A Remarkable Year

2022-2023 UW School of Nursing Year in Review

From the desk of the dean

Reading this Year in Review content reminded me how much we accomplished, and how many of you who are reading this were part of that.

In every major area—research, teaching, community engagement—we innovated, created, challenged ourselves, and excelled. At the same time, we advanced our goal of doing the work needed to advance equity in both healthcare and healthcare education access.

As you read this Year in Review, thank yourself for having been part of something special. That’s what I am doing as I prepare to begin a new professional challenge as dean of the Yale University School of Nursing. I will be watching and looking for the UW SoN’s future successes.

10 Years of Transformation

On April 3, 2023, Dean Azita Emami announced she had accepted the position of the Yale School of Nursing, starting August 1. In honor of her decade of work at the UW School of Nursing, we take a look back at the transformation of nursing and nursing education under her superb leadership.

Dean Emami has for all 10 years of her tenure led the UW School of Nursing to recognition as one of the top public university schools of nursing in the country, including ranking as the top overall school offering a doctor of nursing practice (DNP) program (a position it shared with the Columbia University School of Nursing).

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She oversaw all financial, academic, and accreditation aspects of nursing programs on the three University of Washington campuses during her tenure. She also co-led the Tri-Campus Council, creating a renewed focus on building sustainable support structures for the Tri-campus School of Nursing community.

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Dean Emami re-envisioned the entire scope of School of Nursing academic programs to create a focus on racial and social justice, community and population health, and healthcare equity.

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Dean Emami oversaw the creation of 67 endowed funds to provide sustainable support for faculty and students.

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Dean Emami established key partnerships with a wide spectrum of healthcare organizations, including sponsorship by Premera of a $4.7 million Rural Health Initiative to place UW School of Nursing advanced practice students in rural practices in Washington state as part of an effort to better serve areas with limited access to primary care.

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As part of the University’s Be Boundless capital campaign (2020), Dean Emami led a School of Nursing effort that raised $49 million, exceeding the school’s goal by 40%.

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Dean Emami successfully advocated for a $4 million state investment in a School of Nursing simulation lab, to provide state-of-the-art clinical education (2016).

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She led a collaborative effort of all the Health Sciences deans to create the Health Sciences Education Building, which opened in 2022 and provides purpose-built facilities to enhance interprofessional education of future nurses, doctors, pharmacists, dentists, public health and allied health professionals.

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In collaboration with the Queen of Sweden, Dean Emami established the UW School of Nursing as the first and only U.S. site for the Queen Silvia Nursing Award, bestowed annually by the Queen for innovative research on dementia care.

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Dean Emami restructured many areas of the School of Nursing administration to provide for greater efficiency, improved communication, and better use of financial and human resources.

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Through a pivotal white paper co-authored with her statewide dean colleagues, Dean Emami playing a key role in creating collaboration among legislators, other schools of nursing, and clinical and community partners to promote a paradigm shift in nursing education that has brought about a stronger research and clinical practice focus on population health, including attention to the social determinants of health and the need to promote wellness rather than just treating illness, and to expand the scope of nursing education and nursing care.

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Dean Emami initiated the PhD Dream Project, an endowment that will fund in perpetuity a full financial aid package for all nursing PhD students.

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Dean Emami fostered a decade of School of Nursing fiscal responsibility and robust financial reserves.

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Dean Emami was a U.S. leader of the international Nursing Now initiative, a three-year global campaign (2018-2020) in collaboration with the International Council of Nurses and the World Health Organization that raised the visibility, status, and education opportunities of nurses worldwide. As part of the Nursing Now initiative, Dean Emami instituted 13 webinars with clinical and community partners, as well as co-developed with Continuing Nursing Education (CNE) an all-day Leadership Summit that reached 45 countries across the globe.

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She developed and co-led the School of Nursing Covid-19 Task Force that developed alternative, innovative clinical placements that enabled our students to gain required skills as the pandemic reduced traditional clinical placements.

