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Deena Kelly has a BA in Italian Studies from Boston University, and a BSN from Binghamton University. She is a third year pre-doctoral student at CHOPR. Her background is in adult critical care. As a registered nurse at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, she managed the multidisciplinary care of critically ill surgical patients including neurosurgery, liver transplant, thoracic and general surgery patients as well as medical ICU patients. She won the first annual PHd Mentored Research Award from the University of Pennsylvania entitled, "Cross national comparison: Nurse burnout and quality of care in the U.S. and China" with her faculty advisor and mentor, Dr. Aiken.
Selected Presentations/Publications:
- Kelly, D.M., Aiken, L.H., Sloane, D.P., Li, M., & Wu, Z. (2011). Nurse Burnout and its Impact on Patient Safety in Liaoning China. Eastern Nursing Research Society, Philadelphia, PA.
- Hanrahan, N.P., Wu, E., Kelly, D., Aiken, L.H. & Blank, M.B. (2011). Randomized clinical trial of the effectiveness of a home-based advanced practice psychiatric nurse intervention: Outcomes for individuals with serious mental illness and HIV. Nursing Research and Practice, 2011, Article ID 840248, doi: 10.1155/2011/840248
- Kutney-Lee, A., & Kelly, D. (2011). The Effect of Hospital Electronic Health Record Adoption on Nurse-Assessed Quality of Care and Patient Safety. Journal of Nursing Administration, 41(11), 466-471
- Hanrahan, N.P., Kelly, D.M. & Marcotte, J. (2010, June). Empirical Development of an Intervention Dose. AcademyHealth 2010 Annual Research Meeting, Boston, MA.
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Molly (Mary) Kreider is a first year predoctoral student and has a BSN from the University of Pennsylvania and an MPA in Health Policy and Management from New York University’s Wagner School of Public Service. Prior to her doctoral studies, she worked first as a staff nurse in Labor and Delivery and then Emergency Medicine. Her research interests are staffing ratios, end-of-life spending, and the ethical implications of resource allocation. |
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Tina (Chenjuan) Ma has a BSN and an MSN from Xi’an Jiaotong University. She is an international student from China studying international health care. Before her pre-doctoral appointment as a research fellow, Tina worked and studied as a research assistant, a teaching assistant and a data analyst. Her research interests include health outcomes and health policy research, comparative health care system research and international nursing education. In 2011 she was selected by the school to present at the STTI 41st Biennial Convention in Grapevine, Texas where she was a Rising Star. She also received a ThinkSwiss Grant from the Swiss Embassy in the USA in order to attend the Summer School at University of Basel, Switzerland.
Selected Publications:
- Ma, C., Fourly, H., Li, J. & D’Antonio, P. (2011) The Education of Nurses in China and Egypt. Nursing Outlook. Accepted for Publication.
- Ma, C. & McHugh, D. (2011). Patient Discharge Preparedness and Its Association with Hospital Nurse Work Conditions. Accepted for podium presentation on AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting, June, 2011.
- McHugh, D. & Ma, C. (2011). Effects of Wage and Work Environment on Nurse Job Dissatisfaction, Burnout, and Intent to Leave the Job. Accepted for poster presentation on the AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting, June, 2011.
- Ma, C. & McHugh (2011). Job dissatisfaction and burnout and the association with nurse characteristics among nurses in China. Accepted for oral presentation on the STTI 41st Biennial Convention, October, 2011.
- Ma, C. & Connerton, W. (2011). International Collaboration and Educational Transition: a Case Study on Nursing Education in China, from Past to Present. Accepted for poster presentation on the STTI 41st Biennial Convention, October, 2011.
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Lisa Quinn has a BSN from Boston College and is a second year pre-doctoral fellow at CHOPR and a second year MS/ PhD student. Lisa is an Oncology Certified Nurse (OCN). She worked as an RN in Boston, Virginia, and Washington, DC, Her research interests are in health inequities, nurse staffing, nurse edication and oncology patients. Her Center advisor is Dr. Ann Kutney-Lee. |
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Jill Vanak has a BSN from Georgetown University and an MSN from Columbia University and is a third year pre-doctoral fellow at CHOPR. Prior to coming to Penn she worked as a research nurse practitioner on the autologous stem cell transplant service at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center where she participated in the development of clinical research protocols including having an active role in orchestration, implementation, and evaluation of trials that are implemented in the outpatient setting. She is a board certified Acute Care Nurse Practitioner and an Advanced Oncology Certified Nurse Practitioner.
