Kelly Foltz-Ramos, clinical lab coordinator and clinical assistant professor in the UB SON, says inadequate preparation for dealing with death is a contributing factor in turnover for medical and health care professionals who may not know how to cope with the death of a patient.
The Department of Family Medicine in the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at UB applied for, and was awarded, three prestigious grants totaling more than $6 million to support research, training and workforce development in the field of primary care.
Three faculty members in the UB School of Nursing have received the Gregory J. Dimitriadis Research Mentoring Fellowship, which honors the late professor by supporting community-based research that confronts issues of social justice, equity and public policy.
UB SON has received a 3-year $1.8 million HRSA Advanced Nursing Education Grant to increase cultural and telehealth preparation of FNP students to better prepare them for future practice settings.
Carla Jungquist, PhD, ANP-BC, assistant professor in the School of Nursing, collaborated with three other SUNY at Buffalo researchers to evaluate sleep disturbances in recently concussed individuals.
The co-authored study examines the feasibility of Narrative Exposure Therapy (NET) among adolescents who experienced intimate partner violence and are at risk for PTSD and depression
A study led by University at Buffalo nursing researcher Carla Jungquist reveals that the vast majority of post-operative patients given opioid medications through intravenous infusions are not monitored often enough to detect respiratory depression, a potentially deadly result of overdose.
As part of the ongoing efforts to combat prescription drug and opioid abuse, the University at Buffalo School of Nursing announced its commitment to the White House National Opioid Education Campaign.
UB addictions expert Nancy Campbell-Heider calls on clinicians to screen for vaping among teens, who are either uninformed or misinformed about the dangers and risks associated with electronic cigarettes.
Margaret Moss, assistant dean for diversity and inclusion in the UB School of Nursing, will shed light on American Indian health issues in the upcoming discussion, “Time to Take Notice: From Hidden to Healthy, Reclaiming Equity for American Indians.”
Assistant Professor Carla Jungquist, Professor Suzanne Dickerson and Clinical Instructor Louis Pawlowski, along with several co-authors, including alumna Karen Kilingman (PhD '15), were published in March in the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine. Their study, "Validation of the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Sleep Questions," primarily aims to "to assess the validity of the current Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) sleep questions."
Assistant Professor Carla Jungquist, PhD, ANP-BC, along with Karen Klingman (PhD '15) and Michael Perlis, director of the Behavioral Sleep Medicine Program at the University of Pennsylvania, recently published their co-authored article, "Questionnaires that screen for multiple sleep disorders," in Sleep Medicine Reviews in January.
Nancy Campbell-Heider, PhD, RN, FNP, NP-C, CARN-AP, FAANP, FIAAN, was inducted as a fellow into the International Nurses Society on Addictions (IntNSA) at the 39th Annual Education Conference in Charlotte, North Carolina, in October.
Students and faculty in the UB School of Nursing begin their mission to prevent 1,000 heart attacks and strokes in the Buffalo community as a part of Million Hearts, a nationwide initiative to save 1 million hearts by 2017.
Several UB graduate and professional degree programs have been cited as among the nation’s best by U.S. News & World Report's annual ranking of “America’s Best Graduate Schools."
