Lauren Covington

Undergraduate

• NURS411: Select Concepts in Critical Care Nursing in Neonates and Pediatrics
• NURS 356: Care of Children and Families
• NURS 337 Nursing Care of Children
• NURS 357 Nursing Care of Children Practicum
• NURS 233 Professional Nursing Practice

• Trude ACB, Covington LB, Armstrong B, Vedovato GM, Black MM. Assessing the longitudinal association between sleep, diet quality, and BMI z-score among Black adolescent girls. Pediatric Obesity. 2024. Published online ahead of print. DOI 10.1111/ijpo.13189.
• Levine B, Patterson F, Covington LB. Pediatric Dentists: Frontline Public Health Providers Leading the Way in Identifying and Preventing Childhood Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome. Delaware Journal of Public Health. 2024. 10(1):44-45. DOI: 10.32481/djph.2024.03.07.
• Covington LB, Hildick H, Robinson A, Mansi S, Ji X, Rani S, Robson S, Lobo MA, Cuffee Y, Selekman J, Taherzadeh S, Carroll J, Covey A, Murray K, Zimmerman C, Horney JA, Sowinski C, Patterson F. School nurses: Researcher and clinician collaborations to address paediatric health inequities. Journal of Advanced Nursing. 2024. 80: 845-847. DOI: 10.1111/jan.15813.
• Covington LB, Ji X, Brownlow JA, Ji M, Patterson F. Adverse childhood experiences may dampen the protective role of sleep duration on obesity risk in U.S. adolescents. Journal of Community Health. 2024; 49(5): 809-819. DOI 10.1007/s10900-024-01344-7.
• Covington LB. Striving to improve sleep health disparities in racial/ethnic minority and socioeconomically disadvantaged families. J Clin Sleep Med. 2023; 19 (9). DOI: https://doi.org/10.5664/jcsm.10716.
• Covington LB. Poor sleep health in early childhood is a social justice issue: A call to action. J Adv Nurs. 2023; 79: 2405-2407. DOI: 10.1111/jan.15529
• Strang A, Covington LB, Rani S, Gao D, Flores M, Canter K, Patterson F, Chidekel A. Daytime sleepiness in children with asthma: Examining respiratory and non-respiratory factors. Cureus. 2023; 15(6): e40370. DOI 10.7759/cureus.40370. 
• Covington LB, Ji X, Laurenceau J, Patterson F, and Brownlow J. Exploration of sex and age as moderators between social cumulative risk and sleep in a national sample of children and adolescents. International Journal of Behavioral Medicine. 2023. Published online ahead of print. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12529-023-10175-0.
• Ji X, Covington LB, Patterson F, Ji M, and Brownlow JA. Associations between sleep and overweight/obesity in adolescents vary by race/ethnicity and socioeconomic status. J Adv Nurs. 2022; 79: 1970-1981. DOI: 10.1111/jan.15513.

• Covington LB, Satti A, Brewer B, Blair R, Duffy I, Laurenceau J, Mayberry S, Cordova A, Hoopes E, Patterson F. Concordance in sleep health metrics between socioeconomically disadvantaged caregiver and child dyads: A pilot study. Journal of Applied Research on Children: Informing Policy for Children at Risk. 2022; 13(1), Article 2. Available at: https://digitalcommons.library.tmc.edu/childrenatrisk/vol13/iss1/2.

• Trude ACB, Armstrong B, Machado AKF, Wickwire EM, Covington LB, Wang Y, Hager E, Black MM. In Press. Waking Up to Sleep’s Role in Weight Gain and Blood Pressure among Predominantly Black Adolescent Girls in Low-Income, U.S. Urban Communities: A Longitudinal Analysis. Sleep Health. 2022; 8(2): 200-207. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sleh.2021.12.001.

• Covington LB, Trude ACB, Armstrong B, Black MM. Regular bedtime: Implications for obesity prevention during the pandemic and beyond. Childhood Obesity. 2021. 17(7): 493-495. DOI: 10.1089/chi.2021.0063.

• Covington LB, Patterson F, Hale LE, Teti DM, Cordova A, Mayberry S, Hauenstein EJ. The contributory role of the family context in early childhood sleep health: A systematic review. Sleep Health. 2021; 7(2): 254-265. DO1: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sleh.2020.11.010. Highlighted as CME. 

• Covington LB, Armstrong B, Trude ACB, Black MM. Longitudinal associations among diet quality, physical activity, and sleep onset consistency with body mass index z-score among toddlers in low-income families. Annals of Behavioral Medicine. 2020. DOI: 10.1093/abm/kaaa100. 

• Armstrong B, Covington LB, Hager ER, and Black MM. Objective sleep and physical activity using 24-hour ankle-work accelerometry among toddlers from low-income families. Sleep Health. 2019; 5: 459-465. Doi: 10.1016/j.sleh.2019.04.005. 

• Covington LB, Armstrong B, and Black MM. Bed Sharing in Toddlerhood: Choice Versus Necessity and Provider Guidelines. Global Pediatric Health. 2019; 6:1-3. Doi: 10.1177/2333794X19843929. 

