Dallas Digest, 4-10-19

04/09/19
  • Heads up, Dallas! Headshots will be taken 10 a.m.-2 p.m. April 24-25 in room 2502. If you need an official university headshot, here’s your final chance for the semester!
  • Dallas occupational therapy faculty members William Sit, Marsha Neville, Gail Poskey and Noralyn Pickens represented TWU at the 2019 American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA) Conference & Expo April  4-7 in New Orleans. The event is the largest gathering of occupational therapy professionals in the world. Sit presented a poster on the “Effectiveness of Telehealth Education in Executive Function for Stroke Survivors Proposal Type: Translational Research.” Poskey presented two research posters: “A Mixed-Method Study Examining Family Mealtime Experiences in Caregivers of Gastronomy-Tube-Fed Children with Cerebral Palsy” and “From Perception to Perspective: Assessing the Effectiveness of Service Learning.” Pickens presented a tech lab on “Home-Safety Assessment for Aging in Place and Home Integration, There’s an App for That” and a research poster on “How Hydration Habits Influence Morning Balance and Blood Pressure (BP) of Institutionalized Older Adults (IOA).” She also received a Service Commendation Award for Quarterly Editor, Productive Aging Special Interest Section, 2016-2019. Tina Fletcher was unable to attend the conference, but did contribute a research poster, “Tier 3 Response to Intervention case studies guided by a checklist.”
  • Dallas graduate nursing faculty members Susan Chrostowski, Barbara Gray, Allison Huffman and Margarita Menendez-Bobseine attended the National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculties annual meeting April 4-7 in Atlanta. The meeting hosted more than 900 nurse practitioner faculty members from across the nation. Shelley Hawkins, who will start her position as new associate dean of the Dallas campus in June, was a presenter at the conference.
  • Nicole Korak (adjunct, nursing) will present "Effective Interviewing Skills: Creating a Lasting Impression" at the Oncology Nursing Society's Annual Conference April 12-13 in Anaheim, California.