Past Webinars
February 24, 2021 @ 12:00 PM EST
Webinar Title:
Collaborative Research during Pandemic and Management of Shared Biobehavioral Research Laboratory
Webinar Description:
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a profound impact on our research community. While we face many challenges and uncertainties to academic research each day, as nurse researchers, we also create opportunities to work collaboratively to promote our research in this difficult context. The purpose of this symposium is to demonstrate the collaborative work of nurse scientists in developing innovative approaches and managing shared biobehavioral research laboratory to support multiple investigators’ research under the COVID-19 pandemic circumstances. Our presentation will also address using biobehavioral and genomic methodologies, fostering personalized health care and health equity, and promoting dissemination and translational research.
Speakers:
Xiaomei Cong, PhD, RN
Professor and Associate Dean for Research and Scholarship
University of Connecticut School of Nursing
Wanli Xu, PhD, RN
Assistant Prof and Assistant Director of Biobehavioral Laboratory
University of Connecticut School of Nursing
Angela Starkweather, PhD, RN
Professor and Associate Dean for Academic Affair
University of Connecticut School of Nursing
GeeSu Yang, PhD, RN
Assistant Professor
University of Connecticut School of Nursing
Eileen Carter, PhD, RN
Assistant Professor
University of Connecticut School of Nursing
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November 18, 2020 @ 12:00 PM EST
Webinar Title:
Addressing Pervasive Healthcare Challenges through Innovative Approaches to Health Equity in Resource-Limited Populations: Novel Methods, Interventions and Future Directions
Webinar Description:
The revolutionary power of nursing requires nurse scientists to appreciate the context in which our resource-limited populations are geographically and/or physically located while providing or receiving care. Such context allows for the development of new interventions to address pervasive, longstanding healthcare challenges affecting nurse clinicians and populations for which nurses provide care. The purpose of this symposium is to demonstrate the scholarly work of nurse scientists in developing innovative approaches, methods, and/or interventions to pervasive healthcare challenges affecting the health equity of four different patient populations and provided by resource-limited nurses in the acute care settings.
Objectives:
- Articulate the contemporary healthcare challenges affecting underserved or at risk patient populations who are in need of novel approaches to equitable care
- Describe the theoretical frameworks and methods taken within each study that led to new knowledge development in nursing science for these patients
- Discuss the implications of each study’s findings on the necessary research, practice and policy needed to intervene in these areas before such populations experience further unfavorable outcomes and/or nurses provide, potentially unnecessary healthcare costs.
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October 21, 2020 @ 1:00 PM EST
Webinar Title:
Criminal Justice Violence Trauma (CJVT) RIG Symposium: Enhancing Health Equity for Criminal Justice-Involved Populations: Theoretical, Methodological, and Practice Perspectives
Webinar Description:
The purpose of this symposium is to illustrate examples of nurse researchers’ theoretical, methodological, and practice contributions to nursing science within the restricted CJ health care system and subsequently to foster health equity via policy and practice initiatives for marginalized CJ-involved populations.
Objectives:
- Expose and explore theoretical, methodological, and practice issues contributing to the health inequity experienced by individuals receiving health care within CJ settings.
- Propose theoretical, policy and practice related solutions for reducing health inequity in this population through education of health care professionals and reducing obstacles to health such as stigmatization, constraints to self-care, and exclusion from research.
- Discuss strategies for overcoming barriers and optimizing opportunities to provide evidenced based care and conduct research in CJ settings.
Presenters:
Erin Kitt-Lewis PhD, RN
Penn State College of Nursing
Annette T. Maruca, PhD, RN-BC, CNE, CCHP
School of Nursing at the University of Connecticut
Dr. Louise Reagan
University of Connecticut School of Nursing
Donna M. Zucker, PhD, RN, FAAN
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May 12, 2020
Webinar Title:
Opportunity and Uncertainty: Where Science, Policy, and Politics Intersect
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Opportunity and Uncertainty: Where Science, Policy, and Politics Intersect
Presenter: Suzanne Miyamoto, PhD, RN, FAAN, CEO, American Academy of Nursing
Webinar Description:
It is clear that policy, politics, and science are interconnected. At the same time, that link can be difficult to navigate. As the country battles the coronavirus pandemic, messaging and framing impact the public’s opinion and policy actions. Combatting misinformation and reinforcing evidence is a vital role for researchers. Even when uncertainty is prevalent and the answers are still forthcoming, the forward momentum of the research community is paramount. From future federal investments to crafting policy grounded in research, there is a necessary balance to promote an agenda that advances meaningful change in health outcomes. For the work of nurse scientists in this process, it requires the consistent lens of the profession — a connection to the public, their health, and wellness.