For the fourth year, faculty members will have access to an Onramp to support them in gaining experience with scholarly dissemination. Each scholarly Onramp group is led by a faculty member with expertise around a specific theme and plans to produce a publication by the end of the academic year.
Leader: Mary Hildebrand, OT Faculty
Research Question(s):
1) What conditions and chronic conditions are patients experiencing post-Covid-19?
2) What existing rehabilitation interventions may be effective in treating those conditions and chronic conditions that are a result of Covid-19?
Roles for co-authors:
Intended outcome: Program development for IMPACT Practice Center to implement with clients who have had Covid-19; Manuscripts on conditions and evidence-based rehabilitation strategies for clients post-Covid-19 that are targeted to specific health care professions.
Timeline: One year
Current stage: Idea phase
Area of impact: Application
Previous experience: Beginning Research Skills
Time Commitment: Two one-hour Zoom meetings per month; one to two hours per week for literature review
Leader: Patrice Nicholas, SON faculty
Research Question: What are the impacts of climate change on vulnerable populations related to mental health?
Roles for co-authors:
Intended outcome: Manuscript for publication if integrative/scoping/systematic review or manuscript of research findings if qualitative study
Timeline: Manuscript for publication in one year if integrative/scoping/systematic review. If research study, 1) develop research protocol in fall 2020, submit protocol by January 2021, conduct research April-June 2021, write results and submit manuscript by September 2021.
Current stage: Idea.
Area of impact: Application
Previous experience: Only a passion for learning more about the health consequences of climate change
Time Commitment: Approximately 3-4 hours per week and attendance at bi-weekly meetings
Leader: Elissa Ladd, SON faculty
Research Question(s):
1) To describe the demographic, social, and health characteristics of the population of residents residing at the Chelsea/Revere non-congregate shelter during the Spring of 2020.
2) To explore the fit of this data with an available predictive algorithm for residents in high risk housing.
Roles for co-authors:
Intended outcome: Two papers submitted for publication
Timeline: Fall and early spring
Current stage: Beginning
Area of impact: Discovery
Previous experience: This will depend on their role. If they are working on the literature review or manuscript editing, a new researcher could work on that portion. Data analysis or manuscript drafting would be suited for a researcher with some level of experience.
Time Commitment: This is a quick turn around project so most of the work will have to occur in the fall and early spring. At least one day a week in the fall.
