School of Nursing 11th Annual Research Day Poster Awards
Published April 19, 2024
Congratulations to the recipients of the University at Buffalo School of Nursing's 11th Annual Research Day Poster Awards.
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First Place
- Skylar Bard (Mentor: Yu-Ping Chang), “Impact of a Mobile App Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Program on Stress and Anxiety in Underserved Communities”
Second Place
- Dylan Pinto (Mentors: Jennifer Livingston, Weijun Wang & Amy Hequembourg), “Association Between Parental Rejection and Negative Mental Health Outlooks in Sexual Minority” Adolescents
Third Place
- Bushra Zaman (Mentors: Amy Hequembourg, Weijun Wang & Jennifer Livingston), “Minority Stress and How it Mediates Parental Outcomes in LGBTQ Youth”
First Place
- Alyssa Handley (Advisor: Susan Grinslade), “Evaluating the Impact of an Educational Workshop in Teaching Ultrasound-Guided Techniques for Peripheral Intravenous Access to Nurse Anesthetists”
- Kevin Schroeder (Advisor: Cheryl Spulecki), “Assessing Anesthesia Provider Competence in Point-of-Care Ultrasound for Gastric Content Assessments”
Second Place
- Claire Kyhos (Advisor: Susan Grinslade), “A Knowledge Assessment of Registered Nurse Assistance in Emergency Airway Management Beyond the Operating Room”
Third Place
- Jillian Perillo (Advisor: Brian Lowe), “Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists’ Use of Remifentanil for Labor Analgesia When an Epidural is Contraindicated: A National Survey”
- Med-Murielle Pierre (Advisor: Cheryl Spulecki), “The Effect of Intraoperative Magnesium Sulfate Administration on Postoperative Opioid Requirements in Adult Surgical Patients 18 Years and Older: A Retrospective Analysis”
First Place
- Amanda Anderson, “Using Exploratory Social Network Analysis to Evaluate Cross-sector Collaboration in a Medical Respite Program”
- Cristina de Rosa, Leann Balcerzak & Yu-Ping Chang, “Outcomes of an MBSR Mobile App Intervention on Anxiety, Stress, and Mindfulness in an Underserved Community”
Second Place
- Cristina de Rosa & Tania Von Visger, “The Association Between Mindfulness, Symptom Severity, and Depression in Adults with Pulmonary Hypertension”
- Amarjot Gill & Suzanne Sullivan, “Resonances of Feeling Alone: A Systematic Review Unveiling Older Adults’ Loneliness and Its Mechanisms in Residential Care Facilities”
Third Place
- Kathryn Ledwin, Sabrina Casucci, Suzanne S. Sullivan & Sharon Hewner, “Area Deprivation and Patient Complexity Predict Low-Value Healthcare Utilization in Patients with Heart Failure: A Machine Learning Approach”
- Lana Pasek, Ejura Adebayo, Victoire Djongara, Allana KrolikowskiKarlin Bacher, Michelle Pantojas, Leila Yusuf & Sarah Adkison, “Colorectal Cancer Screening Outreach Utilizing Standing Orders: A Quality Improvement Preventive Health Initiative at Jericho Road Community Health Center”
First Place
- Kelly Foltz-Ramos, Christopher J. Stavisky, Lisa Jane JacobsenAimee Larson, Kenneth V. SnyderLina R. Vinder & Nicholas M. Fusco, “An Innovative Three-Step Model for Teaching TeamSTEPPS to Support Deeper Learning”
- Tania T. Von Visger, Yanjun Zhou, Harman Singh, Bhargav Vasist, Chin-Shang Li & Alan Hunt, “Mindfulness Meditation for Pulmonary Hypertension Program Development: Acceptability and Feasibility of Technology-Assisted Complementary Health Intervention for Symptom Self-Management”
Second Place
- Amy Hequembourg, Kelly O’Hern, Kelli Heigl & Jennifer Livingston, “Ferreting out Fraudsters and Shady Characters in Online Nursing Research: An Illustration”
- Tania Von Visger & Amarjot Gill, “Mindfulness Knowledge & Understanding in Chronic Condition Self-Management among Adults with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease”
Third Place
- Carleara Weiss, Laura Saturnino, Yanjun Zhou, Ifeoma Ezeilo & Rebecca A. Lorenz, “Vitamin B3 May Improve Sleep and Cognitive Function in Older Adults”
First Place
- Amanda Farrell, Shentelle Bell, Michelle H. Mooney & Lisa Firestone (Erie County Medical Center), “Optimizing Diabetes Management through the Creation and Implementation of a Diabetic Protocol: A Comprehensive Care Model – Change to Optimizing Diabetes Management in Primary Care”
Second Place
- Kelly Whitsell, Sarah Kline & Rahman Aadil (John R. Oishei Children's Hospital), “The Introduction of a New Weight Estimation Tool in A Pediatric Emergency Department”
- Oxana Khinkis, Philippe Jaoude, Mary Jo Glorioso & Bernadette Webster, “Using a Multipronged Approach to Reduce Hospital-Onset C. difficile Infection Rate
Third Place
- Joshua Jimerson & Diane Ryan (Buffalo VA Medical Center), “Identifying Toxic Exposures and Related Conditions Among Veteran Patients for the Private Practice Setting”
- Amanda Poorbaugh (Buffalo VA Medical Center), “Reduction in Indwelling Urinary Catheter Device Utilization and CAUTI Rate in Acute Inpatient Setting at WNY VAMC”
PhD Students
- Leann Balcerzak & Yu-Ping Chang, “The Relationship Between Mindfulness and Mental Health Outcomes among Adults in Low-Income and Underserved Communities during the COVID-19 Pandemic”
- Ashleigh Holmes, Amanjot Singh Sachar & Yu-Ping Chang, “Perceived Impact of COVID-19 in an Underserved Community: A Natural Language Processing Approach”
DNP Students
- Kyle Ciehomski (Advisor: Catherine Mann), “Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioners' Knowledge, Attitudes, and Skills with Psilocybin and MDMA in Psychiatric Practice”
- Ashton Raduns (Advisor: Carolyn Montgomery), “Evaluating Modifiable Risk Factors of Dementia in a Medicare Wellness Visit in a Rural Primary Care Setting and their Impact on Dementia Follow-Up Care”
- Kristin Diangelo & Catherine Mann, “Knowledge, Attitudes, Practices, Beliefs, and Barriers Among Healthcare Providers When Discussing Emergency Contraception with Women of Reproductive Age”
Undergraduate
- Mengting Chen (Mentor: Eunhee Park), “Preferences Regarding E-cigarette Cessation Interventions Among Young Adults”
- Tajkia Monim (Mentor: Christopher Barrick), “Improving Skills in Interdisciplinary Behavioral Health Settings to Help Treat the Opioid Crisis”
- Ava Sclafani (Mentor: Loralee Sessanna), “The Perceived Research Process Education and Mental Health Training Needs Among African American Community Stakeholders Working with Underserved Communities in Buffalo, NY”
Faculty
- Kafuli Agbemenu, Danielle Nazarenko, Stephanie Durfee, Amel Hashim Salim & Brentnie Adams, “Developing a Community-Based Breastfeeding Educational Intervention to Improve Maternal Health for Young, Low-Income African Americans”
Community Partner
- Arlene Brown (John R. Oishei Children's Hospital), “Early Screening for PTSD at a Level 1 Pediatric Trauma Center”
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