2008 ONS Foundation Funded Projects
2008 Mentored Planning Grant Recipient
Hospice Preparation of Families for the Last Hours of Life
ONS Foundation Mentored Planning Grant, $2,500
Karen A. Kehl, PhD, RN, ACHPN
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Madison, WI
2008 Small Grant Recipients
Experience of Oral Mucositis Patients Receiving Radiotherapy
ONS Foundation/Purdue Pharma Nursing Research Grant, $9,556
Carlton G. Brown, PhD, RN, AOCN®
Georgetown University
Washington, D.C.
Spirituality in Mexican American Cancer Caregivers
ONS Foundation/Oncology Nursing Society/Sigma Theta Tau International Foundation for Nursing Research Grant, $9,993
Carolyn S. Cagle, PhD, RNC
Texas Christian University
Fort Worth, TX
Reiki Therapy vs. Placebo vs. Standard of Care
ONS Foundation/Genentech BioOncology Nursing Research Grant, $10,000
Anita J. Catlin, DNSc, FNP, FAAN
Kaiser Permanente
Oakland, CA
MDM2 SNP 309 and Breast Cancer in Childhood Cancer Survivors
ONS Foundation/Genentech BioOncology Nursing Research Grant, $10,000
Belinda Mandrell, PhD(c), RN
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
Memphis, TN
Accuracy of Protime/INR Results Using Peripheral Venipuncture as Compared to Those Drawn from Implanted Ports Using the Push-Pull Method
ONS Foundation/Oncology Nursing Certification Corporation Nursing Research Grant, $10,000
Linda M. Pendwarden, RN, MN, AOCN®
St. Luke’s Mountain States Tumor Institute
Boise, ID
Effect of Nia Exercise on Breast Cancer Radiation Fatigue
ONS Foundation/Genentech BioOncology Nursing Research Grant, $10,000
Debra Reis, MSN, RN, CNP
Flower Hospital
Sylvania, OH
Descriptive Study of Comprehensive Assessments of Octogenarians with Cancer
ONS Foundation/Novartis Nursing Research Grant, $9,984
Patricia B. Wolff, MSN, APRN-BC, AOCNS®
South Texas Veterans Health Care System
San Antonio, TX
Characteristics and Prevalence of Sudden Fatigue in Cancer
ONS Foundation/Novartis Nursing Research Grant, $9,998
Horng-Shiuann Wu, PhD, RN
Wayne State University
Detroit, MI
2008 ONS Foundation Lung Cancer Research Grant
Sleep-Wake Disturbances in Lung Cancer: A Mixed Method Study
ONS Foundation/National Lung Cancer Partnership/Lung Cancer Research Grant, $49,959
Grace E. Dean PhD RN
SUNY University at Buffalo
Buffalo, NY
2008 ONS Foundation Breast Cancer Research Grant
Candidate Gene Study of Fatigue in Women with Breast Cancer
ONS Foundation/Breast Cancer Research Grant, $99,978
Funded by the ONS Foundation through an unrestricted grant from the Breast Cancer Fund of the National Philanthropic Trust
Christine Miaskowski, PhD RN FAAN
University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco, CA
2008 Research Fellowship Award Recipients
Symptom Management in Patients with Cancer and Heart Failure
ONS Foundation/Genentech BioOncology Research Fellowship Award, $20,000
Anecita P. Fadol, PhD, RN, FNP
University of Texas, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, TX
A “Finding Balance” Nursing Intervention for Bereaved Caregivers
ONS Foundation/Genentech BioOncology Research Fellowship Award, $20,000
Lorraine F. Holtslander, PhD, RN, CHPCN(c)
University of Saskatchewan
Saskatoon, Canada