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Page Content CHOPR Awards & Honors
January 2012 - present |
Center Hillman Scholar, Linda Kang, is the recipient of the 2012 Mary D. Naylor Undergraduate Research Award
 April 26, 2012 - Linda Kang was nominated for this award because of the initiative she has shown in seeking out research opportunities as well as her keen ability to think outside the box in matters of nursing science and research. Her high academic standing in the school and acceptance in the doctoral program at Penn was also a factor in considering her nomination. Linda's hard work and dedication as an intern for Bridging the Gaps - a nationally recognized program promoting interdisciplinary collaboration among health care professionals to serve economically disadvantaged and underserved populations - shows her deep commitment to putting into practice the goals of the Center and Penn Nursing Science. Congratulations Linda!
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Center Predoctoral Fellow, Deena Kelly, wins 2012 Dorothy Mereness Award for Scholarly Writing
 April 25, 2012 - The Dorothy Mereness Award for Scholarly Writing is bestowed upon one student per year across all degree programs who has shown an exceptional ability in scholarly writing. Once nominated, and in order to be considered for the award, the student must submit a writing sample. Deena chose a recent paper co-written with Center Assistant Professor Ann Kutney Lee and published in the Journal of Nursing Administration entitled, "The Effect of Hospital Electronic Health Record Adoption on Nurse-Assessed Quality of Care and Patient Safety". The paper garnered top story status in an ANA Smartbrief and media discussions around the country. Deena also submitted her upcoming Academy Health presentation and paper, “Linking the Critical Care Practice Environment to Healthcare Acquired Infections”.
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Center Assistant Professors, Ann Kutney-Lee and Margo Brooks Carthon awarded $10,000 Faculty Research Grant from the School of Nursing
April 25, 2012 - In their research the co-principal investigators will define a set of nusing performance measures to reduce hospital readmissions among older adults. In their proposal investigators wrote, "The aim of our study is to examine the association between a set of nursing performance measures and 'all-cause' 30-day readmission following hospitalization for AMI, heart failure, or pneumonia." The results of this pilot will serve as a basis to further examine how readmissions may be reduced among older patients with complex comorbid medical illness through improvements in the provision of nursing care. |
|  Center Director, Dr. Linda Aiken, is the inaugural recipient of the Dean’s Award for Exemplary Citizenship
March 30, 2012 - Dr. Aiken was selected for this award for her more than 25 years of extraordinary service to our School through her groundbreaking program of research with a global reach; her mentorship of faculty, students, and post-docs; for fostering innovative educational programs such as the current Hillman Scholars Program; for being a voiced leader for nursing and quality healthcare, and for being at the forefront of interdisciplinary research, practice, and education. |
 Center Assistant Professor, Dr. Matthew McHugh, is the recipient of the Dean’s Award for Undergraduate Scholarly Mentorship
March 30, 2012 - Dr. McHugh was selected for this award for inspiring his students to strive for success; for developing and facilitating meaningful research collaborations between undergraduate students and faculty; for his dedication to fostering the specific interests of his mentees; and for serving as an outstanding role model for what mentored scholarly research can be. |
 CHOPR Research Assistant, Wendy Zhang, wins highly competitive Wharton Award
Spring Semester 2012 - This summer while at home in China, Wendy will start a comparative study of the roles of nurses in different community clinic models, including a model clinic in Beijing, Yuetan Community Clinic. |
 CHOPR Research Assistant, Marissa Decesaris, wins a Positive Studies Research Award
Spring Semester 2012 - Marissa's summer research project, entitled "Experience of Recovering from a Mental Illness" was awarded by the Positive Psychology Center. The proposals were rated in terms of quality, student merits, and relevance to positive psychology. The purpose of this grant program is to recognize and encourage the best and brightest among the rising generation of researchers who share a vision for
transforming psychology in a positive direction. |
Center Director, Dr. Linda Aiken, receives Provost Global Health Engagement Award
