Teaching is a challenging and rewarding profession for me. The work I do with the Health Care Product Evaluation Center is another way to contribute to the health care arena in a novel way that improves health care delivery.
Deborah Conway, MS, RN
Assistant Professor of Nursing
Director, The Health Care Product Evaluation Center
Office: CMNEB 2026
Phone: (434) 924-0103
Email: dcc8v@Virginia.EDU
Fax: (434) 243-8371
Deborah Craig Conway, RN, MSN, is the Director of the Health Care Product Evaluation Center (HCPEC) and an assistant professor of nursing with clinical experience in maternal and child health and in community health nursing. She received a B.S. from Skidmore College with a major in nursing and an M.S. from Boston University with a concentration in maternal child health nursing and teaching. She has served as a Division Director and Clinical Fields Coordinator in the UVA School of Nursing in the past. Presently, as Director of HCPEC, she has completed evaluation projects and served as Principal Investigator for clinical studies for such companies as Tyco/Covidien, Herman Miller, BD, and Hollister. She guest lectures at the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences at UVA on product evaluation. She has held offices in the Beta Kappa Chapter of Sigma Theta Tau International Nursing Honor Society. She received the first Innovations in Teaching Award offered and was awarded a second in 2001, and a third in 2008. She has served as Chairman of the Board of Directors of both the local chapter of the American Red Cross and the Thomas Jefferson Area United Way.
Research Focus
Product Evaluation
Clinical Focus
Community Health
Teaching Focus
Community Health BioInnovation
Professional Service
- Chair of the Board of Directors, United Way Thomas Jefferson Area (2002-2003)
- Founder and Steering Co-Chair, Women United in Philanthropy (2005-2006)
- Chair of the Board of Directors, Central Virginia American Red Cross (1986-87)
- Board of Directors member, United Way Thomas Jefferson Area (1990-present)
- Member, Sigma Theta Tau-Beta Kappa Chapter (1976 to present)
Awards & Honors
- Innovations in Teaching, University of Virginia School of Nursing Alumnia Association (2008,2001,1991)
- NBC Sunrise Standout, NBC29, local TV station (2005)