Twelfth Annual Research Symposium-Collaboration: Research Partnerships

The Twelfth Annual Research Symposium - Collaboration: Research Partnerships will be held on September 26 in Greenville, SC. Upstate AHEC sponsors the symposium in collaboration with The Nursing Research Committee of the Greenville Health System, the Nursing Research Council of AnMed Health, Nursing Division of Greenville Technical College, and the Gamma Mu Chapter and the Mu Rho Chapter of Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing. The purpose of the symposium is to provide participants with ways to integrate interprofessional collaboration in healthcare research, network with colleagues, and engage in interprofessional dialogue around basic, clinical, educational and translational research studies and findings.

The conference will take place in the Auditorium of the Technical Resource Center (Building 102) on the Barton Campus of Greenville Technical College, 506 South Pleasantburg Drive, Greenville, SC. Speakers include:

Windsor Westbrook Sherrill, PhD, MBA, MHA
Matthew F. Hudson, PhD, MPH
Susan Bethel, MSN, RN, NE-BC
Annette Drake, RN, BSN, MSM
Meenu Jindal, MD
Sharon Warday, MSN, MJP, RN
Darlene Amendolair, PhD, RN
Julia A. Eggert, PhD, GNP-B, AOCN

Additionally, there will be 18 poster presentations that relate to ways research findings or evidence-based projects contribute to clinical practice. The full conference brochure is available at www.upstateahec.org.

If you would like more information about the conference or have questions, please contact Bennie Pettit at bpettit@upstateahec.org or 864-349-1162.

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