Faculty Directory
Jinhee Park
Associate Professor and the Deborah Joyce Norberg Faculty Fellow
Jinhee Park
Ph.D., RN, FAAN
Contact
Telephone: 617-552-6542
Email: jinhee.park@bc.edu
Education
- B.S.N., Catholic University of Korea
- M.S.N., Catholic University of Korea
- Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- Postdoctoral Training, Duke University
Research Interests
Prevention and management of feeding problems in infants and young children with medical complexity, Development of feeding skills during infancy and childhood, Biobehavioral methods, Measure development
Expertise
- Neonatal Care
- Nutrition
- Child Health
- Family Health
Selected Funded Studies
- 09/10/2026–05/31/2031
National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), R01HD122857. Advancing Neonatal Health: AI-enabled Ultrasound for Enhanced Growth and Nutritional Assessment. Role: Co-Investigator and Clinical Lead (PI: B. Ranger). [NIH RePORTER] - 09/05/2026–09/04/2028
National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), R21HD119389. Parent-Facilitated Early Oral-Sensory Experience Program: Enhancing NICU Outcomes Through a Family-Centered Feeding Approach. Role: Principal Investigator. [NIH RePORTER] - 01/01/2026–12/31/2027
Duke Dean’s Pilot Research Bridge Award. Co-Designing Family-Centered Care for NICU High-Risk Infants’ Transitions. Role: Multiple Principal Investigator and Massachusetts Site Lead (MPI and North Carolina Site Lead: D. Brandon). - 11/01/2024–08/31/2027
Gates Foundation, Global Grand Challenges Grant. Machine Learning Ultrasound Tools to Monitor Nutritional Health in Pregnant Women. Role: Co-Investigator (PI: B. Ranger). - 01/01/2022–12/31/2023
Marcus Foundation Research Award. Towards Clinical Measurement for Psychosocial Impact of Food Allergy in Children. Role: Co-Investigator (PI: B. Vickery). - 06/17/2021–05/31/2024
National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR), R21NR019874. Biobehavioral Efficacy of the Semi-Elevated Side-Lying Position for Feeding Preterm Infants. Role: Principal Investigator. [NIH RePORTER] - 09/23/2019–06/30/2024
National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR), R01NR018192. Symptom Trajectories in Infants and Toddlers at Risk for Chronic Feeding Problems. Role: Co-Investigator and Site Principal Investigator (PI: S. Thoyre). [NIH RePORTER] - 09/01/2020–08/31/2022
Boston College Ignite Award. Splanchnic and Cerebral Oxygenation During Oral Feeding Near Discharge as an Early Biomarker of Problematic Feeding in High-Risk Infants. Role: Principal Investigator.
Selected Publications
- Park, J., Proctor, K. B., Estrem, H. H., Keesari, R., Gillespie, S., Thoyre, S. M., … Vickery, B. P. (2024). Alterations in Child Feeding Behavior: An Underrecognized Clinical Complication of Food Allergy. The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice. Advance online publication. DOI: 10.1016/j.jaip.2024.09.014
- Park, J., Thoyre, S., Smallcomb, J., McTernan, M., & Kneeland, T. (2024). Biobehavioral Efficacy of the Elevated Side-Lying Position for Feeding Preterm Infants: Study Protocol. Journal of Advanced Nursing. Advance online publication. DOI: 10.1111/jan.16444
- Thoyre, S. M., Park, J., Crandell, J., Estrem, H., Knafl, K., & Wimmer, J. (2024). Trajectory of Infant Problematic Feeding Symptoms: Study Protocol. Nursing Research. Advance online publication. DOI: 10.1097/NNR.0000000000000772
- Ranger, B. J., Lombardi, A., Kwon, S., Loeb, M., Cho, H., He, K., … Park, J. (2024). Ultrasound for Assessing Paediatric Body Composition and Nutritional Status: Scoping Review and Future Directions. Acta Paediatrica. Advance online publication. DOI: 10.1111/apa.17423
- Proctor, K. B., Estrem, H. H., Park, J., Wenzell, M. L., Ravindran, M., Sharp, W. G., Scahill, L., & Vickery, B. P. (2024). Development of a Novel Parent-Report Measure of Food Allergy Impact. Acta Paediatrica. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1111/APA.17497
- Park, J., Proctor, K.B., Estrem, H.H., Keesari, R., Gillespie, S.E., Thoyre, S.M., Sharp, W.G., & Vickery, B.P. (2024). Alterations in child feeding behavior: An under-recognized clinical complication of food allergy. JACI: In Practice. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaip.2024.09.014
- Ranger, J.B., Lombardi, A., Kwon, S., Loeb, M., Cho, H., He, K., Wei, D., & Park, J. (2024). Ultrasound for assessing pediatric body composition and nutritional status: scoping review and future directions. Acta Paediatrica. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1111/apa.17423
