Rate My Professor Amany Farag

Amany Farag, PhD, RN, is a tenured Associate Professor in the College of Nursing at The University of Iowa, contributing to Health Science through her expertise in health systems research. She earned her PhD in Nursing from Case Western Reserve University in 2008, with a dissertation on multigenerational nursing workforce value differences and work environment impacts on RN turnover intention. Prior degrees include an MSN in Nursing Administration and a BSN in Nursing, both from the University of Alexandria in Egypt in 1999 and 1993, respectively. She completed a postdoctoral fellowship at Case Western Reserve University from 2008 to 2010. Her career at The University of Iowa began in 2012 as Associate Faculty, advancing to Assistant Professor from 2014 to 2020, and Associate Professor since 2020. She also serves as Co-Director of the VA Quality Scholars Program at Iowa City VA since 2020. Earlier roles include Assistant Professor at the University of Alexandria Faculty of Nursing from 2010 to 2012 and various clinical and teaching positions in Egypt and the U.S.

Farag's research specializations center on nurse fatigue, patient safety, medication error reporting, and innovative technologies for medication administration safety. As Principal Investigator, she leads a $1,018,972 Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) R18 grant from 2023 to 2026 to implement and evaluate the electronic school medication administration record (eSMAR) system in K-12 schools, addressing high error rates by unlicensed personnel through fingerprint scanning, barcoding, and alerts. Other funded projects include a $220,177 National Council of State Boards of Nursing grant from 2016 to 2019 examining predictors of nurses' fatigue and intershift recovery effects on patient safety outcomes, and NIH/ICTS pilot funding for eSMAR development. Her major awards include the American Nurses Association 2025 Innovation Award for eSMAR, AONL Foundation 2026 Nurse Researcher of the Year, University of Iowa College of Nursing Distinguished Scholar in Nursing (2024), Mid-career Investigator Award from Midwest Nursing Research Society (2024), and Author of the Year from the Journal of Emergency Nursing (2019). Key publications encompass 'Examining the impact of 12-hour day and night shifts on nurses' fatigue' (Applied Ergonomics, 2024), 'Work and Personal Characteristics Associated With Sleep Behavior Among Long-Hour Rotating Shift Nurses' (Journal of Nursing Regulation, 2021), 'Voluntary Medication Error Reporting by ED Nurses' (Journal of Emergency Nursing, 2017), and 'Using Omaha System data to explore relationships between client outcomes, phenotypes, and targeted home intervention approaches' (Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association, 2023). Farag's work influences nursing practice by enhancing safety protocols and leadership, with ongoing roles as a Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner and invited guest editor for the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (2023).