The Ohio State College has chosen Karen Rose as the subsequent dean of the Faculty of Nursing, efficient July 1, pending approval by the Board of Trustees. Rose at present serves as the faculty’s vice dean and is a tenured professor and director of the faculty’s Heart for Wholesome Ageing, Self-Administration and Advanced Care.
Rose will present strategic imaginative and prescient and management for the faculty towards its targets of enhancing scholarship, selling analysis and community-engaged scholarship, and educating the very best caliber of nurse leaders, researchers and well being professionals.
“I’m excited for the faculty’s future below Karen’s management,” stated Ohio State Government Vice President and Provost Melissa L. Gilliam. “Please be a part of me in congratulating Karen on this subsequent chapter in her distinguished profession as a frontrunner, scholar and practitioner.”
“I’m thrilled to proceed to work with the fabulous college, employees and college students within the Faculty of Nursing,” Rose stated. “We’ve got wonderful individuals when it comes to our human capital, a state-of-the-art new facility in Heminger Corridor, and infinite alternatives for advancing training, analysis and evidence-based apply.”
Rose is widely known for her analysis on enhancing the standard of life and well-being for dementia household caregivers and other people dwelling with Alzheimer’s illness and associated dementias. Her analysis has been constantly funded all through her profession, together with by the Nationwide Institutes of Well being and the Nationwide Science Basis.
In main the Heart for Wholesome Ageing, Self-Administration and Advanced Care, she brings collectively scientists, educators and clinicians with the shared function of enhancing well being outcomes for getting old and susceptible populations.
“I’m energized by the faculty’s applications, together with work on the Fuld Nationwide Institute for Proof-based Observe and our Complete Well being and Wellness Federally Certified Well being Heart,” Rose stated. “Moreover, the faculty’s analysis touches all the lifespan, from maternal and toddler mortality to older adults and caregivers. The chances are infinite, and this essential work connects us with the residents of Columbus and all of Ohio.”
Rose joined the faculty’s college in 2019 after arriving at Ohio State from the College of Tennessee Faculty of Nursing. Beforehand, she held quite a few roles on the College of Virginia Faculty of Nursing, together with director of the college’s PhD program. She has served in quite a few instructing and management roles at a number of different schools, universities and medical facilities throughout the nation all through her greater than 30-year profession.
She earned her baccalaureate diploma at Shenandoah College, grasp’s diploma at Virginia Commonwealth College and PhD in nursing on the College of Virginia. She accomplished postdoctoral coaching with funding from the John A. Hartford Basis.
“Karen will profit from the robust basis created by Bernadette Melnyk as she steps down as dean after 12 years of transformational management,” Gilliam stated. “I’m grateful for the dedication of the search advisory committee and admire the efforts of our colleagues on the Faculty of Nursing and all who participated within the nationwide search.”
“Our alumni have additionally made Ohio State’s Faculty of Nursing the place the place individuals wish to come for nursing training,” Rose stated. “Folks need an Ohio State nurse caring for them, and that’s a credit score to the individuals in our faculty and to our Ohio State alumni.”
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