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Clare Hastings, PhD, RN, FAAN Chief Nursing and Patient Care Service

Clare Hastings is currently Chief for Nursing and Patient Care Services at the NIH Clinical Center in Bethesda, Maryland. She directs patient care services that support intramural research activities conducted by the National Institutes of Health at its 242-bed research hospital and ambulatory care facility in Bethesda, Maryland and serves as Chief Nurse Officer, responsible for overall nursing practice at the Clinical Center. She also directs the nursing research program at the Clinical Center with portfolio strengths in health behavior, quality of life, symptom management, health disparities reduction and applied clinical research.

Dr. Hastings started her career as a staff nurse at the Clinical Center, and has held senior management roles at the Washington Hospital Center, in Washington, DC and the University of Maryland Medical System in Baltimore, Maryland. Since returning to the NIH in 2000, she has put significant effort into development of a thriving nursing research program that is integrated with clinical care delivery and supports research involvement by nurses at all stages of career growth. Dr. Hastings is past president of the American Academy of Ambulatory Care Nursing where she became nationally known as a spokesperson for defining the role and contributions of nurses in ambulatory care. She has extensive publications and presentations on ambulatory care nursing, professional practice development and nursing administration. She also has a long-standing affiliation with the University of Maryland School of Nursing where she has taught graduate level courses in measurement and research methodology. Dr. Hastings has a BA in Anthropology from Reed College, a BS in Nursing from the University of Maryland, an MS in Nursing Administration from Georgetown University, and a PhD in Nursing from the University of Maryland.


Dr Gwen Wallen

Gwenyth R. Wallen, PhD, RN
Section Chief, Research and Practice Development Service

   
Gwenyth Wallen is currently the Chief of the Research and Practice Development Service. Her clinical research specializations include health behavior and health disparities research with special emphasis on methodology and measurement in vulnerable populations. Prior to beginning her career as a clinical nurse scientist she held advance practice roles as the Clinical Specialist for Neonatology and Clinical Manager of the Level III NICU at the Washington Hospital Center, in Washington, DC. Dr. Wallen also served as a post-doctoral research associate in the Department of Family Studies at the University of Maryland coordinating evaluation research for three state and local Responsible Fatherhood programs. She began her career as a staff nurse in Pediatric Oncology at the NIH Clinical Center in 1980.

Dr. Wallen is a member of the NICHD Institutional Review Board. She is also currently serving as an Adjunct Assistant Professor at Georgetown University School of Nursing and Health Studies where she teaches a graduate level course in measurement and research methodology. Dr. Wallen has a BS in Nursing from the University of Maryland, a MA in Management and Supervision from Central Michigan University, and a PhD in Health Education from the University of Maryland.

Current research activities:

Principal Investigator: 02-CC-0053 A Randomized Study Evaluating the Process and Outcomes of the Pain and Palliative Care Team Intervention.

Associate Investigator: 02-CC-0146 A Pilot Study Evaluating the Assessment Process for Constipation in Pediatric Oncology Patients Who are Receiving Vinca Alkaloids and/or Narcotics.

Principal Investigator: 03-CC-0301 Health Beliefs and Health Behavior Practices, Including Complementary and Alternative Medicine Use, Among Minorities with Rheumatic Disease.

Associate Investigator: 04-CC-0070 Exploring Patient-Provider Trust Among Individuals with End-Stage Renal Disease


Margaret Bevans

Margaret F. Bevans PhD, RN, AOCN
Clinical Nurse Specialist, Research

   
Margaret Bevans is a Clinical Nurse Specialist in Research within the Research and Practice Development Service of the Clinical Center Nursing Department at the National Institutes of  Health (NIH).

Dr. Bevans received her B.S. from Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland in 1986 and started her career at the NIH in 1988. She began working in Hematology & Blood and Marrow Transplantation (BMT) in 1992. Dr. Bevans’ graduate education was at the University of Maryland receiving her MS in 1993 and her PhD in 2005. Dr. Bevans has received the Josh Gottheil Memorial BMT Career Development award from the Oncology Nursing Society in addition to a NIH Directors award for her continued efforts to improve the practice of BMT. She is currently the chair of the BMT Intramural Consortium Coordinating committee, coordinator of the ONS BMT SIG (2006 – 2007), and has been a member of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood IRB since 1997.

Current research activities:

Principal Investigator: 00-CC-0002 Quality of Life in Patients Undergoing a Non-Myeloablative versus a Myeloablative Allogeneic PBSC Transplant for Hematological Diseases.

