Grant Recipients

2007

Mary Amanda Dew, Professor of Psychiatry
Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic
Pittsburgh, PA
“Meta-analysis of Medical Adherence Outcomes in Pediatric Organ Transplantation”

Leentie De Bleser
Katholicke University Leuven
Leuven Belgium
“Testing the Reliability and Usability of the Helping Hand”  A new electronic monitoring tool to assess medication nonadherence

Gabriela Schmid-Mohler, Staff Nurse
University Hospital Zurich
Zurich Switzerland
“Prevalance and Determinants of Non-Adherence to Immunosuppresion Drugs in Renal Transplant Recipients”

2006

Karen Porterfield, Clinical Social Worker
Starzl Transplantation Institute, University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA
“Well-Being in Liver Donors”

Sandra Martin, Clinical Nurse Specialist
Center for Health Services and Nursing Research
Katholieke Universiteit
Leuven, Belgium
“Health Releated Quality of Life and Its Determinants in Heart Transplant Recipients: 1,5, 10, and 15 years post transplant”

2005

Mary Amanda Dew, PhD
University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Meta-analysis of Medical Adherence Outcomes in Adult Organ Transplantation

Kathy Lawrence, MN, RN
Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Cardiology Division, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Development and Interpersonal Maturity Among Adolescent and Young Adult Heart Recipients

Lawrence K, Stilley CS, Olshansky E, Bender A, Webber SA. Further exploration: Maturity and adherence in adolescent and young adult heart transplant recipients. Progress in Transplantation 2008; 18 (1): 50-54.

Petra Schaefer-Keller, MNS
Institute of Nursing Science
University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
Computerized Patient Education in Kidney Transplantation. Part 1: Testing the Usability of the Organ Transplant Information System

2004

Omaima Sabek, PhD
University of Tennessee-Memphis
"Gene Profile Predictor of Human Islet Function"

Zoila Vichot Sanchez, RN, PhD(candidate)
University of Tennessee-Memphis
"Perceived Barriers and Facilitators to Physical Activity in Kidney and Kidney Pancreas Transplant Recipients"

2003

Carolyn Driscoll, RN, MSN, FNP-C, PhD Candidate
University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center, Memphis, Tennessee
"Gene Expression Profiles of Liver Transplant Patients"

Kathy Lawrence, MN, RN
Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Cardiology Division, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
"Adolescent Development and Adherence After Cardiothoracic Transplantation"

Beverly Kosmach-Park, MSN, CRNP
Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
"Quality of Life Indicators in the Survivors of the First 200 Pediatric Liver Transplant Recipients at Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh"

2002

Kathy B Wright, MS, RN, CGRN, CS
University of Texas at Arlington School of Nursing.
"Quality of Life in Liver Transplant Patients"

2001

Amy Waterman, PhD
Barnes-Jewish Hospital, St. Louis, MO
"Increasing Living Donor Volunteer Rates, Comfort, and Satisfaction: A Comparison of Three Educational Approaches"

2000

Muammer Cetingok, PhD
University of Tennessee, Memphis
"Relationships Between Household/Housing, Family Social and Health History, and Community Resources, and the Quality of Life of Transplant Recipients"

Martin S., Dobbels F., De Geest S., Claes T., Mekers G., Welkenhuysen G., Kloeck A, Van Hees D. Health related quality of life in long-term (>10 years) heart transplant recipients. International Transplant Nurses Society. Fujisawa Research Grant

1999

Muriel Rice, MS, MSN, RN,C
University of Tennessee, Memphis
"Health risks and adverse events of one year kidney transplant survivors"

Janis Martens, RN, MSN
University of Alabama Hospital, Birmingham, AL
"A survey of research priorities among members of the International Transplant Nurses Society"

1998

Patricia A. Cowan, RN, PhD (c)
University of Tennessee, Memphis
"The effects of an excise program on cardiac autonomic function, exercise capacity, and quality of life in kidney and kidney-pancreas recipients"

Jean Milstead, MSN, RN, C
University of Tennessee, Memphis
"Social support of caregivers of renal transplant recipients"

1997

MJ Modica, RN, MS
Ohio State University Medical Center
"Decreasing in-patient stay for renal transplant readmission while maximizing reimbursement"

Cheryl D. Johnson, RN, PhD (c)
The University of Tennessee, Memphis
"Racial differences in immune responses between African-Americans and Caucasian-Americans"

1996

Mona N. Wicks, PhD, RN, CCRN
The University of Tennessee, Memphis
"The experience of caregiver burden among caregivers of patients with end-stage renal disease"

Laura Savage, RN, MSN
Medical College of Virginia Hospital
"The lived experience of patients on the Heartmate left ventricular assist (LVAD): a phenomenology study"

1995

Sabina DeGeest, RN, PhD(c)
Catholic University of Leuben, Beligum
"Symptom frequency and symptom distress associated with immunosuppressive drug therapy in transplant recipients"

1994

Karen Megivern, RN, MA, CCRN
and Karen Stenger, RN, MA, CCRN
The University of Iowa Hospital and Clinic
"Hospital-based manager care for liver transplant patients"