapter Fall 2024 Call for Research Grants
Allocation of funds is based on the quality of the proposed research, the future promise of the applicant, and the applicant’s research budget. Applications from novice researchers who have received no other national research funds are encouraged. Funding is provided by the Alpha Mu Chapter of Sigma Global Nursing. Funds for this grant do not cover expenses incurred prior to the funding date, travel, conference registrations, computer software or hardware.
Deadline: 12/3/2024
Two grants available for Fall 2024:
Grant One: Student Applicants
Grant Two: open to all STTI members
Applicants can direct questions related to the grant(s) to Megan Wenzell at mla88@case.edu.
NIH News & Updates
Beginning in fiscal year 2025, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) will provide childcare cost support to individuals who are full-time recipients of Predoctoral to Postdoctoral Fellow Transition Award (F99/K00) programs during the F99 phase of the award. This is part of an ongoing commitment to support early career researchers, following the announcement of childcare costs for full-time NRSA fellows and costs for trainees in 2021 and childcare subsidies increases earlier this year.
The NIH Office of Extramural Research has made to refresh your knowledge on NIH grants policy updates for this fiscal year. Key highlights include budget updates, data management and sharing updates, and a simplified review framework.
The National Institute of Nursing (NINR) has announced School Health as its newest strategic imperative, providing an opportunity to address critical gaps in research and leverage the high-profile nurses have in school health to improve outcomes for today’s children and across generations.
Recent School of Nursing Publications
Ludwick, R. E., Zalon, M. L., Patton, R. M., & Baughman, K. R. (2024). Analysis of Ohio nurses’ voting behaviors 2020–2023. Policy, Politics, & Nursing Practice. Advance online publication.
Pignatiello, G. A., Griggs, S., Hoffer, S. A., & Hickman Jr, R. L. (2024). Multidimensional sleep health in surrogate decision-makers of critically ill patients. American Journal of Critical Care, 33(6), 468-472.
Proctor, K. B., Estrem, H. H., Park, J., Wenzell, M. L., Ravindran, M., Sharp, W. G., Scahill, L., & Vickery, B. (in press). Development of a novel parent-report measure of food allergy impact. Acta Pediatrica. Advance online publication.
Toly, V. B., Russell, K. N., Shi, S., & Zauszniewski, J. A., (2024). Implementing Resourcefulness Training© with parent caregivers of children dependent on medical technology during the COVID pandemic: Lessons learned from a randomized controlled trial. Clinical Nursing Research. Advance online publication.
Zalon, M. L., Ludwick. R., & Patton, R. M. (2024). Strengthening nurses' influence in health policy. American Journal of Nursing, 124(9), 28-36.