Past Recipients
2022 Research Award Recipients
Kate Oppegaard - Are Changes in Gene Expression Associated with Higher Levels of Co-occurring
Cancer- Related Cognitive Impairment and Anxiety in Outpatients Receiving Chemotherapy?
Joosun Shin - Distinct Shortness of Breath Profiles in Patients Undergoing Chemotherapy
Daphne Scott-Henderson - Examining the Relationship of Sexual Orientation and Sexual and Reproductive Health
Literacy of African-American/Black Women
2019 Research Award Recipients
Kristen Wisner - The Electronic Health Record and Labor and Delivery Nurses' Cognitive Work
2018 Research Award Recipients
Ariel Baria - Veterans Living With Chronic Pain and Addiction
Laurie Bauer - Primary Care Team Experience of Patients with Type 2 Diabetes
2017 Research Award Recipients
Kyung Mi Kim - The Effect of the CMS Pay-For-Performance Policy on Improving Quality of Care and Reducing Costs for Surgical Patients
Kimberly Baltzell - Assessment of Maternal Child Health Nursing Practices in Haitian Health Facilities
2016 Research Award Recipients
Lorinda Coombs - Nurse practitioner cancer care in older adults
Emily Hall - Educational needs of nurses in Malawi
Linda Gregory - Experiences of underrepresented minority PhD students
Soon Jong - Community mapping in Uganda
2015 Research Award Recipients
Gina Robinson - Reproductive Health Disparities Among African American Adolescent Females and School-Based Health Centers
Nancy Beam - Women and Men’s Preferences for Delivery Services in Rural Ethiopia
Linda Ottoboni - Atrial Fibrillation Education for Managing Symptoms and Reducing Arrhythmia
Kate Horton - Sex Worker Collective Action and Policy Processes to Improve Health: A Critical Ethnography
Dal Lae Chin - Chemical Exposure and Personal Protective Behavior Among Korean-American Drycleaner
2014 Research Award Recipients
Sharee Anzaldo, MS, RN – “Filipino American Beliefs and Perceptions About Parenting a Child with Autism”
Kevin Joiner, PhD(c), RN, ANP, CDE – “Attitudes About Health Risks in Latinos with Prediabetes”
Yoonmee Joo, ANP, PhD(c) – “The Contribution of Ototoxic Medications to Hearing Impairment Among Older Adults”
Jason Speaks, MS, BA, BS, APRN-C, NP-C, FNP-BC, RN and Anne Petersen, MS, MPH, CNS, RN, CHES – “Ethiopian Women’s Knowledge, Attitudes, Beliefs and Behaviors Related to Household Air Pollution””
2013 Research Award Recipients
Ifeyinwa Asiodu – “Identifying Barriers to Breastfeeding Initiation in African American Families”
Dal Lae Chin – “Smoking Behavior in Korean Americans”
Ji Won Choi – “Social Support for Physically Inactive Pregnant Women”
Minjeong Kim – “Factors Affecting Mental Illness in Korean American Teens”
Schola Matovu – “Understanding the Experiences of African American Caregivers of Grandchildren”
2012 Research Award Recipients
Ahmad H. Abu Raddaha, PhD, RN-BC: The Interrelationships between nicotine dependence and symptoms of depression among Jordanian patients with cardiovascular diseases.
Esther Meerwijk: Heart rate variability and frontal EEG asymmetry as markers of psychological pain.
Stephanie Phelps: Hearing loss as a risk factor for occupational injury among firefighters.
Kimberly Stephens: Assessment of CpG Methylation in cytokine gene promoters.
2011 Research Award Recipients
Sunjoo Boo, MS, RN: Cardiovascular disease risk factors and 10-year risk for Coronary Heart Disease among Korean women: a secondary analysis
Patricia Birmingham, PhD(c), RN: Keeping Patients Safe: Exploring Nurses’ Shift Hand-off Practices
Dal Lae Chin, MS, RN: Individual, Interpersonal, and Organizational Factors of Cigarette Smoking in Building Trades Workers
Yuaner Wu, MS, PhD(c), RN, MPH: Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Bariatric Surgery Patients
2010 Research Award Recipients
Juliet Chandler: Care-seeking practices of uninsured Latina immigrants with chronic illness.
Wonju Hwang: Cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk in blue collar workers: Actual CVD risk and risk reduction behavior.
Hyunjung Kim: Adequacy of enteral nutrition intake in ICU patients.
Hiroko Kiyoshi: Factors associated with ventilator-associated pneumonia guideline adherence.