Principal Investigator (Dissertation Research) The Influence of Social and Psychological Variables on Morbidity and Mortality Following Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplantation

Co-Principal Investigator: 05-CC-0216 Prospective Study of Functional Status, Psychosocial Adjustment, Health Related Quality of Life and the Symptom Experience in Patients Treated with Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation


Migdalia Rivera-Goba

Migdalia V. Rivera-Goba, EdD, RN
Senior Nurse Specialist: Health Disparities and Community Outreach

   
Migdalia Rivera-Goba was recently appointed to the position of Senior Nurse Specialist for Health Disparities and Community Outreach for the Research and Practice Development Service. Prior to her current position, Dr. Rivera-Goba was the first NIH/NAHN Postdoctoral Fellow in the Office of Research and Practice Development. This fellowship was designed as a collaboration between the NIH Clinical Center and the National Association of Hispanic Nurses (NAHN) to support a minority nurse researcher conducting research within communities affected by health disparities. Dr. Rivera-Goba’s areas of particular interest and specialization include health disparities; community outreach; and role-modeling/mentoring. She serves as an At-large Member for the NIH-Hispanic Employee Organization and also serves on the Hispanic Advisory Board of the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. Before coming to the NIH, Dr. Rivera-Goba held teaching positions both at the community college and university level. In addition, she worked as a Community Health Nurse in a predominantly minority community for several years.

Dr. Rivera-Goba received a Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree from American International College and then a Master of Science degree with a concentration in nursing, from the University of Massachusetts Amherst. She also received a doctoral degree in Language, Literacy and Culture from the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Her dissertation, The Journey of Latinas in Undergraduate Schools of Nursing: Roadblocks and Bridges, focused on the lived experiences of Latina students pursuing a nursing education.

Current research activities:

Associate Investigator: 03-CC-0301 Health Beliefs and Health Behavior Practices,

Including Complementary and Alternative Medicine Use, Among Minorities With Rheumatic Disease.

Associate Investigator: 04-CC-0070 Exploring Patient-Provider Trust Among Individuals with End-Stage Renal Disease


Sandy Mitchell

Sandra A. Mitchell, PhD, CRNP,  AOCN

   
Sandra Mitchell is a Nurse Practitioner in a pre-doctoral fellowship within the Research and Practice Development Service of the Clinical Center Nursing Department, National Institutes of Health. She practices with the Multidisciplinary Chronic Graft Versus Host Disease (GVHD) Study Group and Clinic, National Cancer Institute. Ms. Mitchell also chairs the planning team for NCI-Oncology Nursing Grand Rounds.

Ms. Mitchell received her undergraduate and master’s degrees from the University of Toronto, and a post-master’s certificate as an Acute Care Nurse Practitioner from the University of Rochester. An Advanced Practice Nurse since 1987, she has practiced in hematology-oncology, hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, and developmental cancer therapeutics. Her clinical and scholarly work has focused on the late effects of cancer and its treatment, and on supportive and restorative interventions to promote optimal functioning within the limits imposed by cancer. She is certified as an acute care nurse practitioner by the American Nurses’ Association and holds the Oncology Nursing Society’s advanced practice credential. The author of more than 30 peer-reviewed publications and book chapters on symptom management, the late effects of treatment, hematologic malignancies, and ethical issues in oncology nursing, Ms. Mitchell served as an Associate Editor of Oncology Nursing Forum from 1999-2002. She is a guest lecturer in the Oncology Advanced Practice track, University of Maryland School of Nursing.

Ms. Mitchell is a doctoral student in the Distance Education PhD Program in Cancer Nursing Research, University of Utah, College of Nursing. Her clinical and research interests center on the impact of symptoms on functional status and the development of nursing interventions to prevent or attenuate functional decline in patients with cancer.

Current research activities:

Co-Principal Investigator: 5-CC-0216, Prospective Study of Functional Status, Psychosocial Adjustment, Health Related Quality of Life and the Symptom Experience in Patients Treated with Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation

Associate Investigator: 04-C-0281, Prospective Assessment of Clinical and Biological Factors Determining Outcomes in Patients with Chronic Graft-Versus-Host Disease

Principal Investigator: Modeling the Relationships Among Functional Status, Symptom Distress, Biologic Correlates of Inflammatory Response in Patients with Chronic Graft Versus Host Disease (in development)


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