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Elaine Stashinko, PhD, RN

Specialties and Expertise
- Disabilities
- Disparities
- Ethics
- Genetics
- Health Behavior
- Neurology/Neurobiology
- Pain/Symptom Management
- Quality Improvement
- Quantitative Research Methods/stats
- Research Design
- Self Care
- Social Determinants of Health
Overview
Dr. Stashinko has worked with JHSON in the past including recently as part time faculty in our DNP program. She previously resided in the Neurology department at JHSOM and as Director of Nursing Research at KKI. Her clinical practice focus is on child health nursing. Her research and publications focus on the epidemiology of brain injury, health-related quality of life, and treatment of movement disorders in children with cerebral palsy. Dr. Stashinko also has served on the JHMIRB for 9 years and has specific expertise in research administration and federal and institutional human subjects research regulatory requirements. She serves as Co-Chair of the SON Project Ethical Review Committee (PERC) and meets with DNP students preparing their scholarly projects for PERC submissions.
Additional Resources
Below are selected resources. For more information, please see full CV.
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Publications/Research
McIltrot K., Busch D.W., Van Graafeiland B., Stashinko E., Abshire M., Daniels M., Pandian V., Panchalingam S., Himmelfarb C.R., D' Aoust R. (2022). Establishing the doctor of nursing practice project ethical review process to improve standardization, efficiency, and timeliness. Nursing Outlook; 70(4), pp. 616-624.
Damiano DL, Pekar JJ, Mori S, Faria AV, Ye X, Stashinko E, Stanley CJ , Alter KE , Hoon AH, Chin EM (2022). Functional and structural brain connectivity in children with bilateral cerebral palsy compared to 2 age-related controls and in response to intensive rapid-reciprocal leg training. Frontiers in Rehabilitation Sciences; 3: 811509.
Chin EM, Lenz, C, Ye X, Campbell CM, Stashinko E, Jantzie L, Gerner G, Hoon AH, Robinson S (2020). Clinical factors associated with chronic pain in communicative adults with cerebral palsy: A cross-sectional study. Frontiers in Pain Research. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpain.2020.553026
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Awards/Honors
2022 National Symposium Presentation: Pain Matters! NINDS Cerebral Palsy Common Data Elements, International Classification of Functioning, and Measures of Pain in Children with Cerebral Palsy: Cerebral Palsy Chronic Pain Common Data Elements and Classification Level American Academy of Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, Nevada
1981 Outstanding Faculty Award, Temple University School of Nursing
1981 National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship, Ethics in Nursing: Issues and Inquiry
1979 University of Maryland Graduate School of Nursing Award in Maternal-Child Health
1979 Sigma Theta Tau, National Honorary Society of Nursing