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National Institutes of Health Rank Indiana University School of Nursing in Top Ten for Federally Funded Research
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) recently released its ranking of the nation’s top 80 schools and colleges of nursing, positioning the Indiana University School of Nursing as 9th. The School has been consistently ranked in the Top 10 in four of the past five years.
NIH rankings are based on the amount of research grant dollars awarded by NIH to each school. These competitive grants are reviewed by NIH experts for their scientific merit and program relevance.
“We have much to be proud of,” said Marion E. Broome, dean of the Indiana University School of Nursing. “Number nine demonstrates the quality and commitment of our faculty and the passion they have for creating new knowledge. This critical funding enables IU nurse scientists to continue to develop knowledge that impacts patient care, disease prevention and interventions, and nursing education practices.”
The School of Nursing, which has major research foci in the areas of quality of life in chronic illness, behavioral oncology/cancer control, nursing education and palliative care received $4.1 million in NIH research funding for 2010, the latest year for NIH rankings.
“Our faculty are leaders in improving the quality of life of the citizens of Indiana and others through their research,” Broome said. “Many of them sit on national review panels and advisory councils at NIH and other funding agencies, directly influencing the policies and practices of healthcare research at a national level.”
For Indiana and its citizens, the findings from these research program means better health outcomes for them and their families. New science and knowledge is transferred to the healthcare teams in practice where it is most essential; funding empowers that process. These researchers test interventions to:
• increase cancer screening in underserved populations;
• improve outcomes for caregivers of individuals with chronic illness such as stoke and neurological diseases;
• counsel those with loved ones at end of life; and
• support adolescents with chronic illness who must transition to self-care as adults.
The Indiana University School of Nursing is one of the largest nursing schools in the nation with programs ranging from the Bachelors in Nursing and eight tracks in the Master’s program to the PhD and DNP. A full 40% of Indiana’s nurses are IU School of Nursing alumni. For more information on the IU School of Nursing, please visit nursing.iupui.edu.
