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About Rebecca Davis, PhD, RN

Dr. Rebecca Davis . Rebecca Davis is a Professor of Nursing at the Kirkhof College of Nursing at Grand Valley State University in Grand Rapids, MI.  Through grants from the John A. Hartford Foundation and the National Institutes of Health, her program of research has focused providing supportive environments for persons with Alzheimer's disease. She is conducting a National Institutes on Aging supported RO1 research study on ways to improve wayfinding in persons with cognitive impairment.  She is a fellow of the Gerontological Society of America and a past John A. Hartford Claire M. Fagin Fellow.  

Positions

Present Faculty Member, Grand Valley State University ‐ Kirkhof College of Nursing
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Curriculum Vitae

Disciplines

Research Interests

Grants

2018 - 2023 Randomized Controlled Trial of Visual Cues, Signage, and Spaced-Retrieval Education within Long Term Care Communities to Assist with Wayfinding
NIH
$2,237,802
2012 - 2015 Wayfinding in Aging and Alzheimer's Disease Within a Virtual Senior Residence
NIH
$316,000
2007 - 2009 John A. Hartford Foundation and the American Academy of Nursing, Building Academic Geriatric Nursing Capacity Program
John A. Hartford Foundation
$120,000
2001 - 2003 Enhancing Gerontological/Geriatric Nursing Education for Undergraduate Baccalaureate Nursing Programs,
AACN/John. A. Hartford Foundation
$90,000
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Honors and Awards

  • 2012 Gerontological Society of America Fellowship
  • 2009 New Investigator, Midwest Nursing Research Society Gerontology Research Section
  • 2006 Hartford Geriatric Nursing Summer Scholar

Education

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PhD, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
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MSN, Grand Valley State University
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BSN, Georgia State University
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Contact Information

Office phone: 616-331-3079
Email: davirebe@gvsu.edu

Research Works (17)