Monthly Archives: May 2020

Dean Gregory contributes to new textbook on Sports Pharmacy

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Dr. David GregoryDean of Belmont’s College of Pharmacy Dr. David Gregory offered his knowledge and writing skills to two chapters in the latest title published by the American Pharmacists Association called “Sports Pharmacy: Performance Enhancing Drugs, and the Athlete.”

Gregory joined other authors from the University of Mississippi: Pharmacologist Dr. Marvin Wilson, Athletic Director and Physical Therapist Dr. Shannon R. Singletary, and Pharmacy Law Professor Dr. Erin R. Holmes. Gregory wrote Chapter 7: Therapeutic Uses of Performance Enhancing Drugs and co-authored Chapter 3: Prohibited Substances and Their Actions with Wilson.

The book provides a comprehensive compilation of information in a single location on performance-enhancing substances by United States collegiate, amateur and professional athletes. The pharmacology of all classes of performance-enhancing drugs is discussed, as well as any data that support their use, covering a wide range of laws, policies and regulations concerning the use of substances by athletes.

With the breadth of topics covered, Sports Pharmacy is the most complete text available on performance-enhancing drugs. No other title comes close to the comprehensive nature of the topics discussed in this groundbreaking resource.

MSOT Program Receives 10-Year Accreditation

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Students work with Skeleton in Belmont's Occupational Therapy Program

Belmont University’s Occupational Therapy Master’s Program recently received full accreditation from the Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy Education (ACOTE) of the American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA). The status was granted for a period of 10 years. The program’s Interim Report will be due in spring 2024, and the next on-site evaluation will be scheduled within the 2029 academic year.

Dean of the College of Health Sciences and Nursing Dr. Cathy Taylor said, “We are so proud of this extraordinary achievement. While we see the dedication and hard work of program faculty, staff and students every day, such recognition for excellence is especially meaningful when it comes from respected peers.”

As one of the first in the country to gain professional accreditation at the doctoral level and with a unique master’s program providing advancement opportunities for occupational therapy assistants and physical therapist assistants throughout the U.S., the Belmont University School of Occupational Therapy leads the way in educating future occupational therapists. Students receive a comprehensive education from experienced practitioners, utilizing the latest methods and technologies in an environment that encourages life-long learning, service and advocacy.

The ACOTE onsite team is comprised of expert reviewers who evaluate the overall effectiveness of the program relative to its mission and success with respect to student achievement. Chair and professor of the School of Occupational Therapy Dr. Lorry LiottaKleinfeld explained programs can be granted a five, seven or ten-year period for re-accreditation based on the recommendations of the team. Continue reading →

Nursing Alumna Jennifer Scanlon Conducts Study on Barriers to Clinical Research Participation

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Jenn ScanlonJennifer Scanlon, DNP, Vanderbilt Children’s Hospital (VCH) nurse and graduate of Belmont University’s Doctor of Nursing Program (May ’20), sought to determine how stakeholder race, trust and education influence participation barriers in clinical research through her scholarly project, “Predictors of Barriers to Participation in Clinical Research in Adults Living in the Southeastern United States.”

The project – which was the first collaboration between Belmont’s School of Nursing and the Meharry-Vanderbilt Alliance (MVA) – utilized secondary, cross sectional survey data collected between 2014 and 2016 through the former Mid-South Clinical Data Research Network (CDRN), currently known as the STAR-CRN.

“We have underrepresentation in minority races,” Scanlon said. “In those races, there are the greatest health disparities. If we don’t have adequate representation in minorities, we won’t be able to treat them effectively, which will worsen disparities that already exist.”

Scanlon connected with MVA Research Assistant Professor of Medicine Alecia Fair, DrPH and Belmont University Adjunct Instructor of Mathematics David Phillippi, PhD, who served as Scholarly Project Team Managers. Belmont University Director of Graduate Nursing Studies Linda Wofford, DNP served as the Scholarly Project Advisor.

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Healthcare Informatics Program Receives Visitor from Duke-Margolis Center for Health Policy

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Joshua Page, Julie Nguyen and Grant Harder

From left to right: 2020 Healthcare Informatics Senior Team members Joshua Page, Julie Nguyen & Grant Harder

As a leader in Healthcare Informatics among colleges of pharmacy in the United States, the Belmont University College of Pharmacy’s program frequently entertains visitors interested in learning more about the curriculum and activities of the teams. The spring 2020 semester was no exception.

On Wednesday, February 25, P4 students in the Doctor of Pharmacy program received Dr. Hilary Campbell, PharmD, JD. for a visit and class session. Dr. Campbell is a research associate at the Duke-Margolis Center for Health Policy, where she provides guidance on a wide variety of clinical, legal, regulatory, policy and technology issues. Dr. Campbell has developed curriculum for UCSF and Duke, worked at the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT, and recently spent a one-year term as the special assistant to the chief data officer of the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services. Dr. Campbell is currently researching innovative informatics programs in colleges of pharmacy in the U.S. Continue reading →

John Williams Heart of Belmont Award Honors Foster Child Advocate, Nursing Graduate Hailey Brooks

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Hailey Brooks HeadshotA Nursing major and May 2020 graduate, Hailey Brooks is this year’s recipient of the John Williams Heart of Belmont Award.

“I am a foster care child. I say that with pride because I am proud of who I am despite the trauma and adversities I had to climb over to be here today,” Brooks said. “I am among the one percent of foster children who graduate college and help break the stereotypes around foster youth. Today, that’s my biggest accomplishment.” Brooks is committed to spreading light on both the good and the bad areas of foster care and making positive changes in the foster care system, particularly by increasing foster youth college attendance.

The Heart of Belmont Award recognizes a third or fourth year student who possesses an intrinsic commitment to voluntary service, initiative and innovation in problem solving, persistence in overcoming obstacles, advocacy for change that enhances the lives of those in the community, mature understanding of community needs and systemic problems, sensitivity in developing a partnering relationship with community and habits of reflection that derive from service and lead to service.

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Nursing Alumna Lara Stahl Battles COVID-19 on Two Fronts

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Group photo of the Air Force Reserve unit

Group photo of the Air Force Reserve unit at Jacobi Medical Center in the Bronx

Alumna Lara Stahl, nursing class of 2004, is battling COVID-19 on two fronts: as a regional clinical operations director and family nurse practitioner for Premise Health in Fort Worth, Texas and as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force Reserves, serving as a clinical nurse.

Both Stahl’s civilian and military roles have been wrapped around fighting COVID-19 for the past couple of months. In late February, Stahl was asked to join the corporate COVID-19 clinical response team for Premise Health. Her team had the enormous task of virtually providing care through their many wellness centers across the United States. Stahl was hard at work on that project before she was deployed with the Air Force Reserves on April 5 to support the COVID-19 response in New York City, as the pandemic was overwhelming the community and city hospital system.

Stahl’s role has been to act as a clinical nurse at the Jacobi Medical Center, a city hospital in the Bronx. “Since coming here, I have been with the people of my reserve unit 24/7, and I have realized how noble a cause our reserve forces are taking on with this COVID-19 response. We all left our families and jobs to come here to serve our country in a way that has never been done by the Air Force Reserve,” Stahl explained. Continue reading →