2024 Fall Research Day

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Gia Mudd-Martin, PhD, MPH, RN, is a professor of nursing at the UK College of Nursing, Director of the Community Engagement and Research Core of the UK Center for Clinical and Translational Science, and Co-Lead of the UK Superfund Research Center.  She earned her BSN from the University of Louisville, and her Master of Nursing and of Public Health as well as her PhD from the University of Texas Health Science Center-Houston.

As a health equities researcher whose work is guided by principles of community-based participatory research, Dr. Mudd-Martin engages in reciprocal relationships with diverse communities to address health inequities and disparities. Her research funded by NIH/NINR focuses on the development and testing of sustainable cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes risk reduction interventions that are designed in partnership with Latino/Latina and rural communities. She is site PI of an NIH grant supporting equitable engagement with the All Of Us program and is funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to collaborate with diverse communities to increase COVID-19 vaccine uptake.

Dr. Mudd-Martin has extensively published and presented scholarly work and is dedicated to mentoring the next generation of scientists from nursing and other health disciplines. She is an active member of multiple professional organizations and had a pivotal role in establishing the Appalachian Translational Research Network as a 501c3, for which she continues to serve as a member of the Executive Leadership Committee. She has received multiple awards in recognition of her work including, among others, induction in 2017 as a Fellow of the American Heart Association and in 2022 as a Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing.

Selena Ann Gilles is Clinical Associate Professor and Associate Dean of the Undergraduate Program a New York University Rory Meyers College of Nursing. She is an Affiliate Faculty member of the Hartford Institute for Geriatric Nursing (HIGN) where she serves as Co-Director of HIGN Scholars Program. Dr Gilles is also an Affiliate Associate Professor at Howard University College of Nursing and Allied Health Sciences and Volunteer Associate Professor for the State University of Haiti.

She has a DNP from Monmouth University (2014), a MS in Adult Health Nursing from Hunter College, City University of New York, (Cum Laude, 2010) and a BS with a major in Nursing degree from Long Island University (With Honors, 2005). Dr Gilles is a certified Clinical Nurse Educator and is also certified in Critical Care Nursing. Dr Gilles has been an Adult Nurse Practitioner for 13 years, specializing in Neuro and Pain Management. 

Dr Gilles is known for creating and implementing nontraditional immersive teaching/learning innovations to address nationally identified nursing education issues that will enhance student learning/program outcomes. She is regarded as a leader and prelicensure nursing education expert who has implemented curricular innovations that have been evidenced-based, creative and effective teaching strategies that span across multiple courses at Meyers and settings outside of Meyers, having a significant impact on student academic success and role transitions. Her contributions have helped enhance the nursing curriculum, filling identified gaps and answering the new Essentials call for all entry-level professional nurses to have knowledge and proficiencies to practice across a variety of settings in the spheres of wellness/disease prevention and chronic disease management.

Dr Gilles is passionate about the management of acute and chronic pain, as well as opioid overdose prevention. She is the Program Director of the Greater NYC Black Nurses Association Opioid Overdose Prevention Program. She has strong community advocacy and passion for global health, currently working with organizations aimed to serve the underprivileged and underserved communities in Haiti, Ghana, and Nigeria. She has been on seven medical missions. Dr. Gilles is currently a member of six professional organizations/associations, including serving as Past President and current Treasurer of Meyers’ Sigma Upsilon Chapter, and Programming and Community Service Committee Chair for the Greater NYC Black Nurses Association. Dr Gilles is an NLN LEAD Alum (2019) Penn Wharton Nurse Executive Leader Alum (2020). She has received the NBNA Under 40 Award (2019), Nurse of the Year Award for Community Service (2020), and Advanced Practice Nurse of the Year Award (2022).  She has also received the Leota P Brown Community Service Award from Chi Eta Phi Sorority, Inc (2021). Dr Gilles is the recipient of the GNYCBNA Nurse of the Year for Community Service (2021) and the NYU Meyers Humanitarian Award (2021). Dr Gilles is also a Fellow of the New York Academy of Medicine (2020), a Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing (2023) and a Fellow of the Academy of Nursing Education (2023). 

Please join us and consider presenting your work at the CCN Research / Scholarship Day.

Guidelines:

1. Abstracts may describe completed research, research in progress, performance improvement projects, or research-related topics (e.g., unique methods or populations).

2. Your abstract may be selected for a poster session.

3. You may submit more than one abstract, but you may only be first author on one.

4. Abstracts submissions are due by August 16^th. Contact Courtney Greene for the submission link.

5. Please use the attached form to complete your abstract submission.