FPB's BEST Center Launches New Faculty Projects
Posted 10/12/10
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L to R: Maryjo Prince-Paul, Jacquelyn Slomka, and Jung-Won Lim |
The BEST Center (Building End-of-Life Science through Positive Human Strengths and Traits) at the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing at Case Western Reserve has supported the hiring of two new and one returning assistant professor.
With National Institute of Nursing Research funds, Maryjo Prince-Paul and Jacquelyn Slomka from the nursing school and Jung-Won Lim from the Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences will launch pilot research projects to improve the quality of life for those with advanced or terminal illnesses.
Over the next year, these faculty members will receive support to concentrate 75 percent of their time on research.
Each faculty member received $30,000 to launch a new project. As part of their hiring requirements, researchers had to have a project ready to go at their start date.
These faculty members join a group of approximately 20 university researchers that have focused on end-of-life issues. As one function of the BEST Center, the Palliative Care Education and Research Leadership (PEARL) group meets regularly with the opportunity to collaborate and share ideas and findings.
Source: Case Western Reserve University
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