Center for Nursing Research

Research

Advance our research portfolio with emphasis on areas of strength and collaboration.

• Develop infrastructure plan that maximizes resources and increases collaboration of research and scholarly activity in areas of strength
• Explore novel funding opportunities and other activities to increase research and enhance TTUHSC's visibility and reputation

Please contact Jason Glikas at jglikas@ttuhsc.edu for assistance

Mission

• Support the strategic objective and academic mission of the School of Nursing and TTUHSC in conducting research.
• Facilitate interprofessional collaboration among TTUHSC, TTU, and SON researchers, SON students, community stakeholders and public/private sector partners. 
• Promote professional development of researchers in the School of Nursing. 
• Provide the needed infrastructure for SON faculty and staff to write manuscripts and grants.
• Manage the Ken Ketner Sabbatical Awards. 

Staff and Board

The Center Director shall be the SON Associate Dean for Research and Scholarship and the current staff will include the SON Statistician and Research Administrator.  The Center will be governed by a board consisting of the Center Director, Chair of the Research Faculty Collaborative, Director of the Larry Combest Center, two associate professors/professors with funded research, one associate professor/professor with funded programmatic grants, and one novice faculty with no or limited internal external funding.

Proposed Center Activities

• Oversight of Ken Ketner Sabbatical Awards (2 per year)
• Oversight of SON annual research awards (Novice and Research Achievement)
• Conduct or send faculty to grant writing workshops aimed at federal, state, and private foundation grant submission. 
• Develop Center website.
• Develop revenue stream.

	Center Director
	Alyce S. Ashcraft, PhD, RN, CNE, ANEF, FGSA, FAAN Associate Dean for Research and Scholarship

	Center Staff
	Dr. Seungman Kim Senior Research Associate, Statistician
	Jason Glikas Research Administrator