January 31, 2012 - This fund supports projects that reach across schools and disciplines; involve multiple faculty members; engage regions in which Penn has active academic partnerships and collaborative ventures. The much needed and sought after funds will be used at CHOPR to collaborate with Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium on the impact of nursing on patient outcomes in 16 countries. Our collaboration draws from a number of disciplines including nursing, sociology, medicine, and economics. "We are in the early stages of building a visible, well-respected program of international research which can impact nursing, health care delivery, and patient outcomes around the globe," Aiken said, "these funds will go a long way in helping us achieve our goals". A faculty committee reviewed proposals according to criteria of scholarly merit and significance for global research, teaching, and service. |
Assistant Professor Matthew McHugh's Health Affairs published paper was voted the Top Five Most Influential Research Articles of 2011
January 17, 2012 - Each year, RWJF posts a list of the most influential research articles. The top 20 articles nominated for 2011 were the most frequently viewed research articles on RWJF.org in the past year. Visitors to the RWJF website voted for the top five articles, based on their solid research performance and significance to the field. More than 2,200 voters came from all 50 states, plus the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico. McHugh's paper, "Nurses' Widespread Job Dissatisfaction, Burnout, And Frustration With Health Benefits Signal Problems For Patient Care" is among the "Final Five". The results are in the newest issue of Evidence Matters, the RWJF newsletter of Research & Evaluation. You can view the newsletter and subscribe to future issues HERE. |
 Center Associate Professor, Nancy Hanrahan, is awarded Leonard Davis Institute pilot research funding January 10, 2012 - The Leonard Davis Institute (LDI) awards funding annually to Senior Fellows to stimulate research ideas, encourage multidisciplinary collaborations, and support the development of studies for external funding. Dr. Hanrahan's winning 2011 proposal is to build a prototype model-based simulation of Philadelphia’s mental health services focusing on the complex and costly problem of high SMI hospital readmission rates. Professors Hanrahan (Nursing), Silverman (Engineering), and Hurford (Medicine & Chief Medical Officer of the Philadelphia Behavioral Health Program) will collaborate with mental health administrators to design an agentbased simulation (a type of Sim-village) that will allow users to experiment with different government policies, organizational structures, and performance indicators to determine optimal designs for lowering SMI readmission rates. Follow this link for an in-depth look at the proposal. |
 Center Assistant Professor, Dr. Margo Brooks Carthon, Awarded RWJF Grant
January 6, 2012 - Dr. Carthon is among a select group of junior investigators from the RWJF New Connections program to receive the two-year $75,000 grant. For her project, Dr. Carthon will assess the impact of existing nursing academic pipeline initiatives through a national survey and develop a common set of measures. “My research seeks to understand the mechanisms underlying health disparities and examines how nursing care can be optimized to improve minority health outcomes,” said Dr. Carthon. “This award will provide a much needed evidence base for measures of success.” Upon completion of the study, institution administrators and legislators will be able to use the results to help inform policy and program development at the local and national levels to diversify undergraduate and graduate nursing education. Follow this link to read more about the RWJF New Connections Program. |
| January - December 2011 |
Dr. Matthew McHugh's proposal "Hospital Care Environment, Neighborhood, and Racial Disparities in Elder Outcomes" was awarded NIH Funding from OBSSR
September 15, 2011 - The government established OBSSR in recognition of the key role that behavioral and social factors often play in illness and health. In his proposal Dr. McHugh wrote, "Our approach will allow us to untangle the interrelated effects of the hospital care environment and patient neighborhood on racial and ethnic disparities in hospital outcomes among older adults, point to interventions that may reverse disparities, and identify communities and hospitals that can most benefit from interventions". Other center investigators and collaborators include: Dr. Herbert Smith, Director of the Population Studies Center; Dr. Rachel Werner, Associate Professor of Medicine in the Division of General Internal Medicine; Dr. Douglas Sloane, Adjunct Professor of Nursing at CHOPR; Dr. Linda Aiken, Director and Founder, CHOPR; and, Dr. Charles Branas, Associate Professor of Epidemiology and Director of the Cartographic Modeling Laboratory.
