2026 Scholarship Day Program
Our program includes poster and podium presentations by graduate and undergraduate nursing students. Each of the podium presenters have 9 minutes for a presentation followed by 4 minutes of Q and A. Should you have additional questions for the speakers please connect with them at break.
8am Poster Viewing (see poster list below) and Refreshments
8:30 Welcome by Hilaire Thompson, Executive Dean, School of Nursing
Program overview by Basia Belza, Director, de Tornyay Center for Healthy Aging
8:40 Lalipat Phianhasin: Social Determinants of Health, Biomarkers, and Cognitive Trajectories After a Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
8:55 Marin Strong: “This whole thing is relationship medicine”: A qualitative analysis of mobile and street-delivered medication for opioid use disorder in King County, Washington, using RE-AIM
9:10 Jenna McHale: Gaming 101
9:25 Break, Poster Viewing (see poster list below), Refreshments, and Group Photo of Presenters at front of the room
10:00 Hyunhae Lee: Epidemiologic Association between Blue Zones Features with Longevity
10:15 Mary Wingert: Public health nurse practices to prevent intimate partner violence in Alaska
10:30 Stretch break
10:40 Hongyu Yu: Understanding implementation determinants of the Women’s Health Initiative Strong and Healthy Pragmatic Physical Activity Intervention for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention among older women: A CFIR-Guided Inquiry
10:55 Wenting Peng: on Implementation of Enhance®Fitness: A scoping review using the RE-AIM framework
11:10 Premgamon Kuntajak: Psychological resilience and its multilevel factors among older adults with traumatic brain injury: A convergent mixed methods study
11:25 Wrap up; Closing Comments by Elaine Walsh, Chair, M/PhD Coordinating Committee; and Poster Viewing
12pm Adjourn. We invite presenters to take down their posters, and then please exit the room.
2026 Scholarship Day Posters
Aguilar, Genevieve. Latinx Language and Demographic Concordance in the Pediatric Setting.
Azekawa, Megumi. Grief Experiences among Stroke Survivors: A Thematic Synthesis of Recent Literature.
Beeson, Amber. Musicians’ Perspectives on Implementing Music-Based Programming for People Living With Dementia.
Berhe, Delina. Exploring Factors Associated with the Use of Physical and Chemical Restraints in Hospitalized Older Adults with Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias.
Carmiol-Rodriguez, Priscilla. Evaluating Cultural Prompting in Large Language Models for Supporting Spanish-speaking Latino Family Caregivers.
Cheldelin, Chad. Influence of Delirium on Health Outcomes in the Postoperative Period Following Ostomy Surgery.
Chen, Chiayu. Support Transitions Between Levels of Care at Northaven.
Chung, Yuni. Reconceptualizing Death Preparedness in IPF: A Dynamic, Process-Oriented Perspective.
Dale Steidl, Aymee. Pediatric empowerment and family responsibility in school-aged children with Cystic Fibrosis.
Downs, Li. Enhancing Education on Post-Intensive Care Syndrome: A Nurse Led Quality Improvement Initiative in the Neuroscience Intensive Care Unit at Harborview Medical Center.
Duangduen, Yanisa. Mediating effects of depressive symptoms and life-space mobility on the relationship between frailty and health-related quality of life among older people post-major orthopedic surgery.
Hashemi, Fatemeh. Compassionate Communication in Health Professions Students’ Simulated Encounters on Substance Use Disorder: An Inductive and Deductive Thematic Analysis.
Hugo Moquillaza Alcantara, Victor. Implementation barriers for Electronic Health Records in Peru: Perspectives from managers of implemented and non-implemented facilities.
Hwang, Jinseon. AI-Augmented Thematic Analysis for Intervention Effectiveness: SPSM intervention in adults with recent implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) shock.
Kwanin, Charles. A Theoretical Analysis of Robot Acceptance by Formal Caregivers in Older Adults Care: Applying the Technology Acceptance Model.
Lagat, Harison. Postpartum contraception uptake among women who initiated HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) during pregnancy in Kenya.
Lee, Julia. Incorporating Dementia-Inclusive Practices and Participant Preferences into Music-Based Memory Loss Programming in a Cross-Sector Partnership.
Liang, Yanjing. Readiness for Aging: A Scoping Review.
McKiddy, Sarah. How Musical Intimacy and Novelty Spark Social Connection in a Dementia-Inclusive Community Setting: Findings From a Larger Co-Design Study.
Noman, Fiza. Unwrapping Bias: Addressing Ageism Towards Older Adults Alongside Racism in Nursing Textbooks to Advance Inclusive Education and Promote Healthy Aging.
Nwafor, Gilliane. Impact of Stigma on HIV PrEP Method Choice in Kenyan AGYW.
Owuondo, Pacific. Prospective Title: Biomaker guided adherence support for TB preventing therapy among People with HIV (Nested cross study).
Park, Damien. Patient Perspectives on Chatbot-Delivered Sleep Intervention and AI Readiness: A Mixed-Methods Study of Cecebot.
Park, Suah. Socio-contextual, Physical, and Psychological Factors Associated with Sleep Disturbances Among Korean Immigrant Older Adults: A Mixed Methods Study.
Parker, Sanithia. Addressing Structural Racism in Cancer Prevention and Control: A Scoping Review and Application of Public Health Critical Race Praxis.
Thomas, Michelle. Improving Timely Colonoscopy Follow-up after a Positive Fecal Immunochemical Test Result in the Veteran Population
Tran, Christina. Social Determinants of Health, Inflammation, and Sleep Disturbances in Older Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Survivors.
Valdivia, Hector. Evaluating the Predictive Value of Preoperative CRP and NLR for Postoperative Delirium in Surgical PICU and CICU Patients.
Waijamee, Chanakarn. Screening for Peripheral Arterial Disease in Primary Care and Community-Based Settings: A Scoping Review.
Wandika, Brenda. Living Through Loss: Women’s Lived Experiences of Stillbirth and Neonatal Death in Nairobi and Western Kenya.
Wang, Zih-Ling. A Multidimensional Mapping of Mealtime Interventions and Outcomes for People Living With Dementia: A Scoping Review.
Zengyu, Chen. Disclosure of Suicidal Ideation Predicts Help-Seeking Among Nurses.
2026 Scholarship Day Acknowledgements
This event is hosted by the UW School of Nursing de Tornyay Center for Healthy Aging and Office of Student and Academic Affairs.
We sincerely thank each of the student presenters for their contributions to nursing science and the faculty mentors for their steadfast support of their mentees.