Annual Nursing research Grant awards

2019 Grant Award Recipients

We are delighted to announce that four sponsored grants were awarded at the 2019 ISONG World Congress. Thank you to the Schools of Nursing at Clemson University, Duquesne University, University of Connecticut, and University of Pittsburgh for their support of these awards.

Clemson University/ISONG Research Award granted to:

Alexandra Nowak

for her research grant proposal entitled “Neighborhood Disorder and Epigenetic Regulation of Stress Pathways Related to Preterm Birth”

Duquesne University/ISONG Research Award granted to:

Sharon Casavant

for her research grant proposal entitled “Predicting Neurodevelopmental Outcomes of Preterm Infants Using Genomic Measures”

University of Connecticut/ISONG Research Award granted to:

Frances Peterson-Burch

for her research grant proposal entitled "miRNAs Related to Age-Related Macular Degeneration, Given Nuclear Genetic Susceptibility"   

University of Pittsburgh/ISONG Research Award granted to:

Maryam Hamidi

for her research grant proposal entitled  “The Effect of Skin to Skin Care on Oral and Gut Microbial Communities of Preterm Infants and Consequent Health Outcomes”

2018 Grant Award Recipients

We are delighted to announce that two sponsored grants were awarded at the 2018 ISONG World Congress. Thank you to the Schools of Nursing at Duquesne University and to the  University of Pittsburgh for their support of these awards.

Duquesne University/ISONG Research Award granted to:

Katherine Durham Maki

for her research grant proposal entitled “Cardiovascular and Gut Microbiome Response to Sleep Fragmentation in Rats”

University of Pittsburgh/ISONG Research Award awarded to:

Mallory Perry

for her research grant proposal entitled “Assessing the Management of Pediatric Postsurgical Pain (AMP3) with Genetics”

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Please contact Amy Spikula at amy@isong.org to sponsor an ISONG Research Grant.