Research and Scholarship
Our nurse scientists leverage existing expertise, build synergy inside the School and beyond, inform who and how we recruit, and influence the national and global landscape of health and healthcare.
- $3.8M in active research grants (FY ’23)
- $1.2M in new grants and supplements so far (FY ’24)
- 35% increase in external funding (2023, over 2022)
- $30K+ for summer nursing internship program
Meet Our Faculty Scholars
Kimberly D. Acquaviva, PhD, MSW, CSE
- $50K Alex & Rita Hillman Foundation grant
A prospective, single-arm pilot study of an LGBTQIA-inclusive intervention to address sexual pleasure among patients with serious illness
Jeanne Alhusen, PhD, CRNP, RN, FAAN
- $2.1M NIH/NICHD grant and $221K U3 supplement
Psychosocial stress and its relation to maternal and infant outcomes among women with disabilities - $454,000 NIH grant
Shedding light on the reproductive care experiences of women living with disabilities
Cathy Campbell, PhD, RN
Elizabeth Epstein, PhD, RN. HEC-C, FAAN
- $170K iTHRIV grant
Using data to improve health
Jessie Gibson, PhD, RN, AGCNP-BC
- $457K NIH/NINR K23 grant
Modification of threat interpretation bias to reduce anxiety in neurodegenerative movement disorders - $321K iTHRIV / NIH KL2 grantee
Decision measurement and modification of threat interpretation bias to reduce anxiety in Huntington's disease - $60K 3Cavaliers grantee
Assessing anxious thinking patterns among patients with neurodegenerative movement disorders
Lee Ann Johnson, PhD, RN
- $325K iTHRIV grant
Comorbidity profiles and their influence on treatment and survival among underserved individuals with advanced lung cancer
Randy Jones, PhD, RN, FAAN
- $2.2M NIH grant (2014-2017)
A tool to guide prostate cancer patients' understanding and treatment decision-making
Kathryn Laughon, PhD, RN, FAAN
- $221K U3 supplement and $2.1M NIH/NICHD grant (with PI Jeanne Alhusen)
Psychosocial stress and its relation to maternal and infant outcomes among women with disabilities
Virginia LeBaron, PhD, APRN, FAANP, FAAN
- $454K Betty Irene Moore Foundation fellowship grant
Feasibility and acceptability testing of CommSense: A novel communication technology to enhance health equity in clinician-patient interactions - $3.4M NIH/NINR grant
Characterizing the complexity of advanced cancer pain in the home context by leveraging smart-health technology
Jeongok Logan, PhD, RN
- $31K 4-VA Collaborative grant
Does sleep moderate the association between arterial stiffness and cognitive impairment? - $132K Engineering in Medicine Seed grant
Using machine learning to determine the link between sleep disorders and cardiovascular risk
Meghan Mattos, PhD, RN, CNL
- $1.22M NIH K76 grant
Internet-based insomnia intervention to prevent cognitive decline in older adults with mild cognitive impairment - $89K Engineering in Medicine Seed grant
Control of light exposure and its effect on sleep efficacy - $45K Alzheimer's and Related Diseases Award Fund grant
Interprofessional home-based medical care and education program serving rural adults living with dementia
Emma Mitchell, PhD, MSN, RN
- $1.2M NIH Fogarty R21/R33 grant
Remote resilience: Novel applications of mHealth in Nicaragua's cancer control program - $87K Jefferson Trust grant
Climate change and health: Disaster preparedness in Bluefields, Nicaragua
Dominique Tobbell, PhD
- $3K American Association for the History of Nursing H21 grant
Nursing for community health: Nurse-led clinical in historical perspective, 1960-2010
Ishan Williams, PhD, FGSA
- $5.9M NIH Bridge2AI grant
Patient-focused collaborative hospital repository uniting standards (CHoRUS) for equitable AI - $25K 3Cavaliers Fund and UVA Brain Institute
Animating Alzheimer's disease short film