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Graduate Spotlight: Kaitlyn Spadoni

Congratulations to Kaitlyn Spadoni, BH WELL Instructional Design Project Assistant, for graduating with a Master’s in Instructional Systems Design. She has been with BH WELL since Fall 2020 when she began her program. Kaitlyn wanted to work with BH WELL to make an impact on people living with mental health disorders. She drafted a nine-module, self-paced learning program to help people living with mental health challenges stop using tobacco products.

Graduate Spotlight: Amani Kappi, PhD, MSN, RN, BSN

Congratulations to Amani Kappi, PhD, MSN, RN, BSN BH WELL Project Assistant, for graduating from the UK College of Nursing with a Doctor of Philosophy in Nursing. While earning her PhD, Dr. Kappi received the Katherine Tenore Girone Scholarship from UK College of Nursing. She also received three research-related awards: Delta Psi Chapter of Sigma Theta Tau Research Award, the Graduate Student Congress Cycle 4 Award, and a Top 10 Poster Award...

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BH WELL’s Mady Strong receives Pam Branson Award for research on new nurses and COVID-19

Behavioral Health Wellness Environments for Living and Learning (BH WELL) research team member Madelyn “Mady” Strong, BSN, RN, was recently awarded UK HealthCare’s Pam Branson Award for her research on new nurses and COVID-19. Strong, a 2019 graduate from the University of Kentucky College of Nursing, presented her study, “Being a New Graduate Nurse in the Middle of A Pandemic: An Exploratory Analysis Of the Effects of COVID-19” during UK HealthCare’s Annual Nursing Research Papers Day.