de Tornyay Scholars

Healthy Aging Scholars

2020-2021 Scholars

Student	Topic	Faculty Mentor
Healthy Aging Undergraduate Scholarship
Hillary Frey, Myrene C. McAninch Undergraduate Scholar	Identification of Triggers that Alert Older Adults to Prepare for Age-related Changes	Shaoqing Ge PhD, MPH
Derick Welsh, Germaine Krysan Undergraduate Scholar	Learning about the Engaging with Aging (EWA) Experience among Older Adults	Basia Belza PhD, RN, FAAN, FGSA
Healthy Aging Doctoral Scholarships
Susie Cho, Myrene C. McAninch Doctoral Scholar	A Qualitative Thematic Analysis of the Facilitators and Barriers to Self-care Practices in Care Partners of People Living with Dementia	Tatiana Sadak PhD, PMHNP, RN, FAAN
Wonkyung Jung, Healthy Aging Doctoral Scholar	Social Integration after Traumatic Brain Injury in Older Adults	Hilaire Thompson, PhD, RN, CNRN, ACNP-BC, FAAN
Wendy Wilson, Healthy Aging Doctoral Scholar	Significance of Dignity in End-of-Life	Donna Berry, PhD, RN, AOCN, FAAN-DF/HCC
Claire Han, Germaine Krysan Doctoral Scholar	Tailoring Chronic Disease Management Care Pathways to Older Adults and their Caregivers in Adults Family Homes	Hilaire Thompson, PhD, RN, CNRN, ACNP-BC, FAAN
Lisa Neisinger, Healthy Aging Doctoral Scholar	Home ZIP Code Outcomes in Older Burn and Trauma Patients	Hilaire Thompson, PhD, RN, CNRN, ACNP-BC, FAAN
Olga Yudich, Healthy Aging Doctoral Scholarship	Improving Coordination of Care of Highly Complex Geriatric Patients	Hilaire Thompson, PhD, RN, CNRN, ACNP-BC, FAAN

2019-2020 Scholars

Student	Topic	Faculty Mentor
Healthy Aging Undergraduate Scholarship
Kristi Louthan, Germaine Krysan Undergraduate Scholar	Aging Counseling and Referral Service (ACRS) Dementia Project	Basia Belza PhD, RN, FAAN
Healthy Aging Doctoral Scholarships
Catherine Munene, Myrene C. McAninch Doctoral Scholar (DNP)	Fall Prevention and Harm Reduction in Ambulatory Settings at Kaiser Permanente	Hilaire Thompson, PhD, RN, ACNP-BC, CNRN, FAAN
Isadora Yi, Healthy Aging Doctoral Scholar (DNP)	Developing a Dementia Care Toolkit for Caregiving Staff in Memory Care Units at Era Living	Hilaire Thompson, PhD, RN, ACNP-BC, CNRN, FAAN
Boeun Kim, Healthy Aging Doctoral Scholar (PhD)	Walkable Neighborhoods and Cognitive Health in Older Adults	Basia Belza PhD, RN, FAAN

2018-2019 Scholars

Student	Topic	Faculty Mentor
Jessica Lee, Germaine Krysan Undergraduate Scholar	Evaluating the Impact and Effectiveness of Dementia Friends in Washington State	Basia Belza PhD, RN, FAAN
Healthy Aging Doctoral Scholarships
Judy Leong, Myrene C. McAninch Doctoral Scholar (DNP)	Process Evaluation of the Healthy Eating Healthy Aging Program	Wendy Barrington, PhD, MPH
Han Su, Healthy Aging Doctoral Scholar (PhD)	Aging, Workload, and Employment Outcome Following Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome	Hilaire Thompson, PhD, RN, ACNP-BC, CNRN, FAAN

2017-2018 Scholars

Student	Topic	Faculty Mentor
Inthira Roopsawang, Myrene C. McAninch Doctoral Scholar	Translation, cross-cultural adaptation, psychometric testing and clinical validation of The Reported Edmonton Frailty Screening (REFS)-Thai version to assess frailty status in an older Thai orthopedic population	Hilaire Thompson, PhD, RN, ACNP-BC, CNRN, FAAN
Healthy Aging DNP Research Scholarship
Chelsea Miller, Germaine Krysan Doctoral Scholar	Managing Pleural Effusions	Hilaire Thompson, PhD, RN, ACNP-BC, CNRN, FAAN
Healthy Aging Undergraduate Research Scholarship
Liesl Henthorn, Healthy Aging Undergraduate Scholar	Wellbeing: a Photovoice Exploration of Health Among Older Adults Experiencing Homelessness	Anita Souza, PhD

2016-2017 Scholars

Student	Topic	Faculty Mentor
Shih-Yin Lin, Myrene C. McAninch Doctoral Scholar	Associations between Functional Mobility, Activities of Daily Living, and Objective Caregiver Burden in Older Adults with Cognitive Impairment	Basia Belza, PhD, RN, FAAN
Healthy Aging DNP Research Scholarship
Melissa Fessel, de Tornyay Healthy Aging Doctoral Scholar	Reducing Polypharmacy in Older Adults	Hilaire Thompson, PhD, RN, CNRN, FAAN
Healthy Aging Masters Research Scholarship
Creseta Simmons, Germaine Krysan Masters Scholar	Pike Market Food Bank, The Homeless Initiative	Noel Chrisman, PhD, MPH
Healthy Aging Undergraduate Research Scholarship
Jordan Hardman, Myrene C. McAninch Undergraduate Scholar	Examining Themes with Nursing Delegation Among Gerontological Populations	Barbara Cochrane, PhD, RN, FAAN