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PhD student Cecilia Zavala-Guzmán presented a poster, “Family Caregiver Training Program for Older Adults in Chile: A Qualitative Study,” at the International Conference on Aging in Americans in Miami, FL.

PhD student Jolie Jemmott traveled to Las Vegas to present at the American Society of Addiction Nursing’s annual conference. “I was honored to present at the ASAN Conference on my research examining the barriers, attitudes, and beliefs influencing Black men’s engagement in seeking opioid use treatment,” Jemmott said. “This opportunity allowed me to contribute to the broader dialogue on advancing equitable, culturally responsive approaches to care.”

In Boston, at the Global Korean Nursing Foundation-USA’s annual conference, PhD student Donghwan “Han” Lee was honored with the Best Presentation Award for his presentation titled “Longitudinal Analysis of Nurse-Led Care Management's Impact on Chronic Illness Self-Management Statuses in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes and Hypertension.” Lee is pictured below sharing a poster for the study at the School of Nursing’s inaugural Center for Nursing Research symposium earlier in the year.

DNP student Christeanna Richardson presented a poster at the CleanAIRE NC Conference. Richardson’s research looked at a commonly used plasticizer known as DEHP. The poster was titled, “Understanding the Health and Environmental Risks of Di(2-ethylhexyl) Phthalata (DEHP).”

DNP student Sahara Aguilar was selected to present her DNP project at the 48th Biennial Convention for Sigma Theta Tau in Indianapolis, IN. Her poster was titled “Supporting Mental Health in Schools: Empowering the School Nurse” and was one of the Rising Stars of Research and Scholarship Invited Student Presentations representing the School of Nursing’s Beta Epsilon Chapter of Sigma Theta Tau.

At the Obesity Society’s annual conference, PhD student Caroline Kee presented a poster on her research titled “Causal Attributions and Internalized Weight Bias in Adults with Obesity: A Factor Analysis.”

PhD student Somin Sang gave a presentation at the American Medical Informatics Association annual conference in Atlanta. Sang’s research focuses on healthcare systems engineering and digital health monitoring, and her presentation was titled “Comparing Patient-Level Social Drivers of Health from Health Surveys and Electronic Health Records for Patients with Comorbid Hypertension and Uncontrolled Diabetes.”