Meredeth Rowe named Fellow of American Academy of Nursing

July 18, 2007

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — University of Florida College of Nursing Associate Professor Meredeth Rowe has been elected a fellow of the American Academy of Nursing.

The academy awards fellowships to individuals who have made outstanding contributions to effective nursing through practice, research, creative development, scholarly work, the influence of public policy or a combination of these. Fellows also must show the potential to continue making significant contributions to the field of nursing.

Rowe teaches undergraduate, graduate and doctoral courses in topics such as care of the older adult, pathophysiology and statistics. Her research focuses on the study of cognitively impaired individuals and their caregivers. Through her research, she has developed a nighttime home monitoring system, which helps caregivers of dementia patients and parents of autistic children manage their care recipients’ nighttime activity.

Rowe is also a fellow of the Gerontological Society of America. She completed a fellowship at the Hartford Geriatric Nursing Institute and has written numerous publications on topics such as dementia, monitoring nighttime activity in cognitively impaired individuals, sleep and chronic illness.