Faculty fellowships At wRI
In an effort to further its mission, the Institute’s Faculty Fellow program encourages faculty research on Southern New Jersey and issues of importance to the region. Faculty Fellow research is intended to promote regional discussion, so ideal research projects will advance knowledge on topics of concern to South Jersey residents. The range of previously-funded research projects is broad: a comparison of state funding to municipalities in Southern New Jersey, an analysis of diabetes incidence in Southern New Jersey, a study of how treatment for breast cancer in Southern New Jersey compares to treatments elsewhere, and an investigation into whether homeless services in South Jersey match the needs of the existing homeless populations.
Faculty Fellows
Dr. Catherine Stubin
Catherine A. Stubin PhD, RN, CNE, CCRN is an Assistant Professor at Rutgers University School of Nursing-Camden and has been an undergraduate nurse educator for over 20 years. Additionally, her career as a Registered Nurse spans over four decades in various areas of nursing practice and education. She holds national certification as both a Certified Nurse Educator (CNE) and Critical Care Registered Nurse (CCRN). As a PhD-prepared scholar and researcher, she has designed and conducted qualitative, quantitative, and mixed-methods research as both a Principal Investigator and Co-Investigator on emotional strain, negative mental health wellness, suicidal ideation, resilience, and self-care/wellness in nurses and nursing students.
Dr. Stubin has been the recipient of several internal and external small grants focusing on nursing mental health, including awards from the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN), Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing, the National League for Nursing (NLN) and the Eastern Nursing Research Society (ENRS). She was also selected to the eighth cohort of the NLN Jonas Scholars Program, a prestigious honor which supports doctoral research in nursing education. Dr. Stubin has disseminated her nursing mental health research at numerous national and international peer-reviewed, professional nursing conferences and by published, peer-reviewed articles.
Her WRI research fellowship project amplifies the need to support the nursing workforce through The Hillary Project, an effort to honor the memory of nurse Hillary Herskowitz, a Rutgers University School of Nursing alumnus who tragically passed away due to burnout during the COVID-19 pandemic. Offerings and resources provided to Rutgers University School of Nursing-Camden undergraduate baccalaureate students for managing their stress, promoting their mental health wellness, and fostering their resilience in the academic and clinical environments will be examined from the perspectives of current students, alumni, practice partners, and School of Nursing faculty and leadership. This project is a unique opportunity to serve Rutgers University School of Nursing-Camden in using this research to maintain and potentially develop new curriculum and resources, as well as strengthen the pipeline of mentally and physically healthy and resilient nurses that serve our regional communities.”