Christina Purpora: Nurses' views of interactions among nurses at work and the quality and safety of patient care.
Naomi A. Schapiro: Growing up in the transnational family: Latino youth adjusting to late immigration and family reunification.
Caroline Stephens: Factors associated with emergency department utilization by nursing home residents: Does cognitive impairment make a difference?
Ronald J. Walent: Care and well-being among older obese nursing home residents.
2009 Research Award Recipient
Stephanie Gilbertson White, PhD, MS, RN: Occurrence and effect of multiple symptoms in advanced cancer patients with pain.
2008 Research Award Recipients
Juhye Jin: Bereavement experiences of Korean adolescent survivors of childhood cancer who have lost friends to cancer.
Mary Lough: Epigenetic contributions to delirium in mechanically ventilated ICU patients: A pilot study.
Soohyun Nam: Factors associated with insulin reluctance in individuals with type II diabetes.
2007 Research Award Recipients
Catherine Dodd: Trends and Predictors fo Quality, Access, and Cost in California's Hospices: An examination of changes in quality in California's Medicare certified hospices from 2000 - 2005.
Mary Louise Fleming: Nursing home leadership: Experience and perceptions of Directors of Nursing.
Monica McLemore: An evaluation of the molecular species of CA125 during the three phases of the menstrual cycle.
Wanwadee Neamsakul: Unintended Pregnancy in Thai Adolescents: A Grounded Theory Study.
Tara Sharpp: An ethnography of dementia care in assisted living facilities.
Joyce Trompeta: Attitudes, beliefs, and knowledge about organ donation and transplantation among Asian American adolescents on the Big Island of Hawaii.
2006 Research Award Recipients
Bradley Aouizerat: Gene expression in mucositis: A feasibility study.
Sarah Choi: CHD risk and risk perception in Korean immigrants with type 2 diabetes.
Ann Hughes: Meaning of dignity to urban poor with advanced illness.
Juhye Jin: Bereavement experiences of Korean adolescent survivors of childhood cancer who have lost friends to cancer.
Soo-Jeong Lee: Risk perception, work behavior, and work-related musculoskeletal disorders among hospital nurses.
Denise T. Y. Li: Evaluation of nociceptive responses to sedated ventilated critically ill adult patients.
Janelle Palacios: Sharing stories: Early childbearing experiences among American Indian women.
Kate Oppegaard - Are Changes in Gene Expression Associated with Higher Levels of Co-occurring
Cancer- Related Cognitive Impairment and Anxiety in Outpatients Receiving Chemotherapy?
Joosun Shin - Distinct Shortness of Breath Profiles in Patients Undergoing Chemotherapy
Daphne Scott-Henderson - Examining the Relationship of Sexual Orientation and Sexual and Reproductive Health
Literacy of African-American/Black Women
2019 Research Award Recipients
Kristen Wisner - The Electronic Health Record and Labor and Delivery Nurses' Cognitive Work
2018 Research Award Recipients
Ariel Baria - Veterans Living With Chronic Pain and Addiction
Laurie Bauer - Primary Care Team Experience of Patients with Type 2 Diabetes
2017 Research Award Recipients
Kyung Mi Kim - The Effect of the CMS Pay-For-Performance Policy on Improving Quality of Care and Reducing Costs for Surgical Patients
Kimberly Baltzell - Assessment of Maternal Child Health Nursing Practices in Haitian Health Facilities
2016 Research Award Recipients
Lorinda Coombs - Nurse practitioner cancer care in older adults
Emily Hall - Educational needs of nurses in Malawi
Linda Gregory - Experiences of underrepresented minority PhD students
Soon Jong - Community mapping in Uganda
2015 Research Award Recipients
Gina Robinson - Reproductive Health Disparities Among African American Adolescent Females and School-Based Health Centers
Nancy Beam - Women and Men’s Preferences for Delivery Services in Rural Ethiopia
Linda Ottoboni - Atrial Fibrillation Education for Managing Symptoms and Reducing Arrhythmia
Kate Horton - Sex Worker Collective Action and Policy Processes to Improve Health: A Critical Ethnography
Dal Lae Chin - Chemical Exposure and Personal Protective Behavior Among Korean-American Drycleaner
2014 Research Award Recipients
Sharee Anzaldo, MS, RN – “Filipino American Beliefs and Perceptions About Parenting a Child with Autism”
Kevin Joiner, PhD(c), RN, ANP, CDE – “Attitudes About Health Risks in Latinos with Prediabetes”
Yoonmee Joo, ANP, PhD(c) – “The Contribution of Ototoxic Medications to Hearing Impairment Among Older Adults”
Jason Speaks, MS, BA, BS, APRN-C, NP-C, FNP-BC, RN and Anne Petersen, MS, MPH, CNS, RN, CHES – “Ethiopian Women’s Knowledge, Attitudes, Beliefs and Behaviors Related to Household Air Pollution””
2013 Research Award Recipients
Ifeyinwa Asiodu – “Identifying Barriers to Breastfeeding Initiation in African American Families”
Dal Lae Chin – “Smoking Behavior in Korean Americans”
Ji Won Choi – “Social Support for Physically Inactive Pregnant Women”
Minjeong Kim – “Factors Affecting Mental Illness in Korean American Teens”
Schola Matovu – “Understanding the Experiences of African American Caregivers of Grandchildren”
2012 Research Award Recipients
Ahmad H. Abu Raddaha, PhD, RN-BC: The Interrelationships between nicotine dependence and symptoms of depression among Jordanian patients with cardiovascular diseases.
