Research

At D'Youville, research is a part of what we do everyday. It is essential to bringing new ideas and applications into the field.

Faculty, undergraduate and graduate students are involved in research at every level - it means dynamic activity in the field allowing students and faculty to continually learn and contribute to their fields. As a student you will have:

Opportunities to conduct research alongside faculty
Present results at regional, national and international conferences
Participate in clinical settings testing new theories and practices
Learn the techniques for collecting, analyzing and interpreting data for meaningful applications.

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This informs our regular report of scholarly activity for inclusion in the CDSR newsletter and for potential invitation to the Research Appreciation event held every April.

Individuals recognized for their scholarly work, publications, grant awards, and related for the 2024-25 academic year included:

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Emily Aboujaoude
Clinical Assistant Professor, Pharmacy

Paper: Artickle: Jaydira Del Rivero, Tobias Else, Julie Hallanger-Johnson, Katja Kiseljak-Vassiliades, Nitya Raj, Diane Reidy-Lagunes, Sandy Srinivas, Jill Gilbert, Anand Vaidya, Emily Aboujaoude, Irina Bancos, Antonio Tito Fojo “A review of mitotane in the management of adrenocortical cancer” The Oncologist, July, 2024.

David Absher
Associate Professor, Philosophy

Paper:David Absher “A Heideggerian Theory of Post-Truth: Idle-Talk and Communicative Capitalism” in The Post-Truth Condition: Philosophical Reflections, Rowman and Littlefield Publishing, 2024

David Broder
Associate Dean of COM, Professional Affairs
Chair, Primary Care

Paper:David Broder, David Garza, “Setting, noise have little impact on accuracy of BP measurement”, Healio online, January 2025

Michael Cammarata
Assistant Professor, Occupational Therapy

Paper: Michael Cammarata, “Factors influencing the use of mobile applications for driving rehabilitation after stroke: Exploring the perspectives of occupational therapists” Occupational Therapy in Healthcare, December 2024.

Jeremiah Davie
Professor, Biology

Paper: Jeremiah Davie, “Receptors (biology)”, AccessScience, October 2024.

Jason Den Haese
Clinical Assistant Professor, Biology

Paper: Jason Den Haese “Spawning, Breeding, and Growth of Peckoltia sp.(L477) Fry in a Fish Research and Conservation Lab” Journal of Catfish Study Group, June 2024.

Paper: Jason Den Haese, “Spawning, Breeding, and Growth of Peckoltia sp.(L477) Fry in a Fish Research and Conservation Lab” Journal Furthering Study of Catfish, September 2024.

Denise DiRienzo
Chief Mission Officer

Grant:Denise DiRienzo (PI) was awarded by Sisters of St Francis of Holy Name Province Inc. for "Healthy Food Options for Children" ($8,700).

Peter Emary
Assistant Professor, Chiropractic

Paper: Agarwal, Arnav; Emary, Peter; Gallo, Lucas; Oparin, Yvgeniy; Shin, Sae; Fitzcharles, Mary-Ann; Adachi, Jonathan; Cooper, Matthew; Craigie, Samantha; Rai, Arjun; Wang, Li; Couban, Rachel J; Busse, Jason W., “Physicians’ knowledge, attitudes, and practices regarding fibromyalgia: A systematic review and meta-analysis of cross-sectional studies” Medicine, August 2024.

Paper: Peter C. Emary, “Contralateral hip joint degeneration associated with a cam-type deformity of the proximal femur in a retired chiropractor: 10-year follow-up” Journal of Canadian Chiropractic Association, September 2024.

Paper: Peter C. Emary, Angelica Turner, “Cervical spondylotic myelopathy in a 68-year-old man diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis” Journal of Canadian Chiropractic Association, September 2024.

