Bradford Berges, MEG 2013 Final Report (submitted Oct 2015) Evaluation of how well the academic objectives of the proposal were met Several of my students have moved on to future positions, as follows: Medical school: Sterling Adams, German Cuadra, Art Lee (still interviewing), and Tyler White (still interviewing) Graduate school: Steve Hallam See below in […]
The Neuroprotective Effect of Exercise on Memory Impairment Induced by Stress
Jeff Edwards, MEG Final Report- 2014 Award I) Evaluation of academic objectives of the proposal The objectives of this award were met, especially in regard to the mentoring focus of the award. The students have been mentored and trained in an effective manner as outlined in my Mentoring Plan (abbreviated below). This includes mentoring students […]
Development of an Interprofessional Health Education (IPE) Program
Barbara Heise, PhD, APRN, CNE, Associate Professor, College of Nursing, Brigham Young University Co-Applicant’s names: Katreena Collette Merrill RN PhD, Assistant Professor, College of Nursing Len B. Novilla, MD, MPH, Associate Professor, Department of Health Science, College of Life Sciences Pauline Williams, PhD, RDN, CD, Assistant Teaching Professor , Department of Nutrition, Dietetics and Food […]
Examining the Longitudinal Nature of Information Privacy Perceptions and Behaviors
Summary The purpose of this project was to develop and execute improved research methodology for studying how consumer information privacy perceptions and behaviors change over time. This project is unique because most of the behavioral research regarding information privacy (and with mobile devices in particular) had previously been based entirely on surveys and laboratory experiments […]
Your Memory is Working Against You: Using fMRI to Explain How Memory Affects Susceptibility to Phishing
Bonnie Anderson, Anthony Vance, Brock Kirwan Evaluation of how well the academic objectives of the proposal were met The objective of this MEG grant was to: “show that cognitive neuroscience provides a useful lens through which to study the problem of phishing. A commonly reported finding from the field of memory is the repetition suppression […]
International Nursing Collaboration: Finland and Russia: 2013-2015
MEG Final Report – Leslie Miles, DNP 1) Evaluation of how well the academic objectives of the proposal were met. Twenty nursing students participated in this international collaboration in Russia and Finland, with two of the students in the role of research assistants (RA). One outcome was for students to be able to closely analyze […]
Minimizing pain during childhood vaccination injections: improving adherence to vaccination schedules
Lacey M. Eden, Janelle L.B. Macintosh, Karlen E. Luthy, Renea L. Beckstrand College of Nursing, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, USA Abstract Pain experienced in childhood can lead to long-term and psychologically detrimental effects. Unfortunately, the most common pain experienced in childhood is caused by vaccinations and may lead to non-adherence to the recommended vaccination […]
Development of the First High-Density Physical Maps of Amaranthus – genome sequencing and insights into speciation
Peter J. Maughan, Plant and Wildlife Sciences Description of the results/finding of the project: Amaranthus hypochondriacus is an emerging pseudo-cereal native to the New World which has garnered increased attention in recent years due to its nutritional quality, in particular its seed protein, and more specifically its high levels of the essential amino acid lysine. […]
N404 Nursing Care of the Diverse Veteran Population in Rural and Urban Settings
Ron Ulberg and Kent Blad January 19, 2016 Evaluation of how well the academic objectives of the proposal were met: The academic objectives of the MEG proposal were met and exceeded. Specifically, students were exposed to local and national venues in which Veterans and their history are prevalent. Examples of this include visits by the […]
Teaching Teachers to Teach by Teaching Readers to Read
Dawan Coombs, English Education Evaluation of Academic Objectives Struggling readers fill today’s secondary classrooms in alarming numbers. Although numerous programs remediate these readers, research shows students need more than strategy instruction to read successfully. Reading difficulties result from a complex combination of social, cognitive, and affective factors that can only be addressed through meaningful instruction […]