The 2006 Hartford Institute Geriatric Nursing Research Scholars are:

Meredith Flood, PhD, APRN-BC, University of North Carolina: Mental health of older adults and successful aging promotion

Johannah Glover, SN, MNSc, MSCR, PhD, University of Arkansas: Persons with dementia and their caregivers; reduction of caregiver stress

Kat hy Haugh, PhD, MSN, BSN, University of Virginia: Older adults (especially African American women) with heart failure

Susan Hink, PhD, RN, Missouri State University: Healthy community living older adults

Cheryl Lehman, PhD, MSN, RN, University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston: Identify nursing research grant opportunities for the funding of ACE unit studies; identify ACE unit care outcomes

Elizabeth Macera, PhD, RN, NP-C, University of California: Sexuality and intimacy in older adults

Carol Ott , PhD, RN, LPC, University of Wisconsin: Understanding the grief experience of family members of persons with ADRD; develop a training module with appropriate intervention strategies and share the module with professional and paraprofessional health care providers 

Olimpia Paun, PhD, APRN-BC, Rush University: Research with family caregivers of persons with Alzheimer's Disease; understand intervention issues relevant to minority family caregivers

Suzanne Prevost, PhD, RN, Middle Tennessee State University: Develop and test interventions to enhance the identification of dying nursing home residents and the implementation of palliative interventions in nursing homes

Mary Shelkey, PhD, ARNP, Virginia Mason Medical Center: Caring for people with Alzheimer's disease and family caregivers

Mo -Kyung Sin, DSN, RN, Seattle University: Health promotion, older adults' physical activity/exercise and cardiovascular disease  

Anne Thomas , PhD, APRN , BC , GNP, University of Michigan: Investigating and creating a model of health care decision making for older adults with chronic illnesses as it relates to health promotion and disease prevention activities  

Patricia Ursomano, PhD, RN, ANP, NYU Medical Center: Improvement of quality of life in the independent community dwelling elderly patient with advanced cardiac disease; identify minority populations that may be at risk  

Rebecca Veltman, PhD, MSN, BSN, Grand Valley State University: Determining ways to maintain and improve cognitive abilities in aging