Research Interests
healthcare quality and patient safety
Infection prevention and control
missed nursing care
occupational health and safety
organizational culture and climate
Simulation

Honors & Awards
2017 Fellow of the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (FAPIC)

2015 APIC Chapter Leadership Award at the Annual Conference

2014 The New Jersey State Nurses Association, Institute for Nursing’s 2014 Diva and Don Award

2014 Stanley S. Bergen, Jr., MD Medal of Excellence, Rutgers University, School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, College of Nursing

2013 Rising Stars of Scholarship and Research Awardee, Sigma Theta Tau 42nd Bi-Annual Convention

2012 Dr. Dorothy J. DeMaio Research Fellowship Award, Rutgers University

2012 New Jersey Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (NJHIMSS) Graduate Award

2012 Golden Key International Honour Society inductee

2011 NJSNA Region 6 Beulah Miller Award for Nursing Education

2011 Lloyd Family Nursing Scholarship Award, Hackensack-Meridian Health

2010 F.M. Kirby Academic Fellow, Rutgers University

2010 Mary V. Black Memorial Scholarship Award, Hackensack-Meridian Health