2003 CNHS FacultY Accomplishments

February issue of University Reporter.

Award announcement:

Margaret McAllister PhD., FNP, FAANP, Associate Clinical Professor and Coordinator FNP program has been selected to as a Department of Health and Human Services Primary Health Care Policy Fellow. The fellowship is jointly sponsored by the Agency for Health Care Research and Quality, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Health Services Resources and Services Administration, Indian Health Service; and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. The six month intensive Fellowship, includes four weeks of on site training in the dynamics of primary health care policy development, the legislative process, resource identification. The goal is to increase the capabilities of leaders in primary care to affect policy change and implementation at the institutional, local, state, and national levels. Dr. McAllister was nominated for the Fellowship by the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners where she serves as a member of the Board of Directors and is a Fellow of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners. Dr. McAllister is a family nurse practitioner, at the University Health Services UMass Boston.

Publications:

Professor Fawcett, J. (2003). The nurse theorists: 21st century updates--Martha Rogers. Nursing Science Quarterly, 16, 44-51.

Lin Zhan, Associate Professor published an article entitled "Caring for elders with dementia: Chinese American experience" in the Journal of Macau Nursing. (2003) Volume 1.

Presentations:

Avery Faigenbaum, Associate Professor in the Dept. of Exercise Science and Physical Education, gave a keynote address entitled "Youth fitness: Where do we go from here?" at the Nutrition and Fitness Symposium held at the National University of Ireland Galway, January 2003.

March issue of University Reporter.

Event announcement:

Mary Lewis Sheehan, clinical instructor in the College of Nursing and Health Sciences, is co-director of “Arms Around Arlington: The Center for Cancer Education and Support.” The Center is sponsoring an all day town-wide cancer support day this spring. Nursing students from UMass Boston, guided by Professor Victoria Palmer Erbs, will participate. The Center also sponsors support groups, has a monthly column in the local newspaper, and runs a voluntary cancer registry.

Publications:

Dr. Laurel E. Radwin, Assistant Professor, College of Nursing and Health Sciences had her article, "Refining the Quality Health Outcomes Model: Differentiating between client trait and state characteristics" reviewed in the December 2002 issue of the Agency for Health Care Research and Quality's Research Activities.

Laurie Milliken, Assistant Professor, Exercise Science & Physical Education

L.A. Milliken, S.B. Going, L.B. Houtkooper, H.G. Flint-Wagner, A. Figueroa, L.L. Metcalfe, R.M. Blew, S.C. Sharp, and T.G. Lohman Effects of Exercise Training on Bone Remodeling, Insulin-Like Growth Factors, and Bone Mineral Density in Postmenopausal Women With and Without Hormone Replacement Therapy Calcified Tissue International DOI: 10.1007/s00223-001-1128-5 Published Online: 10 February 2003

Jacqueline Fawcett, Professor

Malinski, V.M., Fawcett, J., Pilkington, B., Roy, C., Taylor, S. & Geden, E. (2003). Questions commonly asked about research. Nursing Science Quarterly, 16, 16-20.

Fawcett, J. (2003). The Roy Adaptation Model: A program of nursing research. Japanese Journal of Nursing Research, 36(1), 67-73.

Samarel, N., Tulman, L., & Fawcett, J. Effects of two types of social support and education on adaptation to early stage breast cancer. Research in Nursing and Health, December 2002.

Jacqueline Fawcett, Professor; Cynthia Aber, Associate Professor

Fawcett, J., Aber, C., & Silva, V. (2003). Pregnancy and birth. In J.J. Ponzetti, Jr. (Ed.), International encyclopedia of marriage and the family (2nd ed., pp. 1271-1276). New York: Macmillan Reference USA.

Exercise Science & Physical Education Associate Professor Kyle McInnis (published his first book)

Foreyt, J.P., McInnis, K.J., Poston, W.S.C., & Rippe, J.M. (2003) Lifestyle Obesity Management. Blackwell Publishing, Malden, MA.

Exercise Science & Physical Education Associate Professor Avery Faigenbaum recently interviewed for the Boston Globe article: Arnett, A., (2003, January 29). “Fighting for a fitter Child”. Boston Globe, page E5.

Presentations:

Dr. Laurel E. Radwin, Assistant Professor, College of Nursing and Health Sciences, presented "The Development and Psychometric Testing of the Oncology Patients' Perceptions of the Quality of Nursing Care Scale" at the American Cancer Society/Oncology Nursing Society's 7th National Conference on Cancer Nursing Research in February in San Diego, CA. Dr. Kristine Alster and Krista Rubin are co-authors of the paper.

Diana Newman, Associate Professor, represented the National Association of Catholic Nurses at The World Day of the Sick sponsored by the Catholic Health Association in Washington DC on Feb 10-11.

April issue of University Reporter

Appointment/honor announcement:

(CNHS Faculty Lecturer)Margaret McAllister PhD, FNP, FAANP, COHNS, has been appointed to the editorial review board of the Journal of the Amercian Academy of Nurse Practitioners and the Medscape Topics in Advanced Practice Nursing eJournal.

