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Roschelle (Shelly) Fritz

Roschelle (Shelly) Fritz
PhD Program Director, Vancouver Associate Professor 360-546-9623 VLIB 210E 14204 N.E. Salmon Creek Ave., Vancouver, WA 98686 https://nursing.wsu.edu/directory/directory-profile/?nid=shelly.fritz

Dr. Roschelle (Shelly) Fritz CV

I am a nurse scientist whose work is focused on the application of smart technologies in naturalistic healthcare delivery environments. I work with a multidisciplinary team (engineers, computer scientists, psychologists) to develop clinically relevant health-assistive tools to improve outcomes and lower cost of care for older adults with multiple chronic conditions. My nursing career spans 3 decades with nearly 20 years spent on the front line working in public health, emergency nursing, and hospital administration. I was a National Science Foundation Integrative Graduate Education Research and Training Fellow and a publicly elected hospital Commissioner, serving multiple years as Chairwoman of the Board of Commissioners for Washington State Public Hospital District 1, a critical access hospital and clinic system. I am a repeated invited speaker at the National Institutes of Health on the role of sensor-based data in evidence-based practice, smart homes for aging-in-place, technologies for value-based care, and human-computer interactions in healthcare delivery. I advise multiple health technology start-ups. My research is supported by the National Institutes of Health’s Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research, National Institute of Nursing Research, National Science Foundation, Sigma Theta Tau, and several private foundations. My goal is to develop an unobtrusive, real-time home health monitoring system that is an FDA approved medical device, which could be prescribed for home use and paid for by Medicare. I would like to see more nurses at technology design tables and am building a lab with colleagues to prepare future nurse innovators with the skill sets needed for employment in the technology industry.

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Education

  • Doctor of Philosophy Nursing, Washington State University, Spokane, WA
  • Master’s of Science Nursing, Walden University, Minneapolis, MN
  • Bachelor of Science Nursing, Walla Walla University, College Place, WA

Research Interests

Gerontechnology, Smart Homes, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Big Data, Human Factors

Areas of Expertise

Population Health, Informatics, Technology, Nursing Education

Methodological Strengths

Mixed Methods in Big Data; Qualitative Descriptive

Memberships

  • American Academy of Nurses
  • Council for Advancement of Nursing Science
  • American Nurses Association
  • International Society of Gerontechnology
  • Delta Chi Chapter-at-Large, Sigma Theta Tau International
  • Western Institute of Nursing

Honors & Awards

  • 2021 UC Davis Betty Irene Moore Fellowship for Nurse Leaders and Innovators
  • 2020 Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing
  • 2019 Faculty Excellence in Research Award, College of Nursing, WSU
  • 2018 Granger Cobb Institute for Senior Living Faculty Fellow
  • 2018 Research Excellence Award, Delta Chi Chapter-at-Large, Sigma Theta Tau, International Nursing Honor Society
  • 2018 Regional Geriatric Nursing Research Award for a New Researcher, Western Institute of Nursing
  • 2017 Best Gerontology Research Presentation, Western Institute of Nursing Gerontological Special Interest Group
  • 2017 WSU Honors Faculty Fellow. Re-appointed 2020.
  • 2015 Outstanding PhD Student, College of Nursing, WSU
  • 2012 Integrative Graduate Education Research and Training (IGERT) Fellowship. National Science Foundation
  • 1992 Who’s Who in American Colleges and Universities, School of Nursing, Walla Walla University

Nominated

  • 2020 Brilliant New Investigator Award – Council on the Advancement of Nursing Science 1
  • 2020 Fellows of the American Academy of Nursing 1
  • 2019 Emerging Nurse Researcher/ Scholar Award – Sigma Theta Tau International
  • 2019 President’s Award – Friends of National Institute for Nursing Research
  • 2018 Faculty Excellence in Research Award – WSU College of Nursing
    1 This nomination is currently being reviewed by the organization; announcements have not been made.

