Faculty Spotlight

Dr. Dawn Carpenter, Associate Professor and Dr. Alex Menard, Coordinator of the Acute Care NP Track had their latest book published “Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Certification Review” by Springer Publishing.

This book is a comprehensive and an excellent resource for AGACNP students and faculty.

Dr. Susan Feeney, Associate Dean for Advanced Practice Programs and Dr. Dawn Carpenter, Associate Professor on your induction into the 2023 Fellows of the American Association of Nurse practitioners during a ceremony Thursday June 22. Your commitment to our students helps make Tan Chingfen Graduate School of Nursing a leader in higher education.

Becoming a fellow is a highly esteemed privilege. Only 1/4 of 1% of the nation’s 355,000 NPs are bestowed this honor after they have made a significant contribution to the NP profession. You have earned this recognition with your selfless work.

Dr. Dani Herbert, Coordinator of Adult-Gerontology Nurse Practitioner Primary Care Track, Dr. Rose Kronziah-Seme, Assistant Professor, Dr. Chrystina Soloperto, Assistant Professor and Ricardo Poza, Assistant Dean for Curricular Innovation graduated from the Junior Faculty Development Program.

The Junior Faculty Development Program features functional mentoring at its core and matches mentees to mentors in programs outside their own. View photos from Friday’s graduation: https:// direc.to/jQML

Dr. Shari Harding, Coordinator of the DNP Program and Psychiatric-Mental Health article entitled “Psychiatric deprescribing: A Narrative Review” is officially live online at https:// journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/10783903231185353

Citation: Harding, S.L., Ellis, K.A., Boisseau, J., & Petreca, V. (online advance). Psychiatric deprescribing: A narrative review. Journal of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association.

Dani Hebert, Coordinator of Adult-Gerontology Nurse Practitioner Primary Care Track has been selected to be the first NP Associate Editor for the Aquifer Internal Medicine Consortium Board-it will go into effect July 1.

She will be responsible, with other members of the board, for creating and reviewing content for case studies to be used by MD, NP, and PA students.

Dr. Rita Amoah, Dr. Jesica Pagano-Therrien along with Dr. Michele Griswold an alumni had their paper “"Go With the Flow:" A Qualitative Description of Infant Feeding Experiences Among Women With HIV in the United States. Below is the citation.

Pagano-Therrien, J., Griswold, M. K., & Amoah, R. K. (2023). "Go With the Flow:" A Qualitative Description of Infant Feeding Experiences Among Women With HIV in the United States. The Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care : JANAC, 10.1097/JNC.0000000000000411. Advance online publication. Article

This GRIT Freedom chair was donated to the Mass Audubon Broad Meadow Brook sanctuary following a research study introducing veterans with PTSD to experiences with nature and wildlife. This study was conducted by Dr. Donna Perry and colleagues from the UMass Chan Medical School Tan Chingfen Graduate School of Nursing and Broad Meadow Brook was proud to assist. The GRIT Freedom Chair is a manual all-terrain wheelchair built to explore the outdoors and this one is available in our Nature Center for visitors to use.

Dr. Jill Terrien, Associate Dean Interprofessional and Community Partnerships gave a presentation at the Worcester Senior Center. The presentation: “What do your eyes, ears and feet have to do with falling” was part of the Senior Fall Prevention and Wellness Series. The presentation had over 100 seniors present, it was interactive and a phenomenal experience. The event demonstrated the tremendous work of the staff at the Worcester Senior Center and their dedication to keeping seniors engaged. The programming available has the center busy 5 days a week. A true gem of the city of Worcester!

Dr. Teri Aronowitz becomes Associate Dean for Research and Innovation

It is with distinct pleasure that I announce that Dr. Terese (Teri) Aronowitz has been appointed Associate Dean for Research and Innovation at the Tan Chingfen School of Nursing. Dr. Aronowitz will succeed Dr. Susan Sullivan Bolyai in this role. Dr. Aronowitz came to us in 2021 as a tenured Professor in Nursing from the UMASS Boston Campus and currently was serving as faculty in the PhD program. She practices at Boston University (BU) as a Nurse Practitioner in Student Health 1-day a week. Dr. Aronowitz is Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of American College Health. Her seminal contribution has been to advance the science of evidence -based care for sexual health promotion and healthy adolescent development.

Dr. Aronowitz has completed over a dozen CBPR projects with African American, Asian American, and Native American families to promote health adolescent development free of negative risk behaviors. She is currently funded with Dr Cedric Woods (Director of the New England Native American Studies Program at UMB) by the MA Depart of Public Health delivering a culturally and developmentally appropriate intervention to prevent substance initiation among Native middle-school youth.

She has numerous awards and recognitions and is a Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing (FAAN) and a member of the violence prevention expert panel.

Please join me in welcoming Dr. Aronowitz to her new role.

Dean Joan Vitello

Dr. Cecily Kulsick, Instructor received an Advanced Practice Nursing Award May 2023

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (Lois E. Silverman

Department of Nursing) Excellence in Advanced Nursing Practice Award

The Excellence in Advanced Practice Nursing Award is granted annually to an advanced practice nurse who embodies overall excellence in nursing practice, including clinical expertise, collaboration and a spirit of inquiry. Criteria reviewed are the nominee’s contributions to the field of nursing by demonstrating leadership, mentorship, scholarly inquiry and leadership activities. The award also takes into consideration the nominee’s embodiment of the key tenets of the BIDMC Nursing Mission, which is, “to build on a legacy of nursing excellence by caring with compassion, advancing the art and science of nursing, and advocating for the health of patients, families and communities.”

Drs. Mechelle Plasse and Ken Peterson, Assistant Professor’s had their article published in Journal of Professional Nurses entitled “incorporating social justice learning into competencybased graduate nursing: A discussion of integrating pedagogies”. The authors discuss faculty preparation and pedagogical considerations when incorporating social justice learning into a graduate and post-graduate psychiatric nurse practitioner course. Read the whole article here: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S8755722323001102