Undergraduate Student Research and Awards
The University of Alberta Faculty of Nursing seeks to create and sustain a culture of undergraduate research through various student opportunities.
The Nursing Research Office is pleased to announce the schedule for the 2024 Undergraduate Student Summer Series: Launchpad to Research “LaunchPad Summer Series”. This series includes five one-hour seminars, held weekly from June 13 to July 11 inclusive.
The Faculty of Nursing opens this event to all undergraduate students across health-related disciplines who are either already engaged in or wishing to learn more about engaging in research at the undergraduate level. The event raises students' awareness of and interest in research through a rich breadth of researchers engaged in a broad range of research and methods.
Topics for discussion in the 2024 Undergraduate Student Summer Series are:
- Choosing a research topic
- Research ethics
- Research at the undergraduate level
- Incorporating equity, diversity and inclusivity into research
- Preparing for graduate studies/research at a graduate level
2024 LaunchPad Summer Series Schedule
The Undergraduate Summer Student Research Awards offer undergraduate nursing students the opportunity to experience the research environment first-hand. Students will be involved in an ongoing research project under the supervision of a tenure-track faculty member.
Congratulations to this year's recipients:
Daisy Liu (BScN-Honors Program)
Supervisor: Dr. Carole Estabrooks
Project: “How Missed Care Occurs in Long Term Care Homes: A Qualitative Study of Care Aides’ Perspectives”
Sydney Gnenz (BScN-Honors Program) and Hana Sherif (BScN-Honors Program)
Supervisor: Dr. Carmel Montgomery
Project: “Canadian post-registration education in critical care nursing: an environmental scan of programs”
Larissa Hoshowsky (BScN) and Shrusti Patel (BScN-Honors Program)
Supervisor: Dr. Shannon MacDonald
Project: “Catch-up of routine childhood vaccines impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic: An environmental scan of preschool vaccination strategies”
Megha Jose (BScN-Honors-After Degree Program) and Kier Vander Leek, (BScN-Honors-After Degree Program)
Supervised by: Dr. Jordana Salma
Project: “The Edmonton Neighborhood Study: Exploring Narratives of Racialized Immigrant Women”
Natasha Patel (BScN-Honors-After Degree Program) and Giselle Hopkins, (BScN-Honors- After Degree Program)
Supervisor: Dr. Carmel Montgomery
Project: “NP-led cardiac surgery follow-up clinic evaluation”
Precious Oluwaseun Majekodunmi (BScN-Honors Program)
Supervisor: Dr. Manal Kleib
Project: “Current Trends and Future Implications in the Utilization of ChatGPT in Nursing: A Rapid Review”
Caleb Do (BScN-Honors Program) and Marcus Wong (BScN-Honors Program)
Supervisor: Dr. Kara Schick-Makaroff
Project: “Recruitment and Retention of Research Participants Receiving Dialysis and Living with Diverse Depressive Symptoms”
Marissa McClay (BScN-Honors Program), Selena Pham (BScN-Honors Program) and Amelia Watson (BScN-Honors Program),
Supervisor: Dr. Kaitlyn Tate
Project: “Interpretation and Use of Quality Indicators by Health System Decision Makers”
Minheon Song (BScN-Honors Program), and Courtney Aasman (BScN-Honors Program)
Supervisor: Dr. Hannah O’Rourke
Project: “The Influence of Gender at the Intersections of Cognitive, Social, and Sensory Vulnerability”
Jennifer Stadlwieser (BScN-Honors Program) and Vishwa Patel (BScN-Honors Program) Supervisor: Dr. Colleen Norris
Project: “Assessing Arterial Stiffness in a Cohort of Albertan Women”
Fahyad Khan (BScN-Honors-After Degree Program) and Kelsey Moch (BScN-Honors, After Degree Program)
Supervisor: Dr. Holly Symonds-Brown
Project: “Getting Out and About: Mobilities and Dementia in Everyday Life Study”
Bethlehem Wolde (BScN-Honors Program) and Maya Pillay (BScN-Honors Program)
Supervisor: Dr. Salima Meherali
Project: “Exploring determinants of sexual and reproductive health disparities among Indigenous youth in Canada: a scoping review”
Zoe Kaplan (BScN-Honors Program) and Erika Farris (BScN-Honors Program)
Supervisor: Dr. Edith Pituskin
Project: “Secondary analysis of qualitative study 'men with breast cancer'”
Devaanshu Kundu (BScN-Honors Program)
Supervisor: Dr. Gillian Lemermeyer
Project: “Developing a Typology of AI Technologies Used in Clinical Health Practice”
Morgan ("Caleb") Chomay (BScN-Honors Program)
Supervisor: Dr. Anna Santos Salas and Nahyeni Bassah
Project: “Home-based palliative care modalities for people with advanced life-limiting illnesses in Sub-Saharan African countries: A scoping review”
Priya Vyas (BScN-Honors-After Degree Program)
Supervisor: Dr. Carmel Montgomery
Project: “ECMO Survivor Functional Ability and Health-related Quality of Life Outcomes”
Satkirat Randhawa (BScN-Honors-After Degree Program), Kashmala Durrani (BScN-Honors-After Degree Program) and Erica van der Raadt (BScN-Honors-After Degree Program). Supervisor: Dr. Hannah O’Rourke
Project: “A scoping review of non-traditional music interventions to promote engagement among people living with dementia”
Teresa Tetreau (BScN-Honors Program) and Dahae Kim (BScN-Honors Program). Supervisor: Dr. Anna Santos Salas and Nahyeni Bassah
Project: “Understanding the Experiences of Asian Populations within the Canadian Cancer Care System: A Scoping Review”