2015 Doctoral Conference Materials

Presentations

The Synergy of Scholarship: Research and Practice
January 29-31, 2015 | Coronado, CA

Breakout Sessions

• Getting Funded: What Makes Your Grant Competitive?     
  Speakers: Catherine M. Bender, PhD, Professor and PhD Program Director, Health and Community Systems, School of Nursing, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA and Grant Reviewer for the Oncology Nursing Society (ONS) Foundation, Pittsburgh, PA; Jill M. Winters Berg, PhD, President and Dean, Columbia College of Nursing, Glendale, WI; and Kenneth W. Hepburn, PhD, Professor, Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing, Emory University, Atlanta, GA
  Moderator: Marsha L. Lewis, PhD, Dean and Professor, School of Nursing, University at Buffalo – State University of New York, Buffalo, NY

Concurrent Sessions

• Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) Projects in Evidence-Based Population Health  
  Speakers: Lisa Campbell, DNP, Associate Professor, School of Nursing, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, TX; Mary A. Paterson, PhD, Project Director, CDC Academic Partnership Agreement with AACN, Washington, DC; and Susan M. Swider, PhD, Professor, Community Systems and Mental Health Nursing, College of Nursing, Rush University, Chicago, IL
  Moderator, Session 1: Susan J. Bulfin, DNP, Associate Professor and DNP Program Director, Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL
  Moderator, Session 2: Carole White, PhD, Associate Professor, William F. Castella Professorship in Aging Research, Department of Health Restoration and Care Systems Management, School of Nursing, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX
   
• Doctoral Nursing Faculty: Preparing the Next Generation to Meet the Needs of Seriously Ill Americans via Research and Practice  
  Speakers: Betty Ferrell, PhD, Director and Professor, Nursing Research and Education, and Associate Director for Nursing Research, City of Hope, Duarte, CA; and Jean S. Kutner, MD, Chief Medical Officer, University of Colorado Hospital, Gordon Meiklejohn Endowed Professor of Medicine and Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs, School of Medicine, University of Colorado, Aurora, CO
  Moderator, Session 1: Patricia B. Howard, PhD, Executive Associate Dean and Marion E. McKenna Professor, College of Nursing, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
  Moderator, Session 2: Susan J. Bulfin, DNP, Associate Professor and DNP Program Director, Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL
   
• Doing More through an Innovative Consortium Partnership   
  Speakers: Mary E. Kerr, PhD, Dean and May L. Wykle Endowed Professor, Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH; Paula A. McNeil, MS, Executive Director, Western Institute of Nursing, Portland, OR; and Ginette A. Pepper, PhD, Associate Dean for Research and PhD Program, Professor, Helen Bamberger Colby Presidential Endowed Chair in Gerontological Nursing, and President, National Hartford Centers of Gerontological Nursing Excellence (NHCGNE), College Of Nursing, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
  Moderator, Session 1: William Holzemer, PhD, Dean and Distinguished Professor, College of Nursing, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Newark, NJ
  Moderator, Session 2: Lynda J. Davidson, PhD, Professor, School of Nursing and Health Sciences, Robert Morris University, Moon Township, PA
   
• Federal Funding: Updates and Anticipated Trends  
  Speakers: Patricia Grady, PhD, Director, National Institute of Nursing Research, National Institutes of Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, MD; and Marian Smithey, MSHP, Nursing Consultant, Division of Nursing and Public Health, Nursing Education and Practice Branch, Bureau of Health Workforce, Health Resources and Services Administration, Rockville, MD
  Moderator, Session 1: Marsha L. Lewis, PhD, Dean and Professor, School of Nursing, University at Buffalo – State University of New York, Buffalo, NY
  Moderator, Session 2: William Holzemer, PhD, Dean and Distinguished Professor, College of Nursing, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Newark, NJ
   
• From Planning to Action: Starting a New DNP Program       
  Speakers: Shannon Reedy Idzik, DNP, Associate Professor and Director, Doctor of Nursing Practice Program, School of Nursing, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD; Helen Melland, PhD, Dean and Professor, College of Nursing, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT; and Kimberly A. Udlis, PhD, Associate Professor and Graduate Program Director, School of Nursing, Bellin College, Green Bay, WI
  Moderator, Session 1: Carole White, PhD, Associate Professor, William F. Castella Professorship in Aging Research, Department of Health Restoration and Care Systems Management, School of Nursing, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX
  Moderator, Session 2: Katherine Kenny, DNP, Assistant Dean for Nursing Programs, College of Nursing and Health Innovation, Arizona State University, Phoenix, AZ
   
• Scholarly Publishing: Economics, Open Access, and Academic Culture  
  Speaker: Lee Van Orsdel, MSLS, Dean, University Libraries, Grand Valley State University, Allendale, MI Moderator, Session 1: Nalini Jairath PhD, Associate Professor, School of Nursing, The Catholic University of America, Washington DC
  Moderator, Session 2: Marsha L. Lewis, PhD, Dean and Professor, School of Nursing, University at Buffalo – State University of New York, Buffalo, NY
   
• There’s an App for That?  
  Speakers: Greer Glazer, PhD, Dean and Schmidlapp Professor of Nursing; and Missi A. Willmarth-Stec, DNP, Assistant Professor of Clinical Nursing, College of Nursing, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 
  Moderator, Session 1: Lynda J. Davidson, PhD, Professor, School of Nursing and Health Sciences, Robert Morris University, Moon Township, PA
  Moderator, Session 2: Nalini Jairath PhD, Associate Professor, School of Nursing, The Catholic University of America, Washington DC

Program Session   
Findings from Five Studies on Doctoral Education and Faculty Funded by RWJF’s Evaluating Innovations in Nursing Education
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Speakers: Charlotte Agger, MA, Doctoral Candidate, School of Education, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC; Gale Barber, MA, Assistant Dean for Academic Programs, School of Nursing, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI; Geraldine “Polly” Bednash, PhD, Former CEO, AACN, Washington, DC; Kristina Thomas Dreifuerst, PhD, Assistant Professor, School of Nursing, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN; Di Fang, PhD, Director of Research and Data Services, AACN, Washington, DC; Mary R. Lynn, PhD, Professor, School of Nursing, and Assistant Director, Quality and Training, Office of Human Research Ethics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC;Angela McNelis, PhD, Professor, School of Nursing, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN; Nadine Nehls, PhD, Associate Dean for Academic Programs and Professor, School of Nursing, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI; and Suzanne C. Smeltzer, EdD, Professor and Director, Center for Nursing Research, College of Nursing, Villanova University, Villanova, PA
Facilitator: Michael J. Yedidia, PhD, Professor, Rutgers University Center for State Health Policy and Director, Evaluating Innovations in Nursing Education, New Brunswick, NJ
Moderator: Susan J. Bulfin, DNP, Associate Professor and DNP Program Director, Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL

Closing Program Session      
Through a Glass, Darkly: Nursing, Big Data, and Creating Knowledge for the Future of Health
Speaker: Patricia Flatley Brennan, PhD, Lillian S. Moehlman-Bascom Professor of Nursing and Industrial Engineering, and Director, Living Environments Laboratory at the Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI
Moderator: Patricia B. Howard, PhD, Executive Associate Dean and Marion E. McKenna Professor, College of Nursing, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY