CAROLYN CASON

Board Member

Carolyn L. Cason, PhD, RN, has a distinguished career as scientist, teacher, academic leader and innovator. She envisioned and built the nation’s first comprehensive simulation center, the Smart Hospital, creating the prototype for the nation and simultaneously launching rigorous research on instructional methods. With engineering colleagues, she developed Smart Care (a living laboratory dedicated to developing non-invasive, pervasive technology to monitor health changes and support independent living). She built the Shimadzu Institute for Research Technologies, a core facility supporting chemistry, biology, nanotechnology, and material science research.  Her patent, commercialized as a CPR card, is demonstrating the life-saving effects of feedback provided via the card to those delivering CPR to victims of cardiac arrest.  In 2014 she was named Fellow, National Academy of Inventors. In October 2015, she is being inducted as Fellow, American Academy of Nursing.

She began her professional career as a graduate of a diploma program working as a critical care nurse. Her undergraduate degree is from the University of Texas Medical Branch, her master’s degree from the University of Texas System School of Nursing, and her doctorate in educational psychology from the University of Texas.  She has held teaching appointments at Texas Woman’s University, University of Texas System School of Nursing El Paso Campus, Temple University, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, and the University of Texas at Arlington.   She joined the University of Texas at Arlington in 1997 as Professor and Associate Dean for Research.  In 2011, she was appointed as Vice President for Research. In June 2015, she retired from the University of Texas at Arlington. She continues her contribution to health and healthcare through service on boards including the National Advisory Board, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Manufacturing Extension Partnership, CADRE (Center for Advanced Design Research and Evaluation), Tech Fort Worth and Medical Center Arlington.