April 2025 Publications, Presentations, Awards, and Other News

Publications

Veronica Barcelona and Yihong Zhao were among the authors of “Epigenomic Pathways from Racism to Preterm Birth: Secondary Analysis of the Nulliparous Pregnancy Outcomes Study: Monitoring Mothers-to-Be (nuMom2b) Cohort Study in the USA to Examine How DNA Methylation Mediates the Relationship Between Multilevel Racism and Preterm Birth in Black Women: A Study Protocol,” published in BMJ Open.

Melissa Beauchemin, PhD’19 was among the authors of “Prevention and Management of Infectious Complications in Pediatric Patients with Cancer: A Survey Assessment of Current Practices Across Children’s Oncology Group Institutions,” published in Pediatric Blood and Cancer.

Penelope Buschman, BS’64, Mary Tresgallo, DNP’08, and Marlene McHugh, DNP’08 were among the authors of “Highlighting the Importance of Nurse Practitioner Fellowships in Palliative Care: A Model at the Columbia University School of Nursing,” published in Journal of Hospice and Palliative Nursing.

Suzanne Courtwright, MS’03, Kathleen Flandrick, Madeline Pollifrone, and Lusine Poghosyan were among the authors of “A Scoping Review of Empirical Evidence on the Nurse Practitioner Workforce in Thailand,” published in International Nursing Review.

Christine DeForge, PhD’23 was among the authors of “Lower Perceived Social Support During Hospitalization by Close Family Members May Have Significant Associations with Psychological Distress One Month After Cardiac Arrest,” published in Neurocritical Care.

PhD Student Alexandria Hahn, MS’22 and Rebecca Schnall, PhD’09 were among the authors of “‘What I Wish I Would’ve Known Before My HIV Diagnosis’: Qualitative Insights from Women Living with HIV to Inform HIV Prevention Strategies,” published in AIDS Patient Care and STDs.

PhD Student Sarah Harkins and Maxim Topaz were among the authors of “Symptom Burden: A Concept Analysis,” published in Nursing Science Quarterly.

Tonda Hughes was among the authors of “Resilience Through Social Support: An Intersectional Analysis of Sexual Minority Women’s Social Resources for Wellbeing,” published in Journal of Homosexuality.

Elaine Larson was among the authors of “Development of the Initial Leapfrog Group’s Hand Hygiene Standard,” published in American Journal of Infection Control.

Sarah Collins Rossetti, PhD’09 was among the authors of “Relationship Between Additional Required Nursing Documentation and Patient Outcomes: A Scoping Review,” published in Applied Clinical Informatics.

Meghan Reading Turchioe, PhD’18 was among the authors of “Opportunities and Challenges for Digital Health and Artificial Intelligence to Support Nurses: Results of a Survey of Nursing Informaticists,” published in Computers, Informatics, Nursing.

Meghan Reading Turchioe, PhD’18 and Ruth Masterson Creberwere among the authors of “Geriatric Vulnerabilities Among Adults with Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction: A Cross-Continent Evaluation,” published in Journal of the American College of Cardiology: Advances.

Student Victoria Wingora, Christine DeForge, PhD’23, Kimberlee Grier, and Patricia Stone were the authors of “Live Hospice Discharge of Individuals with Cognitive Disabilities: A Systematic Review,” published in Journal of the American Medical Directors Association.

Presentations

Gregory Alexander presented “Interoperability and AI” at the Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medical Association (PALTC) Annual Conference, held March 13–15, 2025, in Charlotte, North Carolina; “Transforming Long-Term Care: HIT Maturity, Interoperability, and Readiness” at the ADVION 2025 Legislative & Regulatory Conference, held March 18, 2025, in Washington, D.C.; and “The Next Frontier for Clinical Informatics Research in Long-Term Post-Acute Care” at the American College of Medical Informaticists Retreat 2025  March 30, 2025, in San Juan, Puerto Rico.  

Suzanne Bakken presented “Intersection of AI and Nursing Science” to the American Academy of Nursing AI Taskforce held virtually on March 24, 2025; “What Is Epistemic Justice and Why Does It Matter in AI-based Innovations?” at the Biomedical Informatics & Data Science (BIDS) Seminar at Yale University on March 20, 2025, in New Haven, Connecticut; and “Advancing Nursing Science Through Data Science” at the Oncology Nursing Society Congress held April 9–13, 2025, in Denver.

Veronica Barcelona presented “Race, Racism, and Perinatal Health Inequities” at the Virginia A. Beal Annual Dinner in collaboration with the Tay Gavin Erickson Lecture Series, on April 1, 2025, at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.

Aluem Tark, PhD’19 presented “Think Beyond ChatGPT: Learn and Explore Artificial Intelligence Tools to Transform Teaching and Learning in Nurse Practitioner Education” at the National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculties (NONPF) 51st Annual Conference, “Re-envisioning NP Education to Lead the Future,” held April 9–13, 2025, in Denver.

Maxim Topaz presented the keynote opening talk, “Nursing in the AI Era: Driving Decision Excellence and Superior Patient Outcomes,” at the ACENDIO (Association for Common European Nursing Diagnoses, Intervention, and Outcomes) Conference 2025, “eHealth, Artificial Intelligence, and Nursing: Towards Precision Nursing in Research, Education, and Practice, held March 27–29, 2025, in Rotterdam, Netherlands.

Awards

Armel Dogruluk, DNP’19 received the Preceptor Gold Star Award from the National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculties on April 12, 2025. She was nominated for the award by Aluem Tark, PhD’19.

Tonda L. Hughes will receive the Kettil Bruun Society Award for Advancement of International Research Collaboration from the Kettil Bruun Society for Social and Epidemiological Research on Alcohol, to be presented at the society’s 50th Annual Symposium, June 9-13, 2025, in Glasgow, Scotland.

Other News

PhD student Brianna Lin presented her research on the U.S. nursing workforce in collaboration with nurse practitioner and PhD students at Yale School of Nursing at the University of Tokyo’s Spring International Program March 10-12, 2025. She also presented her current research and learned about the nursing workforce system in Japan and other countries around the world.