| Faculty
gets hot on Research
 The
Second Annual Faculty Science Symposium was held in the Health
Education Center (HEC) on May 11th with dozens of faculty,
staff and students on hand to hear the latest faculty research
and presentations.
Some of the research focused on community
programs—such as Rhonda Ramirez’s, EdD, FNP, “Resilience,
Recovery and the Red Road: Native American Youth Refiguring
Tribal Identity.” Her research illustrates the work
she is doing with Native American high school teens from Alameda
to combat substance and alcohol abuse.
Some presentations were based on genetics—such
as published author and part-time faculty instructor Richard
Rocco, PhD. His work on “One Size Does Not Fit All in
the Age of Pharmacogenomics” is the study of how individual
genetic inheritance affects the patient’s response to
drugs.
There were also some ‘shock value’ studies like
Rye Huber’s, PhD, RN, “Surprise! Recent Findings
in Gender Differences in Health” showing that research
is needed about women outside of the reproduction studies.
“These presentations are examples
of the important research and scholarship being completed
by our faculty this year,” said Penny Bamford, PhD,
RN, Interim Academic Vice President. “It is a
privilege and honor to work with such innovative faculty;
their work contributes to increasing a knowledge base, sets
an example for students, and is key to our mission and vision.”
Along with slideshows some faculty presented
work on poster boards such as:
Marion Anderson, DNSc, RN, “Volunteer
Opportunities with Health Volunteers Overseas (HVO)—Example
of One Volunteer’s Experiences in Cambodia”
Terry Nordstrom, MA, PT, and Deborah
Block, PhD, “Complexity-Based Ethics: Martin Buber and
Dynamic Self-Organization”
Cecily Cosby, PhD, FNP, PA-C, “Hematologic
Disorders Associated with HIV and AIDS”
Sylvia Fox, PhD, RN, “Nursing
in Eritrea: International Health Care Consultation—University
of Asmara and Ministry of Health”
“Some faculty couldn’t make
the symposium because they were teaching a class so they submitted
posters showing charts, photos that organized the research,
data, materials and method,” said Eric Stamps, DPM,
Assistant Dean for Clinical Affairs. “It’s amazing
they find the time to do all this research and teach a course
as well.”
Faculty Achievement Luncheon
Some posters became a ‘hot’
topic at the event such as the presentation by Cecily Cosby,
PhD, FNP, PA-C, “Medical Aesthetics—What’s
Hot, What’s Not”. Her research highlighted award
winning writer Rafe Esquith’s ‘Hair On Fire’
theory about a passionate teacher so committed to teaching
a science project that he failed to notice that his hair caught
on fire. It was this topic that prompted Dr. Cosby to begin
the awards program this past year. The response was, well,
‘hot.’
“This is more a venue for sharing
information among the different departments because we each
do different things and don’t always have the time or
knowledge on what other faculty members are working on,”
said Stamp.
Next year some faculty members are contemplating
adding a competition element and judge each presentation on
scientific merit.
The event ended in a luncheon recognizing
several faculty members for their degree completion, grants,
presentations and publications and honors and awards.
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