Paper: Peter C. Emary, Kelsey L. Corcoran, Brian C. Coleman, Amy L. Brown, Carla Ciraco (Alum), Jenna DiDonato (Alum), Li Wang, Rachel J. Couban, Abhimanyu Sud, Jason W. Busse, “The impact of chiropractic care on prescription opioid use for non-cancer spine pain: protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis” Systematic Reviews, September 2024.

Paper: Rachel Ersing, Nicholas Dopp (S), Peter Emary, “Manipulation, soft-tissue therapy, or no treatment for tension-type headache? An illustrative evidence-based case report.”, Journal of Contemporary Chiropractic, January 2025.

Shelby Edwards
Associate Professor, Physician Assistant

Paper: Heather Ferro, Shelby Edwards, Renee Cadzow, Tracy Bentley-Root, “Facilitator Perceptions of Debriefing Both a Virtual and Live Interprofessional Curriculum”, Journal of Interprofessional Care, December 2024.

Heather Ferro
Associate Dean, School of Health Professions

Paper: Heather Ferro, Shelby Edwards, Renee Cadzow, Tracy Bentley-Root, “Facilitator Perceptions of Debriefing Both a Virtual and Live Interprofessional Curriculum”, Journal of Interprofessional Care, December 2024.

Jeremiah Grabowski
Executive Dean, Online Learning and Faculty Development

Paper: Jeremiah Grabowski, “We broke up with our OPM. Your institution can, too.”, Volt, December 2024.

Jeffrey Glodzik
Associate Professor, History

Paper: Jeffrey Glodzik, “Matthew Day, English Humanism and the Reception of Virgil, c. 1400-1550”, Journal of Roman Studies, November 2024.

Joshua Gooch
Associate Professor, English

Paper: Douglas Dowland and Joshua Gooch, “Introduction: Affective Labor”, The Journal of the Midwest Modern Language Association, April 2024.

Ona Halladay
Vice President, Athletics and Strategic Planning

Grant: Ona Halladay was awarded by NCAA for the "Division II Coaching Enhancement Grant" ($51,600).

Maxine Helms
Community Dietitian

Grant: Rachel Laster (PI) and Maxine Helms (co-PI) were awarded by USDA: Gus Schumacher Nutrition Incentive Program (GusNIP) Competitive Grants for "Nutrition Empowerment Program to promote the accessibility and affordability of healthy, local produce while expanding the market for local food producers" ($460,000).

Jason Kiszka
Clinical Assistant Professor, Nursing
Director of FNP On Ground & Online Program

Paper: Abigail Mitchell; Jason Kiszka; Monica Wideman “Advanced Practice Registered Nurses Role Transition; A Mini Literature Review” Journal of Quality in Health Care and Economics, August, 2024.

Rachel Laster
Nutrition Empowerment Program Director

Grant:Rachel Laster (PI) and Maxine Helms (co-PI) were awarded by USDA: Gus Schumacher Nutrition Incentive Program (GusNIP) Competitive Grants for "Nutrition Empowerment Program to promote the accessibility and affordability of healthy, local produce while expanding the market for local food producers" ($460,000).

Kacie Liwosz
Associate Professor, Chemistry

Paper: Michael D. Clark, Zachery A. Schmidt, Gregory J. Lapp, Hannah R. Dierolf, Kacie Liwosz, David F. Watson “Selenorhodamine-Sensitized CuAlO2 Photocathodes That Reduce Protons to Hydrogen under Visible Illumination”, ACS Applied Engineering Materials, July, 2024.

Katie Mallinson
Executive Director of the Kavinoky Theatre

Grant: Katie Mallinson (PI) was awarded by Community Foundation of Greater Buffalo: Perry Fund for "The Creative Clinic: An Initiative of the Kavinoky Theatre" ($49,000).

Canio Marasco
Dean, School of Pharmacy

Grant: Alyssa Wozniak (PI), Canio Marasco (co-PI) and Michael MacEvoy (co-PI) awarded by DAS-NY: HECap for "Pharmacy: Hazardous Compounding Space" ($50,000).

