Stack of magazine publications (c) All rights reserved.See research papers and scholarly articles related to projects of fellows in the Betty Irene Moore Fellowship for Nurse Leaders and Innovators program. Fellow projects are funded by the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, which fosters path-breaking scientific discovery, environmental conservation, patient care improvements and preservation of the special character of the Bay Area. 

Association of Perceived Neighborhood Health With Hypertension Self-care
JAMA Network Open, February 2023
Fellow author: Maya Clark-Cutaia
This journal article discusses a study in which it was discovered that Black people who thought their neighborhoods were healtheir did a better job taking care of their high blood pressure. This was especially true for people who had access to healthy foods at home.

Symptom experience during the late reproductive stage versus the menopausal transition in the Spanish-language Women Living Better survey
Menopause, January 2023
Fellow author: Yamnia Cortés
This journal article discusses how late-reproductive-stage women experience multiple symptoms associated with menopause and how a better understanding of symptoms experienced among Spanish-speaking women may lead to more personalized health care.

Trends in the survival benefit of repeat kidney transplantation over the past 3 decades 
American Journal of Transplantation, January 2023
Fellow author: Maya Clark-Cutaia
This journal article discusses the effectiveness of repeat kidney transplantation and the challenges associated with the practice.

Equity in the provision of diabetes self-management education and support
Diabetes Spectrum, August 2022
Fellow author: Michelle Litchman
This journal article discusses the unique needs of various populations of people with diabetes and how to tailor accessible self-management education and support interventions.

Penumonia after hip surgery in children with neurological complex chronic conditions
Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology, July 10, 2022
Fellow author: Rachel DiFazio
This journal article discusses how postoperative pneumonia following hip surgery in children with a neurological complex chronic condition is associated with longer hospital stays, readmissions and higher medical costs. Additional clinical support to prevent pneumonia is suggested as part of the findings in the article.

Nursing science as a federally-recognized STEM degree: A call to action for the United States with global implications
International Journal of Nursing Studies Advances, June 26, 2022
Fellow author: Jessica Keim-Malpass
This journal article pitches the idea of including nursing science as a federally recognized science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) discipline since it contributes to advancements in patient care, public health and innovation within numerous scientific domains.

Beyond prediction: Off-target uses of artificial intelligence-based predictive analytics in a learning health system
Learning Health Systems, June 23, 2022
Fellow author: Jessica Keim-Malpass
This journal article discusses using artificial intelligence-based predictive analytics to improve patient care through early warning of the risk of clinical deterioration and improved situational awareness.

Cost utility of bronchial thermoplasty for severe asthma:  Implications for future cost effectiveness analyses based on phenotypic heterogeneity
ClinicoEconomics and Outcomes Research, June 17, 2022
Fellow author: Jessica Keim-Malpass
This journal article discusses how bronchial thermoplasty is the dominant treatment strategy for people with severe asthma. Despite a larger upfront cost for the therapy, the article states there is a durable clinical and economic benefit over time for those with severe asthma.

Improving transitions and outcomes of sepsis survivors (I-TRANSFER): a type 1 hybrid protocol
BMC Palliative Care, June 2, 2022
Fellow author: Melissa O'Connor
This journal article discusses research findings indicating that 30-day rehospitalization rates are lower when sepsis survivors receive a home-health care nursing visit wihtin two days of hospital discharge, plus an additional nursing visit during the first week and an outpatient provider follow-up visit within the first week.

Limited diabetes education and resources in American Sign Language
Diabetes Spectrum, May 13, 2022
Fellow author: Michelle Litchman
This journal article discusses how there is insufficent diabetes education content in American Sign Language (ASL) on YouTube and urges professional diabetes organizations in the United States to partner with deaf organizations to develop and deliver diabetes education content that is accessible to the deaf community.

Individual illness dynamics: An analysis of children with sepsis admitted to the pediatric intensive care unit
PLOS Digital Health, March 17, 2022
Fellow author: Jessica Keim-Malpass
This journal article introduces the concept of characterizing individual illness dynamics using illness severity scores and a multivariable prediction model in patients who experience sepsis in the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU).

Rural and urban disparities in quality of home health care: A longitudinal cohort study (2014-2018)
Journal of Rural Health, Jan. 5, 2022
Fellow author: Melissa O'Connor
This journal article examines disparities in quality performance between rural and urban home-health agencies between 2014 and 2018.

A syndemic effect: Interrelationships between systemic racism, health disparities, and COVID-19
Nursing, January 2022
Fellow author: Schenita Randolph
This journal article discusses the interconnection between the syndemic effect of racial inequities and disparities as well as the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Black Americans. It also highlights meaningful reforms and priorities to achieve health equity in Black communities.

Digital health and telehealth for behavior change in diabetes
"Diabetes Digital Health and Telehealth," 2022
Fellow author: Michelle Litchman
This book chapter focuses on how digital health and telehealth can be used to help people with diabetes better self-manage their disease. The text reviews the current evidence, barriers, and future directions for digital health and telehealth interventions in the context of behavior change.

