P
ROFESSOR BRENDAN
MCCORMACK, Head of
Division of Nursing at
QMU, has been honoured in the
Sigma Theta Tau International
(STTI) 2014 International Nurse
Researcher Hall of Fame
awards.
Professor
enters
International
Nurse
Researcher
Hall of Fame
Professor McCormack is one
of only 25 nursing experts from
around the world to have been
presented with this year’s STTI
international award for nursing
excellence. He is also the first
European nurse to achieve this
accolade.
Established in 2010, the STTI
International Nurse Researcher
Hall of Fame awards recognise
nurse researchers who have
achieved significant and
sustained, national or international
recognition, and whose research
has improved the profession and
the people it serves.
The professor is an
internationally-renowned authority
on the nursing of older people,
person-centred nursing, and
practice development. His seminal
work, ‘Practice Development in
Nursing’, explores the basis of
practi ce development, its aims,
implementation and impact on
healthcare.
Professor McCormack was
appointed Head of Division of
Nursing and Research Professor
at QMU early in 2014, and was
previously Director of the Institute
of Nursing and Health Research,
and Head of the Person-centred
Practice Research Centre, at the
University of Ulster.
He brings a wealth of experience
in academic leadership to his
new role and his appointment
underlines QMU’s commitment
to its established international
agenda and focus on research
development in nursing.
Commenting on his new
International Nurse Researcher
Hall of Fame status, Professor
McCormack, said: “It’s a real
honour to have been welcomed
into the International Nurse
Researcher Hall of Fame, and
to be the first European nurse to
achieve this status.
“STTI is a global nursing
organisation that promotes
excellence in nursing leadership
and to be recognised in this way is
a privilege. It’s critically important
that nursing research has global
reach and I am delighted that my
research has been considered in
this way.”
This award follows on from a
series of previous awards achieved
by Professor McCormack. In
recognition of his continuing
research commitments, he was
awarded the status of ‘Senior
Distinguished Research Fellow’
by the University of Ulster in 2011.
In 2014, the Professor was
awarded a prestigious Royal
College of Nursing (RCN)
Fellowship. Celebrating the very
best in nursing, the annual RCN
Awards present fellowships,
honorary fellowships and awards
of merit to those who have given
an outstanding contribution to
nursing. RCN fellowships are
awarded to RCN members
who are registered nurses in
the UK and who have made an
exceptional contribution to nursing
or healthcare.
Those selected will also be
published in a new book - the
Thompson Reuters 2014 World’s
Most Influential Scientific Minds.
Inclusion in this publication means
the researcher is among those
who are on the cutting edge of
their fields. They are performing
and publishing work that their
peers recognise as vital to the
advancement of their science. ❒
The professor is an internationally-renowned authority
on the nursing of older people, person-centred nursing,
and practice development.
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