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Professional Development Award

The UNC Network for Research Professionals (NRP) Professional Development Award provides supplemental funding to help cover professional development opportunities for UNC-Chapel Hill employees or UNC Health employees whose work is focused on Human Subjects Research.

The award covers work-related education and training and can be used for conferences, certificates, continuing education, classes or seminars, or similar instructional opportunities that are not already covered by other resources (See example opportunities (pdf)). Specifically, the award is designed for expenses incurred prior to the opportunity (e.g., registration, materials, travel). Courses for academic credit are not eligible for this award but can be accessed through the University’s tuition waiver benefit or UNC Health’s educational assistance benefits.

Individual awards ranging from $100 – $500 will be granted depending on strength of application.

The UNC Network for Research Professionals is proud to announce our 2024-2025 NRP Professional Development Award. For more information on how to apply and access the application, review the application announcement (pdf).

The application deadline for this opportunity is September 19, 2024 at 5 p.m.
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Perri Kilcourse, RN, BSN, MSc holds the blue ribbon for her poster: Evaluating the Documentation of Timed Blood Draws in and Electronic Health Record versus Paper Charting

“As part of my Clinical Health Informatics Program I had to do a capstone project. My advisor suggested I pick a project that was relevant to the work I do as a nurse in the CTRC. From the types of research studies we were doing and the fact that we double document, I wondered if a flowsheet could be added to our EHR to document multiple timed blood draws. I worked with the Epic team at UNC and they were able to locate a Research Blood Draw Flowsheet in the Epic library and make it go live for my research unit. My project consisted of timing my nurse co-workers when charting on our usual paper flowsheets as well as in the electronic flowsheet. In my research I learned cultural things about my unit. I presented my findings in a poster at the International Association of Clinical Research Nurses’ annual conference in Philadelphia October 2019. I met lots of people who were interested in the electronic flowsheet and the fact that it is readily available in a commercial EHR system. Many people I spoke with discussed implementing Epic at their healthcare systems and what research specific interfaces would work for their centers. My poster took first place in the competition. I am thankful to the NRP for awarding me a scholarship to attend this conference and sharing what I learned about my research unit while also trying to reduce double charting.

Perri Kilcourse, RN, BSN, MSc, 2019 NRP Professional Development Award Recipient

Recipients

2024

Hannah Riehl
Carolina Institute for Developmental Disabilities

Josephine McKelvy
Social Medicine

Jordan Jacobs
Surgery – Burn Center

Malvika Choudhari
Orthopedics

Courtney Kelly
Social Medicine

Jessica Marlin
NC TraCS Institute

Sara Stevens Kelly
Medicine – Nephrology

Tracy Eldred
Global Health and Infectious Disease

Nandie Elhadidy
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

2023

Blondell (Paula) Glover
Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine

Council Mintz
Psychiatry

Erin Bender
Psychology

Leila Keifer
LCCC

Natalie Antenucci
Psychology

2022

Kayleigh Biggs
Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center

Srihari Chari
Emergency Medicine

Sharon Evans
UNC Health

LuAn Hobson
Office of Research Support and Compliance

Ryan MacPherson
Exercise and Sport Science

2021

Ann Firestine
Pediatric Gastroenterology

Brett Phillips
Blood Research Center

Jennifer Gruhn
Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center

Joan Thomas
Public Health – Nutrition

Jordan Wingate
Social Work – Office of Strategic Research Priorities

2020

Julie Maccarone
Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center

Burnadette Benas
Thurston Arthritis Research Center

Luz Cuaboy
Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center

William Pulley
Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center

Michelle Erin Johnson
Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center

Shannon Myers
Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center

2019

Tamara Fischer-Biondi
Department of Genetics

Perri Kilcourse
NC TraCS Institute

Christian Munoz Pineda
Center for Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Alexandra Munson
Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center

Victoria Waters, MEd
Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute