Faculty, students and alumni recognized at MNRS conference
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(l-r) Randi Singer, Krista Jones and Mary Dawn Koenig
Faculty, students and recent alumni are receiving awards at the Midwest Nursing Research Society annual conference in Indianapolis on Friday, March 28.
The awardees will be celebrated at a Chicago Connection Reception, co-hosted by UIC Nursing and the Loyola University Chicago Marcella Niehoff School of Nursing, Friday evening in the Indiana Convention Center.
- Assistant professor Randi Singer, PhD, CNM, and associate professor Mary Dawn Koenig, PhD, RN, FACNM, are both receiving awards from the Perinatal, Sexual and Reproductive Health Research Interest Group. Singer will receive the Equity Award, which is given to a member who is making outstanding research, practice, and/or policy contributions to reduce health disparities and advance health equity. Koenig will receive the Senior Career Award, which recognizes a distinguished senior nurse researcher who has demonstrated exceptional and continuous contributions to research or scholarship and mentoring.
- Urbana campus director Krista Jones, DNP ’11, MSN ’07, RN, PHNA-BC, FAAN, and PhD student Ayo Bodunde are both receiving the Distinguished Abstract Award, selected through a rigorous peer-review process and representing exemplary research that advances nursing science and practice. Bondude’s abstract is, “Weight Management in Individuals Treating Mental Illness: A Scoping Review,” and Jones’ is, “Evaluating an Interdisciplinary Approach to Integrative Simulation for Nursing and Medical Students.”
- PhD student Pia Pauline Lenon will receive the 2024-2025 Founder’s Circle Dissertation Grant for her work on Characterizing Trauma and its Impact in the Yurok Tribe.
- Jen Glayzer, who completed her dissertation with professor Judith Schlaeger in December 2023, is receiving the Symptom Science RIIG Dissertation Award, which recognizes the contribution of a recent PhD graduate whose doctoral dissertation is exceptionally meritorious and exemplifies high standards of scholarship and knowledge development.
- Five faculty will be presenting their research and 12 students will be presenting posters throughout the conference.
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Modified on March 27, 2025