What Are Your Proud Of From This Semester?: Add your responses (or recognize a mentor/mentee) below!!! by Rae Walker, PhD RN FAAN (they/them)

Emefa Awo Adawudu

r_walker6 — 2024-12-17 18:56:09 UTC

1. I was awarded a pre-dissertation grant from the graduate school to fund my pre-dissertation activity aimed to strengthen the methodology of my dissertation. I would like to thank my advisor, Dr. Allison Vorderstrasse and Dr. Linda Koh for their support during the process.

2. I have been awarded the Scholarly Open Access Research Fund (SOAR) from the UMASS Amherst Libraries to support the Author Publication Charges (APC) of an article I published in September. The title of the article is "The Effects of Ghana’s Free Maternal and Healthcare Policy on Maternal and Infant Healthcare: A Scoping Review". I would like to thank my advisor, Dr. Allison Vorderstrasse and Dr. Favorite Iradukunda for their support.

3. I have been awarded the Graduate Student Government (GSG) 2024 travel grant to support a part of my travel expenses to San Francisco in 2025 to present my accepted work at the Society of Behavioral Medicine Conference. I will be presenting a poster on 'Psychosocial influence on glycemic control among Blacks and Hispanics with type 2 diabetes." I would like to thank Dr. Seven Memnum for her support and mentorship.

4. This Fall, I presented a paper and poster at the Black Maternal Health and Training Institute conference and the Gerontological Society of America Scientific Sessions. These presentations were through research collaborations with Dr. Favorite Iradukunda and Professor Cynthia Jacelon. I received a student scholarship from the Black Maternal Health and Training Institute for the conference and a travel award from the Social Research, Policy and Practice group to support my travel to Seattle for GSA.

5. I received a fellowship from the Women's Interprofessional Network of the American Diabetes Association. As part of my fellowship, I received a travel award to enable me participate in the upcoming American Diabetes Association Clinical Update Conference in Florida next year.

6. I passed my NCLEX-RN exams.

Finally, I would like to say a big thank you to my advisor and my mentors.

Jaclyn Oppedisano - recent publication!

r_walker6 — 2024-12-17 18:58:01 UTC

Huge Thanks to all Teaching Assistants, Test Proctors & Tutors!!

r_walker6 — 2024-12-17 19:03:48 UTC

You make the teaching mission at the EMCON possible.

Thank you Research Assistants!

r_walker6 — 2024-12-17 19:04:25 UTC

Your expertise and support of the research here in the college and beyond is invaluable!

Thank you to all of the Staff, Faculty, Advisors & Committee Members who support the PhD Program & this community! <3

r_walker6 — 2024-12-17 19:05:19 UTC

Thank you PhD Academic Matters Committee!

r_walker6 — 2024-12-17 19:07:37 UTC

For all of your time, thoughtful consideration and support of this program. And special thanks to the student representatives on that committee, including Hannah Odei-Opoku & Khadijat Adeleye

Thank you Faculty!

2024-12-17 19:23:45 UTC

Starting anew as a student is always daunting but the faculty at EMCON were supportive and gave us space for growth. I have enjoyed my first semester of doctoral studies and look forward to continual learning. As a distance/online learner, I have felt included and supported in all aspects.

My favorite moment(s) during the semester was preparing a piano piece for our philosophy alternative assignment and watching my other cohort members creatively share their interpretations of nursing science and philosophy.

Lindsay DuBois-Presentation in Europe and upcoming letter to the editor

2024-12-17 19:57:01 UTC

My research team and I gave a podium presentation at Sigma's European Regional Conference in June. We continue to expand our community partnerships and continue to receive supportive feedback from students who feel more confident having gender representation in the undergrad curriculum. I submitted an abstract to the St Anselm's Nurse Educator Conference for May 2025. This week I am submitting a letter to the editor of the Journal of Clinical Simulation on behalf of the team titled, The Importance of Collaboration to Reduce Harm of Legislative Restrictions in Healthcare and Higher Education. This advocates for collaboration and professional ethics to support ongoing advocacy and access to healthcare and education.

Seed works Symposium shout

2024-12-17 20:06:22 UTC

Thank you MiaoMiao, Hannah, Emefa, and Khadijat for your fantastic work at Seedworks. I sincerely appreciate you 💜

Thank you cohort peers

2024-12-17 20:12:05 UTC

I am very grateful for our community and support within our cohorts including my peers who also support me in their TA roles in addition to their coursework. Enjoy a restful break!