UPRM Nursing Research Development Working Group Established
The R&D Center’s Proposal Development Unit (PDU) announces the establishment of the Nursing Research Development Working Group (NRDWG) sponsored by the NIH-EARDA Faculty Incentives Program. Its primary goal is to promote and advance research in nursing at UPRM. A group of seven professors of the Nursing Department at UPRM with interest in research will be assisted by the PDU and an external mentor to assess their current research capacity, identify obstacles to expand that capacity, and propose a research agenda for the department in order to facilitate inter- and intra-departmental partnerships. Faculty will be encouraged to engage in externally funded research activities, integrate research into laboratory courses, and strengthen institutional community service initiatives. The Nursing RDWG participants are, in alphabetical order: Celia R. Colón, Ana C. López, Abigail Matos, Miriam J. Nieto, Lourdes Santiago, Margaret E. Toro, and Sandra Zapata. Dr. Marta Rivero, a professor and funded researcher at the UPR Medical Sciences Campus (MSC) School of Nursing, will serve as mentor/facilitator to the project. The Working Group agenda was designed using well established tools to build research capacity. Congratulations to the participants! We look forward to a sustainable research development in Nursing at UPRM.
