Welcome to the Center for Nursing Research!
The Central New York Nurses have committed to endow this Center which is dedicated to improving practice through the use of research evidence. Please ‘meet’ our Distinguished and Novice Nurse Researchers, investigate the Statewide Nursing Research Agenda, or visit the Foundation!
Rita C. Kopf Memorial Research Award
Rita C. Kopf served as Director of Nursing, Saratoga Hospital; Clinical Nursing Specialist and Director of Quality Assurance, Albany Medical Center; and in faculty positions at Russell Sage College and Adelphi University. She was widely respected for her fierce and unbending commitment to standards and the dignity of patients and nursing.
The Rita C. Kopf Memorial Research Awardees
2010: Elizabeth Scannell-Desch, PhD, RN
2003-2009: No grants awarded.
2002: Debra Jeffs, MS, CPN, RN
2001: Wei-Ti Chen, MSN, RN, CNM
2000: Tobie H. Olsan, MS, MPA, RN
1999: Craig R. Sellers, MS, RN, CS-ANP, ACRN
