Biography

Dr. Maija Anderson has over 20 years of nursing experience, in the practice setting, professional nursing associations and in academia. An accomplished grant writer, she has secured over 8 million dollars in federal and state funding, to improve outcomes in minority nursing students, developing distance learning programs that increased nursing program capacity for minority nursing students, and in support of faculty mentoring and development for minority nursing faculty.

Her doctoral research focused on evaluating characteristics of health care providers and how those characteristics impacted their prescribing practices of pain medication to African-Americans in the Emergency Department. Her research interests and community advocacy include evaluating and advocating for the need for implementing protocols for healthcare providers treating victims of excessive use of police force and strategies for improving educational outcomes in nursing students.

Grants

Predominantly Black Institutions Grant (PBI): October 2008 – October 2010

PR/AWARD NUMBER: P382A080016

Recipient: Sojourner-Douglass College

Nursing Program: Project Director – Anderson, Maija

Project Title: S-DC Practical Nursing Program proposes to increase its Capacity to train Practical Nurses by Using Interactive Distance Learning Technology and lay the foundation for a Bachelor of Science Nursing Program.

Award Amount: $1.2 million over two years.

Predominantly Black Institutions Grant (PBI) II: October 2009 – October 2010

PR/AWARD NUMBER: P382A090014

Recipient: Sojourner-Douglass College

Nursing Program Project Director – Anderson, Maija

Project Title: Developing the BSN Infrastructure by Enhancing Science and Distance Learning

Award Amount: $600,000

Nurse Support Program: July 2011 – June 2015

PR/AWARD NUMBER: NSPII-11-109

Project Title: Model for Increasing Capacity and Student Success

Recipient: Sojourner-Douglass College School of Nursing

Project Director – Anderson, Maija (Through 7/2014)

Award Amount: $1,520,046

Nurse Support Program: July 2012 – June 2014

PR/AWARD NUMBER: NSPII-

Project Title: Model for Developing and Implementing an Online RN to BSN Program

Recipient: Sojourner-Douglass College School of Nursing

Project Director – Anderson, Maija

Award Amount: $381,629

Predominantly Black Institutions Grant (PBI) III: 10/2011 – 9/2015

PR/AWARD NUMBER:  P382A110028

Project Title: Building Program Capacity and Creating Student Success in the Bachelor of Science in Nursing and the Bachelor of Science in Biotechnology Programs

Recipient: Sojourner-Douglass College Project Director – Anderson, Maija Award Amount: $2,400,000

Nurse Support Program: July 2012 – 2015

PR/AWARD NUMBER: NSPII-

Project Title: Eastern Shore Faculty Academy and Mentorship Initiative (ES-FAMI). Recipients: Salisbury University (Primary), Sojourner-Douglass College (Secondary), Chesapeake College (Secondary)

Project Participant – Anderson, Maija (Liaison for S-DCSON)

Nurse Support Program: July 2013 – 2014

PR/AWARD NUMBER: NSPII-

Project Title: Faculty Mentoring and Development Increases Capacity and Student Success Recipients: Sojourner-Douglass College (Primary), Morgan State University (Secondary) Project Participant/Grant Writer – Anderson, Maija

Nurse Support Program: July 2015 – June 2016

PR/AWARD NUMBER: NSP II-15-115

Project Title: An Initiative for Academic Enhancement Through Organization Participation and Blended Management

Recipient: Morgan State University

Project Director: Anderson, Maija

Award Amount: $300,000

Nurse Support Program: July 2015 – June 2018 PR/AWARD NUMBER: NSP II 16-115

Title: Strategies for Achieving Excellence in Nursing Programs Recipient: Morgan State University

Project Director: Anderson, Maija

Award Amount: $766,479

Maryland Clinical Simulation Resource Consortium

Title: 2016 MCSRC Equipment and Material Request

Award Amount: $55,000

Nurse Support Program: July 2016 – June 2019 PR/AWARD NUMBER: NSP II 17-108

Title: Semper Ad Meliora (SAM II) - Always Towards Better Things: Increasing Capacity by Improving Outcomes in Minority Nursing Students at an HBCU

Project Director: Anderson, Maija

Award Amount: $771,649

Nurse Support Program: July 2017 – June 2018

PR/AWARD NUMBER: 18-207

Title: Resource Grant

Project Director: Anderson, Maija Award Amount: $99,999

Maryland Clinical Simulation Resource Consortium

Title: 2018 MCSRC Equipment and Material Request

Award Amount: $151,247

Middendorf  Foundation: December 2018

Title: MSU Nursing Program Simulation Lab Funding

Award Amount: $85,500

Nurse Support Program: July 2018 – June 2019

PR/AWARD NUMBER: 19-114

Title: Nursing Dual Enrollment

Project Director: Anderson, Maija

Award Amount: $139,686

Maryland Higher Education Commission

 CPIP 2019 –AWARD NUMBER CPIP 19101

Title: Preparing English, Math and Science Scholars

Award Amount: $135,423

 Nurse Support Program: July 2019 – June 2020

PR/AWARD NUMBER: 20-116

Title: Resource Grant Project Director: Anderson, Maija   Award Amount: $47,897  

Maryland Clinical Simulation Resource Consortium

Title: 2019 MCSRC Equipment and Material Request

Award Amount: $55,000

Publications:
Anderson, M.R. (2008). Victims of Excessive Use of Police Force by Law
Enforcement Officials: Do Nurses Turn a Blind Eye? American Journal of Nursing.

Anderson, M.R. (2006). Capnography: considerations for its use in the
emergency department. Journal of Emergency Nursing. 2006 Apr;32(2):149-53.

Anderson, M. R. Pediatrics (Chapter). In Chapleau W, Burba AC, Pons Peditors, The Paramedic. McGraw-Hill, Dubuque, IA (2008).

Emergency Nurses Association: ENA Injury Prevention Institute/EN CARE (2005). Provider Training Manual: changing behavior, saving lives. Anderson, M. Coordinating Editor.