• Covington LB, Rogers VE, Armstrong B, Storr CL and Black MM. Toddler Bedtime Routines and Associations with Nighttime Sleep Duration, Maternal and Household Factors. Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine. 2019; 15(6):865-871. Doi:10.5664/jcsm.7838. Highlighted as CME and invited commentary.

• Covington LB, Rogers VE and Black MM. Sleep Measurement in a Low-income Sample of Toddlers. Journal of Developmental and Behavioural Pediatrics. 2019; 40(3): 219-223. doi: 10.1097/DBP.000000000000065.

• Armstrong B, Covington LB, Unick J and Black MM. Bidirectional Effects of Sleep and Sedentary Behavior Among Toddlers: A Dynamic Multilevel Modelling Approach. Journal of Pediatric Psychology. 2019; 44(3): 275-285. doi: 10.1093/jpepsy/jsy089.

• Covington, LB, Armstrong, B., and Black, MM (2018). Perceived Toddler Sleep Problems, Co-sleeping and Maternal Sleep and Mental Health. Journal of Developmental & Behavioural Pediatrics. 2018; 39(3):238-245.
• Hager, ER., Calamaro CJ., Bentley LM., Hurley, KM., Wang, Y., and Black MM (2016). Nighttime Sleep Duration and Sleep Behaviors among Toddlers from Low-Income Families: Associations with Obesogenic Behaviors and Obesity and the Role of Parenting. Childhood Obesity. 2016; 12(5): 392-400.

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• Betty Irene Moore Foundation. Safer and Healthier Sleep for All: Community-engaged Approach to Inclusive Pediatric Sleep Strategies for Young Delaware Families. 2024-2027. Role: Principal Investigator
• University of Delaware Research Foundation. Social Determinants of Sleep and Obesity Disparities in Emerging Adults. 2024-2026. Role: Principal Investigator
• Maggie E. Neumann Fund. Artificial Intelligence Sleep Chatbots for High School students with Autism. 2024-2025. Role: Co-Investigator
• University of Delaware College of Health Sciences Summer Scholarship Program. Exploration of Maternal Stress in Association with Consistent and Effective Bedtime Routines in Toddlers. 2024. Role: Mentor
• DE CTR ACCEL Program. Addressing Pediatric Health Inequities through a School Nurse Academic Partnership. 2023. Role: Principal Investigator
• Kathleen S. Matt Healthcare Leader Fund. Family Stress and Sleep Study: Data Analysis and Community-engagement Among Families Dwelling in Under-resourced Delaware Communities. 2023. Role: Mentor
• College of Health Sciences, University of Delaware. Sleep Lab Equipment for Community-based Pilot Study, 2022-2023. Role: Co-investigator
• Heilbrunn Nurse Scholar Award, Rockefeller University. Sleep and Stress in Families with Socioeconomic Disadvantage: A Snapshot of Daily Life. 2022-2024. Role: Principal Investigator 
• Delaware CTR ACCEL Program. Day-to-day Associations Between Sleep and Stress in Real-life Family Contexts, 2022-2023. Role: Principal Investigator 
• Center for Innovative Health Research Interdisciplinary GOLD Research Grant. Sleep and Diet Quality Among Families with Preschoolers, 2020-2021. Role: Co-principle Investigator.
• General University of Research Grant, University of Delaware. Identifying Multi-level Determinants of Child Sleep Health in Under-resourced Families, 2019-2021. Role: Principle Investigator.
• University of Delaware School of Nursing. Exploration of Sleep Concordance in Under-resourced Parent-child Dyads, 2018-2019. Role: Principle Investigator.
• Sigma Theta Tau International, Pi Chapter Doctoral Student Award. Exploration of toddler sleep and maternal sleep/mental health in low-income families at risk for sleep disparities, 2016-2018. Role: Principle Investigator.

• 2025 Suzanne Feetham Nurse Scientist Family Research Award recipient through Eastern Nursing Research Society
• 2025 Delaware Today Top Nurse for Nursing Professional Development, honorable mention
• 2024 NIH NINR Social Determinants of Health Summer Research Institute Scholar
• 2024 Delaware Today Top Nurse for Excellence in Research and Science, awardee
• 2023 University of Pennsylvania Implementation Science Institute Scholar 
• 2023 Delaware Today Top Nurse for Academic Educator, honorable mention
• 2022 NIH NIMHD Health Disparities Research Institute Scholar
• Delaware Top Nurse Advancing and Leading the Profession, Honorable Mention in 2022
• Nominated for the University of Delaware Excellence in Teaching Award in 2021
• Nominated for the University of Delaware Excellence in Teaching Award in 2020
• 2018 Karen Soeken Excellence in Dissertation Award
• 2017 Sigma Theta Tau International Rising Star of Research and Scholarship Award
• 2016-2017 Biology and Behaviour Across the Life Span Canter of Excellence ResearchFacilitation Award, University of Maryland School of Nursing
• 2016 Maryland Sleep Society 7th Annual Conference Best Poster Award
• 2014-2016 Jonas Scholar for Excellence in Nursing Leadership

Founder and Chair of the School Health Initiative for Equity and Leadership/Learning in Delaware (SHIELD)

Collaborating team member of the Sleep and Health Research Program

• Family sleep health
• Sleep and health disparities
• Health equity
• Health behavior change