Gravens By Design: Selected Abstracts from the 34th Annual Gravens Conference on the Environment of Care for High Risk Newborns: Resiliency and Change in the NICU

Robert White, MD

Poster Abstracts Table of Contents: 

Gravens2021-2 Healthy Soundscape: Creating a safe, developmentally supportive, and sustainable sound environment for preterm infants.

Authors: Maxwell Corrigan, MS, MT-BC, NICU-MT, Orlando Health Winnie Palmer Hospital; Pierce Mooney, BS, Parsound 

Gravens2021-4 Therapist Education and Massage for Parent-Infant Outcomes (TEMPO): A feasibility study of a therapist-led program for parents of extremely preterm infants 

Authors: Dana McCarty, PT, DPT, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and UNC Children’s Hospital 

Gravens2021-5 Emotional closeness among NICU fathers: A descriptive qualitative study 

Authors:

  • Valérie Lebel, N, PhD., Post-doctoral researcher, Department of Nursing Science, University of Turku, Finland; Professor, Université du Québec en Outaouais, Canada 
  • Nancy Feeley, N, Ph.D., Associate professor, McGill University, Ingram School of Nursing, Canada 
  • Emilie Gosselin, N., Ph.D., Post-doctoral fellow, McGill University, Ingram School of Nursing, Canada 
  • Anna Axelin, N, Ph.D., Associate professor, Department of Nursing Science, University of Turku, Finland 
Gravens2021-17 Exploring how to engage and better support parents in the NICU 

Authors: Jessica T. Fry, MD1; Suzanne Jackson, BSM2; Kerri Z. Machut, MD1 

  1. Department of Pediatrics, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, and Division of Neonatology, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, IL 
  2. Project Management Institute, Chicago, IL, and parent research partner 
Gravens2021-19 Providing Consistent Developmentally Appropriate Sensory Experiences in a Community Level III NICU 

Authors: Malathi Balasundaram, MD1,2, Stephanie Miller, MD1,2, Arlene R. Fleming, BSN, RNC-NIC2, Dharshi Sivakumar, MD1,2, Melinda Porter, MS, RN, CNS, NNP-BC, C-NNIC2. Pediatrics, Neonatology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA1 and El Camino Hospital NICU, Mountain View, CA

Gravens2021-20 Please Don’t Break Up With Us! How to Stay Connected to Parents Post Discharge 

Author: Dana McCarty, PT, DPT, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and UNC Children’s Hospital 

Gravens2021-28 More Psychologists Needed in the NICUs Across the Country: A national survey’s results 

Authors’ names, degree(s), and institution: 

Tiffany Willis, PsyD Children’s Mercy Hospital Kansas City, University of Missouri Kansas City 

Lacy Chavis, Psy.D. John Hopkins All Children’s Hospital, St.Petersburg, FL 

Gravens2021-32 The Use of Telemedicine for Assessment of Neurodevelopmental Delays During the 2020 COVID-19 Pandemic 

Author: Leslie-Anne Dietrich, MD, Alicia Quim, BA, and Alice Gong, MD 

Contact Info: University of Texas Health San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, Email DietrichL3@uthscsa.edu 

Gravens2021-43 Parents’ Infant Feeding Decision-Making Experiences in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU): A Proposed Feminist Poststructural Exploration 

Authors: 

Jacqueline van Wijlen MN(NP), PhD Student, RN, Ingram School of Nursing, McGill University 

Sonia Semenic, PhD, RN, Ingram School of Nursing, McGill University 

Megan Aston, PhD, RN, School of Nursing, Dalhousie University 

Nancy Feeley, PhD, RN, FCAN, Ingram School of Nursing, McGill University 

Marjolaine Héon, PhD, RN, Faculty of Nursing, Université de Montréal 

Abstract contents available in the article below.

More information on the next The Gravens Conference

Corresponding Author
Robert D. White, MD

Robert D. White, MD
Director, Regional Newborn Program
Beacon Children’s Hospital
615 N. Michigan St.
South Bend, IN 46601
Phone: 574-647-7141
Fax: 574-647-3672
Email: Robert_White@pediatrix.com