Dianne Morrison-Beedy

Biography

Dr. Dianne Morrison-Beedy joined The Ohio State University in 2018 as the Chief Talent and Global Strategy Officer and Centennial Professor of Nursing. In this role she is committed to developing the next generation of nurse leaders and creating global citizens. She has successfully established student education, faculty research endeavors, and collaborative global partnerships across multiple continents. She has international distinguished visiting professorial appointments in England, Spain, Philippines, Portugal, Scotland, and Thailand. As an internationally-recognized nurse scientist, she developed a sexual risk reduction intervention for adolescent girls, The Health Improvement Project for Teens: HIPTeens, which is recognized by the CDC and US Dept. of Health and Human Services as an exemplary evidence-based intervention for both HIV/STI and teen pregnancy prevention. Dr. Morrison-Beedy has over 300 published manuscripts, book chapters and abstracts including an award-winning book on intervention research, and she has had over $12 million in research funding. In recognition of her contributions, she has received numerous awards for her work including: election into the International Nursing Research Hall of Fame, the Audrey Hepburn Award for contributions to children globally, Adolescent Research Legacy Award (MNRS). She is an elected fellow in the AAN, the AANP, and NAP. She has served as faculty for Sigma Theta Tau International Chiron Nursing Leadership Program and Johnson & Johnson Maternal and Child Health Leadership Institute. Internationally recognized as a scholar, administrator, and educator, she has received four Fulbright awards – an administrator award (France), Specialist (Norway & Czech Republic) providing leadership training and curriculum development, and a research scholar award (Scotland). Her commitment to international work also resulted in her being one of the first US Certified Global Nursing (ICN)

Intervention Research

• HIPTeens (the Health Improvement Project for Teens) recognized by the CDC as evidence-based intervention for HIV/STI prevention
• HIPTeens (the Health Improvement Project for Teens) recognized by the US Dept. of Health and Human Services  as evidence-based intervention for pregnancy prevention
• HIPTeens now being used as EBI in North Carolina, South Carolina, Massachusetts, Wisconsin, Florida, Mississippi, Georgia, UK, Canada
• Co-editor of award winning textbooks: 2020 Intervention Research and Evidence-Based Quality Improvement: Designing, Conducting, Analyzing and Funding, A Practical Guide for Success. (2nd edition) New York, NY: Springer Publishing Company
  2013 - American Journal of Nursing’s 2012 Research Book of the Year Melnyk, B.M. & Morrison-Beedy, D. eds. (2012) Designing, Conducting Analyzing and Funding Intervention Research, A Practical Guide for Success. New York, NY: Springer Publishing Company
• Co-developer Intervention Research Workshop Founder/Owner HIP4Change, LLC - Health Improvement Programs for Behavioral Change

Books and Chapters

Melnyk, B.M., Morrison-Beedy, D. & Smith, R. (2020). Forming and Leading a High-Performance Team. In B.M. Melnyk & T. Raderstorf (Eds). Evidence-Based Leadership, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship in Nursing and Healthcare: A practical guide for success. (Chapter 6). New York, NY: Springer Publishing Company

Crisafulli. C., Melnyk, B.M., Morrison-Beedy, D. & Happ, MB. (2020). Key Strategies for Moving From Research to Commercialization With Real-World Success Stories. In B.M. Melnyk & T. Raderstorf (Eds). Evidence-Based Leadership, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship in Nursing and Healthcare: A practical guide for success. (Chapter 24). New York, NY: Springer Publishing Company

Sewell, B., Morrison-Beedy, D., Grove, L. & Westh, V. (2020). Leveraging Social Media and Marketing for Personal Branding and Business Influence. In B.M. Melnyk & T. Raderstorf (Eds). Evidence-Based Leadership, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship in Nursing and Healthcare: A practical guide for success. (Chapter 25). New York, NY: Springer Publishing Company

Melnyk, B.M., Morrison-Beedy,D. & Cote-Arsenault, D. (2019). Generating evidence through quantitative and qualitative research. In B.M. Melnyk and E. Fineout-Overholt (Eds.). Evidence-Based Practice in Nursing & Healthcare. A Guide to Best Practice (4th edition). Philadelphia, PA: Wolters Kluwer/Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins.

Melnyk, B.M. & Morrison-Beedy, D. eds. (2019) Intervention Research and Evidence-Based Quality Improvement: Designing, Conducting, Analyzing and Funding, A Practical Guide for Success. (2nd edition) New York, NY: Springer Publishing Company.

Melnyk, B.M. & Morrison-Beedy, D. (2019) Generating Evidence through Intervention Research versus Using Evidence in Evidence-based Practice/Quality Improvement, In Melnyk, B.M. & Morrison-Beedy, D. eds. Intervention Research and Evidence-Based Quality Improvement: Designing, Conducting, Analyzing and Funding, A Practical Guide for Success. (2nd edition; Chapter 1). New York, NY: Springer Publishing Company.

Melnyk, B.M. & Morrison-Beedy, D. (2019). In Melnyk, B.M. & Morrison-Beedy, D eds. Setting the Stage for Intervention Research and Evidence-based Quality Improvement: The “So What,” “What Exists” and “What’s Next” Factors in Research and Evidence-Based Quality Improvement: Designing, Conducting, Analyzing and Funding, A Practical Guide for Success. (2nd edition; Chapter 2), New York, NY: Springer Publishing Company.

