UMass Amherst Nurse-Engineer Team Honored for Inventing IV Pole Designed to Improve Patient Safety
The award winners were announced on March 11.
Content
A nurse-engineer team at the University of Massachusetts Amherst has been honored with an ANA Innovation Award for inventing a new intravenous (IV) pole designed to improve the safety and ease of administering IV medications at the hospital bedside.
The American Nurses Association Foundation and the American Nurses Enterprise announced the 2025 award winners on Tuesday, March. 11. The team – Karen Giuliano, nursing co-director of the Elaine Marieb Center for Nursing and Engineering Innovation; Jeannine Blake, assistant professor of nursing; and Juan Jiménez, associate professor of mechanical and industrial engineering and a Manning/IALS Innovation Fellow – won honorable mention in the 2025 Team Innovation Award category...
Read full article >
Featuring
Jeannine Blake
Assistant Professor
Jeannine Blake, PhD RN, is an assistant professor at the Elaine Marieb College of Nursing, focusing on medical device innovation.
Karen Giuliano
Professor, Elaine Marieb College of Nursing/Institute for Applied Life Sciences (Joint Appointment)
Co-Director, Elaine Marieb Center for Nursing and Engineering Innovation
Karen Giuliano, PhD, RN, MBA, FAAN, teaches research methods in both the undergraduate and graduate programs. She is co-director of EMCNEI.
