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  4. 2025 Arkansas Nursing Research Day
  5. Research Day Agenda 2025

Research Day Agenda 2025

Time  Room Title Speaker
7:30 – 8:15 amIDWRegistration Breakfast sponsored by UAMS College of Nursing, Office of the Associate Dean for Research  
8:15 – 8:30 amIDW 126Introductions and Welcome  Bridget C. McCarty, DNP, APRN, Research Committee Chair  
Judith Weber, PhD, RD, UAMS College of Nursing, Associate Dean for Research  

Patricia Cowan, PhD, RN, FAAN, UAMS College of Nursing Dean  

Daniel Voth, PhD, Vice Chancellor for Research and Innovation  
  Panel 1: Empowering Communities: Tackling Maternal Health Disparities and Childhood Obesity in Minority Groups  
8:30 – 10:00 amIDW 126“Maternal Health Focus for Marshallese Families”    

“Healthy Futures Begin Here: Tackling Childhood Obesity Through Churches and Culture”    

“Engaging MCH communities through Service, Education, and Research”  
Britni Ayers, PhD UAMS College of Nursing    

Martha Rojo, PhD, RN UAMS College of Nursing      

Keneshia Bryant, PhD, APRN, FNP-BC UAMS College of Public Health  
10:00 – 10:10 amBreak and Visit Exhibitors Beverages sponsored by Arkansas Children’s Hospital  
  Panel 2: A Brief History of Violence as a Public Health Crisis  
10:10 – 11:40 amIDW 126“Sexual Violence”

“Community Violence, Hospital-Based Violence Interventions”  

“Homicide Bereavement, Community Violence”  
RaeAnn Anderson, PhD, L.P. University of Missouri, Kansas City, College of Health Sciences  

Nakita Lovelady, PhD, MPH UAMS College of Public Health    

Patricia Bamwine, PhD, MSW University of Tennessee Knoxville, School of Social Work  
11:40 – 12:10 pm        Visit Exhibitors Lunch sponsored by Baptist Health  
  Panel 3: Addressing Opioid Misuse in the Pediatric Population  
12:10 – 1:40 pmIDW 126“Using Implementation Science to Improve Life Course and Family Science Outcomes of Neonates with Neonatal Opioid Withdrawal Syndrome (NOWS)”  

“Adolescent Prescription Drug Misuse: Prevalence, Consequences, and Prevention Strategies”  
Elizabeth Riley, DNP, APRN, CPNP-AC, RNC-NIC UAMS College of Nursing  

Whit Hall, MD UAMS College of Medicine, Neonatology    

Alison Oliveto, PhD UAMS Psychiatric Research Institute  
1:40 – 1:50 pmBreak and Visit Exhibitors Beverages sponsored by Arkansas Children’s Hospital  
1:50 – 2:50 pmIDW 115 A/BBreakout Session Option A   “Making It Matter: Practical Applications of Quality Improvement, Evidence-Based Practice, and Nursing Research”   Rebekah Thacker, MNSc, RNC-NIC UAMS Nursing Director of Research, Excellence and Magnet Programs  
IDW 114 A/BBreakout Session Option B   “Linking Words & Sentences: The Craft of Abstract Creation”  Pearman Parker, PhD, MPH, RN, PMH-BC UAMS College of Nursing   Elizabeth Riley, DNP, APRN, CPNP-AC, RNC-NIC UAMS College of Nursing  
2:50 – 3:00 pmBreak and Visit Exhibitors Beverages sponsored by Arkansas Children’s Hospital  
3:00 – 4:00 pmIDW 115 A/BBreakout Session Option A   “Introduction to Machine Learning and AI: Key Concepts and Applications”Corey Nagel, PhD, MPH, RN UAMS College of Nursing   Andrew Brown, PhD, FTOS UAMS Department of Biostatistics  
IDW 114 A/BBreakout Session Option B   “Understanding Qualitative Research to Capture the Voice of the Underserved”  Martha Rojo, PhD, RN UAMS College of Nursing  
4:00 pmConference Ends    
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