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September 2011 - This highly competitive three-year $350,000 grant is given to junior faculty who show outstanding promise as future leaders in academic nursing. Matt will study the relationship between where people live, where they receive hospital care, and the outcomes of that care. The project will help identify the actions that hospital administrators and other leaders can take to ensure that nurses play a part in reducing disparities in care and targeting interventions. As well as ways to improve that care and ensure that all patients get high-quality nursing care regardless of where they happen to live. “The RWJF Nurse Faculty Scholar program will provide a great opportunity for me to grow as a nurse scientist and become a leading nursing outcomes and policy researcher,” McHugh said. “I look forward to learning from and developing relationships with other scholars, my mentors, and nursing leaders around the country.” To learn more about the Nurse Faculty Scholar program, visit www.nursefacultyscholars.org.
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 Center Postdoctoral Fellow, Olga Jarrín, PhD, RN, receives $25,000 Margretta Styles Credentialing Award from ANF for her proposal "Evidence for a Pathway to Excellence in Home Care".September 2011 - This study will be the first to empirically assess the relationship between the Pathway to Excellence standards for a positive work environment and outcomes for nurses and patients in the context of home health care. The Center for Health Outcomes and Policy Research has a long history of research evaluating the relationship of the nursing practice environment to both patient and nurse outcomes in hospital settings and research on the outcomes of ANCC programs. This investigation promises to answer the question: Which ANCC Pathway to Excellence standards influence which nurse and patient outcomes? |
 Center Associate Director, Eileen Lake, PhD, RN, FAAN receives coveted Jessie M. Scott Endowed Term Chair in Nursing and Health Policy
September 2011 - Dean Afaf I. Meleis announced the exciting news in an email to the entire nursing school. The School of Nursing Dean wrote, "The appointment to a term chair is a high honor in the University and is an acknowledgement of a high level of productivity of a faculty member. We sincerely appreciate the generosity and support Jessie M. Scott’s legacy has given to the School of Nursing." In response, Dr. Linda Aiken wrote, "What a wonderful and deserved honor in recognition of Eileen's research and leadership in nursing. The name of the chair in honor of one of the towering greats in nursing policy - Jesse Scott - is very special. She was responsible for the Nurse Training Act of 1964 which doubled the supply of nurses, greatly strengthened baccalaureate nursing education, and funded the first nurse practitioner education programs. We couldn't be prouder!" |
Center Associate Director, Dr. Eileen Lake, receives Duke Distinguished Alumni Award
March, 2011 - The Center for Health Outcomes and Policy Research is excited to announce that Dr. Eileen Lake has been selected as the 2011 Duke University Distinguished Alumni Award. Each year the award is presented to an alumnus whose career contributions in nursing or health care have been distinctive for their impact and have been recognized regionally, nationally, or internationally. Congratulations, Eileen! |
Dr. Eileen Lake receives Pilot Award from Leonard Davis Institute for Health Economics
December 2010 - Dr. Eileen Lake has received a pilot award from the Leonard Davis Institute for Health Economics for her proposal titled "Hospital Nursing Resource Configurations and Labor Market Contexts". |
 Dr. Linda Aiken receives honorary degree from the University of Maryland
February 2011 - The University of Maryland is honoring Dr. Linda Aiken with a well-deserved award, a Doctor of Science Honoris Causa. |
 Center research assistant receives School of Nursing Undergraduate Student Mentored Award
April 2011 - Xiao Linda Kang has received the School of Nursing's Undergraduate Student Mentored Research Award for her proposal "Nurse job satisfaction, burnout and quality of care in China". She will be mentored by center member Matthew McHugh, PhD, JD, MPH, RN, CRNP. |
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|  Dr. Kelly Wiltse Nicely awarded the KM1 Scholars Award in Comparative Effectiveness Research and appointed Assistant Professor of Nurse Anesthesia
