Center for Nursing Research
Research Seminar Series

Unless noted otherwise all seminars will be held from 12:00 to 1:00 pm in the School of Nursing Center for Nursing Research Conference Room, SON 508 -- 6901 Bertner Avenue. For additional information, please call the Center for Nursing Research at 713-500-2037 or 713-500-2041.

School of Nursing Research Seminar Series 2009 – 2010 (pdf)

Date Seminar Title
September 25, 2009
“Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors in School-Age Children and the Neighborhood Environment”

Janet C. Meininger, PhD, RN, FAAN
Lee & Joseph D. Jamail Distinguished Professor
Department of Nursing Systems
UTHSC-H School of Nursing

October 23, 2009
“Lessons Learned from the War:  Applied and Philosophical”
(BEING HELD IN SON330)
John B. Holcomb, MD, FACS
Director, Center for Translational Injury Research;
Chief, Division of Acute Care Surgery;
Professor of Surgery
UTHSC-H Medical School
December 4, 2009
“Interventions for Stroke Survivors and Their Spousal Caregivers”

Sharon Ostwald, PhD, RN, FGSA
Isla Carroll Turner Chair in Gerontological Nursing;
Professor, Center on Aging
UTHSC-H School of Nursing

January 22, 2010
“Psychoneuroimmunology in Nursing Research”

Duck-Hee Kang, PhD, RN, FAAN
Lee & Joseph D. Jamail Distinguished Professor;
Director, Biosciences Laboratory
Center for Nursing Research
UTHSC-H School of Nursing

February 26, 2010
“Novel Strategies for Atheroma Imaging and Delivering Therapeutics for Atheroma and Stroke Modification”

David D. McPherson, MD, FACP, FACC, FAHA
The James T. and Nancy B. Willerson Chair;
Professor & Chairman, Department of Internal Medicine;
Director, Division of Cardiology; Medical Director, Heart & Vascular Institute;
Executive Director, CCTS
UTHSC-H Medical School

March 26, 2010
“Effect of Intravenous Methotrexate Dose on Neuropsychological Function and CNS Tissue Injury in Children with Lymphoblastic Leukemia”

Marilyn Hockenberry, PhD, PNP, RN-CS
Professor, Department of Pediatrics; Center for Clinical Research
Baylor College of Medicine;
Director, Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Program,
Texas Children's Cancer Center

April 23, 2010
“Biomarkers of Experimental Pseudomonas aeruginosa Pneumonia in Pigs Receiving Mechanical Ventilation”

Deborah Jones, PhD, RN
Professor
Department of Acute and Continuing Care
UTHSC-H School of Nursing