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Jinhee Park

Associate Professor

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Jinhee Park

Ph.D., RN, FAAN

Contact

Maloney Hall 347

Telephone: 617-552-6542

Email: jinhee.park@bc.edu

Education

  • B.S.N., Catholic University of Korea
  • M.S.N., Catholic University of Korea
  • Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  • Postdoctoral Training, Duke University

Research Interests

Prevention and management of feeding problems in infants and young children with medical complexity,听Development of feeding skills during infancy and childhood,听Biobehavioral methods,听Measure development

Expertise

  • Neonatal Care
  • Nutrition
  • Child Health
  • Family Health

Profile

Jinhee Park, Ph.D., RN, FAAN, is an associate professor at the Connell School of Nursing. Dr. Park鈥檚 research focuses on improving the understanding of feeding problems among infants and young children with vulnerable states of health, with an overall goal of supporting their health and developmental outcomes while also helping the families manage their complex feeding needs. Dr. Park has conducted a series of studies to advance science in the healthcare of infants and young children with feeding problems utilizing a multi-method approach, which includes biobehavioral methods, advanced quantitative analytic methods, mixed methods, symptom science, and the development of measures. She is currently focusing on developing and testing interventions to reduce feeding difficulties in infants with complex medical conditions, including an ongoing NIH funded clinical trial testing the biobehavioral efficacy of the semi-elevated side-lying position for feeding preterm infants (R21NR019874).

Dr. Park鈥檚 clinical background is in neonatal nursing. She is a member of Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing, the National Association of Neonatal Nurses (NANN), and the Association of Women鈥檚 Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN). Dr. Park is also a founding member of Feeding Flock, an interdisciplinary research team with a mission to improving the lives of infants and young children with pediatric feeding disorders ().

Dr. Park is currently accepting doctoral students interested in pediatric feeding.

Selected Appointments and awards

  • 2024: Inducted into the American Academy of Nursing
  • 2023: Keys to Inclusive Leadership in Nursing (KILN) Program Mentorship Award
  • 2021-present: External Research Collaborator, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Department of Neonatology, 艾可直播, MA
  • 2020: Association of Women鈥檚 Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN)鈥檚 Award of Excellence in Research
  • 2020: Sigma Theta Tau International Alpha Chi Chapter Mentor Award
  • 2018-present: Adjunct Assistant Professor, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, School of Nursing
  • 2017-present: External Faculty Nurse Scientist, Munn Center for Nursing Research, Massachusetts General Hospital, 艾可直播, MA
  • 2017: National Association of Neonatal Nurses (NANN) Research Abstract Award
  • 2017: Research in Nursing and Health (RINAH) 2017 Best Paper Award
  • 2017: Neonatal Network 2017 Manuscript of Excellent Merit Award
  • 2016: Eastern Nurses Research Society (ENRS) Nursing Research Authorship Award

Selected Funded Studies

  • 11/01/2024-10/31/2026: Gates Foundation Global Grand Challenges Grant; Role: Co-Investigator (PI: B. Ranger); Machine learning ultrasound tools to monitor nutritional health in pregnant women.
  • 06/01/2022-05/31/2024: 艾可直播 College Schiller Institute Grants for Exploratory Collaborative Scholarship (SIGECS) program; Ultrasound for body composition measurements and nutritional status assessment; Role: Co-PI (Co-PIs: B. Ranger & D. Wei).
  • 6/17/2021-5/31/2024: NIH, NINR, Grant #: R21NR019874; Biobehavioral Efficacy of the Semi-elevated Side-lying Position for Feeding Preterm Infants; Role: PI.
  • 01/01/2022-12/31/2023: Marcus Foundation Research Award; Towards Clinical Measurement for Psychosocial Impact of Food Allergy in Children; Role: Co-I (PI: B. Vickery).
  • 09/23/2019-06/30/2024: NIH, NINR, Grant #: R01NR018192; Symptom Trajectories in Infants and Toddlers at Risk for Chronic Feeding Problems; Role: Co-I/Site PI (PI: S. Thoyre).

