Chapter Research Awards
The 2019 Research Award application Cycle has closed.
Each year Alpha Eta Chapter accepts applications for research grants, which are awarded to active Alpha Eta members in order to support nursing research. Applications are reviewed by a panel of Alpha Eta members, and funds are distributed to the Research Award Recipients at the annual Alpha Eta Chapter Induction Ceremony.
The 2020 Research Award Applications will be announced on The Circle website.
Each year Alpha Eta Chapter accepts applications for research grants, which are awarded to active Alpha Eta members in order to support nursing research. Applications are reviewed by a panel of Alpha Eta members, and funds are distributed to the Research Award Recipients at the annual Alpha Eta Chapter Induction Ceremony.
The 2020 Research Award Applications will be announced on The Circle website.
Past Recipients
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 Recipients
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.
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 Recipients
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.