Fantastic venue HFSA!! Loved touring the Rock & Roll memorabilia and hearing the jam session. 🎶 🎤 And visiting with friends! Scott Lundgren Lucinda J. Graven PhD, APRN, FAHA, FAAN windywalonso Lyndsay DeGroot PhD, RN, CNE @nurse_averyB Martha Abshire Saylor #HFSA2023

Congratulations to these investigators! Salvatore Carbone, PhD, RDN, FHFSA, FASPEN Alaa Omar, MD, MSc, PhD, FACC, FSCAI @nurse_averyB and Heidi Roschinger! #HFSA2023

Alabama representing at #ASCOQLTY23 UAB O'Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center USAMCI. Sorry to those we missed!!

@nurse_averyB presents her stellar work on what values family caregivers say are important when partnering with patients in cancer treatment decision making at #ASCOQLTY23 UAB School of Nursing @UABGeriPal #hapc

Check out our #AHA Scientific Statement that addresses #telehealth access for patients with #heartfailure, underscoring persistent disparities (broadband access, digital literacy, structural inequities) & advocating for equitable solutions to improve outcomes AHA Science

It's November, which means it's #NationalFamilyCaregiversMonth. See below for some concrete ways to lend support and solidarity the millions of unsung caregiving heroes out there, in all of our lives!

PhDONE woohoo!! Wouldn’t have made it without the support of chair Nick Odom, PhD, RN, FAAN and committee members Marie Bakitas Colleen McIlvennan Dan D. Matlock #DeborahEjem 🙏🏻

Incredibly proud to join the <1% of the nursing workforce to have earned a PhD. Huge thx to my mentors, partner, friends, and family for endless support these past 3.5 yrs UAB School of Nursing Was also an unforgettable experience to get hooded the same semester as my partner of 9 yrs 👩🏻‍🎓🧑🏻‍🎓

📚A wonderful holiday gift! Our book received the AmJNurs Book of the Year Award for #PalliativeCare & #Hospice🙏🏽HUGE thanks to all contributors for making this book possible🎉Congrats to all winners🎇Read more: journals.lww.com/ajnonline/full… Elizabeth Broden, PhD, RN (she/her) ☮️ The John A. Hartford Foundation Nick Odom, PhD, RN, FAAN

The UAB School of Nursing has again increased its research funding and maintained a spot at the top of the NIH funding rankings for U.S. Schools of Nursing, as published by the Blue Ridge Institute for Medical Research. Read more: buff.ly/3SNl5hs

🌟Thrilled to share: EPIC, a telephonic intervention, blends geriatric & palliative care principles to target COPD patients' independence, mobility, well-being, and symptoms. 📊Stay tuned for pilot findings (I was one of the nurse coaches!) @anandiyermd authors.elsevier.com/c/1imLv5WqQh2H…

Rockstars of #hapc research Nick Odom, PhD, RN, FAAN Nathan Goldstein closing an amazing #sots24. They are filling our cup as we all leave PHX energized to continue to move the field forward. AAHPM Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association (HPNA)

First conferences as a post doc ☑️ #hapc24 #sots24 Still in awe of all the amazing research being conducted in the palliative care space and immensely grateful to be mentored by some of the best and brightest in the field 🌟 Nick Odom, PhD, RN, FAAN Rachel Wells, PhD, RN Shena Gazaway Marie Bakitas

Our study of 27 LVAD recipients found implantation led them to reevaluate their values; these values became instrumental to health decisions and coping. Read more here: bmcpalliatcare.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11… Nick Odom, PhD, RN, FAAN Marie Bakitas Dan D. Matlock Colleen McIlvennan Rachel Wells, PhD, RN #BMCPalliatCare

In our study of 21 caregivers, we found they don't share their values with clinicians if they perceive them as unrelated to the patient's care or obvious from their actions journals.lww.com/jcnjournal/ful… Nick Odom, PhD, RN, FAAN Marie Bakitas Dan D. Matlock Colleen McIlvennan Rachel Wells, PhD, RN Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing

⁦Avery Bechthold PhD BSN RN⁩ (post doc) honored with Jean Kelley Legacy Award ⁦UAB School of Nursing⁩ PhD intensive. With nominators/ supporters ⁦Marie Bakitas⁩ @gazawayshena ⁦Rachel Wells, PhD, RN⁩ (mentor ⁦Nick Odom, PhD, RN, FAAN⁩ not pictured)!! For outstanding achievements during PhD!!

Bucket 🪣 filling session yesterday launching our 3rd 🙌🏽 Peer Review Mentorship Program Journal of Cardiac Failure !! Demystifying the review process & forging new connections 🤝 btwn mentees & mentors! Robert Mentz, MD #Grateful @MRMehraMD #HowieEisen #KathyGrady HFSA

Had the privilege of attending the Annual Kathleen Foley Palliative Care Retreat and Research Symposium at the gorgeous Cliff House Maine 🦞 as HPNA Research Scholar Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association (HPNA) ✨

Members of the UAB School of Nursing are presenting their research at the AAHPM 2025 Annual Assembly this Saturday! View agenda: bit.ly/3Q40pki