April 2026 Publications, Presentations, and Honors

Publications

Melissa Beauchemin, PhD’19, was among the authors of “Leveraging Clinical Epidemiology Concepts to Strengthen Machine Learning Fairness Evaluations,” published in Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association (JAMIA); “’Nothing Is as Great a Learning Experience as Getting a $15,000 Bill’: A Mixed-Methods Study of Young Adult Cancer Survivors’ Experiences with Insurance Coverage,” published in JCO Oncology Practice; and “Opportunities and Challenges for Addressing Financial Hardship as an Integrated Part of Cancer Care Delivery,” published in Journal of the National Cancer Institute. 

Maeve Brin and Rebecca Schnall, PhD’09, were among the authors of “Evaluation of a Patient Educational Brochure to Increase Knowledge of Cervical Cancer Screening Among Women Living with HIV in La Romana,” published in BMC Public Health. 

Maureen George was among the authors of “Asthma Impairment and Risk Questionnaire Predicts Short- and Long-Term Exacerbation Occurrence Across Asthma Severities,” published in Annals of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology. 

Allison Norful, PhD’17, was among the authors of “Variations in Nurse Practitioner Full Practice Authority in the United States: Difference in Difference Analysis of Access and Health Performance at a National Level,” published in Health Policy OPEN. 

Monica O’Reilly Jacob, Madison Horton, Lusine Poghosyan, Xuefan Ji, and Jianfang Liu were among the authors of “Who Provides Home-Based Primary Care to People with Dementia?” published in Journal of Gerontological Nursing.   

Arlene Smaldone, PhD’03, and Jean-Marie Bruzzese were among the authors of “Mental Health Diagnoses, Dispositions, and Changes Over Time of Children and Early Adolescents Presenting to Emergency Departments in the United States: A Scoping Review,” published in Academic Pediatrics. 

Maxim Topaz was the author of “Speaking to Machines, Not Patients: The Unexamined Mandate of AI-Driven Nursing Practice,” published in International Journal of Nursing Studies. 

Meghan Reading Turchioe, PhD’18, was the author of “Reading Between the Lines: NLP, Symptom Documentation, and a New Era of Cardiovascular Prognostication,” published in European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing. 

Presentations 

Ariana Komaroff presented “Redefining Well-Child Visits: Not Just Screening for Delays and Deficits, But Also Promoting Connections and Development” at the 47th National Conference on Pediatric Health Care of the National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners (NAPNAP) held March 17–21, 2026, in Pittsburgh. 

Allison A. Norful, PhD ’17, participated in “Violence in the Workplace: A Gendered Crisis in Nursing and Women in the Workplace” at the 70th Session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women in a parallel session sponsored by the International Council of Nurses, Sigma Theta Tau International, and SONSIEL, on March 17, 2026, in New York City. 

Honors 

Ashley Graham-Perel was named a Woman of Distinction by the New York Regional Chapter of the National Association of Health Services Executives on March 28, 2026.