Awards

Awards, Grants, and Scholarships
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Award Recipients

Distinguished Researcher Award

Ida M. (Ki) Moore is the recipient of the 2007 Oncology Nursing Society Distinguished Researcher Award. Dr. Moore is professor and director in the division of nursing practice in the College of Nursing at the University of Arizona in Tucson and has served as Co-Program Director of the University of Arizona Cancer Center Cancer Control Program. This award recognizes her outstanding contributions through research that have enhanced the science and practice of oncology nursing.

Dr. Moore received her bachelor of science in nursing degree and her master of arts degree with a major in pediatric nursing from the University of Iowa in Iowa City. She earned her doctorate of nursing science degree from the University of California in San Francisco in 1985 with a focus on childhood cancer and central nervous system toxicities of cancer treatment. She is an active member of ONS, the Western Institute of Nursing, and the American Nurses Association.

Dr. Moore has had an exceptional career in nursing research. She has repeatedly been the recipient of funding from the National Institute of Nursing Research, Oncology Nursing Society Foundation, National Institute of Child Health and Development, Leukemia Society, and Sigma Theta Tau. She is also an active investigator in the Children’s Oncology Group. The majority of her research has focused the impact of leukemia on the central nervous system, biomarkers, and neuropsychological evaluation of children. Dr. Moore is currently conducting research focusing on quality of life and functional status in children with medulloblastoma and developing an animal model examining methotrexate-induced neurological injury.

Dr. Moore has been a longtime member of the Oncology Nursing Society and has received numerous honors throughout her career including the Excellence in Graduate Teaching Award at the University of Arizona and the Distinguished Alumni Achievement Award at the University of Iowa College of Nursing. She has been the recipient of the Oncology Nursing Society/Schering Excellence in Cancer Nursing Research Award and most recently was the keynote speaker at the 9th National Conference on Cancer Nursing Research (2007) presenting a talk entitled “Closing the Research-Practice Gap in Oncology Nursing: Models of Translational Research’.

A well known author, Dr. Moore has published extensively, including journal articles in Nursing Clinics of North America, Oncology Nursing Forum, Journal of Pediatric Oncology Nursing, and Biological Research for Nursing. She is also an author of several book chapters related to childhood cancer in titles including Cancer Nursing Principles and Practice and the Encyclopedia of Nursing Research.

ONS/ACS State-of-the-Science Lectureship Award
Andrea Barsevick, PhD, RN, AOCN Receives 2007 ONS/ACS State-of-the-Science Lectureship Award
Andrea Barsevick, PhD, RN, AOCN, Associate Member and Director of Nursing Research at Fox Chase Cancer Center in Philadelphia , received the 2007 ONS/American Cancer Society State-of-the-Science Lectureship Award in recognition of her presentation on “ The Elusive Concept of the Symptom Cluster” .  As a nurse researcher, Dr. Barsevick has built a program of research focused on symptom management and quality of care in cancer patients.  Her current research focuses on management of symptom clusters in patients undergoing chemotherapy.

Dr. Barsevick received her BSN degree from St. Xavier University and her MSN and PhD degrees from Rush University in Chicago . She also completed a post-doctoral fellowship as a Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Nurse Scholar at the University of Rochester in New York. She has received grant funding from the National Institute of Nursing Research, the National Cancer Institute, the American Cancer Society, and the Oncology Nursing Society Foundation. Dr. Barsevick has published in several peer-reviewed journals, including Nursing Research, Cancer Nursing, and Journal of Pain and Symptom Management , and has delivered several invited presentations regarding her work on symptom clusters.  

ONS New Investigator Award
Stephanie Tang, DNSc, RN, Receives 2007 ONS New Investigator Award
Siew Tzuh (Stephanie) Tang, DNSc, RN, Associate Professor at the Chang Gung University School of Nursing in Taiwan, Republic of China, is the recipient of the 2007 ONS New Investigator Award.  Before becoming a nurse researcher, Tang's career was dedicated to clinical care in Taiwan , where she established the first Hospice Home Care Program.  After moving to the U.S. and receiving her MSN degree from Duke University and her Doctor of Nursing Science (DNSc) from the Yale University School of Nursing, Dr. Tang returned to Taiwan to devote herself to promoting end-of-life care.  Dr. Tang's doctoral dissertation addressed the influencing factors of congruence between the preferred and actual death for terminal cancer patients.  Four articles based on her dissertation findings were published in peer-reviewed journals, including Nursing Research and Journal of Palliative Care. 

Since her return to Taiwan in 2002, she has received funding for five research projects, including studies on needs and preferences of end-of-life care; current care for non-hospice care terminally ill cancer patients in Taiwan; health care resources utilization at the last year of life for terminally ill cancer patients by National Health Insurance Plan claims data; and impact of care giving on families of dying cancer patients.  She has published findings from this research in several journals, including Social Science and Medicine, Cancer Nursing, Quality of Life Research, and Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, in addition to contributing to several book chapters.