Irma Mahone, PhD, RN

Irma Mahone, PhD, RN

Research Assistant Professor

Department: Southeastern Rural Mental Health Research Center

Office: McLeod 2013
Phone: (434) 982-1805
Email: ih3xn@Virginia.EDU
Fax: (434) 982-3275

Registered nurse with a Masters Degree in Psychiatric Mental Health and a PhD in nursing. Employed as a Research Assistant Professor at the University of Virginia School of Nursing . Currently conducting nursing research in shared decision making in public mental health.

Research Focus

Shared decision making in public mental health.

Awards & Honors

  • Year 5 Pilot Study Award, "Shared Decision Making and Medication Use in Public Mental Health", Rural Healthcare Research Center (NIH-NINR grant P20NR009009), School of Nursing, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia. (April, 2008)
  • Finalist for the Lutterman Award., Mental Health Section of the American Public Health Association, at the APHA 134th Annual Meeting and Exposition, "Public Health and Human Rights," November 4-8, 2006, Boston, MA. (2006)
  • Robert J. Huskey Graduate Research Exhibition Award for best oral presentation in Social and Behavioral Sciences, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA. (2005)
  • Best Student Poster Award at 18th Annual National Conference , American Psychiatric Nurses Association, Phoenix, AZ (2004)
  • National Research Service Award for doctoral research proposal “Medication Decision-Making by Persons with Serious Mental Illness” , Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Nursing Research, Washington, D.C. (2004)
  • Phyllis Verhonick Research Award, Beta Kappa Chapter, Sigma Theta Tau International, Charlottesville, VA. (2004)
  • Ann O’Brien Leone Scholarship , University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA. (2004)

Current Funded Grants

  • Rural Health Care Research Center
    Pilot Principal Investigator, ( YR 05 Pilot 13); Shared Decision Making and Medication Use in Public Mental Health. (2008 - 2010)

Professional Service

  • Co-founder and first President , Virginia Association of Community Psychiatric Nurses (1989-1992)