Paula Levi, PhD, RN

Assistant Professor

Adult Health Nursing

Education

Stress, psychological distress, and post-traumatic stress disorder in intensive care unit nurses
Occupational health issues in those in high-stress medical professions and first-responders (e.g., physicians, police, firemen)

2021 - 2022 Awarded National Institute of Occupational Safety & Health Pilot/ Small Project Training Grant # T42OH008436 ($9455) for dissertation research on “Heart Rate Variability and Stress in the Intensive Care Unit Nursing Workplace” (Principal Investigator)

Levi, P. & Moss, J. (2022). Intensive care unit nurses’ lived experiences of psychological stress and trauma caring for COVID-19 patients. Workplace Health & Safety, 70(8):358-367 doi: 10.1177/21650799211064262
Bowen, P.G., Opoku-Agyeman, W., Affuso, O., Levi, P., & Wingo, N. (2021). Physical activity promotion in a safety-net clinic: Does the provider make a difference? A pilot study. Translational Journal of the American College of Sports Medicine, 6(4), e000175. https://journals.lww.com/acsm-tj/Fulltext/2021/10150/Physical_Activity_Promotion_in_a_Safety_Net.10.aspx
Levi, P., Patrician, P. A., Vance, D. E., Montgomery, A., & Moss, J. (2020). Post-traumatic stress disorder in intensive care unit nurses: A concept analysis. Workplace Health & Safety, 69(5), 224–234. doi: 10.1177/2165079920971999

2022 University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Nursing Core Values for Innovation Award
2022 Golden Pen Award Honorable Mention for manuscript, "Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in Intensive Care Unit Nurses: A Concept Analysis" published in Workplace Health and Safety journal
2021 – 2022 University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Nursing Outstanding Ph.D. Student of the Year Award
2019 - 2022 National Institute of Occupational Safety & Health Fellowship Award, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
2019 - 2022 Jarman Lowder Endowed Scholarship, University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Nursing, Birmingham, AL