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Overview
The University of Mississippi School of Nursing (SON) provides and supports
an environment that encourages faculty teaching, scholarship, service and
practice in keeping with the mission and philosophy of the program. Our
school hosts the only Research Department located within a state-supported
School of Nursing. SON faculty members and students are provided the opportunity
and support necessary to develop and implement a professional research and
scholarship trajectory which will enhance the expanding knowledge base of
the discipline to impact the health and welfare of the people of Mississippi
and beyond.
Many of our senior researchers have long histories of success. The work
they are involved in is featured throughout this website. In just five
short years, faculty efforts to increase extramural funding have seen
our operations increase from just under $150,000 to over $4.2 million
dollars. And we anticipate this growth curve to continue upward.
Opportunities for our junior faculty colleagues to develop research
programs begin with the SON seed grant awards. These monies have increased
annually over the past several years as a planned strategy to strengthen
the SON research efforts.
Along with “growing” a research department, the SON began
a PhD program to support the development of nursing scholars in the state.
The purpose of the doctor of philosophy in nursing is to prepare scholars
with expertise in selected, substantive areas that will contribute to
the science and practice of nursing through systematic inquiry and theory
development. Graduates are able to meet state, regional and national
needs for doctorally prepared faculty in schools of nursing and other
leadership positions in health-related organizations.
The SON houses one of the few basic science laboratories located within
a southeastern United States nursing school. Scientists in this lab focus
on research related to: 1) the effect of drug combinations on cancer
cells; 2) cell differentiation and migration; and 3) proliferation with
a variety of cell types.
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