Kayla Sullivan (Nursing), Angela Silvestri-Elmore (Nursing), and Matthew Nishimoto (Disability Resource Center) presented their work, Accessible Futures: Immersive Assessment of Barriers for Nursing Students with Physical Disabilities, at the Association on Higher Education and Disability (AHEAD) annual conference in Providence, Rhode Island, on…

Kayla Sullivan (Nursing) and Candace Burton (University of York) presented their work, Accessibility in Clinical Learning: An Immersive Assessment Project, at Sigma's 37th International Nursing Research Congress on July 17, 2026. Their presentation explored innovative approaches to enhancing accessibility in clinical education through an immersive…

Andrew Thomas Reyes (Nursing) presented two podium presentations at the 37th International Nursing Research Congress in Toronto, Canada, on July 17-18, 2026. The title of his presentations were: “Designing Equitable Health Education for Rural Philippine Communities” and “Culturally Inclusive and Emotionally Supportive Nutrition Interventions:…

Andrew Reyes and Reimund Serafica (both Nursing) co-authored an article titled: Mental Health Help-Seeking Intentions and Perceived Barriers Among Filipino American Older Adults: An Exploratory COM-B-Informed Cross-Sectional Study. Published in Healthcare, this study found that stigma and interpersonal concerns were the primary perceived barriers…

Reimund Serafica, Andrew Reyes (both Nursing), and Miguel Fudolig (Public Health) co-authored an article titled: "Beyond the Silence: COM-B Informed Provider Barriers to Depression Screening Among Filipino American Patients." Published in Healthcare, this study advances implementation science by identifying provider-level factors that influence…

Reimund Serafica (Nursing) presented a podium presentation, “Beyond Blood Pressure: Uncovering Hidden Distress in Filipino Americans with Hypertension” at the 37th Sigma International Research Congress in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on July 16, 2026.  

Andrew Thomas Reyes (Nursing) presented a podium presentation at the 11th International Conference of the European Transcultural Nursing Association (ETNA) in Limassol, Cyprus last May 5, 2026. The title of his presentation was "Culturally Mediated Barriers to Mental Health Help-Seeking Among Filipino American Older Adults: A Cross-Sectional Study…

Clariana Ramos de Oliveira (Nursing) and Timothy Grigsby (Public Health) published an article in Child Abuse & Neglect, titled "Breaking the cycle: How maternal adversity shapes coercive parenting and physical harsh discipline among adolescent mothers in southern Brazil." The research explores how early exposure to adversity and violence…

Hyunhwa Lee, Jinyoung Kim, Kevin Dangler, Joseph Cadiz, Kaitlyn Piantoni, Jennifer Vanderlaan, Nikki Rose Ty-Albright, Necole Leland, Breanna Schumacher, Sarah Musovski, Ashley Wood, Victoria Seidman, Kayla Sweeney, Kayla Sullivan, Andrea Koplin, Jodie Peterson, Sandy Phan, Dihini Perera (all Nursing) presented at the 2026 Western…

Hyunhwa "Henna" Lee (Nursing) published an article in Clinics and Practice titled, “Pre-Injury Adversity, Functional Recovery, and Salivary microRNA Changes After a Dual-Task Exercise in Asians and Pacific Islanders with Mild Traumatic Brain Injury: A Feasibility Study.” This feasibility study examined a 14-day, brief, home-based dual-task…

Mina Attin (Nursing), Bryer Shareef (Computer Science), Xan Goodman (University Libraries), and Kavita Batra (Medicine), along with their student researchers, have published “Predicting In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Using Machine Learning Models: A Scoping Review” in Artificial Intelligence in Emergency Medicine. The study highlights the growing…

Reimund Serafica  (Nursing) authored a brief commentary titled, "Reimagining Rural Mental Health Care Through Transcultural Nursing" in the Journal of Transcultural Nursing. The commentary describes persistent barriers to equitable, culturally responsive mental health care in rural U.S. communities and underscores the importance of culturally…