2024 Betty Irene Moore Fellows

Fellowship project: Supporting mental health and reducing care stress in care partners of persons with cardiovascular disease: a hybrid effectiveness-implementation study of caregiving support in cardiac rehabilitation 

Self-selected mentor: Ladson Hinton, M.D., Professor, UC Davis Health

Program-appointed mentor: Laura N. Gitlin, Ph.D., F.G.S.A., F.A.A.N., Dean Emerita and Distinguished University Professor, Drexel University College of Nursing and Health Professions

Fellowship project: Mass (parental) incarceration, child health and foster care

Self-selected mentor: Mary V. Greiner, M.D., M.S., Medical Director at the Comprehensive Health Evaluations for Cincinnati's Kids (CHECK) Foster Care Center, Professor in the Department of Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center 

Self-selected research mentor: Sarah J. Beal, Ph.D., Developmental Psychologist in the Division of Behavioral Medicine and Clinical Psychology, Scientific Director for Child Welfare Research at the CHECK Foster Care Center, Director of the General Pediatrics Research Fellowship in the Division of General and Community Pediatrics, and Associate Professor in the Department of Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center

Program-appointed mentor: Emily Wang, M.D., M.A.S., Professor of Medicine and Public Health, Yale School of Medicine

Fellowship project: Safer and healthier sleep for all: community-engaged approach to inclusive pediatric sleep strategies for young Delaware families

Self-selected mentor: Lauren Hale, Ph.D., Professor in the Department of Family Population and Preventative Medicine, Core Faculty for Program in Public Health, Director of Faculty Development, Director of the Ph.D. Population Health and Clinical Outcomes Program, Stony Brook Medicine

Program-appointed mentor: Helen Ball, Ph.D., M.A., Professor of Anthropology, Director of the Durham Infancy and Sleep Centre, Durham University

Fellowship project: Advancing comprehensive symptom assessments for children with cancer

Self-selected mentor: Sharron Lee Docherty, Ph.D., P.N.P., R.N., F.A.A.N, Vice Dean for Research and Associate Professor, Duke University School of Nursing, and Associate Professor in the Department of Pediatrics, Duke University School of Medicine

Program-appointed mentor: Joanne Wolfe, M.D., M.P.H., Chair of Pediatrics and Physician-in-Chief, Mass General for Children

Dates of fellowship participation: July 1, 2024 - March 20, 2025

Fellowship project: Developing a nurse-led model for a mobile sexual health clinic

Self-selected mentor: Carolyn K. Clevenger, D.N.P., R.N., G.N.P.-B.C., A.G.P.C.N.P.-B.C., F.A.A.N.P., F.G.S.A., F.A.A.N., Professor of Nursing at Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing, Emory University, and Founder and Director of Integrated Memory Care, Emory Healthcare

Self-selected research mentor: Anandi N. Sheth, M.D., M.S.c., F.I.D.S.A.,, Professor of Medicine and Associate Vice Chair for Faculty Development in the Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Emory University School of Medicine

Fellowship project: Women initiating support for healthier aging (WISHA)

Self-selected mentor: Megha Ramaswamy, Ph.D., M.P.H., Professor and Chair, Health Systems and Population Health, University of Washington School of Public Health

Program-appointed mentor: Megan Comfort, Ph.D., Senior Fellow, RTI International

Fellowship project: Instilling HOPE in vulnerability: helping outpatient caregivers navigate care

Self-selected mentor: Areej El-Jawahri, M.D., Director of the Bone Marrow Transplant Survivorship Program at Massachusetts General Hospital, Director of Digital Health at Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, Associate Director of Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Outcomes Research and Education Program, and Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School 

Institutional mentor: Erin Kent, Ph.D., Associate Professor and Associate Chair for Research in Health Policy and Management at the UNC Chapel Hill Gillings School of Global Public Health, Member of the UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, and a Health Services Research Fellow at the Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research at UNC Chapel Hill

Program-appointed mentor: Donna Benton, Ph.D., Research Associate Professor of Gerontology, Assistant Dean, Director of the USC Family Caregiver Support Center, USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology

Fellowship project: Mixed method approach to investigate the needs and resources for nursing assistants in preventive care utilization

Self-selected mentor: Heather L. Tubbs-Cooley, Ph.D., R.N., F.A.A.N., Associate Professor, Director of the Health Services Research Collaborative, Director of the Ph.D. Program in Nursing, The Ohio State University College of Nursing

Program-appointed mentor: Kezia Scales, Ph.D., Vice President of Research and Evaluation, PHI

Fellowship project: EMPOWER: Nurse-led patient education and management for cervical cancer screening — a pilot study using human-centered design

Self-selected mentor: Holly B. Fontenot, P.h.D., R.N., W.H.N.P.-B.C., F.A.A.N., Associate Dean for Research, Professor and Frances A. Matsuda Chair in Women's Health, Nancy Atmosphera-Walch School of Nursing, and Affiliated Member, University of Hawaii Cancer Center

