# Translation and Integration of Genomics is Essential to Doctoral Nursing: "TIGER"

> **NIH NIH R25** · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY · 2021 · $143,338

## Abstract

PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT
 Nurses represent the largest numbers of health care workers. As a critical component of the health care
workforce, nurses must have a strong foundation in genomics. This is particularly true for faculty preparing the
next generation of nurses to provide clinical care and conduct research. Advances in genomic science are
redefining our understanding of health and illness, necessitating a concomitant shift in nursing education and
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practice. A goal of the nursing profession, highlighted in the Institute of Medicine Future of Nursing report , is to
increase the number of nurses with doctoral degrees to ensure that sufficient numbers of faculty are available
to prepare the nursing labor force needed for delivery of health care services. Doctoral-prepared nurses with
terminal degrees of DNP and PhD have opportunities to lead change in health care systems and transform care
with the translation and integration of genomics in education, scholarship and practice.
 The purpose of this educational project is to improve the knowledge and skills of doctoral nurses in medical
genomics. The need for the project was identified through a literature review and targeted needs assessment
of nursing faculty and students. The project will commence with a half-day medical genomics course provided
as a preconference at the American Association of Colleges of Nursing annual doctoral conference followed by
monthly webinars and web conferencing sessions for the remainder of the year. The project will use the
training-of-trainers model2 to disseminate information and strategies to implement genomics nursing education
and is expected to prepare at least 200 additional "trainers" in medical genomics over the course of five years.
These trainers will translate and integrate genomic information in nursing academics, scholarship and practice
to serve as genomic champions at their schools of nursing.
 The primary aims of this proposed educational project are to: 1) develop and implement educational
programs and materials aimed to achieve competency in medical genomics for doctoral nurses. 2) prepare
doctoral nurses to integrate genetic and genomic content into academics and clinical practice; and 3)
determine areas of strengths and weaknesses of doctoral nurses in foundational genomic concepts to inform
future educational planning. The course offers didactic and experiential training as well as written and online
resources, to facilitate the translation and integration of genomic content. Ongoing program evaluation will
guide subsequent courses to address gaps in understanding and barriers to implementation. Doctoral nurses
will obtain knowledge and skills to incorporate genomic medicine into academic curricula as well as in research
and clinical practice. This educational program in medical genomics builds on the investigators' collective
experience with educational endeavors in genomics and is an educational collaboration between the
investigator/s ...

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10170567
- **Project number:** 1R25HG011018-01A1
- **Recipient organization:** VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY
- **Principal Investigator:** Laurie M Connors
- **Activity code:** R25 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2021
- **Award amount:** $143,338
- **Award type:** 1
- **Project period:** 2021-05-12 → 2026-03-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10170567

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10170567, Translation and Integration of Genomics is Essential to Doctoral Nursing: "TIGER" (1R25HG011018-01A1). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-22 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10170567. Licensed CC0.

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