Research

The Vanderbilt University School of Nursing hosted its inaugural Research Day on August 21, in collaboration with the Center for Research Development and Scholarship and the Vanderbilt Center for Research on Inequality and Health. This year’s theme focused on advancing health equity and policy through nursing science, emphasizing the vital… Read More

The Vanderbilt University School of Nursing hosted its inaugural Research Day on August 21, in collaboration with the Center for Research Development and Scholarship and the Vanderbilt Center for Research on Inequality and Health. This year’s theme focused on advancing health equity and policy through nursing science, emphasizing the vital… Read More

Three targeted research projects aimed at improving hospital models of care delivery are coming together at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. Independence Foundation Professor of Nursing Education Ruth Kleinpell PhD, ACNP-BC, FAAN, FAANP, FNAP, MCCM, and colleagued talked to "DIscoveries in Medicine" about their work on social determinants of health and how a new State of Tennessee grant is helping them evaluate how to fit routine SDOH screening into care. Read More

Members of the School of Nursing are participating in a new Vanderbilt University Medical Center initiative funded with a $3.9 million grant to VUMC from the Tennessee Department of Health. The grant program will evaluate innovative models of nursing care that include screening and responding to social drivers of health. It will also investigate how to mitigate nursing staffing shortages while ensuring optimal patient care. Read More

The Vanderbilt University School of Nursing hosted its inaugural Research Day on August 21, in collaboration with the Center for Research Development and Scholarship and the Vanderbilt Center for Research on Inequality and Health. This year’s theme focused on advancing health equity and policy through nursing science, emphasizing the vital… Read More

The Vanderbilt University School of Nursing hosted its inaugural Research Day on August 21, in collaboration with the Center for Research Development and Scholarship and the Vanderbilt Center for Research on Inequality and Health. This year’s theme focused on advancing health equity and policy through nursing science, emphasizing the vital… Read More

The Vanderbilt University School of Nursing hosted its inaugural Research Day on August 21, in collaboration with the Center for Research Development and Scholarship and the Vanderbilt Center for Research on Inequality and Health. This year’s theme focused on advancing health equity and policy through nursing science, emphasizing the vital… Read More

The Vanderbilt University School of Nursing hosted its inaugural Research Day on August 21, in collaboration with the Center for Research Development and Scholarship and the Vanderbilt Center for Research on Inequality and Health. This year’s theme focused on advancing health equity and policy through nursing science, emphasizing the vital… Read More

The Vanderbilt University School of Nursing hosted its inaugural Research Day on August 21, in collaboration with the Center for Research Development and Scholarship and the Vanderbilt Center for Research on Inequality and Health. This year’s theme focused on advancing health equity and policy through nursing science, emphasizing the vital… Read More

Three nursing faculty were awarded 2022 Seeding Success Grants, which support early stage research identified as likely to obtain federal, foundation and industry funding. Assistant Professor Mulubrhan Mogos received funding for “Pathogenic Memory T-cells as Potential Therapeutic Targets for Preeclampsia,” Assistant Professor Jeremy Neal for “Differences in Labor-associated Inflammation Following Spontaneous Labor Onset Among Low-risk Black and White Nulliparous Women,” and Assistant Professor Lori Schirle for “The Feasibility of Incorporating Pain Sensitivity Testing into Total Knee Replacement Workflow.” Read More

Vanderbilt University School of Nursing Professor Sheila Ridner, PhD, FAAN, recently completed a large randomized trial to assess early detection methods coupled with a prevention intervention for a common side effect of breast-cancer treatments—lymphedema. Read More

The Vanderbilt University School of Nursing hosted its inaugural Research Day on August 21, in collaboration with the Center for Research Development and Scholarship and the Vanderbilt Center for Research on Inequality and Health. This year’s theme focused on advancing health equity and policy through nursing science, emphasizing the vital… Read More

