Andrea E. Berndt, PhD, MS, BS

• Professional Background

  Education

  • 1998 - Doctor of Philosophy - Industrial-Organizational Psychology - Old Dominion University
  • 1994 - Master of Science - General/Experimental Psychology - Old Dominion University
  • 1992 - Bachelor of Science - Psychology - Old Dominion University

  Highlights

  Licensure and Certifications

  • 2022, 2023 Unconscious Bias Workshop UT Health San Antonio
  • Quality Improvement Facilitator
  • Quality Matters Online
  • Comprehensive Systematic

  Honors and Awards

  • 2023 UT Health 2022-2023 Presidential Award for Sustained Teaching Excellence 

  Appointments

  • 09/2021 - Present - LINC Quantitative Data Analyst (15%) - UT Health San Antonio, School of Nursing
  • 2021 - Present - LINC IPE Assessment and Evaluation Coordinator - UT Health San Antonio
  • 2014 - Present - Associate Tenured Professor/Statistician - UT Health San Antonio, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
  • 2014 - Present - Associate Tenured Professor/Statistician - UT Health San Antonio, School of Nursing
  • 2007 - Assistant Professor/Statistician - UT Health San Antonio, School of Nursing

• Instruction & Training

  • 2021, NURS 7111: Advanced Nursing Seminar, UT Health San Antonio, School of Nursing
  • 2020 - Present, NURS7320: Statistical Methods and Data Analysis to Evaluate Healthcare Delivery Systems, UT Health San Antonio, School of Nursing
  • 2014 - Present, NURS 7373 Quantitative Research Methods II: Instrumentation and Measurement, UT Health San Antonio, School of Nursing
  • 2013 - Present, NURS 7316 Statistical Analysis for Nursing Science, UT Health San Antonio, School of Nursing
  • 2013 - Present, NURS 7375 Regression Models in Nursing Science, UT Health San Antonio, School of Nursing
  • 2007 - Present, NURS 7382 Structural Equation Models for Nursing Science, UT Health San Antonio, School of Nursing
  • 2020, NURE 5248, Art Rounds, Graduate Interprofessional Course, UT Health San Antonio, School of Nursing
  • 2019, NURS 5307 Translational Research for Advanced Nursing Practice, UT Health San Antonio, School of Nursing
  • 2017, NURS 5307 Translational Research for Advanced Nursing Practice, UT Health San Antonio, School of Nursing
  • 2017, NURS 3375 Nursing Research and Evidence-Based Practice, UT Health San Antonio, School of Nursing

• Research & Grants

  Completed Research/Projects: 

  • 2020 – 2021 Funder: Cancer Prevention & Research Institute of Texas (PP180091) Dollars: $2,592,731. Title: STOP-HCC Expansion Grant, Year 3 – Budget. Role: Statistician (.20 FTE) 

  Grants

  ​Submitted and Not Funded or Unfunded Research/Projects: 

  • 2023 – 2025 Funder: NBME Stemmler Medical Education Research Fund Dollars: $150,000.00 Addressing a national need in health professions education through the development and validation of a direct measure of interprofessional teamwork and communication skills and behaviors. Role: Co-PI, FTE = 6% (PIs: Velasquez & Zorek) 
  • 2023 – 2024 Funder: Sigma Theta Tau/Hospice and Palliative Nurses Foundation Dollars: $10, 000.00 Title: Developing Competence in Primary Palliative Nursing Care Using a Competence Assessment Tool in Simulation. Role: Statistical Consultant (PIs: Davis, Lippe, & Barnett) 
  • 2022 – 2023 Funder: Sigma Theta Tau Dollars: $5, 000.00 Title: Developing Competence in Primary Palliative Nursing Care Using a Competence Assessment Tool in Simulation. Role: Statistical Consultant (PIs: Davis, Lippe, & Barnett) 
  • 2021 – 2022, Funder: LINC Seed Grant, UT Health San Antonio Dollars: $4,800.00.  Title: Art Rounds for Interprofessional Teams. Role: Co-PI with Dr. Golightly-Jenkins 
  • 2022 – 2024, Funder: Josiah R. Macy Foundation Board Grant Dollars: $440,377.00. Title: A National Curriculum to Consolidate Gains in Preclinical Interprofessional Education. Role: Co-PI (PI: J Zorek) 
  • 2018 – 2023, Funder: National Institutes of Health Dollars: $1,000,000.00. Title: A CTSA Collaboratory for Interprofessional Clinical Implementation Research. Role: Co-PI (%15 effort) PI: K. Stevens 
  • 2020 – 2022, Funder: Voelker Foundation Dollars: $300,000.00. Title: Decreasing barriers (social support, health literacy, transportation, and cost) to improve cervical cancer health disparities among young Hispanics in South Texas. Role: Consultant (%5 effort) PI: B Flores 
  • 2018 – 2020, Funder: National Institutes of Health Dollars: $433, 008.00. Title: The Impact of Ethnicity on Health Outcomes in Orthopaedic Trauma Surgery: An Exploratory Study. Role: Consultant (PI: B Zelle) 
  • 2017 – 2020, Funder: DHHS: Office of Adolescent Health Dollars: $1,498,270.00. Title: The South Texas Center for Adolescent Health: Meaningful Connections. Role: Co-Investigator (10% effort) PI: C. Sickora 
  • 2019, Funder: National Institutes of Health Dollars: $150,050.00. Title: Precision cancer prevention intervention by examining the pathways linking acculturation, health literacy, access and utilization of health care, patient-provider interaction and self-efficacy among Hispanics. Role: Consultant (5% effort) PI: B Flores