Program-appointed mentor: Deanna Kepka, Ph.D., M.P.H., Huntsman Cancer Institute Investigator and Professor, University of Utah College of Nursing

Fellowship project: Trabajar Sano ("Work Healthy") project: including entry level health care workers in a safety net value based care roll-out using human-centered design

Self-selected mentor: Garrett Chan, Ph.D., R.N., A.P.R.N., F.A.E.N., F.P.C.N., F.N.A.P., F.C.N.S., F.A.A.N.P., F.A.A.N., President and CEO of HealthImpact and Associate Adjunct Professor at UCSF School of Nursing

Program-appointed mentor: Vincent Guilamo-Ramos, Ph.D., M.S.N., M.P.H., M.S., M.S.W., R.N., F.A.A.N., Executive Director of the Institute for Policy Solutions, Leona B. Carpenter Chair in Health Equity and Social Determinants of Health Professor, Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing

Fellowship project: Community engagement for public awareness of unmet needs, facilitators and barriers to knowledge of, access to and use of support services for rural and urban-dwelling grandparent-caregivers  

Self-selected mentor: Lee Ellington, Ph.D., Professor, Robert S. and Beth M. Endowed Chair, Director of the Family Caregiving Collaborative, University of Utah College of Nursing, and Huntsman Cancer Institute Investigator, University of Utah Health

Self-selected research mentor: Nancy A. Allen, Ph.D., A.N.P.-B.C., F.A.D.C.E.S., Associate Professor, University of Utah College of Nursing

Program-appointed mentor: Diana J. Mason, Ph.D., R.N., F.A.A.N., Senior Policy Service Professor at the Center for Health Policy and Media Engagement, George Washington University School of Nursing, Professor Emerita at Hunter College, and Program Director, International Council of Nurses’ Global Nursing Leadership Institute

Fellowship project: Understanding Medicaid expansion alternatives and maximizing access to care for low-income working people: a mixed-methods study

Self-selected mentor (2024): Dawn M. Aycock, Ph.D., R.N., A.N.P.-B.C., F.A.H.A., F.P.C.N.A., F.A.A.N., Professor, Georgia State University School of Nursing (Fellowship National Advisory Council member)

Self-selected mentor: Angie Snyder, Ph.D., M.P.H., Research Professor in the Department of Public Management and Policy, Director of Health Policy and Financing at the Georgia Health Policy Center, Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Georgia State University

Program-appointed mentor: Ben Sommers, M.D., Ph.D., Huntley Quelch Professor of Health Care Economics, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School

Fellowship project: Enhancing dementia care: bridging the rural gap with telehealth 

Self-selected mentor: Karen M. Rose, Ph.D., R.N., F.G.S.A., F.A.A.N., Dean and Professor, The Ohio State University College of Nursing 

Program-appointed mentor: David C. Grabowski, Ph.D., Professor of Health Care Policy, Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School

Fellowship project: CARDIO: conversational artificial intelligence for reducing disparities and improving health outcomes

Self-selected mentor: Tatiana Sadak, Ph.D., P.M.H.N.P., A.R.N.P., R.N., F.A.A.N., Executive Deputy Dean, Professor, Director of Dementia Palliative Education Network, Yale School of Nursing

Self-selected research mentor (2024): Jun Ma, M.D., Ph.D., F.A.H.A., F.A.B.M.R., F.S.B.M., Beth and George Vitoux Professor of Medicine, Founding Director of the Vitoux Program on Aging and Prevention, Associate Head of Research (Scholarly Activities Council), Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Illinois Chicago

Self-selected research mentor: Julie A. Womack, Ph.D., C.N.M., F.N.P.-B.C., F.A.A.N., F.A.C.N.M., Associate Professor of Nursing at the Yale School of Nursing and Health Sciences Researcher at the VA Connecticut Healthcare System

Program-appointed mentor: David Goldston, Former Director, MIT Washington Office

Fellowship project: Assessing the feasibility of the Zuri digital health application to promote Black female adolescents' sexual self-efficacy

Self-selected mentor: Sherry Pagoto, Ph.D., Director and Professor, Department of Allied Health Sciences, University of Connecticut

Program-appointed mentor: Mark Lazenby, Ph.D., R.N., F.A.A.N., Dean and Professor, UC Irvine Sue & Bill Gross School of Nursing

Fellowship project: Addressing pediatric health equity through a nurse-led neonatal intensive care unit transition model: hybrid type 1 effectiveness-implementation trial

Self-selected mentor: J. Margo Brooks Carthon, Ph.D., A.P.R.N., F.A.A.N., Tyson Family Endowed Term Chair for Gerontological Research, Professor of Nursing in the Department of Family and Community Health, Associate Director of the Center for Health Outcomes and Policy Research, Director of the Bates Center for the Study of the History of Nursing, University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing

Program-appointed mentor: Jay Berry, M.D., M.P.H., Chief of Complex Care Services, Boston Children's Hospital, Associate Professor, Harvard Medical School