Lead by Dr. Kathryn Sabo, this three-year project, "Assessing Effectiveness of Ruth Sleeper Center Behavioral Health Practices," will utilize patient-centered outcomes research to evaluate the behavioral health services provided through the Ruth Sleeper Nursing Center for Clinical Education and Wellness.
 
In addition to conducting patient-centered outcomes research, this project will host nursing faculty development sessions to aide faculty in designing and implementing outcomes research projects. With the support of May and Tom Chin, and their generous gift of $200,000, Dr. Sabo and her team will facilitate this project over the next three years; the first year of the project will focus on expanding behavioral health telehealth practice to older adults in the local community.

The project will also be under the direction of the Associate Dean of Research and Director of the SON Office of Research and Scholarship, Dr. Ruth Palan Lopez and Dr. Elaine Tagliareni.