Rutgers Nursing Magazine - Summer 2021

R U T G E R S N U R S I N G / S P R I N G / S U M M E R 2 0 2 1 2 2 / 2 3 L E A D E R S H I P E X C E L L E N C E EXTRAMURAL GRANTS Olga F. Jarrín Montaner (PhD, RN), assistant professor, is principal investigator, and Haiqun Lin (MD, PhD), professor, is a co-investigator of “RO1 Upstream Approaches to Improve Late Life Care for People Living with Dementia,” a $2,585,530 grant from the NIH National Institute on Aging (#1R01AG066139-01A1; additional co-investigators: P. Duberstein, X. Dong, and B. Wu). Olga F. Jarrín Montaner (PhD, RN), assistant professor, and Haiqun Lin (MD, PhD), professor, are principal investigators of “Advanced Development and Utilization of Aging Trajectory Files from Multiple Datasets,” a $2,319,910 grant from the NIH National Institute on Aging. (Project # R33AG068931-01A1; co-investigators: S. Setoguchi-Iwata, J. Roy, L. Pizzi, F. Kobylarz, and X. Dong). Margaret Quinn (DNP, RN, CPNP, CNE), clinical associate professor and specialty director of the Pediatric NP program, received two grants: “Rutgers University Primary Care/Acute Care Dual Certification Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Program — Laboratory and Simulation Innovation,” is a $25,000 grant from the New Jersey Health Foundation; and the Wells Fargo/Edward W. & Stella C. Van Houten Memorial Fund awarded $14,000 to support student scholarships. Beth Savage (PhD, RN, CPNP, CPON), assistant professor, received a $10,000 research grant from the Association of Pediatric Hematology/ Oncology Nurses (APHON) for her project, “The Role of Poverty in the Risk of Acute Toxicities in Children with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia.” Corina Lelutiu-Weinberger (PhD), associate professor and endowed chair of the François-Xavier Bagnoud Center, is principal investigator of “Preparing for Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Implementation in Central-Eastern European Countries with Low Access to Biomedical Prevention,” a $422,919 grant from the National Institutes of Health, Fogarty International Center. (Grant #R21TW011752, co-investigator: J. Pachankis) APPOINTMENTS Caroline Dorsen (PhD, FNP-BC), clinical associate professor and associate dean for advanced practice and clinical partnerships, has been appointed to the Eastern Nursing Research Society’s new Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Accessibility (IDEA) advisory group. Yuri T. Jadotte (MD, PhD, MPH), associate professor and assistant director of the Northeast Institute for Evidence Synthesis and Translation, was elected to membership in the Society for Research Synthesis Methodology. Jeffrey Kwong (DNP, MPH, AGPCNP-BC, FAANP, FAAN), professor, was appointed co-medical director of HIV & Aging, a joint educational venture between the American Academy of HIV Medicine and the American Geriatrics Society. Constance Sobon Sensor (PhD, RN, CTN-A, NJ-CSN), assistant professor and director of the School Nurse Certificate program, was appointed U.N. Observer for the national League of Women Voters. She recently completed a four-year term at the United Nations as representative for Sigma, the national honor society for nursing.