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Finalists selected in nursing dean search
By SUE WUETCHER
Reporter Editor
Four finalists have been identified so far for the position of dean of the School of Nursing, including the UB faculty member currently serving as interim dean of the school.
Those finalists are Jean K. Brown, interim dean of the UB nursing school; Carol A. Glod, professor of nursing and research director, Bouve College of Health Sciences, Northeastern University; Courtney Lyder, professor of nursing and chair of the Department of Acute and Specialty Care, University of Virginia Medical Center; and Mary A. Paterson, associate professor of nursing and assistant dean of undergraduate programs, The Catholic University of America.
These outstanding individuals were selected from an impressive group of more than 25 candidates identified initially by the School of Nursing Dean Search Committee, according to Michael E. Cain, dean of the School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences and chair of the search committee.
The four candidates have made official visits to campus to meet with faculty, staff, students, members of the university’s senior leadership team and select individuals from the Western New York health care community.
Brown, who was a member of the search committee, resigned from the panel this summer to be a candidate for the position, Cain noted.
Additional candidates recently have expressed interest in the position, he said, adding that the search committee will meet in early December to determine if any of these new candidates will be invited to visit campus.
Click here for more information about the candidates. Comments may be sent to the search committee at SON-Dean@buffalo.edu.
Brown, a UB faculty member since 1993, was named interim dean of the nursing school Nov. 14, 2006, following the resignation due to illness of Dean Mecca S. Cranley. Cranley subsequently died on Nov. 20.
A specialist in nursing oncology, Brown has held several administrative positions in the nursing school, including associate dean for academic affairs and acting dean.
She is the recipient of a SUNY Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching and a Sustained Achievement Award from UB, and holds several additional honors.
The author or co-author of 40 papers in refereed journals, Brown also has written five book chapters on aspects of cancer nursing, and has lectured widely.
She earned a nursing diploma from the Fairview Hospital School of Nursing in Minneapolis, Minn., and completed bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees and two years of postdoctoral study at the University of Rochester School of Nursing. She held several positions at her alma mater before coming to UB.
Glod joined the faculty of the School of Nursing in the Bouve College of Health Sciences at Northeastern University in 1994. A specialist in psychiatric-mental health nursing, her research interests include childhood depression, circadian rhythms, psychopharmacology and seasonal affective disorder.
A fellow of the American Academy of Nursing, she has received numerous other awards, among them an Independent Investigator Award and a Young Investigator Award, both from the National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression; a Grayce Sills Service Award from New England American Psychiatric Nurses; and an Excellence in Clinical Research Award from the American Psychiatric Nurses Association.
She has authored or co-authored nearly 50 scholarly publications, one book and five book chapters.
She earned a bachelor’s degree, cum laude, from the University of Rochester and master’s and doctoral degrees from Boston College.
Lyder, a fellow of the American Academy of Nursing, also holds an appointment as a professor of internal medicine and geriatrics at the University of Virginia. He joined the UVa faculty in 2003 and in 2004 was named chair of the Department of Acute and Specialty Care, and director of the Gerontological Nurse Practitioner Program. He also serves as director for diversity initiatives for the UVa Medical Center and the School of Nursing.
A prolific researcher, his interests include the care of vulnerable and minority elder adults, with particular emphasis on chronic care issues such as pressure ulcer prevention and management, perineal dermatitis, urinary incontinence, medication adherence and elder safety.
He is the recipient of numerous awards, among them the Thomas Stewart Founders Award from the National Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel, the 2004 Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nursing Manuscript Award and a Distinguished Alumnus Award from Rush University College of Nursing in Chicago.
He received a bachelor’s degree in psychology/biology from Beloit College, and a bachelor’s degree in nursing, a master’s degree in gerontology and a doctorate in geropsychiatry, all from the Rush University College of Nursing.
Paterson, who has served as a member of the Catholic University nursing faculty since 2005, also is a managing partner for Terra P. Group Inc., a health care consulting and research group.
She previously was on the faculty of the College of Health Sciences at the University of Nevada-Las Vegas and was director of the Health Care Policy and Research Development Office in the University of Nevada School of Medicine. She also was a principal associate with Abt Associates, a government and business research and consulting firm, where she headed a project designed to provide essential primary and public health services to the Iraqi people. The project was partially implemented in the Al-Karkh district of Baghdad during the summer of 2003.
Her research and teaching interests include international health, community health services, primary health care service delivery, and primary health care administration and quality.
She received a bachelor’s degree in nursing from Catholic University, a master’s degree in nursing administration from Georgetown University and a doctorate in health services and policy analysis from the University of California-Berkeley.