Bill Buron Receives Award While Finishing Doctorate at UAMS
Posted on 6/9/2009
Bill Buron, University of Arkansas assistant professor of nursing, recently received the Outstanding Future Nurse Leader Award from the College of Nursing at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in Little Rock.
Buron completed his doctoral degree in nursing at UAMS and graduated in May. He joined the faculty of the Eleanor Mann School of Nursing at the University of Arkansas in 2001 as an instructor and was hired last year in a tenure-track position. Buron specializes in geriatrics as a family nurse practitioner and advance practice nurse. He also holds medical-surgical certification in nursing.
The award Buron received during the UAMS ceremony is presented "in recognition of exceptional potential for outstanding future contributions to the profession as a nurse leader, as demonstrated by excellence in scholastic achievement and professional service." Graduate faculty chose Buron for the award.
"Bill has worked very hard in balancing his academic work and pursuit of his doctoral degree," said Nan Smith-Blair, interim head of the nursing school, which is part of the College of Education and Health Professions. "The faculty at the Eleanor Mann School of Nursing is very proud to have him as part of our team and look forward to his blossoming research career. His research in gerontology will significantly impact care to patients with dementia. Our faculty is dedicated to helping our instructors pursue their terminal degrees as we 'grow our own' tenured faculty."
Buron was awarded a predoctoral scholarship in 2006 from the John A. Hartford Foundation of New York and the American Academy of Nursing. The award of about $80,000 over two years assisted Buron in conducting gerontological research and completing his dissertation, which focused on interventions to promote personhood during the treatment of dementia. The philosophy of personhood, a principal developed by dementia researcher Dr. Thomas Kitwood, mandates that the medical professional honor the individual person at all stages of the disease process.
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