Design, Evaluation, and Translation of Nursing Interventions

Souraya Sidani, Ph.D. is Professor and Canada Research Chair at the School of Nursing, Ryerson University. She has served as an investigator on over 20 funded grants and has numerous publications in peer-reviewed journals and books. Dr. Sidani’s research focuses on evaluating interventions and advanced practice roles, examining patient preferences for treatments, and refining research methods and measures for determining the clinical effectiveness of interventions.

Carrie Jo Braden, Ph.D. is Associate Dean for Research and Hugh Roy Cullen Professor of Nursing at the University of Texas Health Sciences Center at San Antonio. Dr. Braden is a Fellow of both the American Academy of Nursing and the Western Academy of Nursing. Her research focuses on learned response to chronic illness, mechanisms enhancing scholarly achievement (interprofessional research mentoring), and support resources for health disparities research. She has served as an investigator on 23 funded grants. She is a recipient of the Nurse of the Year Award for Excellence in Nursing Research and has authored or co-authored three books and numerous articles for refereed journals.