Selected Publications

  • Park, J., Proctor, K. B., Estrem, H. H., Keesari, R., Gillespie, S., Thoyre, S. M., 鈥� Vickery, B. P. (2024). Alterations in Child Feeding Behavior: An Underrecognized Clinical Complication of Food Allergy. The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice. Advance online publication.
  • Park, J., Thoyre, S., Smallcomb, J., McTernan, M., & Kneeland, T. (2024). Biobehavioral Efficacy of the Elevated Side-Lying Position for Feeding Preterm Infants: Study Protocol. Journal of Advanced Nursing. Advance online publication.
  • Thoyre, S. M., Park, J., Crandell, J., Estrem, H., Knafl, K., & Wimmer, J. (2024). Trajectory of Infant Problematic Feeding Symptoms: Study Protocol. Nursing Research. Advance online publication.
  • Ranger, B. J., Lombardi, A., Kwon, S., Loeb, M., Cho, H., He, K., 鈥� Park, J. (2024). Ultrasound for Assessing Paediatric Body Composition and Nutritional Status: Scoping Review and Future Directions. Acta Paediatrica. Advance online publication.
  • Proctor, K. B., Estrem, H. H., Park, J., Wenzell, M. L., Ravindran, M., Sharp, W. G., Scahill, L., & Vickery, B. P. (2024). Development of a Novel Parent-Report Measure of Food Allergy Impact.听Acta Paediatrica. Advance online publication.听
  • Park, J., Proctor, K.B., Estrem, H.H., Keesari, R., Gillespie, S.E., Thoyre, S.M., Sharp, W.G., & Vickery, B.P. (2024). Alterations in child feeding behavior: An under-recognized clinical complication of food allergy.听JACI: In Practice. Advance online publication.听
  • Ranger, J.B., Lombardi, A., Kwon, S., Loeb, M., Cho, H., He, K., Wei, D., & Park, J. (2024). Ultrasound for assessing pediatric body composition and nutritional status: scoping review and future directions.听Acta Paediatrica. Advance online publication.听
  • Park, J., Thoyre, S., Smallcomb, J., McTernan, M., & Kneeland, T. (2024). Biobehavioral efficacy of the elevated side-lying position for feeding preterm infants: Study protocol.听Journal of Advanced Nursing. Advance online publication.听
  • Thoyre, S., Park, J., Crandell, J., Estrem, H., Knafl, K., & Wimmer, J. (2024). Trajectory of infant problematic feeding symptoms: study protocol.听Nursing Research. Advance online publication.听
  • McGrattan, K. E., Mohr, A. H., Weikle, E., Hernandez, K., Walsh, K., Park, J., Ramel, S. E., Georgieff, M. K., Dietz, K., Dahlstrom, K., Lindsay, J., & Thoyre, S. (2023). Establishing Normative Values for Healthy Term Infant Feeding Performance: Neonatal Eating Assessment Tool鈥擬ixed, Oral Feeding Scale, and Early Feeding Skills Assessment. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 1鈥�10.
  • Estrem, H. H., Park, J., Thoyre, S., McComish, C., & McGlothen-Bell, K. (2022). Mapping the Gaps: A Scoping Review of Research on Pediatric Feeding Disorder. Clinical Nutrition ESPEN, Advance online publication.
  • Park, J. (In press). Sleep promotion in preterm infants in neonatal intensive care units. Nursing for Women鈥檚 Health.
  • Pados, B.F., Park, J.,听& Thoyre, S. (In press).听The Neonatal Eating Assessment Tool 鈥� Breastfeeding: Norm-reference values for infants less than 7 months old.听Journal of Human Lactation.
  • Park, J., Silva, S., Thoyre, S., & Brandon, D. (In press). The relationship between developmental trajectory of sleep-wake states and feeding progression in preterm infants. Nursing Research.