The Vanderbilt University School of Nursing hosted its inaugural Research Day on August 21, in collaboration with the Center for Research Development and Scholarship and the Vanderbilt Center for Research on Inequality and Health. This year’s theme focused on advancing health equity and policy through nursing science, emphasizing the vital… Read More

The Vanderbilt University School of Nursing hosted its inaugural Research Day on August 21, in collaboration with the Center for Research Development and Scholarship and the Vanderbilt Center for Research on Inequality and Health. This year’s theme focused on advancing health equity and policy through nursing science, emphasizing the vital… Read More

The Vanderbilt University School of Nursing hosted its inaugural Research Day on August 21, in collaboration with the Center for Research Development and Scholarship and the Vanderbilt Center for Research on Inequality and Health. This year’s theme focused on advancing health equity and policy through nursing science, emphasizing the vital… Read More

Investigators analyzing comments received during a 2020 Vanderbilt University Medical Center study that showed women have a difficult time accessing treatment for opioid use disorder (OUD) have shed further light on barriers to care. Those included everything from long on-hold times to difficult interactions with clinic receptionists during phone calls seeking appointments, said Vanderbilt University School of Nursing assistant professor Julia Phillippi, PhD, CNM, FACNM, FAAN, lead author on the qualitative study published in "Women's Health Issues." Read More

The Vanderbilt University School of Nursing hosted its inaugural Research Day on August 21, in collaboration with the Center for Research Development and Scholarship and the Vanderbilt Center for Research on Inequality and Health. This year’s theme focused on advancing health equity and policy through nursing science, emphasizing the vital… Read More

The Vanderbilt University School of Nursing hosted its inaugural Research Day on August 21, in collaboration with the Center for Research Development and Scholarship and the Vanderbilt Center for Research on Inequality and Health. This year’s theme focused on advancing health equity and policy through nursing science, emphasizing the vital… Read More

Before the COVID-19 pandemic began, School of Nursing postdoctoral fellow James Muchira designed a study to examine the relationship between maternal cardiovascular health and early childhood obesity and arterial stiffness in 1- to 5-year-old children. He altered his recruitment and data collection protocols to prioritize the safety of the participants and research personnel when he returned to the lab through Vanderbilt's Research Ramp-up process. Read More

When in-person research activities at Vanderbilt were put on hold in mid-March due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Sheila Ridner, PhD'03, MSN'00, FAAN, the Martha Rivers Ingram Professor of Nursing and director of the PhD in Nursing Science Program, was the primary investigator on two research studies with oncology patients. “The participants in the lymphedema prevention study had given us five years of their lives, and so we also felt an ethical responsibility to finish our work in supporting them,” Ridner said. Read More

The Vanderbilt University School of Nursing hosted its inaugural Research Day on August 21, in collaboration with the Center for Research Development and Scholarship and the Vanderbilt Center for Research on Inequality and Health. This year’s theme focused on advancing health equity and policy through nursing science, emphasizing the vital… Read More

The Vanderbilt University School of Nursing hosted its inaugural Research Day on August 21, in collaboration with the Center for Research Development and Scholarship and the Vanderbilt Center for Research on Inequality and Health. This year’s theme focused on advancing health equity and policy through nursing science, emphasizing the vital… Read More

The Vanderbilt University School of Nursing hosted its inaugural Research Day on August 21, in collaboration with the Center for Research Development and Scholarship and the Vanderbilt Center for Research on Inequality and Health. This year’s theme focused on advancing health equity and policy through nursing science, emphasizing the vital… Read More

The Vanderbilt University School of Nursing hosted its inaugural Research Day on August 21, in collaboration with the Center for Research Development and Scholarship and the Vanderbilt Center for Research on Inequality and Health. This year’s theme focused on advancing health equity and policy through nursing science, emphasizing the vital… Read More

