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The University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing presents:

Frontiers of Discovery: Pitt Advancing Nursing Science Through Research, an Enid Goldberg Endowed Visiting Lectureship event

Friday, Nov. 8, 2024
10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

University of Pittsburgh | Alan Magee Scaife Hall
Auditorium, Room 3785, 3rd Floor
2550 Terrace St.
Pittsburgh, PA 15261

Featuring:
Roberta Proffitt Lavin, PhD, MA, RN, FNP-BC, FAAN
Professor
Interim Dual Lead of Research and Scholarship
Deputy Director of the Center for Health Equity:
Planetary Health and Preparedness
University of New Mexico College of Nursing

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About the Keynote Address

The Department of Professional Development and Continuing Education presents an Enid Goldberg Endowed Visiting Lectureship event, which showcases a nurse researcher at the University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing. The keynote speaker, Dr. Roberta Proffitt Lavin, will discuss the long-term health impacts of climate-associated disasters. The presentation will offer evidence from geographic information system (GIS) datasets correlating with the Seven Vital Conditions for Health and Well-Being framework. This holistic model integrates complex data in an easy-to-navigate, openly available tool. The tool integrates hazard, climate and population vulnerability data, as well as health outcomes, to understand the risks of a community and the future impacts on health. This information lays the foundation for identifying the educational needs of health care providers specific to regional disasters and regional adaptive capacity.

About Pitt Nursing Research Day

In addition to the endowed visiting lectureship event, the University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing Office of Research and Scholarship will showcase the impactful research conducted by faculty, students and postdoctoral scholars at Pitt Nursing. This will be accomplished during two sessions divided into oral presentations and digital poster presentations. Each session will highlight the Nursing Research and Scholarship HUBS, which include digital health research, genomics of patient outcomes, sleep and circadian science, nursing health services and policy, maternal/perinatal and reproductive health, aging and gerontology, nursing education and clinical research for evidence-based practice and cancer survivorship.

Agenda

10 to 10:30 a.m. • Sign-in
10:45 to 11 a.m. • Opening Remarks
11 a.m. to noon • Keynote Speaker
Noon to 1 p.m. • Lunch and Networking
1 to 2 p.m. • Pitt Nursing Research Podium Presentations
2 to 2:15 p.m. • Break
2:15 to 3:15 p.m. • Pitt Nursing Research Digital Poster Presentations
3:15 to 3:30 p.m. • Closing Remarks

Outcomes and Contact Hours

Upon completion of this activity, participants should be able to:

  • Identify three types of climate-associated disasters
  • Discuss the use of GIS as an essential tool for disaster research
  • Recognize nursing research’s impact on nursing science and practice

Nurses participating in the educational activity and submitting an evaluation may be awarded a maximum of 1.0 nursing continuing professional development (NCPD) contact hours.

The University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

For further information, please contact Jennifer Wasco, director of professional development and continuing education, at wascoj@pitt.edu.