Jie Hu
Research Interest
Dr. Jie Hu’s area of research has focused on developing and testing culturally appropriate, family dyad-focused interventions to improve diabetes self-management and glycemic control among African Americans and Hispanic Americans. Dr. Hu has currently been awarded an R01 grant from the National Institute of Health (NIH)/National Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) to examine a family dyad-focused diabetes intervention for African American adults with type 2 diabetes. She and her team also examined the impact of social determinants of health on glycemic control and cardiovascular risk among African American adults. Dr. Hu tested culturally tailored and low-literacy interventions for behavior change among older Chinese adults with chronic illnesses. Dr. Hu has over 70 publications in peer-reviewed nursing and multidisciplinary journals. She is a fellow of the American Academy of Nursing.
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The new LPN to BSN program at the College of Nursing was designed for LPNs to obtain their BSN. Three current students, James Williams, Toni Hall and Colleen M. Barrett, shared with us about their experiences in the program.
As wounded victims came pouring into the civilian hospital in Kharkov after the Ukraine war began in February 2022, Artem Riga initially was the only surgeon on duty. Some colleagues were fleeing the country and others were delayed because of the intense shelling. Doctors had to ration food and medical supplies, performing surgery in body armor, with sandbags on the windowsills of the operating room. A sudden attack significantly damaged his hospital and left patients covered in broken glass and other debris. Amid this chaos, Riga had to teach patients to care for their own wounds.
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