The efficacy of web or mobile-based interventions to alleviate emotional symptoms in people with advanced cancer: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Supportive Care in Cancer, Nov. 4., 2021
Fellow author: Stephanie Gilbertson-White
This journal article critically evaluates the efficacy of web or mobile-based interventions impacting emotional symptoms in patients with advanced cancer.

Nursing and precision predictive analytics monitoring in the acute and intensive care setting: An emerging role for responding to COVID-19 and beyond
International Journal of Nursing Studies Advances, November 2021
Fellow author: Jessica Keim-Malpass
This journal article introduces the concept of precision predictive analytics monitoring, an artificial-intelligence-based tool that translates clinical data into a real-time estimation of patient risks and allows for evolving acuity assessments and detection of clinical deterioration while the patient is in pre-symptomatic states.

Black nurse scientists and the undeniable role of historically Black colleges and universities
Nursing Outlook, Oct. 6, 2021
Fellow authors: Dawn M. Aycock, Kamila A. Alexander, Fawn A. Cothran and Schenita D. Randolph
Written by four inaugural fellows, this journal article discusses the importance of historically Black colleges and universities and how nurses who graduate from these establishments are well-positioned to address the health inequities in Black communities. 

Continuous cardiorespiratory monitoring is a dominant source of predictive signal in machine learning for risk stratification and clinical decision support
Physiological Measurement, Sept. 27, 2021
Fellow author: Jessica Keim-Malpass
This journal article discusses how continuous cardiorespiratory monitoring is the most valuable non-clinician-initiated predictive signal present in patient data, and the value added to patient care justifies the efforts and expense required to implement such monitoring.

BARRIERS to early detection of deterioration in hospitalized infants using predictive analytics
Hospital Pediatrics, Sept. 11, 2021
Fellow author: Jessica Keim-Malpass
This journal article discusses the challenges associated with detecting a hospitalized infant’s deterioration early on using predictive analysis and the unique challenges of recognizing illnesses in infants and nonverbal children. BARRIERS is an acronym for babies, analytics, reactors, reassurance, integration, equipment, reeducation and space.

Physiological machine learning models for prediction of sepsis in hospitalized adults: An integrative review
Intensive and Critical Care Nursing, August 2021
Fellow author: Jessica Keim-Malpass
This journal article focuses on evaluating the modeling approach and statistical methodology of machine learning prediction models for sepsis in hospitalized adults.

The need for parent-adolescent conversations about racial discrimination in HIV prevention interventions
Journal of Adolescent Health, August 2021
Fellow author: Schenita D. Randolph
This journal article explores how parents play a significant role in helping children develop positive racial identities, which is linked to having fewer sexual partners.

Predictive monitoring-impact in acute care cardiology trial (PM-IMPACCT): Protocol for a randomized controlled trial
JMIR Research Protocols, July 2, 2021
Fellow author: Jessica Keim-Malpass
In this journal article, an inaugural fellow assesses the effectiveness of an advanced artificial intelligence predictive analysis monitoring system that uses real-time telemetric data to detect the early signs of decompensation in patients in acute care wards.

Dynamic data in the ED predict requirement for ICU transfer following acute care admission
Journal of Clinical Monitoring and Computing, May 2021
Fellow author: Jessica Keim-Malpass
This journal article outlines using a predictive analytic tool to identify emergency department patients that required an intensive or immediate care unit within 24 hours after being admitted to an acute care unit.

"Live your life cuz everybody's terminal": Describing emotions and coping behaviors of rural advanced cancer patients
The Journal of Rural Health, April 15, 2021
Fellow author: Stephanie Gilbertson-White
This journal article focuses on the ways rural people with advanced cancer process emotions and cope with their disease and how a rural setting may contribute to the emotional process.

Web and mobile-based symptom management interventions for physical symptoms of people with advanced cancer: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Palliative medicine, April 12, 2021
Fellow author: Stephanie Gilbertson-White
The efficacy of web- and mobile-based symptom management interventions for people with advanced cancer is discussed in this journal article.

Accuracy of PEWS scores and monitoring presence prior to emergent pediatric ICU transfer: A retrospective analysis
JMIR Research Protocols, Feb. 22, 2021
Fellow author: Jessica Keim-Malpass
In this journal article, the accuracy of pediatric early warning scores (PEWS) is assessed as well as whether the scores are helpful prior to a patient’s need to transfer to a pediatric intensive care unit.

Relationship between age at diagnosis and cancer clinical trial participation: Results from a nationally representative sample of cancer survivors
JAMA Network Open, Feb. 18. 2021
Fellow author: Jessica Keim-Malpass
Inequal access to clinical trials for adolescents and young adults with cancer, as well as adults ages 65 and older, is explored in this journal article.

The influence of multiple chronic conditions on symptom clusters in people with solid tumor cancers
Cancer Nursing, Feb. 12, 2021
Fellow author: Stephanie Gilbertson-White
This journal article describes the multiple chronic conditions and co-occurring symptoms known as symptom clusters that people with cancer experience. The author also explores symptom severity, symptom interference with daily life and quality of life.