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Aug. 24, 2020
Got milk? Human milk based fortifiers improve health outcomes for the smallest premature babies
Researchers compare traditional cows milk based fortifiers with human milk based alternative.
Aug. 22, 2020
2020 Living Legend Marilyn Rantz, PhD, RN, FAAN
Every year the American Academy of Nursing honors a small number of fellows as Living Legends.
Jan. 31, 2020
PhD Student Selected as 2020 Paul Ambrose Scholar
Traylor, MS, MPH, CHES, whose research interest lies in HIV-prevention and education, views the Ambrose Scholar Program as a way to utilize his professional graduate skills.
Nov. 26, 2019
Grant award presented to doctoral student, Michele Kennett
This cross-sectional study of the four universities in the University of Missouri system will compare perceived differences in research climate across institutions and subunits within institutions. The survey, the Survey of Organizational Research Climate (SOuRCe), is a validated tool designed to assess the organizational climate for research integrity in academic institutions. This study is…
May 8, 2019
Verna Adwell Rhodes Endowed Professorship
Friday, May 3, friends, family, former students and faculty from the Sinclair School of Nursing filled the Jesse Rotunda for the announcement and celebration of the establishment of the Verna Adwell Rhodes Endowed Professorship in Nursing. In honor of Rhodes’ achievements, service and generosity, her family and friends have come together to give $1 million…
March 25, 2019
Midwest Nursing Research Society Conference
The Midwest Nursing Research Society (MNRS) held its 43rd Annual Research Conference in Kansas City, Missouri on March 27-30, 2019. The theme for the 2019 conference was “Nursing Research at the Forefront of Healthcare Crises”. A premier nursing research society, the mission of MNRS is to advance science, transform practice and enhance careers through a network of…
March 5, 2019
Effectively Treating Hypertension in Underserved Communities
Associate Professor, Maithe Enriquez has partnered with the Dominican Light a Candle Foundation, Kansas City non-profit Dominican Republic Medical Partnership and American non-profit Jonas Philanthropies to pilot a hypertension care program in underserved communities of Haitian immigrants in the Dominican Republic. So far, the results of this program indicate that it is both effective and…
Feb. 11, 2019
Recent PhD Grad wins $40,000 Research Award
Recent PhD graduate, Elizabeth Monsees, PhD, RN, CIC, FAPIC, Antibiotic Stewardship Program Manager at Children's Mercy Hospital in Kansas City, was awarded the 2019-2020 Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC) Heroes Implementation Research Scholar Award for her work in integrating nurses into antibiotic stewardship processes. Elizabeth's project, titled “Frontline Stewards: Antibiotic…
Nov. 29, 2018
Health Sciences Research Day 2018
The Sinclair School of Nursing was well-represented at the MU Health Sciences Research Day on Thursday, November 15, 2018. Nursing PhD students presenting their research included Reem Al Alawi, Rungnapha Khiewchaum, Christiana Oyewusi, Donna Prentice, and Erin Tallon. For the first time in the history of the Sinclair School of Nursing, we also had three…
Nov. 9, 2018
Marilyn Rantz to Receive March of Dimes Legend in Nursing Award
Rantz was recognized Saturday, Nov 10 at the annual Nurse of the Year Awards gala, presented by Maryville University, held annually to honor exceptional nurses.