- Park, J., Thoyre, S., Smallcomb, J., McTernan, M., & Kneeland, T. (2024). Biobehavioral efficacy of the elevated side-lying position for feeding preterm infants: Study protocol. Journal of Advanced Nursing. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1111/jan.16444
- Thoyre, S., Park, J., Crandell, J., Estrem, H., Knafl, K., & Wimmer, J. (2024). Trajectory of infant problematic feeding symptoms: study protocol. Nursing Research. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1097/NNR.0000000000000772
- McGrattan, K. E., Mohr, A. H., Weikle, E., Hernandez, K., Walsh, K., Park, J., Ramel, S. E., Georgieff, M. K., Dietz, K., Dahlstrom, K., Lindsay, J., & Thoyre, S. (2023). Establishing Normative Values for Healthy Term Infant Feeding Performance: Neonatal Eating Assessment Tool—Mixed, Oral Feeding Scale, and Early Feeding Skills Assessment. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 1–10. DOI: 10.1044/2023_AJSLP-22-00372
- Estrem, H. H., Park, J., Thoyre, S., McComish, C., & McGlothen-Bell, K. (2022). Mapping the Gaps: A Scoping Review of Research on Pediatric Feeding Disorder. Clinical Nutrition ESPEN, Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clnesp.2021.12.028
- Park, J. (In press). Sleep promotion in preterm infants in neonatal intensive care units. Nursing for Women’s Health.
- Pados, B.F., Park, J., & Thoyre, S. (In press). The Neonatal Eating Assessment Tool – Breastfeeding: Norm-reference values for infants less than 7 months old. Journal of Human Lactation.
- Park, J., Silva, S., Thoyre, S., & Brandon, D. (In press). The relationship between developmental trajectory of sleep-wake states and feeding progression in preterm infants. Nursing Research.
- Park, J., Pados, B. F., Thoyre, S., Estrem, H., & McComish, C (2019). Factor Structure and Psychometric Properties of the Child Oral and Motor Proficiency Scale (ChOMPS). Journal of Early Intervention. Online ahead of print. doi: 10.1177/1053815119841092.
- Pados, B., Thoyre, S., Park, J., Estrem, H., & McComish, C. (2019). Development and content validation of the Child Oral and Motor Proficiency Scale (ChOMPS). Journal of Early Intervention. Online ahead of print. doi: 10.1177/1053815119841091
- Pados, B.F., Park, J., & Thoyre, S. (2019). The Neonatal Eating Assessment Tool – Bottle-feeding: Norm-reference values for infants less than 7 months old. Clinical Pediatrics, 58(8), 857-863. doi: 10.1177/0009922819839234
- Park, J., Thoyre, S., Pados, B.F., & Gregas, M. (2019). Symptoms of Feeding Problems in Preterm-born Children At 6 Months to 7 Years Old. Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology & Nutrition, 68(3), 416-421. doi: 10.1097/MPG.0000000000002229
- Thoyre, S., Pados, B., Shaker, C., Park, J., & Fuller, K. (2018). Psychometric properties of the Early Feeding Skills (EFS) assessment tool. Advances in Neonatal Care 18(5), E13-E23. doi: 10.1097/ANC.0000000000000537
- Park, J., McComish, C., Pados, B. F., Estrem, H., & Thoyre, S. (2018). Changes in Symptoms of Problematic Eating Over Six Months in Infants and Young Children. Infants & Young Children. 31 (4), 297-309. DOI: 10.1097/IYC.0000000000000128
- Pados, B.F., Park, J., & Dodrill, P. (2018). Know the flow: Milk flow rates from bottle nipples used in the hospital and after discharge. Advances in Neonatal Care. O19(1), 32-41. doi: 10.1097/ANC.0000000000000538
- Park, J., Pados, B.F., & Thoyre, S.M. (2018). Systematic Review: What is the Evidence for the Side-lying Position for Feeding Preterm Infants? Advances in Neonatal Care, 18 (4), 285-294. doi: 10.1097/ANC.0000000000000529
- Pados, B.F., Thoyre, S.M., & Park, J. (2018). Age-based norm-reference values for the Pediatric Eating Assessment Tool (PediEAT). Pediatric Research. Online ahead of print. doi:10.1038/s41390-018-0067-z
- Pados, B.F., Thoyre, S.M., Estrem, H., Park, J., & McComish, C. (2018). Factor structure and psychometric properties of the Neonatal Eating Assessment Tool – Bottle feeding (NeoEAT – Bottle feeding). Advances in Neonatal Care, 18 (3), 232-242. doi: 10.1097/ANC.0000000000000494
- Pados, B.F., Thoyre S.M., Estrem, H., Park, J., & McComish, C. (2018). Factor structure and psychometric properties of the Neonatal Eating Assessment Tool –Breastfeeding. Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic, and Neonatal Nursing. 47, 396-414: 10.1016/j.jogn.2018.02.014.
