Awards and Recognitions Dr. Patrick Hickey was awarded the John Gardner Inspirational Faculty Award. Click here to read more about this award. Dr. Hickey also received the 2013 Outstanding Faculty Advisor Award from The Greek Council and the 2013 Outstanding Service to Students Award from The Division of Student Affairs and Academic Support. Dr. Sabra Smith was recognized by Delta Zeta sorority as one of the outstanding professors across campus for the Spring 2013 semester. Dr. Julia Ball has been selected as a featured scholar for May 2013. She is featured on the Office of the Vice President for Research’s website which highlights faculty excellence, innovation, and creativity. 2013 College of Nursing Faculty Awards New Scholar Award: Sabra Smith, DNP Senior Scholar Award: Erin McKinney, MSN New Investigator Award: Joan Culley, PhD Senior Investigator Award: DeAnne Messias, PhD Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Award: Sabra Smith, DNP Outstanding Graduate Teaching Award: De Anna Cox, MSN Dr. Stephanie Burgess was featured on ETV’s “The Big Picture,” a weekly program designed to provide an in-depth look at the issues and topics of interest to South Carolinians. The episode focused on The Future of Nursing, looking at how the role of nurses has changed over the years and what the profession will look like in the future. Click here to watch the program.
Faculty Publications
Dudgeon, W. D., Jaggers, J. R., Phillips, K. D., Durstine, J. L., Burgess, S. E., Lyerly, G. W., Davis, J. M., and Hand, G. A. (2012). Moderate-Intensity Exercise Improves Body Composition and Improves Physiological Markers of Stress in HIVInfected Men. ISRN AIDS, vol. 2012, Article ID 145127, 14 pages, 2012. doi:10.5402/2012/145127.
Grants
Rate of Seroconversion Following Hepatitis B Vaccination Among Health Care Students: A Pilot Study. Chelsea M. Ambrose, PharmD Candidate1; Sara E. Wolf, PharmD Candidate1 ; Jenna L. Foster, PharmD2; April D. Miller, PharmD, BCPS3; Amy D. Grant, PharmD1; P. Brandon Bookstaver, PharmD, BCPS (AQ-ID), Burgess, S. South Carolina College of Pharmacy, University of South Carolina Campus, Columbia, SC; Palmetto Health Richland; 3Vidant Medical Center. Discovery Day, USC April 2013.
Dr. Jeannette Andrews, Nursing, Principal Investigator, “A Social Ecological Based Smoking Cessation Intervention in Public Housing,” R01 funded by the National Institutes of Health.
Chappell, K.K. and Willis, L. (2013). The Cockcroft difference: an analysis of the impact of a nursing leadership development program. J Nurs Manag 2013 Mar;21(2), 396-402. Koskan, A., Friedman, D.B., Brandt, H.M., Walsemann, K., & Messias, D.K.H. (2012) Exploration of program planners’ promotora training conceptualizations and the materials they use. Health Promotion Practice. 14(3). DOI: 10.1177/1524839912457176.
Dr. Sue Heiney, Nursing, Principal Investigator, “Story and Adherence: Breast Cancer in African Americans,” grant funded by the Oncology Nursing Society Foundation.
Dr. Jeannette Andrews, Nursing, Consortium Principal Investigator, “Hollywood Smiles,” R21 funded by the National Institutes of Health. Carrie Wolf, Nursing Student, “Barriers to International Health and Social Service Provision in the Dominican Republic,” funded through the Magellan Scholar Program.