2023 gnlc 11th Doctoral Symposium
The 2023 GNLC 11th Doctoral Symposium for current students in doctoral programs and doctoral faculty took on February 11, 2023 at Emory Nursing Learning Center, Emory University’s Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing, Atlanta, GA. This year’s theme was on the topic of, Charting Innovative Paths for Nursing Research & Scholarship.
142 doctoral students, faculty, and GNLC leaders attended this year’s GNLC 11th Annual Doctoral Symposium
Opening Plenary Speaker – Shannon N. Zenk, PhD, MPH, RN, FAAN – The NINR Strategic Plan
Closing Plenary Speaker – Tim Cunningham, RN, DrPH, MSN, FAAN – The Case for Playfulness in Your Doctoral Journey
There were 17 podium presentations and 39 poster presentations given by doctoral students throughout Georgia
Students and Faculty participated in a networking session at lunch where they discussed doctoral program developments and met new faculty from universities throughout Georgia
2023 GNLC PhD Award Winners!
1st Place -- Social Support and Sleep Quality among Heart Failure Family Caregivers - Hayden Herring - PhD - Emory University School of Nursing
2nd Place -- The Impact of Dog Ownership on Depression, Anxiety, and Loneliness in Community-Dwelling 55 and Older Adult Dog Owners: An Exploratory Study - Diedre Harp - PhD - University of North Georgia
3rd Place -- Knowledge and Perceptions of Alzheimer’s Disease in the African American Population - Valencia Freeman - PhD - Augusta University
2023 GNLC DNP Award Winners!
1st Place -- Reducing Psychotic Relapse through Family Education: A DNP Project - Eleasa Milano - DNP - Georgia Southern University
2nd Place -- Assessing the Perceived Barriers to the Administration of Adjunctive Aromatherapy in Nurses Caring for Pediatric Patients with Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting: An Evidence-Based Practice Project - Marissa Terry - DNP - Kennesaw State University
3rd Place -- Implementation of a Preparatory Student Success Course for First-Year BSN Nursing Students: A Quality Improvement Project - Jherika Tyler - DNP - Columbus State University
SPEAKERS
Shannon Zenk, PhD, MPH, RN, FAAN
National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR) Director, Shannon N. Zenk, PhD, MPH, RN, FAAN, is a leading nurse researcher whose research focuses on social inequities and health with the goal of identifying effective, multilevel approaches to improve health and eliminate racial/ethnic and socioeconomic health disparities. Dr. Zenk will speak on NINR’s New Strategic Plan.
Dr. Zenk was elected as a fellow of the American Academy of Nursing in 2013, received the President’s Award from the Friends of the National Institute of Nursing Research in 2018, and was inducted into the International Nurse Researchers Hall of Fame in 2019. She has spent time as a visiting scholar in Rwanda and Australia. She earned her bachelor’s in nursing, magna cum laude, from Illinois Wesleyan University, Bloomington; her master’s degrees in public health nursing and community health sciences from UIC; and her doctorate in health behavior and health education from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
Tim Cunningham, RN, DrPH, MSN, FAAN, is the vice president of practice and innovation for Emory Healthcare and adjunct associate professor at the Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing. He also serves as the Co-Chief Well-Being Officer for the Woodruff Health Sciences Center Office of Well-Being (EmWELL).
His research and publications focus on methods to advocate for well-being while measuring the impacts of specific wellness-related practices. Dr. Cunningham’s co-authored book, “Self-Care for New and Student Nurses” (2020), examines ways to keep well-being relevant for the individual as well as for health systems.
Clinically, Dr. Cunningham’s background is as an emergency/trauma nurse and he’s worked at multiple level-one trauma centers in the U.S. while also serving in humanitarian crises such as the West Africa Ebola outbreak, post 2010 earthquake in Haiti, and in the ongoing humanitarian crisis on the Myanmar (Burma)/Bangladesh border.
Tim Cunningham, DrPH, MSN, RN, FAAN
