DeLois P. Weekes, RN, BS, MS, PhD

Higher Education professional with PhD degree and proven success operating single purpose colleges offering nursing and allied health programs.  Experienced in writing self-studies leading to sustained program approval and institutional accreditation.  Expanded program enrollment by establishing cross-disciplinary partnerships among institutions of higher learning. Adept at optimizing space resources, generating cost savings, and implementing creative solutions in complex, challenging educational environments.  Consultant to Health Resource Services Administration.

EXPERTISE INCLUDES:

  • Grant Writing
  • Program Accreditation
  • Operational Efficiencies
  • Talent Recruitment and Development
  • New Program Initiatives
  • Fund Development

EDUCATION:

PhD Nursing, University of California, San Francisco, California

M. S., Nursing, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center

B.S., Health Education, Oklahoma City University

Diploma, Nursing, St. Anthony Hospital School of Nursing

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Campus Dean, Chamberlain College of Nursing, 2008 – 2010

President/Campus Dean, Clarkson College, 2006 – 2007

President/Campus Dean, Cox College of Nursing & Health Sciences, 2000-2006

Associate Vice President Research and Graduate Studies, College of Health, Florida International University, 1999-2000

Associate Professor and Associate Dean Graduate Programs Boston College, 1994 -1997

 

ACADEMIC HONORS AND AWARDS:

100 Outstanding Alumni, UCSF School of Nursing, 2007

Exemplary RN Workforce Diversity Grant, Division of Nursing, Health Resource Services Admin., 2005

Twenty Most Influential Women, Springfield Business Journal, 2004

Outstanding Service Award for commitment to improving cancer treatment, Missouri House of Representatives, Hon. Roy Blunt, 2004

Outstanding Service Award, Oncology Nursing Society Steering Council, 1998

Outstanding Service, UCSF, Black Nurses Symposium, 1997

Founder/Organizer Annual Black and Hispanic Nurses Symposia UCSF, 1996

Excellence in Nursing Practice Award, New England Regional Black Nurses Association, Boston, MA, 1996

 

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:

Weekes, D.P.  (2006).  Cultural influences on the psychosocial experience.  In R.M. Carroll-Johnson, L.M. 

     Gorman, & N.J. Bush (Eds.), Psychosocial Nursing Care Along the Cancer Continuum, (2nd Edition),  

     Pittsburgh: Oncology Nursing Press.

Phillips, J., & Weekes, D.P.  (2002). incorporating multiculturalism into oncology nursing research:  The

      last decade.  Oncology Nursing Forum, 29(5), 807-816.

 Weekes, D.P.  (1998). Cultural influences on the psychosocial experience.  In R.M. Carroll-Johnson, L.M.

     Gorman, & N.J. Bush (Eds.), Psychosocial Nursing Care Along the Cancer Continuum, Pittsburgh:

     Oncology Nursing Press.

 

 PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:

1.     Panel Chair, RN Workforce Diversity Grant Reviews, Division of Nursing, U.S.PHS, 2004-2010

2.     Panel Chair, Advanced Nurse Education Grants, Division of Nursing, U.S. Public Health Service, 1998-2008

3.     Peer Review Committee, American Cancer Society, Inc., Extramural Grants Program, Atlanta Georgia, 1997-01

4.     Peer Reviewer, National Institute of Nursing Research, National Institutes of Health, Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, Initial Review Group, (RO1) Study Section, 1996-2000

5.     Ad Hoc Peer Reviewer, AREA (R15) & SBIR Grants, 1993-1996

6.     Peer Reviewer, Advanced Nurse Education Grants, Division of Nursing, U.S. Public Health Service, 1991-1998

7.     Peer Reviewer/Panel Chair, BSN Nurse Education Grants, Division of Nursing, U.S.PHS, 2001-2007

8.     President’s Commission on White House Fellows, Regional Selection Panel, San Francisco, CA, 1993

 

EDITORIAL AND REVIEW ACTIVITIES:

Peer/Manuscript Reviewer

Team Presenter: The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Cultural Competency National Webinar, 2009

Multicultural Outcomes: Guidelines for Cultural Competence, Oncology Nursing Society, 2000

The Care of Children: Theory and Practice, W.B. Saunders Company, 1995, 1996

Cancer Practice Nursing, 1993-2000

Advances in Nursing Science, 1989-1997

Journal of Pediatric Oncology Nursing, 1988-2000

 

Editorial Boards

Journal of Cultural Diversity, 1994-2000

Journal of Pediatric Oncology Nursing, 1988-2000

Nursing Spectrum, 1998-2000