Cory Stephens, DNP, RN, NI-BC, CPHIMS, FHIMSS
- Assistant Professor Organizational Systems and Adult Health
- Location:
- Room 455A, School of Nursing Building
- Phone:
- 410-706-1417
- Email:
Education
- Graduate Certificate, Teaching in Nursing and Health Professions, University of Maryland, 2024
- DNP, Informatics Nursing, Walden University, 2022
- MSN, Informatics Nursing, Walden University, 2018
- BSN, Nursing, Indiana University, 2015
- ASN, Nursing, Ivy Tech Community College, 2014
Contracts, Fellowships, Grants, and Sponsored Research
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- Date:
- 2024 - 2025
- Title:
- Excellence in Health Profession Education: Establishing a Nursing Faculty AI Champion Program to Elevate Teaching and Learning with Artificial Intelligence
- Sponsoring Organization:
- UMB Leaders in Education: Academy of Presidential Scholars (LEAPS)
- Role:
- Co-Investigator
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- Date:
- 2023 - 2024
- Title:
- Impact of a Virtual Café on Students in a Nursing Informatics Graduate Program
- Sponsoring Organization:
- UMB Kirwin Institute for Academic Innovation Elkins Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) Fellowship
- Role:
- Principal
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- Date:
- 2023 - 2024
- Title:
- Nurse Leadership Institute (NLI) Fellowship
- Sponsoring Organization:
- Maryland Higher Education Commission (MHEC)
- Role:
- Principal
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- Date:
- 2024 - 2029
- Title:
- NSP II - New Nurse Faculty Fellowship
- Sponsoring Organization:
- Maryland Higher Education Commission (MHEC)
- Role:
- Principal
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- Date:
- 2023 - 2028
- Title:
- Nature-based virtual reality intervention to manage stress in family caregivers of allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant recipients: a two-phase pilot study
- Sponsoring Organization:
- National Institutes of Health (NIH)
- Role:
- Supporting
Research Interests
- Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Information and Communication Technologies (ICT)
Nursing Education
Publications
- Nature-based virtual reality intervention to manage stress in family caregivers of allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant recipients: a two-phase pilot study protocol. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 15. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2024.1295097
- Establishing a health information technology for the vaccination of national institutes of health staff. Applied Biosafety, 27 (4). https://doi.org/10.1089/apb.2022.0011
- Disrupting healthcare: Innovations in information and communications technology. Nursing Informatics. Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-91237-6_35
- Stephens, C. (2022). ). Increasing nurse leader knowledge and awareness of information and communication technologies. ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global. https://www.proquest.com/dissertations-theses/increasing-nurse-leader-knowledge-awareness/docview/2708758770/se-2
- Telehealth caretakers. For The Record, 33 (1). https://www.fortherecordmag.com/archives/JF21p22.shtml
Areas of Specialization
- Nursing Informatics, Generative AI, Learning Technologies
Primary Teaching Areas
- Nursing Informatics
Media Appearances and Interviews
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- Title:
- Capturing the Value of Informatics Across the Health Care Continuum
- Name:
- Summer Institute in Nursing Informatics
- Type:
- Other
- Date:
- 2023
Honors/Awards
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- Name:
- Excellence in Teaching Award, Graduate (Nominated)
- Sponsoring organization:
- University of Maryland
- Date:
- 2024
-
- Name:
- NIH Quality of Work-Life and Well-Being Award
- Sponsoring organization:
- National Institutes of Health (NIH)
- Date:
- 2022
-
- Name:
- NIH Innovation Award
- Sponsoring organization:
- National Institutes of Health (NIH)
- Date:
- 2022
-
- Name:
- Fellow Member (FHIMSS)
- Sponsoring organization:
- Health Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS)
- Date:
- 2022
-
- Name:
- People's Choice Award
- Sponsoring organization:
- Summer Institute in Nursing Informatics
- Date:
- 2021
-
- Name:
- Outstanding Abstract Award
- Sponsoring organization:
- Summer Institute in Nursing Informatics
- Date:
- 2021
-
- Name:
- Distinguished Alumni Award
- Sponsoring organization:
- Ivy Tech Community College
- Date:
- 2021
-
- Name:
- NIH Telehealth Implementation Award
- Sponsoring organization:
- National Institutes of Health (NIH)
- Date:
- 2020
-
- Name:
- NIH Mobile EHR Application Implementation Award
- Sponsoring organization:
- National Institutes of Health (NIH)
- Date:
- 2020
-
- Name:
- HIMSS Emerging Healthcare Leaders Award
- Sponsoring organization:
- Health Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS)
- Date:
- 2019
Academic and Professional Activities
University
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- Date:
- 2024 - Current
- Organization:
- UMSON NI Certification Review Seminar
- Role:
- Principal Lecturer
-
- Date:
- 2024 - Current
- Organization:
- UMB Conway Scholarship Program
- Role:
- Conway Scholar Mentor
-
- Date:
- 2023 - 2023
- Organization:
- UMB Clinical Practice Summit
- Role:
- Judge - Poster Presentations
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- Date:
- 2023 - Current
- Organization:
- OSAH
- Role:
- Student Advisor
-
- Date:
- 2023 - Current
- Organization:
- OSAH
- Role:
- NI Scholarly Paper Reader
Professional
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- Date:
- 2023 - Current
- Organization:
- Journal of Nursing Scholarship
- Role:
- Manuscript Reviewer/Referee
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- Date:
- 2023 - Current
- Organization:
- Computer, Informatics, Nursing (CIN) Journal
- Role:
- Manuscript Reviewer/Referee
-
- Date:
- 2023 - Current
- Organization:
- Summer Institute in Nursing Informatics (SINI)
- Role:
- Chairperson
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- Date:
- 2019 - 2019
- Organization:
- HIMSS Global Conference
- Role:
- Manuscript Reviewer/Referee
-
- Date:
- 2019 - 2023
- Organization:
- National Institutes of Health
- Role:
- Preceptor
-
- Date:
- 2019 - 2020
- Organization:
- TIGER International Task Force
- Role:
- Task Force Chair
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- Date:
- 2013 - 2014
- Organization:
- Ivy Tech Leaders of Tomorrow
- Role:
- Workshop Organizer
-
- Date:
- 2013 - 2014
- Organization:
- Phi Theta Kappa International Honor Society School Chapter
- Role:
- President
Public
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- Date:
- 2019 - 2023
- Organization:
- NIH Teams Early Adoption Workgroup
- Role:
- Chair
-
- Date:
- 2020 - 2023
- Organization:
- NIH Mobile Technologies Open
- Role:
- Chair
-
- Date:
- 2020 - 2020
- Organization:
- NIH Magnet Accreditation Committee
- Role:
- Committee Member
-
- Date:
- 2021 - 2023
- Organization:
- NIH M365 Governance Board
- Role:
- Board Member