Melnyk, B.M. Morrison-Beedy, D. & Moore, S. (2019) Nuts and Bolts of Designing Intervention Studies. In: Melnyk, B.M. & Morrison-Beedy, D eds. Intervention Research and Evidence-Based Quality Improvement: Designing, Conducting, Analyzing and Funding, A Practical Guide for Success. (2nd edition, Chapter 5); New York: Springer Publishing Company

Morrison-Beedy, D. & Melnyk, B.M. (2019) Measurement in Intervention Research. In

Melnyk, B.M. & Morrison-Beedy, D. eds. Intervention Research and Evidence-Based Quality Improvement: Designing, Conducting, Analyzing and Funding, A Practical Guide for Success. (2nd edition); Chapter 10). New York, NY: Springer Publishing Company.

Morrison-Beedy, D. and Visovsky, C. (2019) Participant Recruitment and Retention In: Melnyk, B.M. & Morrison-Beedy, D. eds. Intervention Research and Evidence-Based Quality Improvement: Designing, Conducting, Analyzing and Funding, A Practical Guide for Success. (2nd edition; Chapter 14). New York, NY: Springer Publishing Company.

Rossiter, A.G., Ling, C. & Morrison-Beedy, D. (2019). Conducting interventions with active duty service members, veterans and their families. In Melnyk, B.M. & Morrison-Beedy, D. eds. Intervention Research and Evidence-Based Quality Improvement: Designing, Conducting, Analyzing and Funding, A Practical Guide for Success. (2nd edition); Chapter 18.3). New York, NY: Springer Publishing Company.

Nelson, L.E. & Morrison-Beedy, D. (2019) Considerations in conducting interventions in special settings: Public health settings. In Melnyk, B.M. & Morrison-Beedy, D. eds. Intervention Research and Evidence-Based Quality Improvement: Designing, Conducting, Analyzing and Funding, A Practical Guide for Success. (2nd edition; Chapter 18.4) New York, NY: Springer Publishing Company.

Melnyk, B.M. & Morrison-Beedy, D. (2019) Writing Grants that Fund! In: Melnyk, B.M. & Morrison-Beedy, D. eds. Intervention Research and Evidence-Based Quality Improvement: Designing, Conducting, Analyzing and Funding, A Practical Guide for Success. (2nd edition, Chapter 23) New York, NY: Springer Publishing Company.

Grove, L. & Morrison-Beedy, D. (2019) Social Media Use in Intervention Research and Dissemination). In Melnyk, B.M. & Morrison-Beedy, D. eds. Intervention Research and Evidence-Based Quality Improvement: Designing, Conducting, Analyzing and Funding, A Practical Guide for Success. (2nd edition; Chapter 27). New York, NY: Springer Publishing Company.

Melnyk, B.M., Morrison-Beedy, D.  & Cole, R. (2016). Generating evidence through quantitative research. In B.M. Melnyk and E. Fineout-Overholt (Eds.). Evidence-Based Practice in Nursing & Healthcare. A Guide to Best Practice (3rd edition). Philadelphia, PA: Wolters Kluwer/Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins.

Morrison-Beedy, D. & Melnyk, B.M. (2014). Theory underlying nursing intervention research. In Fitzpatrick, J. & McCarthy, G. (Eds.). Theories Guiding Nursing Research and practice: Making Nursing Knowledge Development Explicit. New York, NY: Springer Publishing Company

Melnyk, B.M. & Morrison-Beedy, D. eds. (2012) Designing, Conducting, Analyzing and Funding Intervention Research, A Practical Guide for Success. New York, NY: Springer Publishing Company
Note: Awarded American Journal of Nursing’s 2012 Research Book of the Year

Morrison-Beedy, D. & Melnyk, B.M. (2012) Measurement in Intervention Research. In Melnyk, B.M. & Morrison-Beedy, D. eds. Designing, Conducting, Analyzing and Funding Intervention Research, A Practical Guide for Success. (Chapter 8). New York, NY: Springer Publishing Company.

Nelson, L.E. & Morrison-Beedy, D. (2012) Considerations in conducting interventions in special settings: Public health settings. In Melnyk, B.M. & Morrison-Beedy, D. eds. Designing, Conducting, Analyzing and Funding Intervention Research, A Practical Guide for Success. (Chapter 15) New York, NY: Springer Publishing Company.

Melnyk, B.M. & Morrison-Beedy, D. (2012) Setting the stage for intervention research: The so what factor. In Melnyk, B.M. & Morrison-Beedy, D eds. Designing, Conducting, Analyzing and Funding Intervention Research, A Practical Guide for Success. (Chapter 1) New York, NY: Springer Publishing Company.

Melnyk, B.M. & Morrison-Beedy, D. (2012) Nuts and Bolts of Designing Intervention Studies. In: Melnyk, B.M. & Morrison-Beedy, D eds. Designing, Conducting, Analyzing and Funding Intervention Research, A Practical Guide for Success. (Chapter 3) New York, NY: Springer Publishing Company; Chapter 3.

Visovsky, C. & Morrison-Beedy, D. (2012) Participant Recruitment and Retention In: Melnyk, B.M. & Morrison-Beedy, D. eds. Designing, Conducting, Analyzing and Funding Intervention Research, A Practical Guide for Success. (Chapter 12) New York, NY: Springer Publishing Company.

Melnyk, B.M. & Morrison-Beedy, D. (2012) Writing Grants that Fund! In: Melnyk, B.M. & Morrison-Beedy, D. eds. Designing, Conducting, Analyzing and Funding Intervention Research, A Practical Guide for Success. (Chapter 20) New York, NY: Springer Publishing Company.

Morrison-Beedy, D. & Aten, M. (2004). HIV prevention interventions for adolescents in schools and community-based settings in B. Melnyk & E. Fineout (Eds.) Evidence-Based Practice in Nursing & Health Care: A Guide to Best Practice. Lippincott, Williams and Wilkins: Philadelphia.