UNCW Faculty members Tammy Arms, Patty White, former SON director Laurie Badzek, and Michelle McEwen Campbell  represented CHHS down under while attending the Sigma International Research Congress conference. They presented a symposium on inter professional education, and Michelle presented her poster on OB.

Associate Professor April Matthias was recently awarded two grants to complete her nursing history research. The grants—American Association for the History of Nursing H-15 Research Grant ($3000) and The Karyn and Terrance Holm Visiting Scholar Award ($1500)—are funding for archive research to study early distance education, correspondence courses in nursing that operated in the early 20th century. Read more...

SON clinical research assistant professor Jennifer McCall received the Cahill Research Grant Award to investigate the marine natural project Brevenal® which may help people with lung obstruction.  The product has been shown to increase lung clearance in animal models and may assist in the treatment of pulmonary diseases such as COPD, asthma and cystic fibrosis. Read more...

Assistant professor Kellie Griggs was the keynote speaker at the NC AWHONN State conference on April 27 in Greensboro.  Griggs’ presentation was on the advocacy through policy, legislation and funding with a focus on enhancing access to care for women and infant health, decreasing maternal mortality, and increasing providers and funding.

Assistant professor Lorie Sigmon delivered a presentation at the National Academies of Practice on April 13 in Atlanta.   The presentation was entitled “Implementing Experiential Interprofessional Learning with Nursing and Medical Students to Improve Patient Safety.” 

 Research is at the core of the University of North Carolina Wilmington, the College of Health & Human Services, and the School of Nursing mission. Our faculty have a range of diverse specialties in the nursing and clinical research field which are represented in their research endeavors and scholarly publications. Click here to view highlights from both recent and forthcoming faculty research publications.

Clinical research student Ashley Bissette won a Center for Support of Undergraduate Research and Fellowships (CSURF)  award for her project "Antibiotic Drug Discovery from Marine Algae."

Clinical research student Stephanie Spencer (May 2018) discusses the findings of her pilot study entitled "Simulation-Based Learning in Clinical Research: A Pilot Study of Feasibility" to her peers during a poster session at the 2018 CHHS Research Day.