February 22, 2021

College ranks #13 overall, #7 among public institutions

COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Ohio State University College of Nursing now places among the top 15 colleges of nursing in the country for research funding support from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). According to the Blue Ridge Institute for Medical Research, the Ohio State College of Nursing earned more than $5.7 million in primary NIH research funding, ranking the college #13 overall and #7 among public institutions. The college rose from #16 overall in 2019.

External research funding dollars earned by the college have increased year-over-year since 2015.

“The research that we do matters to the real world; it transforms health and improves lives, especially for vulnerable populations,” said Bernadette Mazurek Melnyk, PhD, APRN-CNP, FAANP, FNAP, FAAN, vice president for health promotion, chief wellness officer and dean of the College of Nursing. “We are so proud of our positive impact on healthcare, leading to sustained growth in NIH funding. Each year, we continue to dream, discover and deliver new insights and innovations in research that continue to improve health outcomes and the well-being of the people for whom we care.”

College of Nursing research newly funded by the NIH this year includes:
Reducing risk for psychological stress in adolescents
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It’s possible that a lock of hair could one day aid in the diagnosis of depression and in efforts to monitor the effects of treatment, said the author of a new study examining cortisol levels in the hair of teens.

May 02, 2012

Jodi Ford, PhD, RN, assistant professor at The Ohio State University College of Nursing, has been awarded a seed grant from Ohio State’s Initiative in Population Research (IPR) for her study "Linking Biological and Social Pathways to Adolescent Health."

 

Ford’s pilot study tests a high-quality, feasible and cost-effective protocol for the collection of chronic-stress biomarkers to investigate the biological impact of social risk on adolescent health and behavior. The biomarker data collection will be conducted with principal investigator Christopher R. Browning, PhD, a professor of sociology at Ohio State, in a recently funded National Institutes of Health (NIH) and William T. Grant prospective cohort study of adolescents in Franklin County on "Adolescent Health and Development in Context." Browning and Donna McCarthy, PhD, RN, a professor at the College of Nursing, are co-investigators on the IPR pilot study.

 

The Ohio State’s IPR extends four to eight seed grants annually to faculty affiliates for work toward submission of proposals for external funding.

 

Ford’s primary program of research under her designation as a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) Nurse Faculty Scholar for 2010-2013 focuses on the contribution of social contexts to adolescent and young adult health and the psychosocial, behavioral and biological pathways through which they operate.