• Service

  School

  Student Mentees/Trainees

  2023 – Amy Boudin-George, MS, Translational Science, Doctoral Dissertation Committee Member

  2022 Stephanie Rowan, MSN, Translational Science, Doctoral Dissertation Committee Member

  2022 Melanie Taverna, MSDH, Health Sciences PhD Program, Doctoral Dissertation Committee Member

  2022 – Rachel Sterling, PhD Candidate, Qualifying Examination Chairperson, Doctoral Dissertation Committee Member (Dr. Lippe, Chair)

  2022 – Tatjana Walker, PhD Candidate, Qualifying Examination Chairperson [completed], Doctoral Dissertation Chairperson

  2021 – Kirsten Verkamp, Qualifying Examination Chairperson [completed], Doctoral Dissertation  Chair

  2021 - Bassma Brnawi, PhD Candidate, Doctoral Dissertation Chair, Dissertation defended 07/2021

  2021 – Stephanie Rowan, MSN, Translation Science, Doctoral Dissertation Committee

  2021 – Sara Masoud, MPH, Translational Science, Mentorship Committee Advisor

  2020 – Ruben Mata, MSN, DNP Committee Member

  2019 - Bassma Brnawi, PhD Candidate, Doctoral Dissertation Chair

  2018 – Lone Engledowl, PhD Candidate, Doctoral Dissertation Chairperson

  2018 – Christina McElvogue, PhD candidate, Doctoral Dissertation Chairperson

  Institutional

  • 2022 - Present UT Health SA LINC Quantitative Data Analyst (FTE: 15%) 

  • 2022 – Present UT Health SA LINC Assessment Council Chair 
  • 2022 UT Health SA SON, Search Committee, Director of Academic Assessment and Compliance 
  • 2022 UT Health SA SON, Search Committee, Director of Academic Assessment and Compliance 
  • 2022 – Present UT Health SA LINC Assessment Council Chair 
  • 2021 – Present UT Health SA Graduate Faculty Council, Member 
  • 2021 – 09/2022 UT Health SA SON, PhD COGS Chair 
  • 2020 – Present, UT Health SA, LINC Assessment Council, Member 
  • 2018 - UT Health SA GSBS, Member, Search Committee for the Associate Dean of the Graduate School for Biomedical Sciences
  • 2018 – Present, UT Health SA, GSBS, Assessment/Curriculum, Committee Member 

  Service to the Profession

  • 2017 – Present Reviewer Western Journal of Nursing Research 
  • 2016 – Present Reviewer Nursing: Research and Reviews 
  • 2015 – Present  Reviewer Research in Nursing and Health 
  • 2014 – Present  Reviewer Public Health Nursing 
  • 2013 – Present  Reviewer Dove Medical Press Journals 
  • 2011 – Present  Reviewer American Journal of Public Health 

  Professional Affiliations

  • 2016 – Present, American Educational Research Association 
  • 1998 – 2023, American Statistical Association, Full Member
  • 1998-Present, American Statistical Association, Member 
  • 1992-Present, American Psychological Association (APA), Full Member 