Funded Research

  • 2021-2022 WSUV Research Office. Cultural Telehealth: COVID-19 Pandemic and Beyond. $5,000.
  • 2021-2024 Moore Foundation via U.C. Davis Nursing. Community-Based Smart Health System for Community-Dwelling Older Adults. $500,000. Supplement from Granger Cobb Insitute of Senior Living. $1,500.
  • 2020-2021 WSUV Research Office. Impact and Efficacy of Homemade Masks in a Pandemic. $8,000.
  • 2017-2023 NIH R01. A Clinician-in-the-loop Smart Home Technology to Support Heath Monitoring and Intervention for Chronic Conditions. $1.77M Supplement 1: Focus on Alzheimer’s and/or Other Dementias. $366,710. Supplement 2: Focus on bioethics and machine learning bias. $144,139.
  • 2017-2020 NIH R25. Development of an Online Course Suite of Tools for Analysis of Sensor-Based Behavioral Health Data (AHA!). $911,651.
  • 2017-2021 Technology Industry. Vancouver Campus Computing Infrastructure. $70,000.
  • 2016-2020 Touchmark Foundation. Clinician-in-the-Loop of the Health-Assistance Smart Home’s Machine Reasoning. $80,000.
  • 2018-2019 WSUV Research Office. Discovering the influence of culture on health-assistive smart home adoption by Asian immigrant older adults for infusion in artificial intelligence: Community-engaged research. $4,000.
  • 2017-2018 STTI Beta Psi Chapter. Influence of Culture on Adoption of Smart Home Monitoring for Health Assistance by Asian American Adults and Older Adults. $2,000.
  • 2017-2019 Sisters of St. Mary. Sensor Detected Motion Patterns in Advance Dementia. $5,000.
  • 2016-2017 WSUV Research Office. Sensor Detected Motion Patterns in Advance Dementia. $4,800.
  • 2015-2016 WSUV Research Office. External Mentorship Program. $3,810.

Publications

List of published works in MyNCBI

Fritz, R.L., Wilson, M., Dermody, G., Schmitter-Edgecombe, M., & Cook, D. (2020). Automated smart home assessment to support pain management. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 22(11):e23943. doi: 10.2196/23943

Fritz, R.L., Wilson, M., & Brow, S. (2020). Homemade Respirator Masks in a Pandemic. American Nurse. https://www.myamericannurse.com/a-measure-of-last-resort-homemade-respirator-masks-in-a-pandemic/

Sprint, G., Cook, D., & Fritz, R.L. (2020). Behavioral health differences between subject groups identified using smart homes and change point detection. IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics. doi:10.1109/JBHI.2020.2999607

Fritz, R.L., & Dermody, G. (2020). Interpreting health events in big data using qualitative traditions. International Journal of Qualitative Research. In press. doi: 10.1177/1609406920976453

1Fritz, R. L., 1Nguyen-Truong, C. K. Y., Lau, C., Lee, J., Le, C., Kim, J., Wong, K., 3Leung, J., Nguyen, T. H., 3Le, T. V., Nevers, J. I., & Truong, A. M. (2020). Older Asian immigrants’ perceptions on adoption of health-assistive smart homes. Gerontechnology. 19(4). [1Co-First Authors]

Nguyen-Truong, C. K. Y., Closner, M., & Fritz, R. L. (2019). Culturally safe didactic dialogue circles: Student and cultural community leader engagement. Journal of Nursing Education, 58(4), 251-252. doi:10.3928/01484834-20190321-15

1Nguyen-Truong, C. & 1Fritz, R. (2019). Health-assistive smart homes for aging in place: Leading the way for integration of the Asian immigrant voice. Asian Pacific Island Nursing Journal, 3(4), 154-159. doi:10.31372/20180304.1087 [Special Issue Technology and Health] [1Co-Frist Authors]

