Lewis School

IPE coordinator appointed
Chip Zimmerman, clinical assistant professor of respiratory therapy, has been appointed interprofessional education coordinator (IPE) for the Lewis School. He has been active in
the school’s IPE efforts since the initial team of faculty formed in 2012, and he first
presented professionally on this topic five years ago. That team brought together
students from nursing, nutrition, physical therapy and respiratory therapy to introduce
the concept of IPE in lab simulations with students filling the same professional roles
they would take as healthcare workers in a hospital. The second IPE team project was
a mass casualty drill where students triaged and treated mock victims of a mass
shooting, a scenario that has become all too real. Read More...

New Associate Dean for Nursing Named
This summer, the Byrdine F. Lewis School of Nursing and Health Professions named
Melissa Spezia Faulkner Ph.D., RN, FAAN, as associate dean of nursing. She also
holds the Lewis Distinguished Chair in Nursing. Previously, she was faculty and
associate dean for educational innovation at Emory University’s Nell Hodgson
Woodruff School of Nursing.

2016 Haverty Lecture to Focus on Reducing Tobacco Use
The Lewis School will hold the 2016 J. Rhodes Haverty Lecture on Thursday,
September 29 at 7 p.m. “Change Agents in Business, Government, and Research:
A Battle for a Smokefree Society” features a panel of tobacco control experts including keynote speaker, Patrick Reynolds. Reynolds, who is the grandson of R.J. Reynolds, is executive director of the Foundation for a Smokefree America. He will share his
experience as an anti-tobacco advocate born into a tobacco producing family. The
panel also includes Dr. Michael Eriksen, dean of the School of Public Health and noted NIH tobacco control researcher and Dr. Corinne Graffunder, director of the CDC’s Office on Smoking and Health.  We hope to see you and your students at the event!!!

 Departmental News

Health Informatics offering graduate certificate
The interdisciplinary health informatics programs will begin offering a graduate
certificate in clinical health informatics beginning this fall. This three-semester program,
which is primarily online, is designed for current healthcare professionals and Georgia
State graduate students in clinical programs. Read More...

Nursing consolidates with Perimeter Nursing program and welcomes associate degree program director
On July 1, the School of Nursing welcomed students, faculty, and staff of the Perimeter College, Department of Nursing to the school. At the request of the Georgia Board of Nursing, the program became an administrative unit of the school with a new name –
The Georgia State University School of Nursing Associate Degree Program, Perimeter College.

Also, the school welcomed Dr. Ngozi Nkongho as the new associate degree program director.

Occupational Therapy
The Department of Occupational Therapy received candidacy status from Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy Education (ACOTE) in mid-August. The department
is accepting applications through October 10 to enroll the first class of Master of
Occupational Therapy students in January 2017.

Physical Therapy
The Department of Physical Therapy held its final summer hooding on August 7 for the
Doctor of Physical Therapy Class of 2016. More than 35 students graduated and ten
were also recognized for honors received at Honors Day back in March. Georgia State
PT alumnus and former faculty member Dr. Jim Lewis gave the keynote address. Congratulations to this hard-working PT class and we wish them success in their
careers.

The second year DPT students, along with Dr. Jodan Garcia and Dr. Kimberly Morelli, participated in the annual Farm Worker Family Health Program (FWFHP) in Moultrie, Georgia the week of June 13. The program gives the students a one-week intensive immersion learning experience to provide healthcare to rural migrant and seasonal
farm workers and their families. Georgia State PT students have participated in the
program for 15 years.

Respiratory Therapy
The Department of Respiratory Therapy welcomes visiting professor, Lijing Hao from
Hebei University in China. She is mentored by Dr. Doug Gardenhire during Fall
Semester. Dr. Hao teaches traditional Chinese medicine at Hebei University.

Welcome new faculty

Welcome to our new faculty. We have added seven new nusing and one new
respiratory therapy faculty members to our school.

