UMass Nursing Faculty Receive Pilot Grants from Center for Nursing and Engineering Innovation
This year, three year-long projects awarded funding.
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Several EMCON faculty received Pilot Grant funding from the Elaine Marieb Center for Nursing and Engineering Innovation. The Center awards such grants annually to UMass faculty teams "that use collaborative, interdisciplinary nurse–engineer research to discover and fill gaps in effective healthcare products and processes."
They are:
- Joohyun Chung, PhD, RN, Improving Workforce Planning and Patient Safety: Addressing Unpredictable Factors to Support Nurse Well‑Being.
- Cidalia Vital, PhD, RN, CNL, CRRN, Improving Workforce Planning and Patient Safety: Addressing Unpredictable Factors to Support Nurse Well‑Being and Early Detection of Alzheimer’s Disease & Related Dementias (ADRD) Using AI‑Based Facial and Motion Image Processing.
- Yeonsik Noh, PhD, Early Detection of Alzheimer’s Disease & Related Dementias (ADRD) Using AI‑Based Facial and Motion Image Processing.
- Michael Lepore, PhD, FGSA, Early Detection of Alzheimer’s Disease & Related Dementias (ADRD) Using AI‑Based Facial and Motion Image Processing.
- Kalpana Poudel‑Tandukar, PhD, RN, How Far for Fresh Food? Mapping Food Affordability & Accessibility in Massachusetts - Joint Funded with Institute of Diversity Sciences (IDS).
Featuring
Joohyun Chung
Associate Professor
Dr. Chung teaches in both undergrad and grad programs. Her research focuses on application of nursing informatics, biostatistics, and data science in nursing.
Cidalia J. Vital
Research Liaison, Elaine Marieb Center for Nursing & Engineering Innovation
Lecturer
Cidalia J. Vital is a research liaison and lecturer at the Elaine Marieb College of Nursing. She organizes collaborations between Baystate Health and EMCNEI.
Michael Lepore
Professor
Michael Lepore, PhD, FGSA is the associate dean of research at the Elaine Marieb College of Nursing.
Yeonsik Noh
Associate Professor
Yeonsik Noh is a joint Associate Professor at the UMass Amherst Elaine Marieb College of Nursing and the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department.
Kalpana Poudel-Tandukar
Professor
Dr. Poudel-Tandukar teaches in the graduate program. Her research focuses on intervention design and evaluation of mental health, nutrition, and HIV infection.