Kelly Martin
Assistant Professor, Biology

Paper: Kelly Martin “Do seed retention times in spider monkeys affect seed dispersal distance? A worksheet to examine the Janzen-Connell hypothesis and introduce kurtosis and skewness in data distributions.” HHMI BioInteractive Educator Resource Library, August 2024.

Paper: Kelly Martin “Connecting the results of the HHMI Biointeractive Photosynthesis Animation to Student Available Resources.” HHMI BioInteractive Educator Resource Library, August 2024.

Paper: Kelly Martin “Connecting student knowledge of DNA mutation and repair in the process of replication with the transmission of DNA mutations to offspring” HHMI BioInteractive Educator Resource Library, August 2024.

Paper: Kelly Martin “Plant Growth and Movement: Using time lapse videos to show the relationship between plant growth and the movement of plant organs and structures” HHMI BioInteractive Educator Resource Library, August 2024.

Shannon McCrory-Churchill
Acting Dean, Patricia H. Garman School of Nursing

Paper: Mohammad I. D. Ibrahim, Shannon, McCrory-Churchill “An Outcomes Comparison between Nurse Practitioners and Primary Care Physicians in Quality of Life in Older Patients with Congestive Heart Failure” American Journal of Medical Science and Innovation, September 2024.

Paper: Shannon McCrory-Churchill, Abigail Mitchell “Exploring and responding to increased burnout among higher education nursing faculty” Nursing Primary Care, November 2024.

Marguerite McCarty
Clinical Director, Mental Health Counseling

Grant: Margie McCarty was awarded by New York State Office of Mental Health for "The Mental Health Counseling Student Project for Evidence-Based Practice" ($36,000).

Grant: Margie McCarty was awarded by the National Board for Certified Counselors for "CACREP Accreditation for Master's in Mental Health Counseling" ($2,500).

Justin McGraw
Assistant Professor, Biology

Paper: Justin McGraw, Robert Goldsmith, Howard Cromwell, “Altered reward sensitivity to sucrose outcomes prior to drug exposure in alcohol preferring rats” Pharmacology, Biochemistry and Behavior, September 2024.

Michael MacEvoy
Associate Dean, Practice & Experiential Education

Grant: Alyssa Wozniak (PI), Canio Marasco (co-PI) and Michael MacEvoy (co-PI) awarded by DAS-NY: HECap for "Pharmacy: Hazardous Compounding Space" ($50,000).

Abigail Mitchell
Associate Dean, Graduate Nursing

Paper: Abigail Mitchell; Jason Kiszka; Monica Wideman “Advanced Practice Registered Nurses Role Transition; A Mini Literature Review” Journal of Quality in Health Care and Economics, August 2024.

Paper: Khuwaja Pashmeena, Naylor Chuki, Nitti Alicia and Abigail Mitchell, “Impact of Continuing Education on Nurse Satisfaction and Confidence – Quality Improvement Project” Journal of Quality in Health care & Economics, November 2024.

Ashley O'Leary
Clinical Assistant Professor, Pharmacy

Paper: Ashley O’Leary, Rebecca Winski,, Jiachen Xu, Jonathan Townsend, Arthur Chan, Bethany A. Wattengel, Matthew Davis, Andrew Puckett, Kyle Huntsman, Kari A. Mergenhagen, “Correlating Climate Conditions with Pseudomonas aeruginosa Prevalence in Diabetic Foot Infections within the United States” Open Forum Infectious Diseases (OFID), November 2024.

Rajashree Pandit
Associate Dean of COM, Pre-Clinical Medical Education

Paper: Hammoudi D., Meer K., Zulfiqar S., Varghese N., Varghese P., Holmes B., Pandit R., Sanyaolu A “Aspirin as an Independent Risk Factor for Hypertension” Bioequivalence and Bioavailability International Journal, May, 2024.

Amitabha Ray
Professor, Biomedical Sciences

Paper: Amitabha Ray, Thomas F. Moore, Dayalu S. L. Naik, Daniel M. Borsch, “Insights into the two most common cancers of primitive gut-derived structures and their microbial connections.” Medicina, September 2024.

