Driven to improve the quality of life and health of the citizens of North Carolina, research at Carolina Nursing has long attracted attention and support far beyond the state’s borders for innovation, quality and efficacy. Today, science conducted at the UNC School of Nursing has achieved a global reach and impacted health and care the world over for good.
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Using non-invasive monitoring and the use of portable instrumentation, the Biobehavioral Laboratory (BBL) facility supports on-site sleep research and other measurements of interest to faculty and students.
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Committed to driving the state of nursing science and to translating solutions-focused discoveries into better practice and systems of care.
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From intensive care to the emergency department, our acute care research and programs focus on providing patients with the best treatment for sudden and severe illnesses and injuries.
Seniors are the most rapidly growing patient population in the US. Developing new methodologies for educating caregivers and improving tools for evidence-based care creates better health outcomes for aging adults.
Chronic conditions such as heart disease, cancer, and diabetes are the leading causes of death and disability in the United States. At Carolina Nursing we focus on preventing and managing these conditions across the lifespan to improve health outcomes and save lives.
Investigating and addressing the factors that increase the risk of poor health outcomes in vulnerable populations is critical to creating health equity.
Parents, spouses, and other family members play a central role in determining an individual’s health. At Carolina Nursing, we’re committed to improving the health of women, children and families using family-focused interventions.
The integration of social, environmental, behavioral and mental health considerations into patient care is the future of nursing.
Using the latest in simulation-based educational experiences, data-driven practice and workforce research, we are empowering nurses to deliver the best care to their patients.
As we work to advance health care for our neighbors, the impact of that work is felt at points all over the globe. From our home on South Columbia Street, to Cambodia, to Cairo, Carolina Nursing is improving nursing education and health care all around the world.
| Principal Investigator | Project Title | Funding Body |
|---|---|---|
| Dr. Ruth Anderson | Care-Partner Assisted Intervention to Improve Oral Health for Individuals with Mild Dementia | NYU/NIH/NIDCR |
| Dr. Ruth Anderson | The Influence of Context on Implementation and Improvement (ICII) project | Subcontract: University of Alberta |
| Dr. Ruth Anderson | Optimizing Antimicrobial Use in Maintenance Dialysis Units (OPTIMUS) | Subcontract: Rhode Island Hospital |
| Dr. Anna Beeber | A Safer Assisted Living: Creating a Toolkit for Person and Family Engagement | AHRQ |
| Dr. Linda Beeber | Improving Maternal and Child Outcomes for Vulnerable Infants, Toddlers and Families: National Implementation of a Mental Health Innovation (MHI) to the Nurse Family Partnership | Rita and Alex Hillman Foundation |
| Dr. Diane Berry | Healthy Mothers-Healthy Children: An Intervention with Hispanic Mothers and their Young Children | NIH/NINR |
| Dr. Diane Berry and Kim Boggess | Medical Optimization and Management of Pregnancies with Overt Type 2 Diabetes (MOMPOD) | NIH/NICHD |
| Dr. Diane Berry | War of Attrition: Predicting dropout from pediatric weight management – UNC Subcontract | Subcontract: Wake Forest University |
| Dr. Jada Brooks | Inflammatory Markers, Hazardous Air Pollutants, and Psychosocial Factors | NIH/NIEHS |
| Dr. Jada Brooks | Long-Term Exposure to Ambient Air Pollution and the Occurrence of Hypertension in American Indians: The Strong Heart Study | Subcontract: Washington University in St. Louis |