  • Park, J., Pados, B. F., Thoyre, S., Estrem, H., & McComish, C (2019). Factor Structure and Psychometric Properties of the Child Oral and Motor Proficiency Scale (ChOMPS). Journal of Early Intervention. Online ahead of print. doi: 10.1177/1053815119841092.
  • Pados, B., Thoyre, S., Park, J., Estrem, H., & McComish, C.听(2019).听Development and content validation of the Child Oral and Motor Proficiency Scale (ChOMPS). Journal of Early Intervention. Online ahead of print. doi: 10.1177/1053815119841091
  • Pados, B.F., Park, J.,听& Thoyre, S. (2019). The Neonatal Eating Assessment Tool 鈥� Bottle-feeding: Norm-reference values for infants less than 7 months old.听Clinical Pediatrics, 58(8), 857-863. doi: 10.1177/0009922819839234
  • Park, J., Thoyre, S., Pados, B.F., & Gregas, M. (2019). Symptoms of Feeding Problems in Preterm-born Children At 6 Months to 7 Years Old. Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology & Nutrition, 68(3), 416-421. doi: 10.1097/MPG.0000000000002229
  • Thoyre, S., Pados, B., Shaker, C., Park, J.,听 & Fuller, K. (2018). Psychometric properties of the Early Feeding Skills (EFS) assessment tool.听Advances in Neonatal Care 18(5), E13-E23. doi: 10.1097/ANC.0000000000000537
  • Park, J., McComish, C., Pados, B. F., Estrem, H., & Thoyre, S. (2018). Changes in Symptoms of Problematic Eating Over Six Months in Infants and Young Children. Infants & Young Children.听31 (4), 297-309. DOI: 10.1097/IYC.0000000000000128
  • Pados, B.F., Park, J., & Dodrill, P. (2018).听Know the flow: Milk flow rates from bottle nipples used in the hospital and after discharge.听Advances in Neonatal Care. O19(1), 32-41. doi: 10.1097/ANC.0000000000000538
  • Park, J., Pados, B.F., & Thoyre, S.M. (2018). Systematic Review: What is the Evidence for the Side-lying Position for Feeding Preterm Infants? Advances in Neonatal Care, 18 (4), 285-294. doi: 10.1097/ANC.0000000000000529
  • Pados, B.F., Thoyre, S.M., & Park, J. (2018). Age-based norm-reference values for the Pediatric Eating Assessment Tool (PediEAT). Pediatric Research. Online ahead of print. doi:10.1038/s41390-018-0067-z
  • Pados, B.F., Thoyre, S.M., Estrem, H., Park, J., & McComish, C. (2018). Factor structure and psychometric properties of the Neonatal Eating Assessment Tool 鈥� Bottle feeding (NeoEAT 鈥� Bottle feeding).听Advances in Neonatal Care, 18 (3), 232-242. doi: 10.1097/ANC.0000000000000494
  • Pados, B.F.,听Thoyre S.M., Estrem, H., Park, J., & McComish, C. (2018). Factor structure and psychometric properties of the Neonatal Eating Assessment Tool 鈥揃reastfeeding. Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic, and Neonatal Nursing. 47, 396-414: 10.1016/j.jogn.2018.02.014.
  • Pados, B.F., Thoyre, S.M., & Park, J. (2018). Age-based norm-reference values for the Child Oral and Motor Proficiency Scale. Acta Paediatrica, 107(8), 1427-1432. doi: 10.1111/apa.14299
  • Thoyre, S.M., Pados, B., Park, J., Estrem, H., McComish, C., Hodges, E. (2018). The Pediatric Eating Assessment Tool (PediEAT): Factor structure and psychometric properties. Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology & Nutrition, 66, 299-305. doi: 10.1097/MPG.0000000000001765
  • Pados, B., Estrem, H., Thoyre, S., Park, J., & McComish, C. (2017). The Neonatal Eating Assessment Tool (NeoEAT): Development and content validation.听Neonatal Network: The Journal of Neonatal Nursing, 36(6), 359-367. doi: 10.1891/0730-0832.36.6.359.
