Emory Nursing Office of Nursing Research Frontpage Volume 2 Issue 2 March 2014

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Register for the Innovations in Symptom Science Conference: Part 1 - the Microbiome Dr. Deb Bruner was awarded $2.8 million in NIH grants in 2013, the highest amount of support given to any nurse researcher in the world.

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FROM THE ASSOCIATE DEAN FOR RESEARCH Exciting happenings in the School I would like to thank all of you for include our big Scholars Day Reonce again keeping us very busy search Conference and the Davis in the Office of Nursing Research!

Lecture that were held on April During the first half of this year, 7th. More than 30 we have submitted 48 proposals, student and felwhich is 37% more than last year low posters were at this time. Most of our proposals presented in the have been reviewed – an accomplaza that afterplishment itself in this day and age noon, followed - and many have received excellent by Dr. Heather scores and are awaiting word on Young, PhD, RN, funding. Most importantly, the FAAN who gave Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of the Davis Lecture.

Nursing is once again demonstrating its commitment to discovering Stop into the ONR anytime for cofnew knowledge that will be transfee, to submit a Proposal Initiation lated into improved outcomes for Form (PIF), or just to chat. patients and families around the world.

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EMORY | nursing Also Inside: NEW RESEARCH AWARDS | BIOSTATISTICIAN HELP VOLUME 2 | ISSUE 2 | MARCH 2014

New Research Awards & Other Sponsored Projects Dr. Carolyn Reilly, PhD, RN received a Radiation Therapy Oncology Group (RTOG) award for her study on “The Relationship between Radiation Dose Volume and Adverse Cardiovascular Disease Outcomes in Thoracic Cancer Survivors”. This study will investigate the growing problem of cardiovascular disease experienced in patients after cancer treatment, with the goal of identifying risk and symptoms early to allow for better intervention.

Dr. Charles Downs, PhD, ACNP-BC received the first annual Dean’s Research Development Award for his project with Dr. Melissa Faulkner

to develop and test a model of anhedonia in mice with Type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM), while simultaneously, and using the same theoretical framework, evaluating with Dr. Faulkner depressive symptomology in young adults with T1DM. By obtaining human data, as well as data from the animal model, these faculty will investigate mechanisms of symptoms using an animal model while evaluating/validating biomarkers and mechanisms in human models.

Dr. Downs also received the prestigious Parker B. Francis Award to evaluate the effect of RAGE signaling on epithelial sodium channel activity, a strong influence on lung fluid clearance and pulmonary function.

Dr. Usula Kelly, PhD, ANP-BC, PMHNP-BC with the assistance of Dr. Carolyn Clevenger, RN, DNP, GNPP-BC will partner with the SBIRT

training team in the Department of Family Medicine at Mercer University to incorporate training for screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment (SBIRT) for at-risk alcohol and drug use in existing APRN program curriculum.

Dr. Lisa Muirhead, DNP, RN, APRN-BC, ANP received an award from the US Department of Veteran Affairs to train more nurses to care for our country’s veterans. Many faculty are working with Lisa in carrying out this timely and worthy initiative.

Dr. Deb Bruner ranks No.1 for NIH Grants

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nfluential cancer researcher Deborah Watkins Bruner, PhD, RN, FAAN, is the topranked nurse researcher in the country in total grant support from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Dr. Bruner was awarded $2.8 million in NIH research grants in 2013—the highest amount of support given to any nurse researcher in the world.

Dr. Bruner consistently ranks high in NIH research funding. She is ranked among the top two percent of NIH investigators from all disciplines for funding. In 2012, she was once again the top-ranked nurse researcher in the world with more than $4.4 million in NIH funding. Please join us in congratulating Dr. Bruner on her outstanding success.

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NEWS YO U C A N U S E Gift Card Policy

erate” effect size that is statistically significant (p-value < 0.05 usually) at 80% power. If we look at this from a has developed a proce- t-test point of view comparing the dure for the purchase, mean responses in 2 groups, a modtracking, and disposition of gift cards erate effect size is defined as a mean used as participant incentives that difference in the response between is similar to the current university the 2 groups that is at least half as policy for the Participant Stipend large as the variability (i.e. standard Fund. Gift cards are considered the deviation) in that response. For exsame as cash and must be managed ample, a mean difference between 2 and monitored with the same level groups of 5 relative to a pooled stanof detail. With the new procedure, it dard deviation between the groups is mandatory that gift card purchases of 10 is an effect size of 5/10=0.5. and disbursements are recorded on Similar effect sizes can also be cala tracking log, and then reconciled culated for correlation, linear regresannually at the end of the grant sion, analysis of variance, chi-square budget period. Any unused gift cards tests, and logistic regression vary remaining at the end of a project but the underlying principles are the must be returned to the vendor for a same as for a 2-group t-test. Keeping credit, transferred to a discretionary in mind that most clinically relevant account, or transferred to another effects are moderate to large, to study that the unused cards will didetect a moderate effect size, regardrectly benefit. less of analytical method, the recommended sample size falls in the range of 80 to 130 subjects (40 to 65 per group). While the final exact sample size determination should consider attrition, recruitment feasibility in terms of availability of subjects and length of study, number of follow-up time points, and number of variables goal of most clinical trials to be tested in the final models, the is to “detect” a significant recommended sample size of 80-130 difference between groups, usually 2 is a solid estimate to always begin (control versus intervention). Addiwith relative to study planning and tionally, the goal is that the difference budgeting. For further sample size/ to be detected should be “clinically power analysis assistance, please significant or relevant” as well. So, to make an appointment to meet with determine the sample size needed an ONR statistician (Melinda Higgins, for any study, the goal is to deterBryan Williams or Sudeshna Paul). mine how many subjects are needed in each group to find at least a “mod-

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Innovations in Symptom Science: Part 1

The Microbiome September 2 & 3, 2014 Atlanta, GA

Registration is now open Keynote Speaker:

Rob Knight, PhD Assistant Professor University of Colorado Agenda: Tuesday, September 2, 6:00pm - 8:30pm Wednesday, September 3, 8:00am - 4:00pm Register online at http://microbiome.whindo.com for $225.00 early bird access to the full conference before July 31, 2014.

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