| Dr. Ashley Bryant | Diversity Supplement to Care-Partner Assisted Intervention to Improve Oral Health for Individuals with Mild Dementia | NYU/NIH/NICDR |
| Dr. Ashley Bryant | A Nurse-Led Palliative and Supportive Care Intervention for Newly Diagnosed Adults with Acute Myeloid Leukemia | NIH/NINR |
| Dr. Yamnia Cortes | Reducing Cardiovascular Risk in Perimenopausal Latinas: Pilot Study of a Multi- Component Intervention | NIH/NIMHD |
| Dr. Louise Fleming | Development of an Adrenal Crisis Prevention Mobile Health Application – A Pilot Study | Pediatric Endocrine Nursing Society/ Multi-Center Research Grant |
| Dr. Cheryl Giscombe | THE HARMONY Study – A culturally-relevant, randomized-controlled, stress management intervention to reduce cardiometabolic risk in African American women | NIH/NIMHD |
| Dr. Cheryl Jones | HeartHome™: A Nurse-Driven, Home-Based Cardiac Rehabilitation Program to Reduce Health Disparities for Cardiac Patients Living in Rural and Underserved Areas of the Carolinas | The Duke Endowment |
| Dr. Saif Khairat | Overcoming the Barriers to Clinical Trial Recruitment through Teleconsent | Subcontract: Medical Univeristy of South Carolina |
| Dr. Shawn Kneipp | NC Works4Health: Reducing Chronic Disease Risks in Socioeconomically Disadvantaged, Unemployed Populations | NIH/NIMHD |
| Dr. Jennifer Leeman and C. Samuel-Hodge | Taking the Med-South Lifestyle Program to Scale, Center for Health Promotion Disease Prevention Core Project | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |
| Dr. Jennifer Leeman and Allison Brenner | Comprehensive Cancer Control Collaborative of North Carolina (4CNC) | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |
| Dr. Barbara Mark | Enhancing Nursing Care Reliability in Neonatal Intensive Care | Subcontract: Ohio State University |
| Dr. Deborah Mayer | Effectiveness trial of a head and neck cancer survivorship tool | Subcontract: Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center |
| Dr. Sheila Santacroce | Interventions for Preventing and Managing Chronic Illness | NIH/NINR |
| Dr. Hudson Santos | Placental DNA Methylation, Maternal Hardship and Child Neurodevelopmental Outcomes | NIH/NINR |
| Dr. Hudson Santos | Placental Origins of Positive Child Health | NIH/NICHD |
| Dr. Hudson Santos | Genetic and Epigenetic Effects on Childhood Cognitive Trajectories | NIH/NINR |
| Dr. Patricia Silveyra | Sex Based Differences in Airway Structural Properties and Immune Response in HDM Challenged Animals | NIH/NHLBI |
| Dr. Patricia Silveyra | Sex differences in ozone-induced asthma exacerbations: role of the microbiome | CEHS Pilot Projects Program |
| Dr. Lixin Song | SCH: INT: AURA – Connecting Audio and Radio Sensing Systems to Improve Care at Home | NIH |
| Dr. Lixin (Lee) Song | Testing the Efficacy of a Couple-focused, Tailored mHealth Intervention for Symptom Self-Management among Men with Prostate Cancer and Their Partners | NIH/NINR |
| Dr. Lixin (MPI) Song | Feasibility Testing of Patient Reported Outcomes-informed Caregiving Education and Symptom management System (PROCESS): | Subcontract: Mayo Clinic |
| Dr. Sandra Soto | Optimizing a dyadic physical activity intervention for Hispanics with osteoarthritis and their physical activity supporter | NIH/NIMHD |
| Dr. Suzanne Thoyre | Behavioral and Physiological Responses to Oral Feeding in Infants with Complex Congenital Heart Disease | Subcontract: Ohio State University |
| Dr. Sue Thoyre | Symptom Trajectories in Infants and Toddlers at Risk for Chronic Feeding Problems | NIH/NINR |
| Dr. Mark Toles | Connect-Home: Testing the Efficacy of Transitional Care of Patients and Caregivers during Transitions from Skilled Nursing Facilities to Home | NIH/NINR |
| Dr. Mark Toles | Adapting Connect-Home Transitional Care to Fit the Unique Needs of Persons with Alzheimer’s Disease and Other Dementias and their Caregivers: A Pilot Study | NIH/NINR |
| Dr. Jessica Williams | Longitudinal Prescription Opioid Use among Patients Experiencing Interpersonal Violence | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Injury Prevention Research Center |