- Pados, B.F., Thoyre, S.M., & Park, J. (2018). Age-based norm-reference values for the Child Oral and Motor Proficiency Scale. Acta Paediatrica, 107(8), 1427-1432. doi: 10.1111/apa.14299
- Thoyre, S.M., Pados, B., Park, J., Estrem, H., McComish, C., Hodges, E. (2018). The Pediatric Eating Assessment Tool (PediEAT): Factor structure and psychometric properties. Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology & Nutrition, 66, 299-305. doi: 10.1097/MPG.0000000000001765
- Pados, B., Estrem, H., Thoyre, S., Park, J., & McComish, C. (2017). The Neonatal Eating Assessment Tool (NeoEAT): Development and content validation. Neonatal Network: The Journal of Neonatal Nursing, 36(6), 359-367. doi: 10.1891/0730-0832.36.6.359.
- Brandon, D., Silva, S., Park, J., Kamhaway, H., & Holditch-Davis, D. (2017). Timing for the introduction of cycled light for extremely preterm infants: A RCT. Research in Nursing and Health (RIHNA), 40(4), 294-310. doi: 10.1002/nur.21797.
- Winkler, M., Park, J., Pan, W., Brandon, D., Scher, M., & Holditch-Davis, D. (2017). Does preterm period sleep development predict early childhood growth trajectories? Journal of Perinatology, 37(9), 1047-1052, doi: 10.1038/jp.2017.91.
- Pados, B. F., Thoyre, S., Estrem, H., Park, J., Knafl, G., & Nix, B. (2017). Effects of milk flow on the physiological and behavioural responses to feeding in an infant with hypoplastic left heart syndrome. Cardiology in the Young, 27(1), 139-153.. http://doi.org/10.1017/S1047951116000251
- Estrem, H., Pados, B. F., Park, J., Knafl, K., & Thoyre, S. (2017). Feeding problems in infancy and early childhood: an evolutionary concept analysis. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 73(1), 56–70. http://doi.org/10.1111/jan.13140
- Pados, B. F., Park, J., Estrem, H., & Awotwi, A. (2016). Assessment of feeding in infants less than 6 months old. Advances in Neonatal Care, 16(2), 143–150. http://doi.org/10.1097/ANC.0000000000000255
- Dodrill, P., Gosa, M., Thoyre, S., Shaker, C., Pados, B. F., Park, J., … Hernandez, K. (2016). First, do no harm: A response to “Oral alimentation in neonatal and adult populations requiring high flow oxygen via nasal cannula.” Dysphagia, 31(6), 781-782. http://doi.org/10.1007/s00455-016-9722-x
- Estrem, H., Pados, B. F., Thoyre, S., Knafl, K., McComish, C., & Park, J. (2016). Concept of pediatric feeding problems from the parents' perspective. MCN, The American Journal of Maternal/Child Nursing (published online ahead of print). doi: 10.1097/NMC.0000000000000249
- Pados, B. F., Thoyre, S., Estrem, H., Park, J., Knafl, G., & Nix, B. (2016). Effects of milk flow on the physiological and behavioural responses to feeding in an infant with hypoplastic left heart syndrome. Cardiology in the Young, 1–15. doi: 10.1017/S1047951116000251
- Thoyre, S., Hubbard, C., Park, J., Pridham, K., & McKechnie, A. (2016). Implementing co-regulated, cue-based feeding with mothers of preterm infants. MCN: American Journal of Maternal Child Nursing (published online ahead of print). doi:10.1097/NMC.0000000000000245
- Pados, B. F., Park, J., Estrem, H., & Awotwi, A. (2015). Assessment of feeding in infants less than 6 months old. Advances in Neonatal Care (published online ahead of print).
