Research

Faculty & Staff for the Center of Research

Jana Pressler Jana L. Pressler
PhD, RN, Assistant Dean for Research and Professor

Director, PhD Program

Dr. Pressler earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Nursing from Bradley University in 1975, a Master of Arts degree in Nursing from the University of Iowa in 1977 and a PhD in Nursing from Case Western Research University in 1986. From 1986 to 1988, she completed a postdoctoral research fellowship at the University of Rochester that was funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Her research expertise includes study of the growth and behavior of Macrosomic newborns, classification of newborn birth injuries, description of newborn neurological reflexes, and the assessment of newborn infants who are at an increased risk for developmental difficulties.

She is certified on the Newborn Individualized Care and Assessment Program (NIDCAP), the Neonatal Behavioral Assessment Scale (NBAS), and the Feeding and Teaching Scales of the Nursing child Assessment Satellite Training (NCAST). She developed the Neonatal Nurse Practitioner Program at Vanderbilt University, and directed the Undergraduate Honors Program in Nursing at Penn State University. Most recently she served as the PhD Program Director in Nursing at the University of Missouri-Kansas City and has developed the PhD in Nursing Program for the University of Oklahoma College of Nursing. She will be assisting faculty members with developing and submitting manuscripts for publication and developing research proposals for submission for extramural funding. In collaboration with several other investigators, she is hoping to become involved in studying Native American newborns from different tribes in Oklahoma as well as studying the impact of developmental interventions on infant outcomes.

Barbara J. Holtzclaw
PhD, RN, FAAN, Research Consultant Nurse Scientist/Research Liaison, Bridges to Doctorate for Native American & Native Alaskan MS Nurses, Adjunct Professor

Associate Director, Geriatric Nursing Translational Science Training, Donald W. Reynolds Center of Geriatric Nursing Excellence

Dr. Holtzclaw is a Clinical Nurse Scientist whose program of research centers on patients’ thermoregulatory responses to illness and treatment in vulnerable patients. Her research funding includes two major (R01) grants to study febrile symptoms. She has authored 42 publications on the topics of fever, shivering, hypothermia, and thermoregulation, and is best known for translational studies where basic science concepts are used to develop clinical nursing interventions. She is an expert on issues related to research-based quality of nursing care and her publications include numerous comprehensive research reviews that deal with nursing management of thermoregulatory responses.

Dr. Holtzclaw holds a BS in Nursing from the University of Oklahoma College of Nursing (1968), an MS in Nursing from the University of California at San Francisco (1971), a PhD in Higher Education from the University of Oklahoma, Norman (1981), and a postdoctoral fellowship from the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia (1984-86) where she was a Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Nurse Scholar. In addition to recent academic appointments as Associate Dean for Research and Director of Doctoral Studies in Nursing at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (1992-2000), she was formerly Associate Director of Research at Vanderbilt University, Nashville TN (1987-1992), Coordinator of the University of Oklahoma College of Nursing's (OUCN) Family Nurse Practitioner Certificate program (1976-1979), and served at OUCN as both undergraduate and graduate faculty from 1968 to 1987. Since 2003, Dr. Holtzclaw has served as Professor in Residence and research consultant for Harris School of Nursing, Texas Christian University in Fort Worth TX. She now facilitates Faculty research and scholarship at OUCN. As Research Liaison, she coordinates research activities for OUCN and U of MN's partnership program "Bridges to the Doctorate for Native American/American Indian MS Nurses." Dr. Holtzclaw serves on the Peer Review Panel for the NIH Center for Scientific Review; is Editor of the Southern Online Journal of Nursing Research; and currently chairs the Advisory Committee for the National Database for Nursing Quality Indicators (NDNQI). She is a Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing and has served on three ANA Task Forces or Advisory Committees evaluating Safety and Quality Indicators in Nursing Care.

Statistician (TBA)

The CBREBP is in the pre-planning stages for obtaining approval for a statistician for the Center. At this time, faculty who are working on research grants and manuscripts are directed to a statistical consultant who is working on a contractual basis. Should you need statistical assistance, please contact the Center Staff Assistant for the name, email, and telephone number of this statistician.

Sharon Clark
Staff Assistant

Provides administrative support for the Assistant Dean for Research and provides clerical support to faculty and students in their research and grant applications.

Sangeetha Tadimalla
Grants Manager/Accountant & Grants Management

Sangeetha Tadimalla, Grants Manager/Accountant, assists faculty in the development and oversight of their grant budgets, manages research database, oversees the grant production process, interprets federal and institutional policies regarding research grants, and serves as primary School liaison with the Campus Office of Grants and Contracts. She is available to help faculty prepare budgets, routing forms, indirect cost forms, and any other procedures or questions related to grant submission prior to grants being submitted to ORA. Once a grant has been awarded, she will provide additional assistance to the PI and their support staff in grant coordination and monitoring.

Derrick Siow
Database Analyst

Derrick has been working in our college since January 2002. He started here as a web programmer and he is now working as a database analyst mainly focus on projects that are database-driven. He has the knowledge of various programming languages and application development tools.

John Jandebeur
Local Area Network Support Specialist IV.

John has been working at the OUCN for 18+ months. His area of expertise is in computer hardware and server support.

Graduate Research Assistants

The OUCN has access to a limited number of Research Assistants, with varying levels of expertise, to assist with a range of research projects relating to nursing and health services. RAs will:

Assist with developing and conducting research projects.
Conduct periodic literature searches, literature retrieval, and reviews.
Design, develop, and manage the collection, analysis, and storage of data relating to the project.
Prepare reports and contribute to the writing of peer-reviewed journal articles based on the results of the research.
Design or develop innovative solutions to help solve problems specific to the project;
Work with a multidisciplinary research team.
Be accountable for complying with IRB compliance, health and safety policies, specific procedures, and safe work practices.