Garwick, associate dean for research, retires

Ann Garwick, PhD, RN, LMFT, LP, FAAN, senior executive associate dean for research and professor, retired after 30 years with the University. Garwick was named associate dean for research in 2008 and transformed a research infrastructure that was underdeveloped into one that delivers unparalleled support for School of Nursing faculty. The school saw a marked increase in National Institutes of Health funding during her tenure as associate dean for research.

Her core focus in research and teaching was to keep family at the center of care, promoting a culturally-relevant, strengths-based approach to caring for children and youth with chronic conditions and disabilities and their families.

She led or contributed to more than 31 funded research grants and was project director for a training grant with the Center for Children with Special Health Care Needs that spanned two decades. During that time, the center supported 225 pediatric nursing graduate students.

Garwick is a founding member of the International Family Nursing Association and has been a member of the board of directors.

She was inducted as a Fellow into the American Academy of Nursing and is a recipient of a Midwest Nursing Research Society Senior Pediatric Researcher Award.