Tondi Harrison

Tondi Harrison Assistant Professor Telephone Number: 612-625-1497 E-mail Address: harr1179@umn.edu Office Location: 4-137 Weaver-Densford Hall

Mailing Address:
School of Nursing
University of Minnesota
5-140 Weaver-Densford Hall
308 Harvard Street SE
Minneapolis, MN 55455

Educational Background:
RN, 1974, Fairview Hospital School of Nursing, Minneapolis, Minnesota
BSN, 1988, Nursing, University of Michigan
MSN, 1999, Nursing, Case Western Reserve University
PhD, 2008, Nursing, University of Wisconsin-Madison
   
Certification:
    Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, Pediatric Nursing Certification Board

Cooperative Membership:
    Child and Family Health

Center Memberships:

• Center for Child and Family Health Promotion Research
• Center for Children with Special Health Care Needs   
• Center for Neurobehavioral Development

Research Interests:

• Early neurobiologic development in full-term infants with chronic, life-threatening conditions
• Effect of maternal caregiving on infant development
• Family response to infant diagnosis of chronic condition

Research & Educational Grants

Title of Project: A Pilot Study of a Skin-to-Skin Intervention in Infants with Congenital Heart Defects
Funding Agency: P20, NIH/NINR (Minnesota Center for Health Trajectory Research)
Role: PI
Project Dates: 05/01/2009-04/30/2010

Title of Project: Early Neurobiologic Regulation in Infants with Congenital Heart Defects
Funding Agencies: NIH/NINR F31 Predoctoral National Research Service Award; NIH/NINR Institutional T32 Predoctoral Fellowship; Nurses Educational Funds, Liesel Hiemenz Scholarship; Sigma Theta Tau, Beta Eta-At-Large chapter; University of Wisconsin School of Nursing, Eckburg Fund Research Award
Role: PI
Project Dates: 08/2005-08/2008

Title of Project: Parental Health Beliefs and Asthma Self-Regulation
Funding Agencies: NIH/NINR Institutional T32 Predoctoral Fellowship; University of Wisconsin School of Nursing, Eckburg Fund Research Award
Role: PI
Project Dates: 01/2004-07/2005


Selected Publications

Harrison, T.M. (in press). Effect of maternal behavior on regulation during feeding in healthy infants and infants with transposition. Journal of Gynecologic, Obstetric, and Neonatal Nursing.

Harrison, T.M. (in press). Family centered pediatric nursing care: State of the science. Journal of Pediatric Nursing.

Harrison, T.M., Stewart, S., Ball, K., & Bratt, M.M. (2007). Clinical focus program:
Enhancing the     transition of senior nursing students to independent practice. Journal of
Nursing Administration, 37(6), 311-317.