Dissemination and Translation Core

Staff

Katherine Jones, BSN, PhD, FAAN

Director and Co-Investigator
Sarah Cole Hirsh Professor of Nursing
Associate Dean for the Center of Evidence-Based Practice
FPB School of Nursing

Jaclene Zauszniewski, RN-BC, PhD, FAAN

Content Specialist for the Scientific Community
Kate Hanna Harvey Professor of Community Health Nursing
Associate Dean for Doctoral Education
Program Director for the PhD in Nursing Program
FPB School of Nursing

Diana Morris, RN, PhD, FAAN

Content Specialist for Community Agencies
Associate Professor, FPB School of Nursing
Associate Director, University Center on Aging and Health

Susan Tullai-McGuinness, RN, PhD

Content Specialist for the Policy Community
Assistant Professor, FPB School of Nursing

Core Directors

• Shirley Moore, Administrative Core

• Barb Daly, Scholarship and Mentoring Core

• Elizabeth Madigan, Methods and Statistics Core

Purpose

The goal of the Dissemination and Translation Core is to develop, implement, and evaluate activities to disseminate and translate research results in a timely fashion to stakeholders in the scientific, clinical, and policy communities.  Led by Dr. Katherine Jones, the specific target groups for SMART Center dissemination and translation activities are determined by the level and strength of evidence that has been generated by completed, core and pilot studies.

Activities

• Provide support services to SMART center investigators to prepare and assist them to disseminate study results to key stakeholder groups, including other nurse scientists, health care providers, policymakers, and community agencies.

• Provide formal and informal educational programs that focus on specific topics relevant to the SMART center.

• Coordinate dissemination and translation programs with other School of Nursing Centers of Excellence (Hirsh Institute for Evidence-Based Nursing Practice, Center for Research and Scholarship, University Center on Aging and Health) and SMART Center Cores.

• Explore the applicability and feasibility of translating specific study findings into practice and policy settings.