March 2026 Publications and Other News

Publications 

Gregory Alexander was among the authors of “Using Novel Natural Language Processing Approaches to Examine Age-Friendly Communication About Nursing Home Residents with Dementia,” published in The Gerontologist

Melissa Beauchemin, PhD’19, was among the authors of “Adolescent and Young Adult Cancer Survivor Experiences of Financial Toxicity: A Scoping Review,” published in Journal of Cancer Survivorship, and “Care Pathway- and Guideline-Consistent Care in Pediatric Cancer Symptom Management,” published in JCO Oncology Practice

Jennifer Dohrn, DNP’05, and Yu-Hui Ferng were the co-authors of “Marking a Decade of Nursing Students Immersed in Global Clinical Experiences,” published in Journal of Nursing Education

Kyle Featherston, Miles DeGrazia, and Lusine Poghosyan were the authors of “Development and Validation of a Short Form of the Nurse Practitioner Primary Care Organizational Climate Questionnaire,” published in Nursing Research

Kathryn Leep-Lazar was among the authors of “Job Demands, Resources, Mental Health, and Intention to Leave Among Early-Career Nurses: A Cross-Sectional Study,” published in International Journal of Nursing Studies

Corina Lelutiu-Weinberger was among the authors of “Examining a Multicomponent Health Promotion Intervention Among Black Same Gender Loving Men in Southern Ending the HIV Epidemic in the U.S. Jurisdictions: A Randomized Controlled Trial,” published in BMC Public Health

Simon Paul Navarro, Brianna LinYilei Yang, Hyun Jin Jung, and Allison Norful, PhD’17, were the authors of “Workplace Violence, Bullying, Discrimination, Burnout, and Intention to Leave in Nursing,” published in Nursing Research

Rebecca Schnall, PhD’09, and Maeve Brin were among the authors of “Factors Related to Improving the Quality of Cervical Cancer Screening for Women Living with HIV in La Romana, Dominican Republic: A Qualitative Descriptive Study,” published in AIDS and Behavior

Patricia Stone and Andrew Dick were among the authors of “State POLST Program Maturity Status and Dying in the Nursing Home or Hospice in the United States: An Event Time Study,” published in Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Jacquelyn Taylor was among the authors of “The Effect of a Race-Based Stress Reduction Intervention on Sleep Quality, Melatonin Onset, and Inflammation in African American Women: Protocol for a Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial,” published in Biological Research for Nursing.  

Meghan Reading Turchioe, PhD’18Afra Shamnath, and Yihong Zhao were among the authors of “Evaluating a Digital Decision Aid for Atrial Fibrillation Rhythm Control in a Hybrid Implementation-Effectiveness Trial,” published in NPJ/Digital Medicine.  

Meghan Reading Turchioe, PhD’18Niurka Suero-Tejada, and Jacquelyn Taylor were among the authors of “Community-Driven, Bioethics-Informed Approaches to Digital Inclusion,” published in Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing

Tingting Zhao was among the authors of “Maternal Racial Differences and Socioeconomic Status in Preterm Infant Neurodevelopment, Feeding, and Growth,” published in Nursing Research

Yihong Zhao was among the authors of “Connectome-Based Prediction of Problematic Use of Social Media in Adolescents: Findings from the ABCD Study,” published in Neuroimage

Other News 

Melissa Beauchemin, PhD’19, was appointed assistant director for community outreach and engagement for the Columbia University Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center on March 2, 2026.  

Leon Chen has served on the Society of Critical Care Medicine’s Guideline for Adult ICU Triage Task Force for the past two years, examining evidence and creating triage guidelines for all adult ICUs in the U.S. during critical resource shortages. The guideline was published in March 2026 in Critical Care Medicine.  

Ashley Graham-Perel was a panelist discussing “The Future of Nursing: AI, Technology, and Innovation in Healthcare,” hosted by the Helene Fuld College of Nursing on February 17, 2026, in New York City. She also served as nursing historian panelist at a screening of the film “Power to Heal” at the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing on February 11, 2026, in Philadelphia. 

Allison Norful, PhD’17, served on a panel following a screening of Petra Volpe’s award-winning film “Late Shift” at the 2026 Athena Film Festival at Barnard College on March 8, 2026, in New York City.