Faculty Honors

• National Honors in Research: 2006-2007
• University Honors: 2005-2007
• Grants: 2006-2007
• TWU Research Enhancement Program

National Honors in Research: 2006-2007

Judy McFarlane, PhD, RN - 2006 Distinguished Researcher Award [wmv]
Southern Research Nursing Society 20th Anniversary Conference, The Peabody Memphis Hotel - Feb 2-4, 2006

University Honors: 2005-2007

Dr. Susan Chaney– Conaro Award, 2006 Honors Convocation

Dr. Michelle Cho, PhD, RN – Chancellor’s Research Fellow, 2005-2007 (with Dr. Gail Davis)

Dr. Gail Davis - November Master Clinician Award, Association of Rheumatology Health Professionals, 2005

Dr. Gail Davis - November Star Award, Association of Rheumatology Health Professionals, 2005

Dr. Jane Grassley – Chancellor’s Research Fellow, 2006 – 2008

Dr. Ann Malecha – Distinction in Scholarship, 2007 Honors Convocation

Dr. Peggy Mancuso – Chancellor’s Research Fellow, 2006-2008 (with Dr. Patti Hamilton)

Dr. Susan Sheriff – Distinction in Teaching, 2006 Honors Convocation

Grants: 2006-2007

Dr. Carol Arnold – Evaluation of the 2006-2007 Centering Pregnancy Group Prenatal Care in Sites Funded by the Texas March of Dimes, $8250

Dr. Constance Ayers – Workforce Increases in Nurses and Nursing Faculty: Excellence in Resource Collaboration (WINNER), Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, $19,848

Dr. Sherry Carter – The Pelvic Exam and Cervix Visualization: Does Sequence Matter? Sigma Theta Tau, $997

Dr. Janet Foster – Increasing Enrollment Capacity while Optimizing Critical Incident Management by Baccalaureate Nursing Students Using High-Fidelity Human Patient Simulation Facilitated by Non-Faculty Registered Nurses, Texas Higher Education coordinating Board, $237,931

Dr. Marcia Hern – Advanced Education Nursing Traineeships, Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration, $163, 360

Drs. Gayle Hersch, Shirley Hutchinson, Beth Mastel-Smith and Harriett Davidson - Adaption to Long-Term Care: Developing and Testing a Cultural Intervention, NINR, R21, $150,000

Dr. Patricia Holden Huchton – Mentoring Nursing PhD Fellows to Become Nursing Educators, U.S. Department of Education, $168, 896

Dr. Ann Malecha – Preparing the Future Nursing Workforce: A Pilot Study Examining Stressors and Nursing Student Success, $16,900

Dr. Caryl Mobley – Pioneering Nursing’s Future, Excellence through Diversity, Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration, $272,033

Dr. Lene Symes – Consortium to Advance Nursing Diversity and Opportunity (CANDO), Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration, $216, 825

TWU Research Enhancement Program

Drs. Ho Soon Michelle Cho and Oneida Hughes, Nursing - Dallas, "An Intervention for the Post-mastectomy Patient: ABCs to Recovery," $6,000, 2007-2008

Dr. Gail Davis, Nursing – Denton, "A Pilot Test of the Goal Attainment Pain Management Program (GAPMAP)," $6,000 2005-2006

Dr. Jane Grassley, Nursing - Denton, "Clinical Trial Evaluation of an Intervention to Facilitate Grandmothers' Knowledge and Support of Breastfeeding," $6,000 2005-2006

Dr. Patti Hamilton, Nursing – Denton, "Testing a Model of Weekend Risk of Neonatal Mortality in Seven Texas Counties," $6,000, 2005-2006

Dr. Patti Hamilton, Nursing - Denton, and Dr. Gretchen Gemeinhardt, Health Care Administration - Houston, "The Effect of Communication Training on Appropriate Hospital Unit Staffing," $6,000, 2006-2007