Veronica Bernacchi
- Assistant Professor
Education:
- Public Health Postdoctoral Fellowship, Pennsylvania State University
- PhD, Nursing, University of Virginia
- BSN, Nursing, James Madison University
Funding:
04/15/2024- 04/30/2025 (PI)
Feasibility and limited efficacy of a family-based, 6-week online intervention for tracheostomy and feeding tube support for head and neck cancer patients
Funder: Michigan State University Trifecta Award
co-Is: Barbara Given, College of Nursing; Eric Adjei Boakye, Epidemiology Biostatistics; Jeffrey Searl, Communication Science Disorders; Samantha Tam, Surgery
05/23/2022 – 06/30/2023 (PI)
Social determinant clusters impacting quality of life in cancer survivors and their family caregivers.
Funder: The Pennsylvania State University Presidential Postdoctoral Fellowship Award
06/2020 – 06/2022 (PI)
Identify facilitators and barriers to resilience for rural cancer survivors and their family caregivers.
funder: Rural Nursing Organization
Honors & Awards:
2023 Nomination, Oncology Nursing Foundation Victoria Mock New Investigator Award
2023 Nomination, Midwest Nursing Research Society Harriet H. Werley New Investigator Award
2022 Award Recipient, Pennsylvania State Cancer Institute CRETC Travel Award
2019 Award Recipient, Mid-Atlantic Telehealth Resource Center Conference
2019 Award Recipient, Virginia Rural Health Association Conference
2018 Nurse of the Year, C4-1, Georgetown University Hospital
2017 Nomination, Nurse Leader of the Year, Georgetown University Hospital
2017 Nomination, Magnet Nurse of the Year, Georgetown University Hospital
2014 Cum Laude, James Madison University
2015 Daisy Award, Virginia Commonwealth University Health System
2011 - 2012 President's List, James Madison University