August 2018 - Present | Associate Professor, Grand Valley State University | |
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2014 - Present | Adjunct Faculty Member, John Hopkins University | |
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2014 - 2019 | Adjunct Faculty Member, Univeristy of Toronto | |
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August 2015 - August 2018 | Associate Dean of Research and Scholarship, Grand Valley State University | |
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2011 - 2015 | Assistant Professor, Michigan State University | |
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2007 - 2010 | Graduate Assistant, Michigan State University | |
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2001 - 2005 | Research Assistant, University of Michigan | |
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Disciplines
Research Interests
Grants
2018 - Present | Implementation of CAPABLE-Community Aging in Place, Advancing Better Living for Elders in the Michigan Medicaid Home and Community Based Waiver Program |
National Institute on Aging - 1R15CAG058193-01 | |
Role: Primary Investigator | |
Colleague(s): Alla Sikorskii | |
2015 - Present | MICAP-Community Aging in Place, Advancing Better Living for Elders-2019 |
Michigan Department of Health and Human Services | |
Role: Primary Investigator | |
Colleague(s): Marie VanderKooi, Dianne Slager, Della Hughes-Carter | |
2015 - 2018 | MiCAPABLE- Community Aging in Place, Advancing Better Living for Elders in the Michigan Medicaid Waiver Program |
Rita & Alex Hillman Foundation | |
Role: Primary Investigator | |
Colleague(s): Alla Sikorskii | |
2016 | Medication Therapy Management in a Home Based Program |
Hartford Foundation | |
Role: Co-Primary Investigator | |
Colleague(s): Evelyn Clingerman | |
2014 - 2016 | Motivational Interviewing and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to Improve Adherence to Oral Chemotherapy Agents |
Oncology Nursing Society | |
Role: Primary Investigator | |
2013 - 2015 | Text Messaging to Improve Adherence to Oral Chemotherapy Agents |
National Cancer Institute - 1R15CA176595-01 | |
Role: Primary Investigator | |
2013 - 2014 | Text Messaging to Improve Symptom Management and Adherence to Oral Chemotherapy Agents |
McKesson Foundation | |
Role: Primary Investigator |
Professional Service and Affiliations
2015 - Present | Fellow, American Academy of Nursing | 2007 - Present | Member and Fellow, Gerontological Society of America | 2007 - Present | Member, Midwest Nursing Research Society | 2007 - Present | Member, Oncology Nursing Society | 1985 - Present | Member, Sigma Theta Tau | 1982 - Present | Member, American Nurses Association |
Honors and Awards
- 2015 Victoria Mock New Investigator Award, from the Oncology Nursing Society, Pittsburg, PA
- 2015 Harriet H. Werley New Investigator Award, from the Midwest Nursing Research Society, Mount Laurel, NJ.
- 2014 Hartford Foundation Change AGEnts Policy Institute Scholar program
- 2013-2015 Hartford Scholar for the 2013 Harford Geriatric Scholars Program in Intervention Research Award at the John Hopkins University School of Nursing, Center for Innovative Care in Aging, Baltimore, Maryland
- 2013 Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Michigan Foundation McDevitt Excellence in Research Award in the area of health policy for research
- 2016 Fellow in the American Academy of Nursing, Washington, DC
- 2016 Induction as Fellow in Academy of Nursing
- 2017 Induction as Fellow in Gerontological Society of America
- 2018 Grand Valley State University Outstanding Faculty Mentor
- 2019 American Nurse Today Academic-Practice Partnership Sward
Courses
- NUR 792, 793, 796 DNP Immersion
- NUR 704 Quality Improvement
- NUR 605 Theoretical Perspectives on Nursing I
- NUR 265 Introduction to Nursing Science and Evidence Based Practice
- NUR 691 Evidence-Based Practice in Nursing
2007 - 2010 | PhD, Michigan State University | |
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1983 - 1987 | MSN, Northern Michigan University | |
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1979 - 1981 | BSN, Northern Michigan University | |
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1974 - 1977 | Diploma, Butterworth Hospital School of Nursing | |
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Contact Information
301 Michigan Street, NE CHS 352; Grand Rapids, MI 49502
Email: spoelsts@gvsu.edu
Phone: (616) 331-5905