  • Brandon, D., Silva, S., Park, J., Kamhaway, H., & Holditch-Davis, D. (2017). Timing for the introduction of cycled light for extremely preterm infants: A RCT. Research in Nursing and Health (RIHNA), 40(4), 294-310. doi: 10.1002/nur.21797.
  • Winkler, M., Park, J., Pan, W., Brandon, D., Scher, M., & Holditch-Davis, D. (2017). Does preterm period sleep development predict early childhood growth trajectories? Journal of Perinatology, 37(9), 1047-1052, doi: 10.1038/jp.2017.91.
  • Pados, B. F., Thoyre, S., Estrem, H., Park, J., Knafl, G., & Nix, B. (2017). Effects of milk flow on the physiological and behavioural听 responses to feeding in an infant with hypoplastic left heart syndrome. Cardiology in the Young, 27(1), 139-153.. http://doi.org/10.1017/S1047951116000251
  • Estrem, H., Pados, B. F., Park, J., Knafl, K., & Thoyre, S. (2017). Feeding problems in infancy and early childhood: an evolutionary concept analysis. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 73(1), 56鈥�70. http://doi.org/10.1111/jan.13140
  • Pados, B. F., Park, J., Estrem, H., & Awotwi, A. (2016). Assessment of feeding in infants less than 6 months old. Advances in Neonatal Care, 16(2), 143鈥�150. http://doi.org/10.1097/ANC.0000000000000255
  • Dodrill, P., Gosa, M., Thoyre, S., Shaker, C., Pados, B. F., Park, J., 鈥� Hernandez, K. (2016). First, do no harm: A response to 鈥淥ral alimentation in neonatal and adult populations requiring high flow oxygen via nasal cannula.鈥� Dysphagia, 31(6), 781-782. http://doi.org/10.1007/s00455-016-9722-x
  • Estrem, H., Pados, B. F., Thoyre, S., Knafl, K., McComish, C., & Park, J. (2016). Concept of pediatric feeding problems from the parents' perspective. MCN, The American Journal of Maternal/Child Nursing (published online ahead of print). doi: 10.1097/NMC.0000000000000249
  • Pados, B. F., Thoyre, S., Estrem, H., Park, J., Knafl, G., & Nix, B. (2016). Effects of milk flow on the physiological and behavioural responses to feeding in an infant with hypoplastic left heart syndrome. Cardiology in the Young, 1鈥�15. doi: 10.1017/S1047951116000251
  • Thoyre, S., Hubbard, C., Park, J., Pridham, K., & McKechnie, A. (2016). Implementing co-regulated, cue-based feeding with mothers of preterm infants. MCN: American Journal of Maternal Child Nursing (published online ahead of print). doi:10.1097/NMC.0000000000000245
  • Pados, B. F., Park, J., Estrem, H., & Awotwi, A. (2015). Assessment of feeding in infants less than 6 months old. Advances in Neonatal Care (published online ahead of print).
  • Park, J., Thoyre, S., Estrem, H., Pados, B. F., Knafl, G. J., & Brandon, D. (2015). Mothers' psychological distress and feeding of their preterm infants. MCN, The American Journal of Maternal/Child Nursing. doi:10.1097/NMC.0000000000000248
  • Pados, B. F., Park, J., Thoyre, S., Estrem, H., & Nix, B. (2015). Milk flow rates from bottle nipples used after hospital discharge. MCN, The American Journal of Maternal/Child Nursing, 41(4). doi: 10.1097/NMC.0000000000000244
  • Pados, B. F., Park, J., Thoyre, S., Estrem, H., & Nix, B. (2015). Milk flow rates from bottle nipples used for feeding hospitalized infants.听American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology. Advance online publication. doi:10.1044/2015_AJSLP-15-0011