The Vanderbilt University School of Nursing hosted its inaugural Research Day on August 21, in collaboration with the Center for Research Development and Scholarship and the Vanderbilt Center for Research on Inequality and Health. This year’s theme focused on advancing health equity and policy through nursing science, emphasizing the vital… Read More

The Vanderbilt University School of Nursing hosted its inaugural Research Day on August 21, in collaboration with the Center for Research Development and Scholarship and the Vanderbilt Center for Research on Inequality and Health. This year’s theme focused on advancing health equity and policy through nursing science, emphasizing the vital… Read More

VUSN Assistant Professor Kate Clouse has created an app for smartphones to help South African mothers with HIV stay connected to health care. Nearly one in three pregnant women attending antenatal care in South Africa is living with HIV. Clouse and an international research team are studying whether the app, CareConekta, is an effective method to reach patients during and after pregnancy. Read More

The Vanderbilt University School of Nursing hosted its inaugural Research Day on August 21, in collaboration with the Center for Research Development and Scholarship and the Vanderbilt Center for Research on Inequality and Health. This year’s theme focused on advancing health equity and policy through nursing science, emphasizing the vital… Read More

The Vanderbilt University School of Nursing hosted its inaugural Research Day on August 21, in collaboration with the Center for Research Development and Scholarship and the Vanderbilt Center for Research on Inequality and Health. This year’s theme focused on advancing health equity and policy through nursing science, emphasizing the vital… Read More

The Vanderbilt University School of Nursing hosted its inaugural Research Day on August 21, in collaboration with the Center for Research Development and Scholarship and the Vanderbilt Center for Research on Inequality and Health. This year’s theme focused on advancing health equity and policy through nursing science, emphasizing the vital… Read More

Early in his career, as Assistant Professor of Nursing Mulubrhan Mogos cared for fragile babies in a neonatal ICU, he questioned whether the mother’s experience during pregnancy and delivery could provide clues to what went wrong, setting him on a path to study the long-term impact of cardiovascular disease on mothers and babies. Read More

The Vanderbilt University School of Nursing hosted its inaugural Research Day on August 21, in collaboration with the Center for Research Development and Scholarship and the Vanderbilt Center for Research on Inequality and Health. This year’s theme focused on advancing health equity and policy through nursing science, emphasizing the vital… Read More

Assistant Professor Cathy Maxwell, PhD, FAAN, Associate Professor Shelagh Mulvaney, PhD, and Assistant Professor Bethany Rhoten, PhD, have been named the Vanderbilt University School of Nursing’s first Valere Potter Distinguished Dean's Faculty Fellows. The new program supports tenure-track faculty in their research and scholarship. The designation includes funding for two fiscal years and is part of an overall Vanderbilt University initiative to expand support for faculty throughout their careers. Read More

Bioimpedance spectroscopy (BIS) is better than a tape measure for assessing a woman’s risk for developing lymphedema after breast cancer surgery, according to interim results of a study led by Sheila Ridner, PhD, RN, Martha Ingram Professor and director of the PhD in Nursing Science Program at Vanderbilt University School of Nursing. Read More

The Vanderbilt University School of Nursing hosted its inaugural Research Day on August 21, in collaboration with the Center for Research Development and Scholarship and the Vanderbilt Center for Research on Inequality and Health. This year’s theme focused on advancing health equity and policy through nursing science, emphasizing the vital… Read More

The Vanderbilt University School of Nursing hosted its inaugural Research Day on August 21, in collaboration with the Center for Research Development and Scholarship and the Vanderbilt Center for Research on Inequality and Health. This year’s theme focused on advancing health equity and policy through nursing science, emphasizing the vital… Read More

The Vanderbilt University School of Nursing hosted its inaugural Research Day on August 21, in collaboration with the Center for Research Development and Scholarship and the Vanderbilt Center for Research on Inequality and Health. This year’s theme focused on advancing health equity and policy through nursing science, emphasizing the vital… Read More

