This year, UNC – Chapel Hill Nursing opened the first ever Hillman dedicated space for scholars – The Hillman Hub for Research and Innovation. Colloquially known as the H-Hub, this space is a three-room suite on the third floor of…
In September, Hillman scholar Martha Grace Cromeens was awarded a grant of $9,999 through the Virginia Kelley Fund at American Nurses Foundation (ANF) to further her research in endometriosis. Cromeens’ research interests include legal and health care systems, with an…
This summer, Hillman Scholar Charity Lackey participated in a prestigious research program at the National Institute of Health in Washington, D.C. G-SOAR (Graduate Summer Opportunities to Advance Research) is a program available to first- or second-year graduate students currently enrolled…
Hillman Scholar, Dr. Emily Boltey, successfully defended her dissertation at University of Michigan School of Nursing on August 2, 2019. The dissertation tested the feasibility of using time-motion methodology, a validated measurement and evaluation process from industrial and operations engineering,…
Dr. Sallie Allgood, Hillman Scholar UNC-Chapel Hill ‘19, has been awarded a National Clinician Scholars Program (NCSP) postdoc at Duke University. The NCSP Program offers training for clinicians as change agents driving policy relevant research and partnerships to improve health…
Hillman scholar Dr. Laura Sinko defended her dissertation, “Finding the Strength to Heal: A Campus Story,” in May 2019 at The University of Michigan School of Nursing. Her research focused on healing after unwanted sexual experiences on a college campus,…
Dr. Emilia J. Flores, Hillman Scholar ’17, is making strides in incorporating evidence-based care at the bedside. She is the first author of the November 2018 BMJ Quality and Safety original research article, “Using a 10-step Framework to Support the…
Two Hillman Scholars at UNC-Chapel Hill have been awarded for their research, further extending the reach of nursing innovation to change the complex issues facing health care systems today. Stephanie Betancur Grondona ’23 received the Sarah Steele Danhoff Undergraduate Research…
A trio of Hillman Scholars and their research partners lead a pilot study of a groundbreaking virtual reality program that can eventually make Narcan training accessible to the masses. Penn Nursing Hillman Scholars Clare Whitney ‘20, Nicholas Giordano ‘18, and…
Dr. Laura Britton ’18 defended her final dissertation, “Sociodemographic, Cognitive, and Affective Antecedents to Pregnancy Planning Among Women with Diabetes” at UNC – Chapel Hill in December 2018. She received a Pre-Doctoral F31 Traineeship Award to fund this research, which…