Ashley Weber, PhD, RN, RNC-NIC
Assistant Professor, NICU Nurse
Research topics: family-centered care; parent education and support; Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU); implementation science; infant development; preterm infant care.
Research interests: Family-centered care interventions to improve family health outcomes.
Inspiration: I became a nurse scientist because I felt an ethical calling to address many of the challenges we face in the NICU. My love for my job and my patients inspired me to have a career in which my sole goal is to find solutions to those challenges. I work with a variety of disciplines, including medicine, psychology, neurobiology, allied health, and statistics.
PREEMIE PROGRESS Lab: Dr. Weber is Principal Investigator (PI) of the PREEMIE PROGRESS Lab, and has over a decade of experience in neonatal nursing and research. The PREEMIE PROGRESS Lab focuses on designing, testing, and translating evidence-based family-centered care (FCC) interventions, so that NICU families can safely and effectively manage infant care. Members of the PREEMIE PROGRESS lab come from a variety of health professions and specialties, and have received numerous awards and grants for their work.
About This Study
NIH/NINR K23 Mentored Patient-Oriented Research Career Development Award
1 K23 NR019081-01A1 (PI: Weber) 09/25/2020-09/25/2023
Title: PREEMIE PROGRESS: A family management program for parents of hospitalized preterm infants
The purpose of this grant is to refine and pilot test a mobile health (mHealth), video-based family management program for parents of preterm infants hospitalized in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU).
This work was supported by the National Institute of Nursing Research of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) under Award Number K23NR019081. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of NIH.