Tanya Marie Benjamin-Wilson, DHSc, MPH, MSN, CHES, RN, APHN-BC, came to Georgia State in Spring 2016 as a clinical instructor of nursing. An advanced public
health nurse, she has been a nurse trainer at East Central Regional Hospital in
Augusta and taught public/community health and health care management courses
online for several universities. Dr. Benjamin-Wilson received her MPH from Florida International University, her MSN from Florida Atlantic University and DHSc from Nova Southeastern University.

Susan Breslin, DNP, RN, NE-BC, FACHE, joins the faculty after 25 years as a nurse executive. Breslin was most recently Vice President of Patient Care Services and
Chief Nursing Officer at DeKalb Regional Health System. She was also VP and CNO
at hospitals in Alabama and Maryland. Breslin taught nursing at Case Western Reserve University and the University of South Alabama. She received her BSN from George
Mason University, MSN from the University of Cincinnati and DNP from the University
of South Alabama. Breslin is a Fellow American College of Healthcare Executives.

Mei-Lan Chen, Ph.D., RN, joins the faculty as an assistant professor of nursing. Chen received her undergraduate and master’s degrees from Taipei Medical University and
her Ph.D. from the University of North Carolina, Greensboro. Her primary area of
research focuses on the development of theory-based physical activity interventions for community-dwelling older adults with hypertension. Her articles are published in both
nursing and multidisciplinary journals, including The Gerontologist. She was invited to
serve as a manuscript reviewer for peer-reviewed journals, e.g., Research on Aging.

Fayron Epps, Ph.D., RN, comes to Georgia State from Iberia Rehabilitation Hospital
where she was the chief clinical officer. Epps also served as adjunct faculty at Louisiana State University Life Course and Aging Center. A gerontologist, Epps’ research focuses
on the quality of life for persons with dementia and their family caregivers. She received
her BSN from Tuskegee University, an MSN from Loyola University New Orleans and
Ph.D. in nursing from Southern University and A&M College. Epps recently completed
a postdoctoral fellowship in gerontology through the National Hartford Center of Gerontological Nursing Excellence.

Kimberly A. Hires, Ph.D., RN, comes to Georgia State from Florida State University College of Nursing. The Clinical Assistant Professor has also been in private practice
as the President/CEO of The Nightingale Firm.  Hires’ research focus is on the cultural factors in HIV infection risk among individuals of African descent. She received her
BSN from Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing and her Ph.D. from the
University of Miami School of Nursing & Health Studies where she was also a
Jonas Scholar.

Mary Ramos, MAN, RN, joins the faculty from the “other GSU,” Georgia Southern
University. Before her stint at Georgia Southern, Ramos practiced and taught in the Philippines. She was dean of the College of Nursing at the DMMC Institute of Health Sciences in the Philippines. Ramos holds a BSN and masters of arts in nursing
management and leadership from the University of Santo Tomas, Manila. She is
pursuing a Ph.D. in nursing at Georgia State.

Kathy Ravenell, MS, RN, CNE, came to Georgia State University in Spring 2016 as
a clinical instructor of nursing. Previously, she was a nursing instructor at Athens
Technical College and the former Medical College of Georgia. Ravenell practiced
for 15 years as a medical surgical and ICU nurse. For the last three years, she has
worked as a nurse educator with an educational technology company. Her research
focuses on increasing diversity in the nursing workforce. Ravenell received her MS
in nursing from Georgia State and is pursuing an Ed.D. in instructional leadership
and nursing education at the University of Alabama. She is NLN certified as a nurse
educator.

Shi Huh Samuel Shan, MS, RRT, joins the faculty from clinical practice at Piedmont Hospital where he was also a preceptor and clinical instructor. Shan was also on staff
at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta—Egleston. He taught part-time at Georgia State
while completing his master’s degree. Shan received both his master’s and bachelor’s degree in respiratory therapy (Magna Cum Laude) from Georgia State.