- Park, J., Thoyre, S., Estrem, H., Pados, B. F., Knafl, G. J., & Brandon, D. (2015). Mothers' psychological distress and feeding of their preterm infants. MCN, The American Journal of Maternal/Child Nursing. doi:10.1097/NMC.0000000000000248
- Pados, B. F., Park, J., Thoyre, S., Estrem, H., & Nix, B. (2015). Milk flow rates from bottle nipples used after hospital discharge. MCN, The American Journal of Maternal/Child Nursing, 41(4). doi: 10.1097/NMC.0000000000000244
- Pados, B. F., Park, J., Thoyre, S., Estrem, H., & Nix, B. (2015). Milk flow rates from bottle nipples used for feeding hospitalized infants. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology. Advance online publication. doi:10.1044/2015_AJSLP-15-0011
- Pados, B. F., Park, J., Thoyre, S., Estrem, H., & Nix, B. (2015). Milk flow rates from bottle nipples used for feeding fragile infants after hospital discharge [abstract]. Advances in Neonatal Care, 15 (3), E3-E15. doi:10.1097/ANC.0000000000000201
- Park, J., Knafl, G. J, Thoyre, S., & Brandon, D. (2015). Factors associated with feeding progression in extremely preterm infants. Nursing Research. 64(3), 159-167. doi:10.1097/NNR.0000000000000093
- Park, J., Thoyre, S., & Knafl, G. J. (2015). Four measures of change in physiologic state during the feeding period of very preterm infants. Biological Research for Nursing. Advance online publication. doi:10.1177/1099800414566229
- Park, J., Thoyre, S., Knafl, G., Hodges, E. A., & Nix, W. B. (2014). Efficacy of semi-elevated side-lying positioning during bottle feeding of very preterm infants: A pilot study. Journal of Perinatal and Neonatal Nursing, 28(1), 69-79. doi:10.1097/JPN.0000000000000004
- Thoyre, S., Pados, B. F., Park, J., Estrem, H., Hodges, E. A., McComish, C., Van Riper, M., & Murdoch, K. (2014). Initial development and content validity of the pediatric eating assessment tool (Pedi-EAT). American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology. 23, 1-14. doi:10.1044/1058-0360(2013/12-0069).
- Pados, B., Estrem, H., Park, J., & Thoyre, S. (2013). Milk flows rates from bottle nipples [Abstract]. Nursing Research, 62(2), E1-E2.
- Thoyre, S., Park, J., Pados, B., & Hubbard, C. (2013). Developing a co-regulated, cue-based feeding practice: The critical role of assessment and reflection. Journal of Neonatal Nursing, 19(4), 139-148. doi:10.1016/j.jnn.2013.01.002.
- Park, J., Thoryre, S., Knafl, G., & Nix, B. (2012). Bottle feeding outcomes in very preterm infants: Preliminary effects of positioning [Abstract]. Advances in Neonatal Care, 12(4), 242.
- Lee, S. M., Park, J. H., & Park, H. J. (2008). Breast cancer risk factors in Korean women: A literature review. International Nursing Review, 55(3), 355-359. doi:10.1111/j.1466-7657.2008.00633.x
- Lee, S. M., Park, J., & Park, H. J. (2008). Implications of systematic review for breast cancer prediction. Cancer Nursing, 31(5), E40-E46. doi:10.1097/01.NCC.0000305765.34851.e9
- Park, J., & Park, H. (2007). Effects of nonnutritive sucking on heart rate, oxygen saturation and behavioral state in premature infants. Journal of Korean Academy Child Health Nursing, 13(3), 299-307.
- Kim H., Park, H., Moon, Y., & Park, J. (2005). The effects of warm water-filled bag on body temperature, FiO2, respiration rate, and blood-sugar in high risk neonates. Journal of Korean Academy Child Health Nursing, 11(4), 390-395.
- Han, H., Park, J., Moon, Y., & Park, H. (2005). A study of clients with total laryngectomy for the adaptation of daily activities-functional status, self-esteem and depression. Journal of Korean Academy of Public Health Nursing, 19(2), 274-283.
- Park, H. R., Choi, S. E., Park, H. R., Park, J., & Moon, Y. I. (2005). Sleep disturbance and related variables during hospitalization for hematopoietic stem-cell transplantation. Journal of Korean Oncology Nursing, 5(2), 126-134.
- Chon, H., Park, H., & Park, J. (2005). Uncertainty and factors affecting organ donation in living liver donors. Journal of Korean Academic Society of Nursing Education, 19(1), 129-138.