Spotlight on Our PhD Students
and Graduates
The PhD in Nursing Science Program at Vanderbilt is committed to academic excellence. We prepare our students for intellectually rewarding academic and research careers. Our students engage in a variety of scholarly activities and collaborate with faculty in nursing and other disciplines. Through mentorship and collaboration, our students learn critical skills and gain the knowledge they need for a successful and productive career in nursing.
Spotlight on Our Students
The PhD Program is pleased to announce several recent scholarly accomplishments for one of our PhD students:
Spotlight on Terrah Foster
Terrah Foster is working on her dissertation and recently had a paper published in the July/August issue of the Journal of Hospice & Palliative Nursing. Pediatric Palliative Care Revisited: A Vision to Add Life. Journal of Hospice & Palliative Nursing. 9(4):212-219, July/August 2007. Foster, Terrah L. PhD©, RN, CPNP.
Terrah also had two recent poster presentations:
- Foster, T.L., Davies, B., Gerhardt, C.A., Gilmer, M.J., & Compas, B.E. (2007, October). Continuing bonds with children who have died from cancer. Poster presentation, Vanderbilt Medical Center Nursing Research, Nashville, TN.
- Foster, T.L., Davies, B., Gerhardt, C.A., Gilmer, M.J., & Compas, B.E. (November 2007). Legacies of children with advanced cancer. Vanderbilt Kennedy Center. Nashville, TN.
In addition, Terrah was awarded a Dissertation Enhancement Grant by the Dissertation Enhancement Grant Review Committee, Vanderbilt Graduate School.
These grants are designed to enhance already outstanding dissertation projects by permitting the addition of a new dimension, additional breadth, or other worthwhile extensions.
Congratulations Terrah!
Spotlight on Our Graduates
Spotlight on Elizabeth Moore
We are delighted to announce that Elizabeth Moore, PhD, RNC, IBCLC, recently had an article published in the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews and the American College of Nurse-Midwives for her research involving early skin-to-skin contact for mothers and their healthy newborn infants:
Early skin-to-skin contact for mothers and their healthy newborn infants (Review)
Moore, ER, Anderson, GC, Bergman N
The Cochrane Collaboration
The Cochrane Library 2007, Issue 3
Reprints are available at: http://www.thecochranelibrary.com
Moore, ER, Anderson, GC (2007). Randomized controlled trial of very early mother-infant skin-to-skin contact and breastfeeding status. American College of Nurse-Midwives (52)2, 116-125.
Dr. Moore graduated from our PhD program in 2005 and did her dissertation on, “Randomized Controlled Trial of Early Mother-Infant Skin-to-Skin Contact and Breastfeeding Success.” She is presently employed at the Vanderbilt School of Nursing where she teaches a PhD course for second year students in Designing and Testing Clinical Interventions. She also teaches several MSN courses for nurse practitioner students: Foundations of Professional Nursing II, Theoretical Foundations of Advanced Nursing Practice, Research Methods for Advanced Nursing Practice, and Theory, Research and Advanced Nursing Practice: Integration and Application. Dr. Moore is employed part-time as a Lactation Consultant at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. She is also involved in reviewing research articles for the Journal of Human Lactation and is a member of the American Academy of Nursing Breastfeeding Expert Panel.
Congratulations Dr. Moore!
Dissertations
View a sampling of our student dissertations.