Meredith Wallace, PhD, APRN-BC

• Associate Professor
• Adult, Family, Gerontological, and Women's Health Primary Care Specialty

Yale School of Nursing - Rm 270
100 Church Street South
P. O. Box 9740
New Haven, CT 06536
USA

meredith.wallace@yale.edu

203.737.2438
203.785.6455 fax

About

Meredith Wallace PhD, APRN-BC completed her BSN degree Magna Cum Laude at Boston University. Following this, she earned an MSN in medical-surgical nursing with a specialty in geriatrics from Yale University and a PhD in nursing research and theory development at New York University. During her time at NYU she was awarded a pre-doctoral fellowship at the Hartford Institute for Geriatric Nursing. In this capacity she became the original author and editor of Try This: Best Practices in Geriatric Nursing series. In 2001, she won the Springer Publishing Company Award for Applied Nursing Research. She was the Managing Editor of the Journal of Applied Nursing Research and is currently the research brief editor for the journal.

Dr. Wallace is the author of numerous journal articles and book chapters. She published Prostate Cancer: Nursing Assessment Management and Care, in April 2002, which won the American Journal of Nursing Book of the Year Award. Preceding this, she was the Associate Editor of The Geriatric Nursing Research Digest, in 2002 and she was the Associate Editor of the 2nd edition of the Encyclopedia of Nursing Research published in 2006, both of which also won American Journal of Nursing Book of the Year Awards. She is a recent recipient of the Eastern Nursing Research Society/John A. Hartford Foundation junior investigator award. She is an adult nurse practitioner and currently maintains a practice in primary care with a focus on chronic illness in the elderly. She is currently an Associate Professor at Yale School of Nursing, in New Haven, CT. Her research interests focus on the psychosocial needs of men with prostate cancer, especially those undergoing active surveillance.

Research

Co-Investigator Connecticut Leveraging Clinical Nurse Leader Partnerships to Provide a Pipeline to Expert Clinical and Faculty Positions (November, 2006) State Department of Public Health.

Principal Investigator, Palliative Care Nursing Integration (January, 2006) . Gustavus and Louise Pfeiffer Research Foundation.

Principal Investigator, Spirituality in Nursing Program (September, 2005, 2006). The John J. Barcklow Foundation.

Principal Investigator, Geriatric Nursing Certificate Program (August, 2005). Adrian & Jesse Archbold Charitable Trust.

Principal Investigator, Geriatric Nursing Certificate Program (December, 2004). The Daphne Seybolt Culpeper Memorial Foundation.

Principal Investigator, Spirituality in Nursing Program (October, 2004). The John J. Barcklow Foundation.

Principal Investigator, Geriatric Nursing Certificate Program (December, 2003). The Daphne Seybolt Culpeper Memorial Foundation.

Principal Investigator, Reducing Uncertainty in Older Men Undergoing the Watchful Waiting Management option for Prostate Cancer. (September, 2003) Oncology Nurse Society Foundation.

Principal Investigator, Adapting the Uncertainty Management Intervention for Older men Undergoing the Watchful Waiting Management approach to Prostate Cancer. (2003). Fairfield University Research Grant.

Selected Presentations

University of California San Francisco School of Medicine Active Surveillance for Early Stage Prostate Cancer (2007). Adapting the Uncertainty Management Intervention for Older men Undergoing the Watchful Waiting Management approach to Prostate Cancer .National Presentation

National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculties (2007). End-of-Life Care Graduate Core Curriculum: Implications for NP Student Knowledge & Practice. National Presentation.

Oncology Nursing Society (2007). Quality of Life and Uncertainty in Men with Prostate Cancer Undergoing Watchful Waiting: An Irish American Comparative Study. National Presentation.

Royal College of Nursing Enhancing Practice 6 (2006). Palliative Care Nursing Knowledge Development & Dissemination. International Presentation

Gerontological Society of America (2004). A Journey towards Excellence in Nursing Care for Older Adults. National Presentation

Messiah College Gerontology Conference (2004). Isolation followed by Integration: A Model for the Development of a Separate Geriatric Course. National Presentation

Messiah College Gerontology Conference (2004). A Journey towards Excellence in Nursing Care for Older Adults. National Presentation

Eastern Nursing Research Society (2004). Adapting the Uncertainty Management Intervention for Older men Undergoing the Watchful Waiting Management approach to Prostate Cancer. Regional Presentation

Sigma Theta Tau 37th Biennial Convention (2003). Finding More Meaning: The Antecedents of Uncertainty Revisited. International Presentation

Oncology Nurse Society Annual Research Meeting (2003). Watchful Waiting. National Presentation

Selected awards and honors

American Journal of Nursing Book of the Year Award (2007) for Encyclopedia of Nursing Research 2nd Ed.

American Cancer Society Travel Scholarship recipient (2007)

Sigma Theta Tau, Mu Chi Chapter, Excellence in Nursing Research Award (2004).

Eastern Nursing Research Society & John A. Hartford Foundation Junior Investigator Award (2004).

American Journal of Nursing Book of the Year Award (2003) for Prostate Cancer: Nursing Assessment, Management & Care

Citizenship

Saint Vincent's Hospital Prostate Cancer Institute - Board of Directors (2002 - 2007)

Life Haven Shelter for Women & Children Board of Directors (1997 - present)

Connecticut Nurses Association - (1993 - present)

Sigma Theta Tau - Mu Beta Chapter - President (2002 - present)

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