  Community

  • 2023, Consultant/Instructor, University Health System (UHS), San Antonio, TX Provided 3 hours of interactive instruction on quantitative research designs to nurse residency study group. Developed PowerPoint slides, list of interactive resources, and interactive activities. 
  • 2017 – 2018, Consultant, LINKS Inc, San Antonio TX Chapter 

• Publications

  Peer-reviewed Articles (*indicates data-based) 

  • Quinene, M., Berndt, A., Moote, R., Farokhi, M. R., Ford, L. A., Krolick, K. A., Ratcliffe, T. A.,  Blankmeyer, B., Johnson, L., & Zorek, J. A. (2023). Innovation in collaborative online learning yields sustainable model for university-wide interprofessional education. Journal of Allied Health, 52 (1), 16 – 23. [Peer-reviewed, University data] 
  • Crawford AD, Cleveland L, McGrath JM, Berndt A. Systemic inequities and depressive symptomology in Hispanic mothers: A path analysis model. Public Health Nursing 2021, in press. DOI: 10.1111/phn.12968 
  • *Hughes KN, Berndt AE, Gill S. Application of the flipped classroom approach in an undergraduate maternal/newborn nursing course. Creative Nursing 2022, 27 (1). 
  • *Souza, PA, Avant KC, Berndt AE. Nursing diagnoses of impaired memory and chronic confusion for older adults: Diagnostic content validation. Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem., 2021, 74 (suppl 2) ISSN 0034-7167 
  • *Sowan AK, Staggers N, Berndt A, Austin T, Reed CC, Malshe A, Kilger M, Fonseca E, Vera A. Improving the Safety, Effectiveness, and Efficiency of Clinical Alarm Systems: Simulation-Based Usability Testing of Physiologic Monitors. JMIR Nursing 2021; 4(1); e20584, DOI: 10.2196/20584 
  • *Jiwani R, Wang J, Berndt A, Ramaswamy P, Mathew Joseph N, Du Y, Ko J, & Espinoza S. Changes in patient-reported outcome measures with a technology-supported behavioral lifestyle intervention among patients with Type 2 diabetes: Pilot randomized controlled clinical trial. JMIR Diabetes 2020;5(3): e19268) doi: 10.2196/19268 
  • Berndt AE. Sampling methods. Journal of Human Lactation 2020, 36 (2), 224-226. 
  • Golightly-Jenkins C, & Berndt AE. Art Rounds: Advancing communication for interprofessional teams. Voice of Nursing Leadership 2020 May, 14-17. 
  • *Sowan AK, Vera, A, Fonseca, E, Reed, CC, Tarriela, A, & Berndt AE. Nurse competence on physiologic monitor use: Toward eliminating alarm fatigue in intensive care units The Open Medical Informatics Journal 2017 Jan;11 

  Book Chapter 

  • Berndt AE. Building the body of rehabilitation nursing knowledge through research, Chapter 5 In: Reigle, B & Berndt, A. The Specialty Practice of Rehabilitation Nursing: A Core Curriculum 7th Edition. The Association of Rehabilitation Nurses; 2015.  

  Abstracts 

  • *Borgfeld D, Overbaugh, K, Berndt A. Advance Care Planning Conversations: Measuring Registered Nurses' Self-Efficacy Before and After an Educational Intervention, Journal of Pain and Symptom Management 2019 Feb. p. 456-456 
  • *Allegretti AL, Barnes KJ, Berndt A. The Impact of Use of a Ride-On Toy Car by Children with Mobility Impairment. The American Journal of Occupational Therapy 2018, 72 Apr 
  • *Ybarra, L, Berndt A. People with Diabetes Mellitus Type 2 Living with and without Medicaid Expansion. Proceedings in Communicating Nursing Research Conference, 50, 2017 Apr. Western Institute of Nursing Research Assembly 
  • *McElvogue, C, Berndt AE. The Influence of Simulation Experience and Confidence on Nurses' Performance in a Megacode Scenario Proceedings in Communicating Nursing Research Conference, 50, 2017 Apr. Western Institute of Nursing Research Assembly 

  Invited Podium Presentations (i. e. keynotes presentations) 

  • 2020 “Outcomes of a virtual, large-scale, self-directed interprofessional education series based on novel case studies.” Texas Interprofessional Education Consortium, Excellence in Virtual IPE Learning Today for a Better Healthcare Tomorrow Virtual Meeting . Quinene M, Farokhi MR, Ford LA, Krolick KA, Ratcliffe TA, Blankmeyer B, Johnson L, Berndt A, Zorek JA. 