Welcome back to Kristen Lingle, Nursing, as a limited-term instructor. Also,
Linda Gay joins the faculty as another limited-term instructor. Finally, the Lewis
School has hired the following limited-term faculty as part of the regular faculty:
Laura DeMars (nursing), Jacob Irwin (PT), John Milner (nursing), Beverly
Roseberry (nursing), and Stephanie Townsend (nursing).

 Publications

Ari, A. Drug delivery interfaces: A way to improve aerosol drug delivery to spontaneously breathing children. World Journal of Clinical Pediatrics 2016; 5(3): 281-287.

 Ari, A., Fink, J.B., Pilbeam, S. Secondhand aerosol exposure during mechanical
ventilation with and without expiratory filters: An in-vitro study. Indian Journal of Respiratory Care 2016; 5(1): 677-682.

Aycock, D.M., Clark, P.C., Thomas-Seaton, L., Lee, S., Moloney, M. (2016). Simple
Tools to Facilitate Project Management in a Nursing Research Project. Western Journal
of Nursing Research. doi: 10.1177/0193945916656605

Aycock, D. M., Clark, P.C., Pycard, R. & Thomas-Seton, L. (2016). Feasibility of the
Stroke Counseling for Risk Reduction (SCORRE) Intervention. Stroke. 47, A23.

Garcia, J., Arnold, S., Tetley, K., Voight, K., Frank, R. Mobilization and Manipulation of
the Cervical Spine in Reducing Pain in Patients with Cervicogenic Headaches: Any
Scientific Evidence? Frontiers of Neurology. Accepted. March 2016

Chen, L., Mo, H., Zhao, L., Gao, W., Wang, S., Cromie, M.M., Lu, C., Wang, J.S., Shen,
C.L. (in press) Therapeutic properties of green tea against environmental insults.
Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry.

Torabi, S., Mo, H. (2016) trans, trans-Farnesol as a mevalonate-derived inducer of
murine 3T3-F442A preadipocyte differentiation. Experimental Biology and Medicine (Maywood). 241:493-500. PMID: 26660152. doi: 10.1177/1535370215620855.

Nucci, A.M., Virtanen, S.M., Sorkio, S., Bärlund, S., Cuthbertson, D., Uusitalo, U.,
Lawson, M.L., Salonen, M., Berseth, C.L.,  Ormisson, A., Lehtonen, E., Savilahti, E.,
Becker, D.J., Dupré, J., Krischer, J.P., Knip, M., Åkerblom, H.K. The TRIGR
Investigators.  Regional differences in milk and complementary feeding patterns in
infants participating in an international nutritional type 1 diabetes prevention trial. 
Matern Child Nutr.  In Press. 

Todd, J., McCarroll, C., Nucci, A.  High-Fidelity Patient Simulation Increases
Dietetic Students' Self-Efficacy Prior to Clinical Supervised Practice: A Preliminary
Study Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior.  J Nutr Educ Behav. July 2016. doi: 10.1016/j.jneb.2016.05.013 [ePub ahead of print].

Rossiter, A. G., Dumas, M. A., Wilmoth, M. C., & Patrician, P. A. (2016). “I Serve 2”:
Meeting the needs of military children in civilian practice. Nursing Outlook, 1-6. http://dx.doi.org/ 10.1016/j.outlook.2016.05.011.

Simon, S., Stewart, K., Kloc, M., Williams, T. & Wilmoth, M. (2016) Reliability of the Deployment Resiliency Assessment. Military Medicine, 181, (7), 638-642.

Zavorsky, G. et al. (2016) The Effect of Protandim® Supplementation on Athletic Performance and Oxidative Blood Markers in Runners. PLoS One, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0160559

 Advisory board news

This issue, nursing alumna and advisory board member Kimberee Phelps, is highlighted.
Versatility, resourcefulness, and leadership are skills you need to become a successful nurse. Those skills have also been fundamental for Kimberee Phelps’ professional progression since her time at Georgia State University.