Decker College showcases innovative research during University Research Days event

Binghamton University Research Days is an annual, week-long series of events that present research from across the University. Faculty and students from Decker College of Nursing and Health Sciences participated in the University's celebration April 15-19, and, for the first time, Decker College held additional programs during the week to highlight the work of its researchers.

Decker College Research Opening Presentation, April 16

Decker College's Research Week events kicked off at noon April 16 in Room 101 of the Health Sciences Building with a keynote presentation by Dawna Duff, associate professor of speech and language pathology, who presented "Why do research?"

Faculty/Student Poster Presentations, April 16-19

From noon to 2 p.m. April 16-19, faculty and student research were the focus at poster presentations and discussions in Room 102 of the Health Sciences Building. The events included lunch.

Posters presented at this event and the Decker faculty, students and former students involved in each project follow (collaborators outside Binghamton University are not listed):

• A Collaborative Social Emotional Group for Students with Special Needs - Cassandra Natali and Nicole Amodeo
• A Concept Analysis of Resilience Using Roy's Adaptation Model - Nicholas Terela
• A Physics-Informed Machine Learning Approach to Athletic Footwear Fit Estimation - Jaquelinne Alfaro-Rosales, Abigail Terrill and Prachi Udeshi
• A Symbiotic Relationship between Generations: Our Experience at Senior Centers in Broome County - Nicholas Parathyras and Emily Ramsay
• Benefits from Attending a Community-Based Tai Chi Class in Broome County - Jaret Beyer and Sophia Howard
• Cooking Up Results: Outcomes of a Novel Language Program for Adults with Intellectual Disabilities - Margaret Smith, Madison Richards, Samantha Reiff, Alessandra Antonacci, Cody Dew and Kara Nunn
• Developing a User Module for Community-Dwelling Older Adults with Online Accessibility - Noah Pulakos, Sara Isabel Bautista, Anthony Albanese and Vipul Lugade
• Development and Validation of the Pediatric Wellbeing Picture Scale - Julia DeMartino, Madison Kozlowski, Youyu Zhang, Bridget Wickiser, Judith Quaranta and Rosa Darling
• Effects of mTBI History on Sway in Professional Hockey Players - Jack O'Neill and Eric Johnson
• Falls among Older Adults in Broome County: Cognitive Function and Balance Confident among Fallers and Non-Fallers - Bryce Deering, Winston Lee, MaKenna Thisse, Vipul Lugade, Suzanne O'Brien and Patima Silsupadol
• Feeling Content: A Parsesciencing Proposal - Christopher J. Norman
• How to Successfully Navigate the Labor Force as a Person Who Stutters: Clinical Perspectives - Hailey Robson, Nancy Barskiy and Cody Dew
• Increasing Depression Screening in Adults Aged 65 and Older in the Community - Krystal Plummer
• Increasing Screening Using the Clinical Opiate Withdrawal Scale among Triage Nurses in the Psychiatric ED - Clara Ayozie-Richardson, Judith Quaranta, Susan Glodstein and Lavon Williams
• Investigating the Role of Implicit Bias in Vocational Stereotyping toward People Who Stutter - Julia Connor, Cody Dew and Rodney Gabel
• Language and Literacy Leading to Positive Solutions for Family - Tracy Lyman, Marisa Mooney, Tina Caswell and Kara Nunn
• Occupational Experiences of Medication Management among Adults Living with Multiple Chronic Conditions - Amy Lorino
• Outcomes of an Adapted Cooking Program with Adults with Intellectual Disabilities - Kara Nunn and Cody Dew
• Pain Management and Occupational Therapy Curriculum - Alyson Pasquale
• Practical Solutions for Inclusive Pedagogy in Occupational Therapy Curriculum - Alyson Pasquale and Amy Lorino
• The Humanbecoming Concept Inventing Model: Feeling Satisfied - Rifat Bulbul
• The Humanbecoming Concept Inventing Model: Hope - Elizabeth A. Lesko
• Undergraduate Nursing Students' Simulation Experiences with End-of-Life Care in a Rural Setting, A Scoping Review - Christopher Norman, Jodi Sutherland, Deborah Palmer, Alma Rood and Lori Sprague

Faculty Research Visual Display, April 16-19

This image was generated from electroencephalography using an eight-sensor cap while the subject was solving a math problem. It represents the neural processing happening within the brain. Image Credit: Reethee Antony.

The Art of Science

Congratulations to Reethee Antony, assistant professor of speech and language pathology, who took first place in the Visualizing the Unseen Category and Best in Show at the Research Days Art of Science competition for this entry, "Neural Art while Solving Calculus."

Decker faculty researchers were highlighted April 16-19 in the atrium of the Health Sciences Building through a visual display. Faculty members selected three research streams or projects reflecting their passions and interests. That work was highlighted on slides mounted on easels.

Faculty participating in the visual display were:

• Reethee Antony
• Jane Bear-Lehman
• Karen Browne
• Sharon Bryant
• Michael Buck
• Jason Cherry
• Rosemary Collier
• Nannette Cowen
• Rosa Darling
• Cody Dew
• Ann Fronczek
• Rodney Gabel
• Susan Glodstein
• Joshua Garrett
• Yvonne Johnston
• Jolene Kittle
• Seungmin Lee
• Amy Lorino
• Vipul Lugade
• Miesha Marzell
• Wendy Moore
• Matthew Murphy
• Suzanne O'Brien
• Mario Ortiz
• Alyson Pasquale
• Judith Quaranta
• Joyce Rhodes-Keefe
• Patima Silsupadol
• Gurpreet Singh
• Lori Sprague
• Jodi Sutherland
• Nicholas Terela
• Sundeep Venkatesan

This is a sample of images used in the Pediatric Well-Being Picture Scale©. Quaranta, Darling and their team of researchers continually evaluated and revised the tool based on testing and feedback. Image Credit: Provided.

Judith Quaranta, associate professor of nursing and coordinator of the community health nursing program, and Rosa Darling, associate professor of nursing, closed the Decker-specific events with a presentation on the "Development of the Pediatric Well-Being Picture Scale©."

Together with current and former students, Quaranta and Darling created an image-based scale that can quickly and accurately assess the well-being of children in the pediatric population while eliminating barriers such as literacy levels.

The new scale enables greater screening ability to identify at-risk children aged 8-11 years, with the aim of improving their mental health through early intervention. In addition to developing a mobile application for the copyrighted tool, the team also intends to expand the tool's validity and reliability for use with additional populations.

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