CNPD Research News: May 2024

The CNPD is listing publications & presentations for 2023-2024 on our website.

This submission form is available to make submissions for publications, presentations, social media, and other media items.

CNPD Community News

CNPD Research and Scholarship Day

Thank you to everyone who participated or attended! You were part of making the day a success!

• All presentations (in-person or video) are listed in the catalog.
• Video presentations are available from online students.

Faculty Research & Scholarship Contribution Awards

These awards were established to recognize the contribution of CNPD faculty members who have conducted or promoted research or scholarship that has enhanced science and practice in the College of Nursing and Professional Disciplines. Nominations opened in April, with the CNPD Research & Scholarship Committee making final determinations for the recipients.

Congratulations to the following recipients:

• Dr. Yi-Ping Hsieh, EXPERIENCED: Tenure Track (Social Work)
• Dr. Karen Semmens, EXPERIENCED: Clinical Track (Nursing)
• Dr. Jeffrey Anvari-Clark, NOVICE: Tenure Track (Social Work)
• Dr. Anne Bodensteiner, NOVICE: Clinical Track (Nutrition & Dietetics)

Student Award Winners

Faculty Favorite:

• Nurse Anesthesia: The Hidden Gem, presented by UND Nursing students Kristine Cacnio, Alexis Schauer Gilson, and Ashley Souders.
• The preventative effects and impact of the Mediterranean diet and MIND diet on Alzheimer’s disease development, presented by UND Nutrition & Dietetics students Maggie Dervis and Skylar Thingvold.
• Enhancing Mental Health Support for Refugee Youth in Grand Forks High Schools, presented by UND Social Work student Nshimirimana Aline.

Crowd Favorite:

• Benefits of Acupuncture for Menopausal Women, presented by UND Nursing students Natalie Johnson, Mikayla Leach, Katelyn Longerbone, Kipton Pintok, and Alexis Thomas
• Effects of Time-Restricted Eating (TRE) on Metabolism and Cognitive Function, presented by UND Nutrition & Dietetics students Autumn Thompson, Ashley Chase, Tristan Darland, Bjorn Sheils, and Dmitri Poltavski
• Empowering Reentry: The Crucial Role of Social Support for Newly-released Indigenous Inmates, presented by UND Social Work student Alyssa Alberts.

 Research Day Media Coverage

• Health, wellness take spotlight at CNPD Research & Scholarship Day (UND Today story with student and faculty interviews and award highlights)
• Spotlight on Excellence: Awards announced during CNPD Research & Scholarship Day (CNPD blog post featuring faculty award winner bios and pictures of faculty and student award winners)

Dr. Shannon Zenk visits the CNPD

The College was pleased to host Dr. Shannon Zenk, a high-profile member of the nursing profession on April 19^th. Dr. Zenk is director of the National Institute of Nursing Research, a part of the National Institutes of Health.

Research can help improve patients’ outcomes as well as nurses’ professional lives, she said in her fireside chat visit with students in a recent UND Today story.

Upcoming Events

Dr. Jeffrey Anvari-Clark is organizing the next set of Financial Interdependence Colloquia. You can learn more about the work on the project website. If you are interested in learning more or joining the conversation, please sign up here or contact him via the project email at und.fip@und.edu

Accomplishments

The National Child Welfare Workforce Institute (NCWWI) Consortium has created a final qualitative evaluation report for the NCWWI grant. It’s full of fantastic quotes and some great summaries of changes achieved at the Tribal child welfare agency and in our Social Work department from this partnership.

Congratulations to Dr. Nathaniel Johnson on a few accomplishments!

• On April 23, The Conversation published an article that was co-written by Nathaniel Johnson, assistant professor of nutrition and dietetics at UND. Johnson co-authored the piece with Hasan Khatib, associate chair and professor of genetics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Thomas D. Crenshaw, professor of animal and dairy sciences at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The article, “What you eat could alter your unborn children and grandchildren’s genes and health outcomes”, can be read in its original form on The Conversation’s website. As of May 1, the article has been read 38,000 times. The Conversation is a nonprofit media resource that publishes “explanatory journalism” columns by university scholars, and makes those columns available for free and immediate republication. A complete list of all articles authored by UND scholars can be found on The Conversation’s website. UND faculty members and graduate students who’d like more information on writing for The Conversation are invited to read Introducing The Conversation, a story that appeared in UND Today in 2022. An additional story from last summer, More than 340,000 readers worldwide, noted that UND faculty members who’ve written for The Conversation report “outstanding” experiences and say they’d recommend without hesitation that their colleagues become Conversation authors.  
• Julie Garden-Robinson and Sherri Stastny in Health, Nutrition, and Exercise Science, along with NDSU alum Dr. Nathaniel Johnson received the Outstanding Professional Poster Award for “Going solo: ‘Living alone’ impact on health lifestyle for rural North Dakota.” The award was presented at a conference by the Cardiovascular Health and Well-being, dietetic practice group of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, in Tucson, Arizona.

Congratulations to Joni Tweeten on her publication!

• Tweeten J., Hung W. (2023). Design-based Research Method in PBL/PjBL: A case in Nursing Education. The Interdisciplinary Journal of Problem-Based Learning. Doi: https://doi.org/10.14434/ijpbl.v17i2.37740

Funding Opportunities

Recently released Fiscal Year 2024 (FY24) funding announcements for Department of Defense (DOD) programs managed by the Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP).

Funding announcements released:

The Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Research Program (DMDRP) released program announcements for the following funding opportunities:

• Idea Development Award
• Clinical/Translational Research Award

To view the program announcements and submit a pre-application visit: https://ebrap.org/eBRAP/public/ProgramFY.htm?programFYId=589107

The Melanoma Research Program (MRP) released program announcements for the following funding opportunities:

• Survivorship Research Award *NEW for FY24*
• Idea Award
• Melanoma Academy Scholar Award
• Team Science Award
• Focused Program Award – Rare Melanomas

To view the program announcements and submit a pre-application visit: https://ebrap.org/eBRAP/public/ProgramFY.htm?programFYId=589105

The Peer Reviewed Orthopaedic Research Program (PRORP) released program announcements for the following funding opportunity:

• Women’s Health Research Award *NEW for FY24*
• Applied Research Award
• Clinical Translational Research Award
• Clinical Trial Award

To view the program announcements and submit a pre-application visit:  https://ebrap.org/eBRAP/public/ProgramFY.htm?programFYId=589104

The Prostate Cancer Research Program (PCRP) released a program announcement for the following funding opportunity:

• Implementation Science Award

To view the program announcement and submit a pre-application visit:  https://ebrap.org/eBRAP/public/ProgramFY.htm?programFYId=589103

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All applications must conform to the final Funding Opportunities/Program Announcements and General Application Instructions which can be found on the Grants.gov website (https://Grants.gov).  A listing of all CDMRP and other USAMRDC extramural funding opportunities can be obtained on the Grants.gov website by performing a basic search using CFDA Number 12.420. Applicant organizations must be registered in SAM (https://www.sam.gov/SAM/) and receive confirmation of an “Active” status before submitting an application through Grants.gov.

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