| Dr. Jia-Rong Wu | Vitamin C Supplementation Intervention for Patients with Heart Failure: A pilot study | Sigma Theta Tau International |
| Dr. Rose Mary Xavier | Unraveling Functional Mechanisms of Psychosis Spectrum Symptoms Using Predicted Gene expression Profiles | Sigma Theta Tau International |
| Dr. Rose Mary Xavier | Data-driven Identification of Neurobiologically Informed Psychosis Symptom Profiles and Subject Groups | Rockefeller University/Heilbrunn |
| Dr. Seonae Yeo | Promoting stretching exercise to reduce cardiovascular health risk in late pregnant women with obesity | NIH/NINR |
| Dr. Jessica Zegre-Hemsey | Center for Physiological Research Subcontract | Subcontract: University of California San Francisco |
| Dr. Jessica Zegre-Hemsey | Patient-reported Symptoms of Acute Coronary Syndrome in Prehospital Cardiac Care |
| Co-Investigator | Project Title |
|---|---|
| Dr. Deborah Mayer | Effectiveness trial of a head and neck cancer survivorship tool |
| Principal Investigator | Project Title |
|---|---|
| Dr. Ashley Bryant | Feasibility of Novel Symptom Management and Supportive Care Intervention for Acute Myeloid Leukemia |
| Dr. Lixin Song | Feasibility Testing of Patient Reported Outcomes-informed Caregiving Education and Symptom management System (PROCESS): A Personalized mHealth Program for Cancer Symptom and Complication Management, |
| Principal Investigator | Project Title | Funding Body |
|---|---|---|
| Dr. Jada Brooks | Engaging Community Stakeholders in the Formative Stage to Design Culturally-Appropriate Studies Aimed at Promoting Health Equity in American Indian Communities | NC TRACS |
| Dr. Yamnia Cortes | Menopausia, Salud, Corazón: A Multi-Component Intervention to Reduce Cardiovascular Risk in Perimenopausal Latinas | Junior Faculty Development Award/Office of the Provost |
| Dr. Yamnia Cortes | Reproductive hormones as risk factors for progression of carotid plaque burden and characteristics | NC TRACS |
| Dr. Rachel Hirschey | African American Cancer Survivor Engagement to Develop a Physical Activity Intervention | Oncology Nursing Foundation |
| Dr. Eric Hodges | Intervention mapping for a novel obesity prevention trial during infancy | NC TRACS |
| Dr. Saif Khairat | SOM/Pilot Award | Center for Health Innovation, School of Medicine, UNC |
| Dr. Marcia Van Riper | Family Management of Sleep Problems in Children with Down syndrome | UNC Sleep Innovation Research Program |
| Dr. Marcia Van Riper | Families and Congenital Heart Disease: Family Adaptation in Three Groups of Families | Dhillon Jordon Shar Innovation Fund in CHD |
| Dr. Patricia Silveyra | Sex differences in allergic lung inflammation: transcriptional regulation by sex hormones | Junior Faculty Development Award/Office of the Provost |
| Principal Investigator | Project Title | Funding Body |
|---|---|---|
| Adynski | Hillman Scholars Program in Nursing Innovation | Rita and Alex Hillman Foundation |
| Martha Grace Cromeens | Hillman Scholars Program in Nursing Innovation | Rita and Alex Hillman Foundation |
| Martha Grace Cromeens | Pathways to Diagnosis Among a Diverse Sample of Women with Endometriosis | Sigma Theta Tau International |
| Martha Grace Cromeens | Pathways to Diagnosis of Endometriosis among Women of Different Socioeconomic Statuses and Races | NIH/NINR |
| Martha Grace Cromeens | Qualitative Inquiry into the Pathways to Diagnosis of Endometriosis Across a Diverse Sample of Women | American Nurses Foundation |
| Tyra Girdwood | Discovering Pediatric to Adult Health Care Transition Readiness: A Comparison between Child and Parent/Caregiver Perspectives within the Cystic Fibrosis Community | Cystic Fibrosis Foundation |
| Sherita House | Healthcare Providers’ Relational Coordination, Job Satisfaction, and Retention | TriService Nursing Research Program |
| Ya-Ning Chan | Chemotherapy-related Cognitive Impairment in Adults with Acute Leukemia | ACS |