Dr. Misook Chung Inducted into International Nurse Researcher Hall of Fame
College of Nursing Professor Misook Chung, PhD, RN, FAHA, FAAN, was inducted into Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing's International Nurse Researcher Hall of Fame in Melbourne, Australia, July 19-23, 2018.
On Saturday, 21 July 2018, Dr. Chung and 19 other nurse researchers — representing Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, Singapore, Taiwan, the United Kingdom, and the United States — were be presented with the International Nurse Researcher Hall of Fame award and participated in a conversation with Sigma President Beth Baldwin Tigges, PhD, RN, PNP, BC.
Created in 2010, the International Nurse Researcher Hall of Fame recognizes 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 award presentation is sponsored by Wiley.
"Each of these Hall of Fame honorees represents a lifetime of contribution to the nursing profession," said Sigma President Beth Baldwin Tigges, PhD, RN, PNP, BC. "I am proud to add my congratulations to each of them for this monumental achievement, and I look forward to learning more about their work during our conversation in Melbourne this July."
“Wiley proudly recognizes and celebrates the contributions of this year's inductees to the Sigma International Nurse Researcher Hall of Fame. We congratulate each individual honoree for their significant involvement in outstanding research, leadership, and efforts in advancing health around the world” said Wiley Publishing Manager for Nursing Kassie Stovell.
Sigma’s annual congress attracts nearly 1,000 nurse researchers, students, clinicians, and leaders, who learn from evidence-based research presentations. The theme for the 29th International Nursing Research Congress is Innovative Global Nursing Practice and Education Through Research and Evidence-Based Practice. To view details or register for the event, visit www.sigmanursing.org/congress.
About Sigma
The Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing (Sigma) is a nonprofit organization whose mission is advancing world health and celebrating nursing excellence in scholarship, leadership, and service. Founded in 1922, Sigma has more than 135,000 active members in over 90 countries and territories. Members include practicing nurses, instructors, researchers, policymakers, entrepreneurs, and others. Sigma’s more than 530 chapters are located at more than 700 institutions of higher education throughout Armenia, Australia, Botswana, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, England, Ghana, Hong Kong, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Lebanon, Malawi, Mexico, the Netherlands, Pakistan, Philippines, Portugal, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, Swaziland, Sweden, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, the United States, and Wales. Learn more at www.sigmanursing.org.
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About Dr. Chung
Misook Lee Chung earned her master's degree from the College of Nursing, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Korea, and her PhD from the University of Kentucky College of Nursing. Dr. Chung currently is a professor for the UK College of Nursing, where she is a co-director and research scientist with the RICH Heart Program. She has an independent research program as well. She has conducted a number of observational/interventional research studies as a project director in the RICH Heart Program. Dr. Chung has been studying patients with heart failure and family caregivers since 2002. Her research emphasis is on the dynamic interdependent relationship between patients with chronic cardiovascular disease and family caregivers and the behavioral, physiological, and psychological outcomes of both participating members, and on developing effective family based interventions to improve outcomes in both patients and caregivers. Her program of research covers a broad range of factors affecting outcomes in the adult heart failure population, such as adherence behaviors (e.g., low sodium diet and medication), patients’ psychological distress (e.g., depression and anxiety), perceived social support, and family caregivers’ burden and emotional distress. Dr. Chung was a finalist in the Heart Failure Society of America Nursing Research Award in 2004 and won first place in the American Association of Heart Failure Nurses Oral Research Competition in 2006. The American Heart Association on Cardiovascular Nursing awarded her the Research Article of the Year in 2010.
