Irma Mahone, PhD, RN
Research Assistant Professor
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
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)