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Research and Scholarship Day
About Research & Scholarship Day
The Donna M. and Robert J. Manning College of Nursing and Health Sciences Research & Scholarship Day will be held on Thursday, April 10, 2025 in the Campus Center Ballroom. This year we are highlighting the four departments of our college: Exercise & Health Sciences, Gerontology, Nursing, and Public Health, with four keynote speakers focusing on our theme of Our Health, Our Climate.
All events will be in person this year. Only the Doctor of Nursing Practice Lightning Talks will be a hybrid event with some participants attending via Zoom. To download Zoom to your computer or mobile device and to make sure you have the most up-to-date version please visit HERE.
Students, colleagues, and clinical and community partners are all welcome!
See the full Program of Events and our Featured Presenters below. Keep checking back for any updates over coming days.
Program of Events
Manning College Research Day: April 10th, 2025
Thursday, April 10th, 2025, 9am-3:30pm
Coffee and Tea: 8:45am
Welcome and Dean's Remarks: 9-9:15am, Campus Center, 3rd Floor Ballroom
"Our Health, Our Climate"
- Joseph B. Berger, PhD, Provost and Vice-Chancellor for Academic Affairs, UMass Boston
- Bo Fernhall, PhD, Dean, Manning College of Nursing and Health Sciences, UMass Boston
Keynote Address: 9:15-9:55am, Campus Center, 3rd Floor Ballroom
"Why and How to Build and Sustain Impactful Maternal and Child Health and Nutrition Community Engaged Academic Programs: My Journey"
- Rafael Pérez-Escamilla, PhD, Dr. Honoris Causa, Director, Office of Public Health Practice and Professor of Public Health, Yale School of Public Health
- (Director, Global Health Concentration
Director, Maternal Child Health Promotion Track
PI, Yale-Griffin CDC Prevention Research Center)
Spotlight Presentation: 10-10:30am, Campus Center, 3rd Floor Ballroom
"My Journey to Improve Maternal and Infant Health Outcomes"
- Lisa Heelan-Fancher, PhD, FNP-BC, ANP-BC, CNE, Associate Professor of Nursing, Manning College of Nursing and Health Sciences, UMass Boston
Faculty and Students Poster Session: 10:30-11:30am, Campus Center, 3rd Floor Ballroom
Student Luncheon with the Keynote and Spotlight Presentation Speakers (Invitation Only): 11:30am-12:30pm, Campus Center, Room 3545
Light Lunch: 11:30am-12:30pm, Campus Center, 3rd Floor Ballroom
Introduction to Afternoon Session: 12:40-12:45pm, Campus Center, 3rd Floor Ballroom
Keynote Address: 12:45-1:25pm, Campus Center, 3rd Floor Ballroom
"Successful Aging in an Increasingly Hotter World"
- W. Larry Kenney, PhD, FACSM, FAPS, Marie Underhill Noll Chair in Human Performance and Professor of Physiology and Kinesiology, Penn State University
Spotlight Presentation: 1:25-1:55pm, Campus Center, 3rd Floor Ballroom
"Climate Change: Implications for Aging Policy & Practice"
- Robyn Stone, DrPH, Senior Vice President of Research, LeadingAge and Co-Director of LeadingAge LTSS Center, UMass Boston
Faculty and Student Oral Paper Presentations: 2-3:30pm, Campus Center, Rooms 3540, 3545, 2540 and 2545
Featured Presenters
Coming soon!