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    Emeritus Professor Davina Porock

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Emeritus Professor Davina Porock

Overview of role

Emeritus Professor Porock holds a VC’s Professorial Research Fellowship in the School of Nursing and Midwifery. Her research program focuses living and dying well in residential aged care with a particular interest in person-centred practice and recognising dying.

Current Teaching

Guest lectures in person-centred care, end-of-life care, physiology of dying, person-centred care of the person with dementia and/or delirium

Background

  • A/Dean Research and Innovation, Faculty of Health and Wellbeing, Sheffield Hallam University, UK. 2017-2019
  • Vice Provost and Dean of Research, Lehman College, City University of New York, USA. 2015-2017
  • A/Dean Research and Scholarship, School of Nursing, State University of New York at Buffalo, USA. 2010-2015

Professional Associations

International Philosophy of Nursing Society

Awards and Recognition

  • Inducted as a Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing, October 17, 2015.
  • Edna Stilwell Writing Award for “National Priorities for Dementia Care: Perspectives of Individuals Living with Dementia and Their Care Partners,” published in the August 2015 issue of the Journal of Gerontological Nursing.
  • Distinguished Australian Alumni Award, November 2014. Curtin University, Perth, WA
  • Visionary Innovator Award, Annual Inventors and Entrepreneurs Reception, University at Buffalo, March 2014
  • Distinguished Faculty Mentor Award, State University of New York at Buffalo, School of Nursing. May 2011
  • Teaching Apple (for excellent teaching evaluations by students), State University of New York at Buffalo, School of Nursing 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015
  • Sigma Theta Tau, Alpha Iota Chapter Award for Excellence in Teaching. March 2003
  • International Faculty Award, University of Missouri-Columbia Research Council. August – September 2002
  • Margaret Woods Allen Award for Outstanding Research. Sigma Theta Tau, Alpha Iota Chapter. March 2002
  • Oncology Nursing Society/Schering Corporation Excellence in Cancer Nursing Research Award. Presented at the Oncology Nursing Society 23rd Annual Congress, San Francisco. May 1998
  • Australian Postgraduate Award from Commonwealth Government for PhD Research. Administered by Edith Cowan University, WA. February 1995 - March 1998 (Pre-doctoral Scholarship)
  • Curtin University Postgraduate Research Award for Research in the degree Master of Science. Administered by Curtin University of Technology, WA (Masters Scholarship) February 1990- December 1991
  • Helen Bailey Scholarship for Postgraduate Nursing Studies Administered by the Health Department of WA (to support Master of Science thesis research) February – December 1991

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