The Vanderbilt University School of Nursing hosted its inaugural Research Day on August 21, in collaboration with the Center for Research Development and Scholarship and the Vanderbilt Center for Research on Inequality and Health. This year’s theme focused on advancing health equity and policy through nursing science, emphasizing the vital… Read More

The Vanderbilt University School of Nursing hosted its inaugural Research Day on August 21, in collaboration with the Center for Research Development and Scholarship and the Vanderbilt Center for Research on Inequality and Health. This year’s theme focused on advancing health equity and policy through nursing science, emphasizing the vital… Read More

The Vanderbilt University School of Nursing hosted its inaugural Research Day on August 21, in collaboration with the Center for Research Development and Scholarship and the Vanderbilt Center for Research on Inequality and Health. This year’s theme focused on advancing health equity and policy through nursing science, emphasizing the vital… Read More

Genetics may predispose some heavy drinkers to alcoholic cardiomyopathy (ACM), Spanish researchers found. Mariann Piano, PhD, Vanderbilt University School of Nursing, wrote an accompanying editorial in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.  "There are no specific histological, immunological, or biomarkers for the diagnosis of ACM. A key factor in ruling in ACM is a long-term history of heavy alcohol consumption in the absence of coronary artery disease," Piano wrote. "A number of pathophysiologic mechanisms have been linked to the development of ACM; however, one of the most important unresolved questions has been related to how certain genetic mutations may influence susceptibility to ACM." Read More

The Vanderbilt University School of Nursing hosted its inaugural Research Day on August 21, in collaboration with the Center for Research Development and Scholarship and the Vanderbilt Center for Research on Inequality and Health. This year’s theme focused on advancing health equity and policy through nursing science, emphasizing the vital… Read More

The Vanderbilt University School of Nursing hosted its inaugural Research Day on August 21, in collaboration with the Center for Research Development and Scholarship and the Vanderbilt Center for Research on Inequality and Health. This year’s theme focused on advancing health equity and policy through nursing science, emphasizing the vital… Read More

The Vanderbilt University School of Nursing hosted its inaugural Research Day on August 21, in collaboration with the Center for Research Development and Scholarship and the Vanderbilt Center for Research on Inequality and Health. This year’s theme focused on advancing health equity and policy through nursing science, emphasizing the vital… Read More

The Vanderbilt University School of Nursing hosted its inaugural Research Day on August 21, in collaboration with the Center for Research Development and Scholarship and the Vanderbilt Center for Research on Inequality and Health. This year’s theme focused on advancing health equity and policy through nursing science, emphasizing the vital… Read More

The Vanderbilt University School of Nursing hosted its inaugural Research Day on August 21, in collaboration with the Center for Research Development and Scholarship and the Vanderbilt Center for Research on Inequality and Health. This year’s theme focused on advancing health equity and policy through nursing science, emphasizing the vital… Read More

When and in what manner do patients with head and neck canceer want to discuss the impact the disease may have on their sexuality? That’s one of the questions Assistant Professor Bethany Rhoten, Ph.D., R.N., will investigate through a Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center-administered pilot program from the American Cancer Society. Read More

The Vanderbilt University School of Nursing hosted its inaugural Research Day on August 21, in collaboration with the Center for Research Development and Scholarship and the Vanderbilt Center for Research on Inequality and Health. This year’s theme focused on advancing health equity and policy through nursing science, emphasizing the vital… Read More

The Vanderbilt University School of Nursing hosted its inaugural Research Day on August 21, in collaboration with the Center for Research Development and Scholarship and the Vanderbilt Center for Research on Inequality and Health. This year’s theme focused on advancing health equity and policy through nursing science, emphasizing the vital… Read More

The Vanderbilt University School of Nursing hosted its inaugural Research Day on August 21, in collaboration with the Center for Research Development and Scholarship and the Vanderbilt Center for Research on Inequality and Health. This year’s theme focused on advancing health equity and policy through nursing science, emphasizing the vital… Read More