Esther Meerwijk: Heart rate variability and frontal EEG asymmetry as markers of psychological pain.
Stephanie Phelps: Hearing loss as a risk factor for occupational injury among firefighters.
Kimberly Stephens: Assessment of CpG Methylation in cytokine gene promoters.
2011 Research Award Recipients
Sunjoo Boo, MS, RN: Cardiovascular disease risk factors and 10-year risk for Coronary Heart Disease among Korean women: a secondary analysis
Patricia Birmingham, PhD(c), RN: Keeping Patients Safe: Exploring Nurses’ Shift Hand-off Practices
Dal Lae Chin, MS, RN: Individual, Interpersonal, and Organizational Factors of Cigarette Smoking in Building Trades Workers
Yuaner Wu, MS, PhD(c), RN, MPH: Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Bariatric Surgery Patients
2010 Research Award Recipients
Juliet Chandler: Care-seeking practices of uninsured Latina immigrants with chronic illness.
Wonju Hwang: Cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk in blue collar workers: Actual CVD risk and risk reduction behavior.
Hyunjung Kim: Adequacy of enteral nutrition intake in ICU patients.
Hiroko Kiyoshi: Factors associated with ventilator-associated pneumonia guideline adherence.
Christina Purpora: Nurses' views of interactions among nurses at work and the quality and safety of patient care.
Naomi A. Schapiro: Growing up in the transnational family: Latino youth adjusting to late immigration and family reunification.
Caroline Stephens: Factors associated with emergency department utilization by nursing home residents: Does cognitive impairment make a difference?
Ronald J. Walent: Care and well-being among older obese nursing home residents.
2009 Research Award Recipient
Stephanie Gilbertson White, PhD, MS, RN: Occurrence and effect of multiple symptoms in advanced cancer patients with pain.
2008 Research Award Recipients
Juhye Jin: Bereavement experiences of Korean adolescent survivors of childhood cancer who have lost friends to cancer.
Mary Lough: Epigenetic contributions to delirium in mechanically ventilated ICU patients: A pilot study.
Soohyun Nam: Factors associated with insulin reluctance in individuals with type II diabetes.
2007 Research Award Recipients
Catherine Dodd: Trends and Predictors fo Quality, Access, and Cost in California's Hospices: An examination of changes in quality in California's Medicare certified hospices from 2000 - 2005.
Mary Louise Fleming: Nursing home leadership: Experience and perceptions of Directors of Nursing.
Monica McLemore: An evaluation of the molecular species of CA125 during the three phases of the menstrual cycle.
Wanwadee Neamsakul: Unintended Pregnancy in Thai Adolescents: A Grounded Theory Study.
Tara Sharpp: An ethnography of dementia care in assisted living facilities.
Joyce Trompeta: Attitudes, beliefs, and knowledge about organ donation and transplantation among Asian American adolescents on the Big Island of Hawaii.
2006 Research Award Recipients
Bradley Aouizerat: Gene expression in mucositis: A feasibility study.
Sarah Choi: CHD risk and risk perception in Korean immigrants with type 2 diabetes.
Ann Hughes: Meaning of dignity to urban poor with advanced illness.
Juhye Jin: Bereavement experiences of Korean adolescent survivors of childhood cancer who have lost friends to cancer.
Soo-Jeong Lee: Risk perception, work behavior, and work-related musculoskeletal disorders among hospital nurses.
Denise T. Y. Li: Evaluation of nociceptive responses to sedated ventilated critically ill adult patients.
Janelle Palacios: Sharing stories: Early childbearing experiences among American Indian women.