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Gwen Hayes, predoctoral fellow with the University of Kentucky Rural Cancer Control Training Program, won first place in the student poster contest at the Southern Nursing Research Society conference for her poster, GIS Mapping: Tobacco Smoke, Radon, and Lung Cancer.


Gwen Hayes
Ph.D. student

Jia-Rong (Angela) Wu  (Ph.D. 2007) received a $10,000 Clinical Outcomes Grant from the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses for her research, "Effect of a Theory-Based Medication-taking Behavior Feedback Intervention on Medication Adherence and Outcomes in Patients with Heart Failure. " She received a two-year $95,000 postdoctoral fellowship to work with the RICH Heart Group on a grant funded by the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute (#1R01HL083176). A paper based on her dissertation, "Predictors of Medication Adherence Using a Multidimensional Adherence Model in Patients with Heart Failure," was a finalist in the Nursing Research Award competition at the Scientific Meeting of the Heart Failure Society of America. She was also a finalist for the Martha Hill New Investigator Award at the American Heart Association Scientific Sessions.


Angela Wu
Postdoctoral fellow

Jessica Wilson was awarded $25,000 from the Southeast Center for Agricultural Health and Injury Prevention for her dissertation research, "Characteristics of All-Terrain Vehicles and Their Operators on Kentucky Farms."

Jessica Wilson
Jessica Wilson
Ph.D. student

Brooke Bentley, 2006 Ph.D. graduate, won second place in the research presentation competition at the American Association of Heart Failure Nurses conference for her paper, "Dietary Sodium Intervention in Heart Failure Patients." Rebecca Dekker was awarded third place for her paper, "Depressive Symptoms Do Not Predict Physical Activity Levels in Patients with Heart Failure."

Rebecca Dekker
Rebecca Dekker
Ph.D. student

Jan Odom-Forren received the American Journal of Nursing Book of the Year Award in the Critical Care category. Her book is titled, Practical Guide to Moderate Sedation/Analgesia, second edition, by Jan Odom-Forren and Donna Watson, St. Louis: Mosby. She also received an award for best published paper of the year from the American Society of PeriAnesthesia Nurses.


Jan Odom-Forren
Ph.D. candidate

Connie Lamb received a $12,500 grant from the Christopher Reeve Foundation for her dissertation research, “Living with Spinal Muscular Atrophy: Measuring Quality of Life.”

Connie Lamb
Connie Lamb
Ph.D. student

Judy Schreiber was awarded a $30,000 Doctoral Degree Scholarship from the American Cancer Society. The topic of her dissertation research is, "Spiritual Belief Systems Expectations: Impact on Anxiety and Depression." She and fellow students Susan Hedgecock and Gwen Hayes were selected as predoctoral fellows in the Kentucky Cancer Prevention and Control Training Program, based in the Center for Prevention Research. In July 2006 she was chosen to attend an invitational program at the National Institutes of Health, consisting of an intensive course on the Principles and Practice of Cancer Prevention offered by the National Cancer Institute.

Judy Schreiber
Judy Schreiber
Ph.D. candidate

Susan Matthews was named Kentucky Nurse Practitioner of the Year by the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners. She was recognized for this honor during the annual conference of the Kentucky Coalition of Nurse Practitioners and Nurse Midwives at Covington, Ky., in April 2006. She received national recognition at the AANP national conference in Grapevine, Texas, in June 2006.

Susan Matthews
Susan Matthews
Ph.D. candidate

Karen Heaton received a prestigious National Research Service Award Predoctoral Fellowship from the National Institute of Nursing Research, National Institutes of Health. She will use the award for her dissertation research. In addition to an institutional allowance for her tuition and books, Karen received a stipend of $20,000 per year for the 40-month award.


Karen Heaton
Ph.D. 2007

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