Meridean Maas, PhD, RN, FAAN, Professor Emerita, at the University of Iowa College of Nursing has a passion for nursing care of older adults. Dr. Maas holds BSN and MA degrees from the University of Iowa College of Nursing and a PhD degree in Sociology from Iowa State University. Her funded research has focused on an intervention for Family Involvement in Care with persons institutionalized with Alzheimer’s Disease, staff caregivers, persons with Alzheimer’s Disease, and Nursing Outcomes Classifications. Currently, she is co-Director of the Hartford Center for Geriatric Nursing Excellence at the University of Iowa and Co-Director of the Gerontological Nursing Interventions Research Center (GNIRC) and Director of the GNIRC’s Regional Research Training Core. She has numerous peer-reviewed journal articles and book chapters plus a few books.
As Dr. Maas has mentored numerous masters and doctoral students at the University of Iowa as well as both pre- and post-doctoral fellows with fellowships from the National Institutes of Health and the John A. Hartford Foundation, she has been greatly involved in providing the mentorship and research development for our program. This award is in the honor of her service and dedication to MCN/ISU.
The purpose of selecting a faculty member to receive the Dr. Meridean Maas Faculty Research Mentor Award is to recognize a colleague who:
All faculty members who have been at ISU at least one (1) academic year prior to application are eligible for the award.
Applicants may not have received a previous Faculty Research Mentor Award within the last three (3) academic years.
The College Research Committee will consider the applicant’s entire personal research record and mentoring of students conducting research while attending Mennonite College of Nursing (MCN). The greatest emphasis will be on research that has been developed with students and successfully completed and disseminated.
Applicants will be evaluated for the followings:
Scholarly work of faculty and student grouping must reflect the definition of research adopted by the University Research Council. The University Research Council defines research as follows:
Research is a formal procedure which contributes to the expansion of basic knowledge or applies such knowledge to the solution of problems in society or exemplifies creative expression in a specific field of study. The results of research are communicated to professionals outside the University through a peer review process in a manner appropriate to the discipline.
It is possible that the selection committee will decide not to present an award in a given year, if the research records of the applicants do not meet the committee’s standards of excellence.
Any faculty member who meets the eligibility criteria is encouraged to submit an application, consisting of:
No nominations are required but a personal interview may be required.
Call sent out: December 6
Deadline for applications received by Chair of the College Research Committee: February 1
Award recipient determined: March 1
Award presented at Candle Lighting Ceremony the following April
Awardees will have their name placed on the MCN website and within the Annual Report as well as Flame publication