UAMS College of Nursing

Elaine Souder, PhD, RN
Professor

COPH 5/5262
(501) 296-1893
(Fax) (501) 296-1765
esouder@uams.edu

Department: Nursing Science

Education:
PhD:
Boston College
Chestnut Hill, MA

Areas of Specialty:
Interdisciplinary Aging
Dementia Research

Responsibilities /Courses taught:
Quantitative Methodology in Nursing Research

Professional Activities:
Alzheimer's Association
Co-Leader Southern Region Coalition

Research Areas:
Dementia/Alzheimer's Disease

Mental Status/Cognitive Status

Clinical Practice:

Honors:

2004 Nurse Competence in Aging Writer's Award by MedSurg Nursing

2004-2001 Member, Public Education Committee, American Geriatrics Society

2003 Board of Directors, Oklahoma-Arkansas Chapter of Alzheimer's Association

1997 - Faculty Leadership Award (Peer award by the UAMS College of Nursing Faculty)

1997 Member, Medical and Scientific Advisory Panel of Alzheimer's Disease International

Recent Grants:

Core Leader, Alzheimer’s Disease Core Center Grant. National Institute on Aging, 7/01 - 6/06.

Core Leader, Alzheimer's Disease Center Grant. C. Beck, PI. Funded by NIA, 7/01 - 6/06

Education Director, UAMS CON Hartford Center for Excellence in Geriatric Nursing, 1/2002 - 12/2010

Southern Geriatric Nursing Certificate Program. DHHS – HRSA 1 D11 HP 00351-01, 4/02 - 3/05.

A GeroPsychiatric Initiative for Arkansas’ Advanced Practice Nurses. AACN/Hartford, 11/01 - 3/04.

Recent Publications:

Souder, E. , O'Sullivan, P., Staab, A., & Dobbins, W. Identifying Red Flags in Distance Learning Clinical Experiences. Poster presentation, Sigma Theta Tau 16th International Nursing Research Congress, Waikoloa, Hawaii, July 15, 2005.

Gardner, E., Chelonis, J. J., Cole, C., Souder, E., & Paule, M. G. The Effects of Alzheimer’s Disease on Time Perception. 31st Annual Convention of the Association for Behavior Analysis, Chicago, Illinois, May 29, 2005.

Souder. E., O'Sullivan, P., Staab, A., & Dobbins, W. (2004). Conquering the Challenges of Clinical Experiences in Distance Learning. Presentation, 57th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Gerontological Society of America, Washington DC, November 19-23, 2004.

Souder, E. Neuropathology in Alzheimer’s Disease: Targets of Pharmacotherapy. A Continuing Education Symposium Held in conjunction with the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners 19th Annual National Conference. New Orleans, Louisiana, June 13, 2004.

Souder, E. Innovative models for faculty development in geriatric nursing. Symposium presentation, Joint Conference of the American Society on Aging and the National Council on the Aging, San Francisco, California, April 15, 2004.

Chernoff, R., Souder, E. Brown, G., Jasin, S. AR-GEMS II: A Focused Faculty Program to Update Geriatric Knowledge and Clinical Skills. Poster presentation, Gerontological Society of America 54th Annual Scientific Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts, November 23, 2002.

Souder, E., O'Sullivan, P., & VanPelt, C. Evaluation of Alzheimer's Disease Web Site Information. Poster presentation, International Conference on Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders, Stockholm, Sweden, July 21-25, 2002.

Recent Presentations:

Current/Recent Consultations:

Alzheimer's Disease International, June 2001
Special Emphasis Panel, NIH Center for Scientific Review, July 1999
Veteran's Administration Grant Writing Workshop, 1999