SON: Connections - Spring 2002

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The School of Nursing is once again ranked first in the nation. The National Institutes of Health reported that the School received more grant funding than any other nursing school in the country last year.

Assistant Professor of Family and Child Nursing JoAnne Solchany has published Promoting Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy, a book that Department Chair Kristen Swanson predicts "will become a 'classic' text for clinicians, educators, and researchers who focus on pregnancy as a developmental transition." Published by NCAST, it is accompanied by clinical intervention materials to promote maternal-infant attachment. Each intervention is timed to the gestational age of the fetus/infant.

Professor Emeritus Katherine Young Graham was presented with a Creative Achievement Award by the American Public Health Association for her pioneering work in establishing the "Public Health Nursing" journal in 1984. A fellow of the American Academy of Nursing, Graham taught at all program levels in the Department of Family and Child Nursing, chaired the Department of Community Health Care Systems, and has a long history of research in women's health across the lifespan.

Laurie Gwerder, a recent master's graduate, has had her article on bioterrorism published by the American Association of Occupational Health Nurses Journal. It is the first article published on their website.

Lois Price-Spratlen, University Ombudsman and Professor of Psychosocial and Community Health, was keynote speaker at the annual Health Sciences Martin Luther King celebration.

Assistant Professor Yoriko Kozuki is the first researcher in the School to be awarded a two-year post-doctoral fellowship by the Pfizer Company. She is studying nursing outcomes related to mentally ill individuals and their medication taking behavior under the mentorship of Associate Professor Karen Schepp. Pilot studies were funded by the VanHooser Endowed Research Fund.

The 2001 edition of the Annual Review of Nursing Research, a historic compilation of research on women's health co-edited by Diana Taylor '88 Ph.D., and Dean Nancy Woods, was named "Book of the Year" by the American Journal of Nursing.

Professor Marie-Annette Brown is the co-author with Jo Robinson of a popular new book about a drug-free solution for symptoms of depression in women. When Your Body Gets the Blues is the outcome of Brown's LEVITY study, a treatment program involving light, exercise and vitamin intervention therapy funded by the Center for Women's Health Research.

Corbally Professor Margaret Heitkemper, who is also director of the Center for Women's Health Research, has been named to serve on the board of two popular women's magazines, "Ladies Home Journal" and "Women's Day." Heitkemper, an internationally recognized expert on gastrointestinal symptoms in women, was also honored with the Nutrition Support Nurse of the Year Award by the American Society for Pareenteral and Enteral Nutrition at their annual meeting in February.

Students of Associate Professor Cathy Lindenberg co-authored an article for "Minority Nurse" magazine about their experiences setting up an interactive Web site for at-risk teens at Cleveland High School in Seattle. The student authors for the winter, 2002 article entitled "Helping At-Risk Kids Get Teen Smart" are Carolyn Ahl, Amber Bumgardner, Heather Byelick, Melissa Krieder, Joy Nevens, Antonia Schiller, Katrina Sorenson and Laura Steiger.

The American College of Nurse Practitioners awarded the 2002 Sharp Cutting Edge award to Phyllis Arn Zimmer, a clinician and lecturer in Family and Child Nursing, who is described as "a dedicated voice for nurse practitioners."

Soule Endowed Professor Pamela Mitchell and her colleagues have been awarded a five-year grant by NINR to study an advanced practice nurse-delivered problem-solving intervention in people with depression following stroke. Mitchell, who is in addition associate dean for research, also received an honorary membership award from the American Association of Neuroscience Nurses, a tribute from her specialty colleagues conveyed upon individuals "who have rendered distinguished service and leadership to the Association or those who have made unique contributions to the field of neuroscience nursing." Mitchell was also appointed to the Steering Committee of the Patient Safety Research Coordinating Center, one of only three nurses to be appointed to this national position.

Kristin Cloyes was selected as a 2002-2003 Magnuson Scholar, one of six individuals chosen from the each of the UW Health Sciences Schools. Selected on the basis of her academic performance and her potential contributions to research, she will receive $25,000 annually in support of her education. In addition, Cloyes and Stephen Padgett have received a predoctoral National Research Service Award. Professor David Allen is their sponsor.

Kristen Archbold, a post-doc working on a training grant with Carol Landis, has co-authored a paper on snoring and ADD in children that was published in the "Journal of Pediatrics" in March.

A new website for the Center for Women's Health Research was launched in April at http://www.uw-cwhr.org. The new site features videotaped lectures on women's health related topics, interactive quizzes, and many additional resources.

Eunice Ume, '03 BSN, received a Mary Mahoney Professional Nurses Association Scholarship at their annual luncheon in April.

A Crystal Award of Excellence, part of an international program to recognize excellence in the communication field, was awarded to a PSA film about a UW nursing student entitled "Student Voices: Kimberly Gustafson."

Professor Diana Wilkie received the University of Detroit Mercy McAuley School of Nursing's 10th Annual Distinguished Nurse Scholar Award for her presentation entitled, "End-Of-Life Care: Linkages between Education, Service, and Research."

Department of Family and Child Nursing Chair Kristen Swanson received the 2002 Distinguished Alumnus award from the University of Rhode Island College of Nursing.

Professor Susan Blackburn had been nominated by midwifery students AND selected by the American College of Nurse Midwives (ACNM) to receive the ACNM Foundation Excellence in Teaching Award. Says Chair Swanson, "to be taught by Dr. Susan Blackburn is to be taught by the best."

The International Society of Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurses awarded Associate Professor Mary Durand Thomas their annual Education Award. Thomas has had a career-long commitment to improving care for those with serious mental illnesses. She brought graduate education to place bound nurses in state hospitals many years ago so that they could earn master's degrees in psychiatric-mental health nursing. More recently she has focused on using educational technology to help nurses in distant rural communities become psychiatric-mental health nurse practitioners.

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