Recipients of CANR Awards of Research Excellence for 2006
Nurse Researcher Award - Dr. C. Céleste Johnston, RN DEd
Promotion of Research Based Practice Award - Dr. Louise Ann Jensen, RN PhD
Practitioner/Research Award - Allison Husband, RN MN CDE
Outstanding New Investigator Award - Dr. Michelle Lobchuk, RN PhD
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Nurse Researcher Award for 2006
Dr. C. Céleste Johnston, RN DEd
Associate Director for Research, School of Nursing, McGill University
James McGill Professor (2002-2009)
She has developed an exemplary career as a researcher in the field of pain. "Her work is remarkable in its strong clinical nature, while at the same time incorporating a variety of quantitative measures of a highly personal phenomenon". "One of the most significant features of her research programme is that it developed from the questions and dilemmas of staff nurses caring for very ill infants. She has systematically provided strong evidence about the best ways to assess neonates, the effects of pain on the neonate, and the effectiveness of various nursing interventions to alleviate or moderate the pain. She is an integral and highly respected member of the faculty in a Canada-wide training centre in pediatric pain research (PICH)." Top
Promotion of Research Based Practice Award for 2006
Dr. Louise Ann Jensen, RN PhD
Professor, University of Alberta
Associate in Nursing
(Cardiac Sciences, Capital Health Region)
Her research program examines health-related outcomes in acute coronary syndromes, with a methodological and measurement focus. "Many of the studies that she has been involved in have provided the foundation for significant practice changes or identified areas in which nursing research could have a significant impact in improving patient care". "Louise has been instrumental in supporting and encouraging graduate nursing students to develop their knowledge and skills at an advanced level, and thus contribute to the overall well-being of patients in many different areas within cardiovascular nursing. She leads by example, as she consistently strives to improve her own knowledge within the cardiovascular field, while sharing her knowledge and expertise with her students". "through her participation in the Cardiac Sciences program, she has directly influenced the capacity for nurses with Cardiac Sciences to implement research based findings in their practice and has stimulated the development of a number of practice protocols."
Practitioner/Research Award for 2006
Allison Husband, RN MN CDE
Nurse Clinician, Diabetes Clinic, Alberta Children’s Hospital
Mrs. Husband has been working as a diabetes nurse educator at the Alberta Children's Hospital for more than 10 years. She has been successful at obtaining grants from both local sources and the Canadian Diabetes Association as primary investigator. She has presented at national meetings and published the results of her first study on the use of a CD-ROM to educate teachers of children with diabetes. "Allison is an inspiration in our clinic with regards to research. She remains aware of current research and uses it to lead us in our clinical practice".
Outstanding New Investigator Award for 2006
Dr. Michelle Lobchuk, RN PhD
Assistant Professor
Faculty of Nursing,
University of Manitoba
Since 2003 when she began her probationary appointment, Dr. Lobchuk has moved swiftly to establish herself as an independent researcher and an emerging leader in the field of family caregiving and lung cancer patients. Her current research program consists of a series of nationally funded studies that build on her graduate and doctoral work. Michelle's work on perspective taking emerges from a strong theoretical base. She is able to harness the theories emerging from cognitive and social psychology to study problems of importance in the field of cancer nursing. She has published in top ranking oncology journals in the world.
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