ANCC Certified Adult-Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner

2023 Fellow in Palliative Care Nursing, Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association

2022 Vanguard Award, Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association

2021 James B. Erdmann Award for Excellence in Interprofessional Health Education, Thomas Jefferson University

2020 Selected as Distinguished Educator in Gerontological Nursing from the National Hartford Center of Gerontological Nursing Excellence

2019-2020 Selected for NCI-sponsored Interprofessional Education Exchange (iPEX)

2019 Inaugural Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association (HPNA) Palliative Nurse Leadership Scholar

2017 Admitted into Palliative Care Research Cooperative Group

2016 Holy Family University Ray L. Taylor Memorial Award for Research

2015 Duquesne University School of Nursing Distinguished Dissertation Award Nominee

Independence Blue Cross, Clinical Care Innovation Grant, Worster (PI), 1/1/22-06/30/23
Telehealth-enabled Integrated Palliative Care for Persons with Dementia
Role: Co-Investigator

Rita & Alex Hillman Foundation/Arthur Vining Davis Foundation, Hillman Serious Illness and End of Life Emergent Innovation Award, 1/1/22-12/31/22
Nursing-driven Primary Palliative Care for Urban-dwelling African Americans with Chronic Lung Disease
Role: Principal Investigator

Thomas Jefferson University, Center for Faculty Development and Nexus Learning Pedagogy Grant, 1/1/21-12/31/21 
Perspectives of Interprofessional Learning through Language (PILL) Project
Role: Co-Principal Investigator

Jefferson College of Nursing Stratton Foundation Pilot Grant for Health Services Research, Thomas Jefferson University, 1/1/21-6/30/22 
Using a Culturally Tailored Mobile Digital Teaching Tool and Social Media to Improve Engagement of African Americans in Clinical Trials
Role: Co-Principal Investigator

Jefferson College of Nursing Stratton Foundation Pilot Grant for Health Services Research, Thomas Jefferson University, Stricker & Worster (co-PI), 1/1/21-6/30/22 
Telehealth-facilitated Integrated Palliative Care: Developing a “Palli-Pulm” Model
Role: Co-Investigator

Jefferson College of Nursing Stratton Foundation Pilot Grant for Health Services Research, Thomas Jefferson University, 1/1/20-12/31-20 
Development of a palliative care interprofessional student learning collaborative
Role: Co-Principal Investigator

College of Nursing Community Driven Research Grant, Thomas Jefferson University, Granda-Cameron & Florence (co-PI), 7/1/19-6/30/20                        Empowerment through engagement: African Americans as partners in clinical trials                       
Role: Co-investigator

Provost’s Pilot Award, Thomas Jefferson University, 7/26/18-6/30/19
Exploring an advanced care planning paradigm for African-American cancer patients
Role: Co-Principle Investigator

Faculty Seed Money Grant, Jefferson College of Nursing, 7/1/17-7/1/18
Terminal delirium in hospice patients
Role: Principal Investigator

Faculty Seed Money Grant, Jefferson College of Nursing, Rainer (PI), 7/1/17-7/1/18
Chronic opioid use and injuries in older homebound adults
Role: Co-investigator

Taylor Grant, Holy Family University, 1/8/16-5/8/16
BSN student retention
Role: Principle Investigator