Jacqueline Fawcett, Professor, College of Nursing and Health Sciences

• Appointed as an Associate at The Institute for Nursing Healthcare Leadership, Boston, MA
• Appointed as an Associate Clinical Scientist, Phyllis F. Cantor Center for Research in Nursing and Patient Care Services, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA

Event announcement:

In Memoriam
Dr. Mary O’Brien
Memorial to be held:
Tuesday - April 15th, 2003
1:30-3pm, Chapel
McCormack 3rd Floor

Publications:

Laurel E. Radwin, Assistant Professor in the College of Nursing and Health Sciences, and Kristine Alster, Associate Professor in the CNHS, along with Krista Rubin, published "Development and Testing of the Oncology Patients' Perceptions of the Quality of Nursing Care Scale" in the March issue of Oncology Nursing Forum, the official journal of the Oncology Nursing Society.

Kyle McInnis and Avery Faigenbaum, Associate Professors in the CNHS ESPE department, co-authored two chapters in the widely used textbook Health Fitness Instructor’s Handbook, Fourth Edition. Published 2003 by Human Kinetics, Champaign, IL.

June issue of University Reporter

IN THE NEWS:

Dr. Kyle McInnis from the Dept. Of Exercise Science and Physical Education was interviewed by WBZ-TV nightly news as an expert on the topic of exercise for weight loss.

Dr. Kyle McInnis from the Dept. Of Exercise Science and Physical is featured in the June issue of "O" the Oprah Winfrey Magazine discussing walking for activity and health.

Event announcement:

The College of Nursing and Health Sciences cordially invites you to attend a Department of Health and Human Services/Office of Minority Health conference entitled “Cross Cultural Communication in Health Care: Building Organizational Capacity”. The conference will be delivered via satellite broadcast on June 4th 1-3:30 p.m at UMass Boston’s Healey Library lower level Instructional Technology Center. We invite you and all interested members of your agency to visit our campus and participate in this free informative conference.

Award/Honor announcement:

Margaret McAllister, re-elected to the Board of Directors of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners.

Margaret McAllister PhD., FNP, FAANP has been re-elected to the Board of Directors of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners.

Diana Newman, Associate Professor, was re-elected as Secretary to the Nursing Education Alumni Association at Teachers College Columbia NYC for 2003-2005

Karen Dick, Assistant Professor our sigma chapter, Theta Alpha gave out awards on Sat April 26. I got the Pearl Rosendahl Award for "Excellence in Nursing Education"

Karen Dick, Assistant Professor has been selected as a Fellow of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners (FAANP). The purpose of the FAANP program is to “recognize nurse practitioners who have made outstanding contributions to health care through clinical practice, research, education or health policy.

Publications:

"A conceptual model based programmed of nursing research: Retrospective and prospective applications" by Drs. Laurel E. Radwin and Jacqueline Fawcett of the College of Nursing and Health Sciences, was reviewed in the March 2003 issue of Research Activities, published by the Agency for Health Care Research and Quality.

Lin Zhan, Associate Professor, College of Nursing & Health Sciences Published the article "Alzheimer's family caregiving: Perspectives from Chinese American Caregivers", Journal of Gerontological Nursing (in press).

Presentations:

College of Nursing and Health Sciences

Diana Newman, Associate Professor

Jacqueline Fawcett, Professor

"The Roy Adaptation Model: Identification and Categorization of Programs of Research"

Paper presented at the Fourth Annual Conference of the Roy Adaptation Association, Kennebunkport, Maine, May 18, 2003

Jacqueline Fawcett, Professor & Cynthia Aber, Associate Professor

"Integrating Teaching, Practice, and Research in an Undergraduate Maternity Nursing Course" Poster presented at the Eleventh Annual Conference for Nurse Educators in Practice Settings and Schools of Nursing, Kennebunkport, Maine, May 20, 2003

Garity, J. (2003, May). Alzheimer Family Caregivers Coping After Nursing Home Placement. Paper presented at the 11th Annual Meeting of the Massachusetts Chapter of the Alzheimer's Association, Marlborough, MA.

Garity, J. (2003, March). Alzheimer Family Caregivers Coping After Nursing Home Placement. Paper presented at the Annual Business Meeting of Theta Alpha Chapter of Sigma Theta Tau, UMass, Boston.

Garity, J. (2002, November). Alzheimer Family Caregivers Coping After Nursing Home Placement. Paper presented at the 55th Scientific Sessions of the Gerontological Society of America, Boston, MA.

Lin Zhan, Associate Professor, College of Nursing & Health Sciences Delivered the keynote address "Women of Color in Science: A challenging Journey" at Smith College, North Hampton, MA 4/03

Lin Zhan, Associate Professor, College of Nursing & Health Sciences Gave presentation "Conceptual analysis of barrier models to mental health services: After 9/11" at Tufts Medical School, Boston, 4/03