  Peer Reviewed Podium Presentations  

  • 2018 “Positive Impact of the Ride-On Toy Car for Children with Disabilities”, 6th Annual European Seating Symposium, Assistive Devices, European Seating Symposium, Dublin, Ireland . Allegretti, A., Barnes, K., Berndt, A. 
  • 2018 “The use of a ride on toy car by children with mobility impairment”, AOTA Annual Conference and Expo, American Occupational Therapy Association, Salt Lake City, UT . Allegretti A, Barnes K, Berndt AE.  

  Peer Reviewed Poster Presentations  

  • 2022 Quinene M, Berndt AE, Brown G, Belarmino B, Lemke K, Velasquez ST, Saenz D, Wall C, Zorek JA. A Comparison of Student Outcomes in Online Versus In-Person Interprofessional Education. National Center for Interprofessional Practice and Education, 2022 Nexus Summit, August 2022.  [National Poster Presentation] 
  • 2022 Wall CL, Berndt AE, Quinene M, Velasquez ST, Belarmino B, Lemke K, Saenz D, Zorek JA. LINC common IPE experience: igniting BSN student engagement with other professions. American Association of Colleges for Nursing Conference, AACN Transform 2022, December 1-3, 2022. [National Poster Presentation, First Place Poster Award] 
  • 2021 “Innovation in Large-Scale Interprofessional Education Delivery: A Response to COVID-19“, UT System Shine Academy - Innovations Conference 2021 Virtual Annual Meeting, February 19th, 2021. Quinene M, Farokhi MR, Ford LA, Krolick KA, Ratcliffe TA, Blankmeyer B, Johnson L, Berndt A, Zorek JA 
  • 2019 “Advance Care Planning Conversations: Measuring Registered Nurses' Self-Efficacy Before and After an Educational Intervention”, 2019 Annual Assembly of Hospice and Palliative Care, QI Project Poster Session, American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine, Orlando, FL. Borgfeld, J., Overbaugh, K., Berndt, A 
  • 2017 “Ride-on toy car, an innovative and feasible method of mobility”, ASAHP Annual Conference, Occupational Therapy, Association of Schools of Allied Health Professionals, San Antonio, TX. Allegretti A, Barnes K, & Berndt AE 
  • 2017 “People with Diabetes Mellitus Type 2 Living with and without Medicaid Expansion”, 50th Annual Nursing Research Conference, Western Institute of Nursing Research, Denver, CO. Ybarra L, & Berndt AE 
  • 2017 “The Influence of Simulation Experience and Confidence on Nurses’ Performance in a Megacode Scenario”, 50th Annual Nursing Research Conference, Western Institute of Nursing Research,  Denver, CO McElvogue C, Rizzo T, & Berndt AE.

   

  Presentations Under Peer-Review 

  • 2023 Berndt, A. E, Rockne, M. E., Chang, D. A., Delgado, A., English, D. K., Hernandez, N. K., Kodosky, V., Wueste, B., & Zorek, J. A.  UT Health San Antonio’s LINC Core IPE Measurement Plan: Connecting students’ IPE growth across programs, schools, and the university. Submitted to Nexus Summit 2023, Sept 18-19 and 27-29, 2023 [National Lightning Talk] 
  • 2023 Ratcliffe, T., Kennedy, A., Leach, E. R., Moote, R., Vives, M., Berndt, A. E., Rockne, M. K., & Zorek, J. A. Transitioning from classroom to practice: A para-clinical interprofessional education pilot. Submitted to Nexus Summit 2023, Sept 18-19 and 27-29, 2023. [National Poster Presentation] 
  • 2023 Velasquez, S. T., Diaz, D. O., Ferguson, D. M., Rockne, M. K., Cleveland, J. A., Parke, K., Moote, R. D., Piernik-Yoder, B., Craven, A., Berndt, A. E., & Zorek, J. A. The classroom and beyond: Preparing students for collaborative practice. Submitted to Nexus Summit 2023, Sept 18-19 and 27-29, 2023 [National Lightning Talk]