Selected Publications:
- Moskowitz, A.J., Perales, M.A., Kewalramani, T., Vanak, J., et al. (2009). "Outcomes for Patients who Fail High Dose Chemoradiotherapy and Autologous Stem Cell Rescue for Relapsed and Primary Refractory Hodgkin's Lymphoma". British Journal of Haematology. 146(2); 158-163.
- Small, T., Zelenetz, A.D., Noy, A., Rice, D., Vanak, J., et al. (2009). "Pertussis Immunity and Response to Tetanus-Reduced Dophteria-Reduced Pertussis Vaccine (Tdap) after Autologous Peripheral Blood Stem Cell Transplantation". Biology of Blood and Marrow Transplantation, 15(12), 1538-1542.
- Moskowitz, C., Yahalom, J., Zelenetz, A.D., Zhang, Z., Vanak, J., et al. (2010). "High-dose Chemo-radiotherapy for Relapsed or Refractory Hodgkin's Lymphoma and the Significance of Pre-transplant Functional Imaging". British Journal of Haematology, 148(6), 890-897.
- Moskowitz, A.J., Yahalom, J., Kewalramani, T., Maragulia, J., Vanak, J., et al. (2010). "Pre-transplant Functional Imaging Predicts Outcome Following Autologous Stem Cell Transplant for Relapsed and Refractory Hodgkin's Lymphoma". Blood.
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| Post-Doctoral Research Fellows |
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Dr. Winifred Connerton (BA Mount Holyoke College, 1992; BSN Columbia University, 1994; MSN University of California, 1998) is a post-doctoral fellow studying US nurses' international work. Her dissertation, titled "Have Cap; Will Travel; U.S. Nurses Abroad 1898-1917" has won the 2010 Marion R. Gregory Award for a distinguished completed doctoral dissertation at the University of Pennsylvania and the Teresa Christy Award for excellence of historical research and writing from the American Association of Nursing. |
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Dr. Pamela B. de Cordova (BSN Georgetown University, 2000; MSN University of Pennsylvania, 2004; PhD Columbia University School of Nursing, 2011) is a post-doctoral research fellow studying the impact off-shifts (nights and weekends) on patient outcomes. In 2009, she received an AHRQ Dissertation Award to study this topic. Her current research interests include nursing workforce issues and her clinical background is intermediate/medical-surgical nursing. |
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Dr. Olga Jarrín (BS, MS, PhD University of Connecticut, School of Nursing, 2002, 2007, 2010) is a post-doctoral fellow focusing on health disparities, community healthcare outcomes and the nursing workforce. Her background is in community and public health nursing research and she has worked as a visiting nurse/ case manager. Her Doctoral Dissertation is titled, "A Philosophical Inquiry of Nursing Meta-language".
Selected Publications:
- Jarrín, O.F. (2006). Results from the Nurse Manifest 2003 Study: Nurses' Perspectives on Nursing. Advances in Nursing Science, 29(2), E74-E85.
- Neafsey, P., Jarrín, O., Coffman, M. & Luciano, S. (2007). Self-Medication Behaviors of Spanish-Speaking Older Adults, Hispanic Health Care International, 5(4), 169-179.
- Jarrín, O.F. (2007). An Integral Philosophy and Definition of Nursing. Journal of Integral Theory and Practice, 2(4), 79-101.
- Jarrín, O.F. (2010). Core Elements of U.S. Nurse Practice Acts and Incorporation of Nursing Diagnosis Language. International Journal of Nursing Taxonomies and Classifications, 21(4), 166-176.
Brooks Carthon JM, Kutney-Lee A, Jarrín O, Sloane DM, Aiken LH (in press). Nurse Staffing and Post Surgical Mortality in Black Patients. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. Jarrín OF. (2012). The Integrality of Situated Caring in Nursing and the Environment. Advances in Nursing Science. 35(1), 14-24. This is currently featured (free) on the ANS Journal website. LINK TO ARTICLE
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