Fritz, R., & Dermody, G. (2019). A nurse-driven method for developing artificial intelligence in “smart” homes for aging in place. Nursing Outlook, 67(2), 140-153. doi:10.1016/j.outlook.2018.11.004

Dermody, G., & Fritz, R. (2018). A conceptual framework for clinicians working with artificial intelligence and health-assistive smart homes. Nursing Inquiry, 26(1), e12267. doi:10.1111/nin.1226

Fritz, R.L. & Wilson, M. (2018). Evidence Based Practice. In Phelps, S., Kane, K., & Planchon, J. The Intersection: Where Evidence Based Nursing and Information Literacy Meet. Cambridge, MA: Chandos Publishing.

2Braley, R., Fritz, R., Van Son, C., Schmitter-Edgecombe, M. (2018). Prompting technology and persons with dementia: The significance of context and communication.

Cook, D., Duncan, G., Sprint, G., & Fritz, R. (2018). Using smart city technology to make healthcare smarter. Proceedings of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 106(4), 78-722. doi:10.1109/JPROC.2017.2787688

1Nguyen-Truong, C. K. Y., 1Fritz, R. L., Lee, J., Lau, C., Le, C., Kim, J., Leung, H., Nguyen, T. H., Leung, J., Le, T. V., Truong, A. M., Postma, J., Hoeksel, R., & Van Son, C. (2018). Interactive co-learning for research engagement and education (I-COREE) curriculum to build capacity between community partners and academic researchers. Asian/Pacific Island Nursing Journal, 3(4), 126-138. doi:10.31372/20180304.1030. [Special Issue Technology and Health] [1Co-Frist Authors]

Ghods, A., Caffrey, K., Lin, B., Fraga, K., Fritz, R., Schmitter-Edgecombe, M., Hundhausen, C. & Cook, D. (2018). Iterative design of visual analytics for a clinician-in-the-loop smart home. IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics, 23(4), 1742-1748. Featured on cover. doi:10.1109/JBHI.2018.2864287

Fritz, R.L., & Cook, D. (July 2017). Identifying varying health states in smart home sensor data: An expert-guided approach. Conference paper. World Multi-Conference of Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics: WMSCI 2017. Orlando, FL. Indexed Scopus.

Fritz, R.L., & Vandermause, R. (2017). Data collection via in-depth email interviewing: Lessons from the Field. Qualitative Health Research, 28(10), 1640-1649. doi:10.1177/1049732316689067

Bolkan, C., & Fritz, R. (2017, July 26). Gerontechnology across the continuum: From independent to assisted living. Symposium Abstract. International Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics, IAGG2017. San Francisco, CA. doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igx004.2436

Fritz, R., Schmitter-Edgecombe, M., Crandall, A., & Cook, D. (2017, July 26). Health-assistive smart homes with a clinician-in-the-loop. Abstract. International Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics, IAGG2017: Innovation in Aging. San Francisco, CA. doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igx004.2437

Sprint, G., Cook, D., Fritz, R., Schmitter-Edgecombe, M. (2016). Using smart homes to detect and analyze health events. Computer, 49(11), 29-37. Featured article. doi:10.1109/MC.2016.338

Sprint, G., Cook, D., Fritz, R., Schmitter-Edgecombe, M. (2016). Detecting health and behavior change by analyzing smart home sensor data. Conference Paper. 2016 IEEE International Conference on Smart Computing (SMARTCOMP). doi:10.1109/SMARTCOMP.2016.7501687

Fritz, R.L., Corbett, C.L., Vandermause, R., & Cook, D. (2016). The influence of culture on older adults’ adoption of smart home monitoring. Gerontechnology, 14(3), 146-156. doi:10.4017/gt.2016.14.3.010.00

Vandermause, R., Barbosa-Leiker, C., & Fritz, R. (2014). Innovations in research education: Findings from a study of teaching/learning research using multiple analytical perspectives. Journal of Nursing Education, 53(12), 673-677. doi:10.3928/01484834-20141120-02

updated 12/05/22