Accomplishments: School of Nursing
Kayla Sullivan (Nursing) presented at the 26th Nursing Network on Violence Against Women International Conference on Oct. 8, 2025. She shared her group's beginning work supporting nursing students with disabilities in clinical education. The research is grant-funded by the Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation.
Andrew Thomas Reyes (Nursing), Miguel Fudolig (Epidemiology and Biostatistics), and Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health) recently published a paper in the Issues in Mental Health Nursing journal titled, 鈥淩acial Differences in Trauma Outcomes After a Mindfulness App Intervention in Frontline Nurses: A Secondary Data Analysis.鈥
Clariana Vitoria Ramos de Oliveira (Nursing) was awarded the Rita and Alex Hillman Foundation Award to address social gaps in care. Through the Hillman Emergent Innovation (HEI) program, the grant will support her research, "Community-Based Problem Management to Support Perinatal Latinx Mothers鈥 Mental Health." The program focuses on bold, nursing鈥
Mina Attin (Nursing), Bryer Shareef (Computer Science), Xan Goodman (Libraries), and Kavita Batra (Medicine), along with their students Nelson Appiah-Agyei, Farzana Mahamud Rini, Lauren Bredesky, Jonathan Chavez, and Rawa Mohammed, published 鈥淧redicting In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Using Machine Learning Models: Protocol for a Scoping Review鈥 in鈥
Rebecca Benfield, Andrew Thomas Reyes, Reimund Serafica, and Catherine Dingley (all Nursing) presented their research on "The Positive Effects of a Warm Water Immersion Intervention for Veterans with Symptoms of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, Depression, Anxiety, and Pain" at the Medical Health Systems Research Symposium on August 6 in鈥
Reimund Serafica and Andrew Reyes (Nursing), and Dr. Francisco Sy (Public Health), along with their colleagues, were recognized by the Journal of Transcultural Nursing with the Best Article Award for 2024. Their paper, 鈥淏ridging the Gap: Reducing Health Inequities in Access to Preventive Health Care Services in Rural Communities in the Philippines鈥
Kara Radzak (Kinesiology & Nutrition Sciences) has received a $964,806 grant from the Department of Defense鈥檚 Military Health System Research Program to lead a two-year project aimed at enhancing telehealth-based care for musculoskeletal injuries in military personnel.
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Francisco Sy, Joseph Guerrero Lopez (all Public Health), Reimund Serafica (Nursing), and their co-authors from Boise State University, Idaho State University, Montana State University, New Mexico State University, University of Alaska Anchorage, University of Alaska Fairbanks, University of California Irvine, University of Hawaii at Manoa,鈥
Francisco Sy, Jay Shen, and Joseph Guerrero Lopez (all Public Health), Dr. Jeffrey Ebersole (Dental Medicine) and Reimund Serafica (Nursing) and their co-authors at University of Montana, University of Wyoming, and University of California, Irvine published an article, "Lessons Learned from Ten Years of the Mountain West Clinical and Translational鈥
Ana Daniela Gonz谩lez-Alvarez, Sidath Kapukotuwa, Larry Hurst, and Abena Gyawu Owusu-Ansah (all Public Health), Ying Guo (Environmental and Global Health), Jennifer Vaderlaan (Nursing), Jay Shen (Healthcare Administration and Policy) published "Socioeconomic Disparities in Perinatal Substance Use Emergency Department Visits Before and During COVID-鈥
Jennifer Vanderlaan, Lisa Nicholas, and Necole Leland (all Nursing) created a toolkit for nurse educators, "Practical Intelligence: Generative AI Toolkit for Nurse Education." The toolkit provides a structured introduction to generative AI and offers practical guidance across several topics including foundational concepts, course and lesson design鈥
Rei Serafica (Nursing) delivered a peer-reviewed podium presentation at the 36th Sigma International Nursing Research Congress held in Seattle, WA. His presentation, titled 鈥淔ood Insecurity, Sodium-Restricted Diet Adherence, and Mental Health in Patients with Hypertension,鈥 examined the intersection of food insecurity, dietary compliance, and鈥