November 2010 - The Center for Health Outcomes and Policy Research is pleased to announce that Dr. Kelly Wiltse Nicely has been appointed to the rank of Assistant Professor of Nurse Anesthesia in the Standing Faculty-- Clinician- Educator track effective September 1, 2010. The Penn KM1 Scholars Program, administered by the School of Medicine, was funded by NIH stimulus monies to create a cadre of scholars in the high priority research area of comparative effectiveness research. Kelly was the only nurse to recieve funding. Congratulations, Kelly! |
| Center faculty member Dr. Nancy Hanrahan awarded Foundation Grant
November 2010 - The Center for Health Outcomes and Policy Research is delighted to announce that Dr. Nancy Hanrahan has been awarded the Foundation Grant (RWJF) for her research on the Advanced Practice Psychiatric Nurse-Transitional Care Model to Improve the Quality of Health Care for Individuals with Serious Mental Illness. The transition from a psychiatric hospitalization back into the community is a vulnerable period for individuals with serious mental illness. Cycling in and out of psychiatric hospitals and emergency services is harmful to this population and depletes scarce public resources. The Transitional Care Model for Persons with Serious Mental Illness (TCM-SMI) proposes to break this cycle by providing 90 days of intensive hospital-to-home services. This project is designed to translate the TCM intervention to meet the complex needs of SMI clients in public managed care. Congratulations, Nancy, on your achievement! |
 Center Postdoctoral Fellow, Dr. J. Margo Brooks Carthon, receives Research Development Award
November 2010 - The Center for Health Outcomes and Policy Research is thrilled to announce that Dr. J. Margo Brooks Carthon, a Post-Doctoral Fellow in the Center, has been awarded the K01 Mentored Research Scientist Award for her proposal "Nurse Practice Environment Influences in Reducing Disparities in Hospital Outcomes". The research project seeks to understand how characteristics of the nurse work force and the nurse practice environment influence outcomes among hospitalized minority patients. This study will employ a cross sectional, observational design to determine the effects of nurse work force and the practice environment on selected patient outcomes in order to assess what types of investments in nursing resources might be most beneficial to minority patient outcomes. Congratulations, Margo!! |
 Dr. Linda Aiken awarded grant by Dubai Ministry of Health
September 2010 - Dr. Linda Aiken has been awarded a grant for the project "Nursing and Quality of Hospital Care in United Arab Emirates" by the Dubai Ministry of Health. The UAE has joined 30 countries from around the world in an international nursing research initiative aimed at improving the quality of nursing care in the nation's hospitals. The first major nursing research study in the UAE, conducted by the UAE Nursing and Midwifery Council and the Ministry of Health, will seek to identify and understand work environment factors that contribute to nursing recruitment and retention and the quality of nursing care in hospitals. Dr. Aiken will lead an international team of nursing researchers in collaboration with nursing leaders from the UAE. |
| Dr. Linda Aiken honored with Her Royal Highness Princess Muna Al-Hussein Award
September 2010 - The HRH Princess Muna Al-Hussein Award from the American Nurses Credentialing Center is awarded for significant contributions to healthcare across borders and for a demonstrated dedication to nursing. Princess Muna is the mother of King Abdullah II of Jordan and a long-time patron of nursing. Dr. Aiken is the first recipient of this prestigious award. |
Dr. Linda Aiken inducted into Sigma ThetaTau International's Nursing Hall of Fame April 2010 - Dr. Linda Aiken is being honored by the Nursing Honor Society for her "long-term, broad national and/or international recognition" and for research that "has impacted the profession and the people it serves." The inaugural induction ceremony will take place at the International Nursing Research Congress in July in Orlando, FL. |
| Center doctoral student awarded the Dorothy Mereness Award April 2010 - Danielle Olds has been chosen as the recipient of the 2010 Dorothy Mereness Award for her exceptional ability in scholarly writing. |
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