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Research support for CON faculty and PhD student team

Written by Danielle Zieg | April 03, 2012

The College of Nursing (CON) Research Committee and Office of Research and Extramural Affairs announced the 2012 Doris Kemp Smith Faculty and PhD Student Award.

This honor goes to the research team of Nancy Lowe (photo), CNM, PhD, FACNM, FAAN, and Martha Levine, a third-year PhD student, for the project “Revision and Psychometric Testing of the Nurse Attitudes and Beliefs Questionnaire.”

The award provides research support for a faculty and PhD student research team. Levine’s research focus is the relationship between nurse attitudes and beliefs towards childbirth and Cesarean section rates.

Lowe is a professor and department chair of the Division of Women, Children, and Family Health.