Kendra Schmitz
Clinical Associate Professor, Nursing

Paper: Kendra Schmitz, Susan Lombardo, and Catherine Szabo “Perceptions of the use of terms of endearment among older adults in an assisted living facility”. Nursing Older People April 2024.

Catherine Szabo
Clinical Assistant Professor, Nursing

Paper: Kendra Schmitz, Susan Lombardo, and Catherine Szabo “Perceptions of the use of terms of endearment among older adults in an assisted living facility”. Nursing Older People April 2024.

Walter Sisto, PhD
Professor, Religious Studies

Paper: Walter Sisto, Anna Boneberg, “One Nursing Course Nurtures Religious Competency through Simulations” Interfaith America Magazine, October 2024.

Paper: Walter Sisto, Catholic Book Reviews of Barbara Hellensleben, Regula M. Zwahlen, Aristotle Papanikolaou, Pantelis Kalaitzidis, eds. Building The House of Wisdom: Sergii Bulgakov and Contemporary Theology: New Approaches and Interpretations. Munster, Germany: Verlag, Aschendorff, 2024.

Md Gias Uddin, PhD
Assistant Professor, School of Pharmacy

Paper: Md Gias Uddin, “DNA Nanomaterials in Targeted Drug Delivery: Prospects and Challenges”, AAPS News Magazine, February 2025.

Lauren Tollefson
Associate Professor, Chiropractic

Paper: Lauren Tollefson, Guido, Olivia (S), Hoy, Joshua (S), “Weber-B Lateral Malleolus Fracture: An Imaging Case Review”, Journal of the Canadian Chiropractic Association, February 2025.

Craig Tyson
Professor, Religious Studies

Paper: Craig Tyson, “Into the Heart of Moab: Excavations at Khirbet Balu’a” Biblical Archaeology Review, Summer 2024.

Megan Whelan, Ph.D., RDN, CDN
Dean, School of Health Professions

Paper: Monica Miles and Megan Whelan “That’s Not Me: Latina and Black Women’s Perceptions of Dietitian Identity and Career Selection” Journal of Critical Dietetics, April 2024.

Paper: Megan Whelan, Theresa B. O'Reilly, Amy J. Nwora, Mary-Pat Maciolek, “Use of Simulation in Dietetic Internships: A Qualitative Exploration of Program Director Attitudes and Motivations”, Journal of Dietetic Education, January 2025

Julianna Woite
Online Instructional Designer

Paper: Juliana Woite, “Don’t Be Afraid to Revamp Traditional Assignments to Meet the Needs of the AI Revolution” The Learning Ideas Conference, October 2024.

Monica Wideman
Clinical Assistant Professor, Nursing

Paper: Abigail Mitchell; Jason Kiszka; Monica Wideman “Advanced Practice Registered Nurses Role Transition; A Mini Literature Review” Journal of Quality in Health Care and Economics, August 2024.

Alyssa Wozniak
Assistant Dean for Clinical Affairs, Outreach, & Special Projects, School of Pharmacy

Paper: Alyssa Wozniak was awarded by the Erie County Department of Health for "expanding access to evidence-based treatment and recovery support services for individuals affected by OUD" ($15,000).

Paper: Alyssa Wozniak (PI), Canio Marasco (co-PI) and Michael MacEvoy (co-PI) awarded by DAS-NY: HECap for "Pharmacy: Hazardous Compounding Space" ($50,000).

Funding for Research

The Office of Sponsored Programs and Research (OSPR) at ��ӰԺ is vital in fostering innovation and facilitating research within our academic community. It bridges the university's researchers and external funding sources, ensuring that our research initiatives and sponsored programs are supported, compliant, and successful.

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At D'Youville all research by faculty or students involving human subjects (funded or not funded) must be reviewed and approved by the D'Youville's before being carried out.

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