  • Pados, B. F., Park, J., Thoyre, S., Estrem, H., & Nix, B. (2015). Milk flow rates from bottle nipples used for feeding fragile infants after hospital discharge [abstract].听Advances in Neonatal Care, 15听(3), E3-E15. doi:10.1097/ANC.0000000000000201
  • Park, J., Knafl, G. J, Thoyre, S., & Brandon, D. (2015). Factors associated with feeding progression in extremely preterm infants.听Nursing Research. 64(3), 159-167. doi:10.1097/NNR.0000000000000093
  • Park, J., Thoyre, S., & Knafl, G. J. (2015). Four measures of change in physiologic state during the feeding period of very preterm infants.听Biological Research for Nursing.听Advance online publication. doi:10.1177/1099800414566229
  • Park, J., Thoyre, S., Knafl, G., Hodges, E. A., & Nix, W. B. (2014). Efficacy of semi-elevated side-lying positioning during bottle feeding of very preterm infants: A pilot study.听Journal of Perinatal and Neonatal Nursing, 28(1), 69-79. doi:10.1097/JPN.0000000000000004
  • Thoyre, S., Pados, B. F., Park, J., Estrem, H., Hodges, E. A., McComish, C., Van Riper, M., & Murdoch, K. (2014). Initial development and content validity of the pediatric eating assessment tool (Pedi-EAT). American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology. 23, 1-14. doi:10.1044/1058-0360(2013/12-0069).
  • Pados, B., Estrem, H., Park, J., & Thoyre, S. (2013). Milk flows rates from bottle nipples [Abstract]. Nursing Research, 62(2), E1-E2.
  • Thoyre, S., Park, J., Pados, B., & Hubbard, C. (2013). Developing a co-regulated, cue-based feeding practice: The critical role of assessment and reflection. Journal of Neonatal Nursing, 19(4), 139-148. doi:10.1016/j.jnn.2013.01.002.
  • Park, J., Thoryre, S., Knafl, G., & Nix, B. (2012). Bottle feeding outcomes in very preterm infants: Preliminary effects of positioning [Abstract]. Advances in Neonatal Care, 12(4), 242.
  • Lee, S. M., Park, J. H., & Park, H. J. (2008). Breast cancer risk factors in Korean women: A literature review. International Nursing Review, 55(3), 355-359. doi:10.1111/j.1466-7657.2008.00633.x
  • Lee, S. M., Park, J., & Park, H. J. (2008). Implications of systematic review for breast cancer prediction. Cancer Nursing, 31(5), E40-E46. doi:10.1097/01.NCC.0000305765.34851.e9
  • Park, J., & Park, H. (2007). Effects of nonnutritive sucking on heart rate, oxygen saturation and behavioral state in premature infants. Journal of Korean Academy Child Health Nursing, 13(3), 299-307.
  • Kim H., Park, H., Moon, Y., & Park, J. (2005). The effects of warm water-filled bag on body temperature, FiO2, respiration rate, and blood-sugar in high risk neonates. Journal of Korean Academy Child Health Nursing, 11(4), 390-395.
  • Han, H., Park, J., Moon, Y., & Park, H. (2005). A study of clients with total laryngectomy for the adaptation of daily activities-functional status, self-esteem and depression. Journal of Korean Academy of Public Health Nursing, 19(2), 274-283.
  • Park, H. R., Choi, S. E., Park, H. R., Park, J., & Moon, Y. I. (2005). Sleep disturbance and related variables during hospitalization for hematopoietic stem-cell transplantation. Journal of Korean Oncology Nursing, 5(2), 126-134.
  • Chon, H., Park, H., & Park, J. (2005). Uncertainty and factors affecting organ donation in living liver donors. Journal of Korean Academic Society of Nursing Education, 19(1), 129-138.
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