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| Nursing School Hits Record High In Research Funding |
The School of Nursing received $26.1 million from government, foundations, and industry to fund its research projects in 2007, a record-breaking amount for the school.
Over the last decade, the value of the school’s grant portfolio has increased more than eight-fold – from $3 million in 1997 – while the number of research faculty (15) has remained relatively constant. In 2007, 44 active research studies received external funding.
Most of the school’s research projects are sponsored by the NIH, the Health Resources and Services Association, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
In 2006, the School of Nursing ranked second in NIH funding per faculty member among schools of nursing in the nation.
The broad range of faculty studies is exemplified by several recently funded projects:
The impact of health-care associated infections after patients leave the hospital and the cost- effectiveness of efforts to reduce infections (PI: Patricia Stone, Ph.D., associate professor of nursing)The effectiveness of a new rapid-detection flu test (PI: Elaine Larson, Ph.D., professor of therapeutic and pharmaceutical research)The role of law in local public health systems and how practitioners can use laws to improve public health (PI: Kristine Gebbie, Dr.P.H., the Elizabeth Standish Gill Professor of Nursing)Electronic Communication for Antimicrobial Management (PI: Leanne Currie, DNSc, assistant professor of nursing) Center for Evidence-Based Practice in the Underserved (PI: Suzanne Bakken, DNSc, Alumni Professor of Nursing)