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Program News
2024 Awards
Congratulations to our spring 2024 award winners!
Christopher Brooks, PhD
Outstanding Dissertation
Diana Lulgiuraj, PhD
Outstanding Alumna/Alumnus
Grant Award
Catherine S. Finlayson, PhD, RN, OCN
Amelia Gould Endowed Professorship for PhD in Nursing
Decisional conflict and self-efficacy in women with recurrent ovarian cancer.
Scholarship Day Award Winner
Nadia Elliott-Hernandez, MSN, RN
PhD in Nursing Best Poster Award
Collection and use of childhood sexual trauma history in adult psychiatric inpatient care an exploratory case study proposal.
Lin Drury, PhD, RN, dissertation chair
New Items
PhD in Nursing students presented at the , held at The New York Academy of Medicine.
Jennifer Winter, MS, RN, Amir Islam, MS, RN, and Marsha Williamson, MS, RN, presented posters, and Carla McNulty, NP delivered a podium presentation. PhD faculty in attendance were Sharon Wexler, PhD, RN, Lin Drury, PhD, C-NP, RN, and Catherine Finlayson, PhD, RN, OCN. Dr. Wexler is a Fellow of the New York Academy of Medicine. May 2024
PhD Milestone Day was a celebration of all PhD in Nursing students and the progress they made during the Fall 2023 semester. All students in the proposal development phase of their research presented a poster highlighting their progress. November 2023
Robert Pryce
Eastern Nursing Research Society Annual Meeting, March 2023
School Selected Early PhD Poster
Early Mobilization of Mechanically Ventilated Patients in Intensive Care Units
A Welcome Back Luncheon was hosted on the Pleasantville campus by PhD Department faculty and staff. A chance to mingle with fellow students, discuss the program, and share personal stories with each other, the event was also the perfect opportunity to welcome the newest students who make up the program’s fifth cohort. November 2021
PhD in Nursing program celebrates its first graduating class
The College of Health Professions celebrated the very first graduates of the Doctor of Philosophy in Nursing program. Brava, Doctors Michele Flynch, Delores McGregor, and Chava Pollak! May 2021
Wright Cottage official dedication as the Harriet S. Feldman Center for Doctoral Education in Nursing
Â̾ÞÈËÊÓƵcelebrated the leadership and legacy of Dean Emerita Harriet R. Feldman, PhD, RN, FAAN with a ribbon cutting and formal dedication of Wright Cottage on the Pleasantville Campus as the Harriet R. Feldman Center for Doctoral Education in Nursing. The Center, generously allocated and renovated by the University for the College of Health Professions, houses administration, faculty, and staff of both doctoral programs, and provides a welcome space for students to conduct research, connect with their professors, and continue the leadership of the College of Health professions that is the legacy of Dean Feldman. September 2021.
PhD Student Receives Sigma Theta Tau Grant
Student Kisha Thompson was awarded a $5,000 Sigma Theta Tau grant for her proposal, Reflection and Resilience Influences that Support Survival in Young Black Men.
Student poster presentation
PhD in Nursing student Wen Hsing Yang presented his poster, An integrative review of an ecological approach to childhood obesity, at the Pediatric Endocrinology Nursing Meeting 2021. March 2021
Congratulations to Jacqueline Cassagnol, A Jefferson Award winner for Outstanding Public Service
Jacqueline Cassagnol, MSN, RN, PMC, a Â̾ÞÈËÊÓƵCollege of Health Professions student has been recognized with a 2020 Jefferson Award, a prestigious national honor that celebrates ordinary citizens who are doing extraordinary acts of public service. Cassagnol, a PhD in Nursing candidate at CHP, is the first student from Â̾ÞÈËÊÓƵto earn the national honor, and the third member of the Â̾ÞÈËÊÓƵcommunity. She joins an impressive list of people who have earned an award that is often considered the 'Nobel Prize for Public Service'.
Student receives ENRS Scholarship
Congratulations to Cindy Paradiso, clinical adjunct nursing instructor, for being chosen as a 2020 Eastern Nursing Research Society (ENRS) Student Travel Scholarship Recipient. Thanks to generous donations from ENRS members, these scholarships give opportunities to students to attend ENRS Virtual Annual Scientific Sessions or to extend their membership for a year. Brava, Cindy!
Program chair receives GAPNA Grant
Congratulations to Sharon Stahl Wexler, PhD, RN, FNGNA, chair, PhD in Nursing, who received the Foundation of the Gerontological Advanced Practice Nurses Association (GAPNA) Virginia Lee Cora Research Grant at the GAPNA annual meeting in San Diego California. The Grant was established in memoriam to one of the founding members of GAPNA and is awarded to an Advanced Practice Nurse Researcher for a research study with a focus on APRNs, older adults and their families. The grant was given to fund her, Examining the feasibility of a novel animatronic pet to increase walker use in a sample of community dwelling older adults with co-author Lin Drury, PhD, RN, professor. Dr. Wexler is the chair elect of the Research Committee of GAPNA. September 2021
PhD students present at Digital Innovators inaugural program
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PhD in Nursing students Kisha Thompson and Shiyon Mathew represented Â̾ÞÈËÊÓƵ College of Health Professions at the Digital Innovators inaugural program. This was a collaboration between Apple and the Graduate Student Nursing Society (GNSA) designed to demonstrate how nursing education can be enhanced using technology. August 2021
PhD in Nursing students and professors advocate for Clinical Preceptor Tax Credit Act
PhD in Nursing students, Roxanna Raffa, Cynthia Paradiso, and Carol Ann Wanyo, along with Andrea Sonenberg, PhD, WHNP, CNM-BC, FNAP, FNYAM, professor, and Government and Community Relations Director Rachana Shah, spent time in Albany advocating for the Clinical Preceptor Tax Credit Act, an initiative that CHP and GCR have been working on for several years. Pictured below are Rachana Shah, Roxanna Yukiko Raff, Professor Andrea Sonenberg, Carol Ann Wanyo, and Cynthia Kay Paradiso. November 2021
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