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Recent News



Award named for Burgess
Ann Burgess to receive inaugural forensic nursing award that will bear her name

Sexual risk in adolescent males
Harris awarded grants to examine sexual behaviors among urban African American adolescent males

National fellowship to improve health care
Wolfe named Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Executive Nurse Fellow

Reporting dating violence
Amar awarded NIH funding to study reporting of dating violence in college women

Advanced study grants
Two undergraduate students receive 2009 Boston College Advanced Study Grants

NIH mentored training grant
Gregory receives NIH mentored training grant to support her work on necrotizing enterocolitis in premature infants

Premature infant health research
Gregory awarded funding from the Harvard Clinical Nutrition Research Center to study metabolic aspects of NEC in premature infants

Winning presentation
Doctoral student wins award for her oral presentation at ENRS conference

Interactive slideshow
Undergraduate student given award for best presentation at undergraduate research symposium. (Click "open slideshow" to hear about her topic.)

NIH study sections
Dean Susan Gennaro and Associate Dean for Research Barbara Wolfe asked to serve on study sections for Center for Scientific Review at NIH; Wolfe named chair

Harvard Catalyst Pilot Grant
Gregory awarded Harvard Catalyst Pilot Grant to study microbiome aspects of necrotizing enterocolitis in premature infants

Family research award
DeMarco is 2009 recipient of ENRS nurse scientist family research award

Simulation scenario development
PhD student given grant for simulation scenario development

Grants for genetic research
Doctoral student awarded two grants to find genetic markers for insulin resistance in patients with hypertension

Upcoming Events



Brown Bag Lunch Seminar Series
The office for nursing research presents the Brown Bag Lunch Seminar Series, offering a unique opportunity for a scholarly exchange of ideas pertaining to select areas of research. All members of the BC community are invited to attend. Please bring your own lunch as well as perspectives and ideas to share.





CERes Panel
Colleagues Enhancing Research (CERes) is a peer review panel for faculty grant applications. Students submitting NRSAs are welcome to submit their grant applications as well.




Information Technology Research Services
Boston College Research Services provides consultation, training, and tutorials to support computing and research at Boston College Information Technology. The Research Services staff has expertise in Matlab, Mathematica, statistical packages such as Stata, SAS, and SPSS, Qualitative Research, Geographic Information Systems (GIS), Scientific Computation, Data Analysis, and Visualization. Click here for a listing of tutorials and workshops.


Library Nursing Update
Barbara Mento, Data Librarian, and Wanda Anderson, Nursing Librarian, share current information regarding new Nursing resources, services and data from the O'Neill Library. The blog also highlights seminars and workshops of interest to Nursing faculty and students.