Southern Nursing
Research Society – The Leadership
in Research Award
The Leadership in Research Award is to
recognize outstanding leadership, contribution
or promotion of nursing and health care
research. The award will be bestowed on
an intermittent basis at the discretion
of the Board of Directors.
1. |
The awardee must have
been a member of the nursing profession
for at least five years. |
2. |
The awardee must actively participate
in nursing practice, education, research,
service, economics or administration. |
3. |
The awardee must have made a significant
contribution to research in nursing
and health care. |
Leadership in Research
Award
Dr. Kathleen
Sawin, Associate Professor
Dr. Sawin was awarded the 2003 SNRS Leadership
in Research Award. During her career, she
has provided leadership to the research
efforts of several nursing organizations,
most notably SNRS and the Association of
Rehabilitation Nurses. Additionally, she
has provided leadership through her own
program of research and through the application
of research by facilitating the development
of national standards of nursing practice.
Dr. Sawin has served in numerous capacities
within SNRS. Perhaps her most lasting impact
was as the vice president for two terms
(1993-97). With Dr. Sawin’s leadership
as program committee chair, the organization
moved from an institution based local planning
committee structure to an organization-wide
program planning committee. Dr. Sawin served
with Drs. Beth Collins (SNRS), Patricia
Grady and Lynn Amende (NINR) as the members
of the planning committee for the National
Nursing Research Roundtable in 1997. The
NINR State of the Science conferences grew
out of the National Nursing Research Roundtable
activities.
In addition to her activities facilitating
research in SNRS, Dr. Sawin has been actively
involved in promoting research in her specialty
organization, the Association of Rehabilitation
Nurses (ARN). Dr. Sawin has been the vice
chair and chair of the Rehabilitation Nursing
Foundation (RNF), the research arm of ARN.
In this capacity, she provided leadership
to three research symposia sponsored by
RNF. She was a part of the three member
task force charged with designing and implementing
a process to identify the designed a database
for research synthesis and undertook the
development of its first evidence-based
guideline, which subsequently was published.
Dr. Sawin has been a leader in the development
of national standards of practice through
both ARN and the American Nurses Association.
Her contributions have been recognized both
by the National Academies of Practice and
the American Academy of Nursing. Dr. Sawin’s
program of research has addressed adaptation
outcomes in individuals with disabilities
or chronic conditions as well as outcomes
of their families. She has a special interest
in exploring resilience and protective processes
in children, adolescents and women.
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