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Dean Emami collaborated with Public Health — Seattle & King County to implement “Best Starts for Kids,” a voter-approved (2015), publicly-funded initiative whose programs are designed to provide every baby born or child raised in King County the opportunity to reach adulthood happy, healthy, safe, and thriving.

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She instituted the nation’s first Center for Antiracism in Nursing (2021), established the UW Center for Global Health Nursing (2016), and co-created and helped launch the Impact Office and Clinical Placement Support Structure.

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Dean Emami maintains relationships with schools of nursing around the globe and nation, working collaboratively to establish research and student exchange partnerships, advancing the status of nurses and enhancing nursing education.

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She is a trustee of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, which is committed to improving health and healthcare equity in the United States, and an elected member of the Washington State Academy of Sciences. She also chaired the University of Washington Board of Health Sciences Deans. (Photo by Stephen Brashear)

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Dean Emami continues to be an active researcher globally, with more than 80 peer-reviewed publications to her credit and research collaborations around the world, including Sweden, Iran, the United Kingdom, Chile, and Canada. She maintains a multinational research collaboration and has been a keynote speaker at major global nursing symposia in multiple countries.

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The year’s highlights

As UW’s 148th Commencement approaches on June 10, we’re looking back on a remarkable year at the UW School of Nursing, UW Bothell School of Nursing & Health Studies, and UW Tacoma School of Nursing and Healthcare Leadership. Here are some of the many highlights.

Accelerated Bachelor of Science in Nursing expansion

The UW School of Nursing completed its Accelerated Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree expansion in connection to Washington state’s initiative on growing the nursing workforce. The ABSN program doubled in size to 128 students as of spring quarter.

Global alliances

In collaboration with the Queen of Sweden, the UW School of Nursing established the first and only U.S. site for the Queen Silvia Nursing Award, bestowed annually by the Queen for innovative research on dementia care. This year, UW School of Nursing student Juana Gallegos was selected as the second United States recipient. She is a Master of Nursing student in the UW Tacoma School of Nursing & Healthcare Leadership. The Tacoma campus’s nursing degrees are accredited as part of the tri-campus UW School of Nursing. Read a Q&A with Gallegos.

Historic fundraising

The UW School of Nursing is on track to meet its largest private fundraising goal in recent history, with contributions from individual donors, corporations, and private foundations totaling $9.2M as of May 2023 toward a $10.4M goal. We also received a $6.6M Premera Blue Cross Grant that established the UW Psychiatry Fellowship for Advanced Nurse Practitioners (ARNP) program, a first-of-its-kind partnership between the UW School of Nursing and the UW School of Medicine.

Anti-Racism Center gets a new name

The former University of Washington School of Nursing Center for Anti-Racism in Nursing embarked on an inclusive and community-led name-change process with the UW School of Nursing community and officially renamed it the Manning Price Spratlen Center for Anti-Racism & Equity in Nursing (MS-CARE in Nursing), integrating the names of two black women and groundbreaking nurses Frankie Manning and Lois Price Spratlen.

Husky 100

UW School of Nursing students Karl Cristie Figuracion and Dariga Tugan, and UW Bothell School of Nursing & Health Studies students Abigail Maurera and Jadyn Marie Se Jesus, were selected for this year’s Husky 100. The Husky 100 are UW juniors, seniors and graduate students from all three campuses who are maximizing their Husky Experience. We are incredibly proud of their valuable work and dedication to the nursing field.

National Nurses Month

During the month of May, we celebrated National Nurses Month and spotlighted International Day of the Midwife, National Nurses Day, Students Nurses Day and more. We are grateful for the more than four million nurses in this country who provide care that is capable, competent, crucial — and often times, lifesaving. Read the stories of these nurse leaders: Doctor of Nursing Practice student Nhia Yerkes-Vang, Humanitarian Coordinator Diana Garde and Director of Health Services for Renton School Districts Laura Widdice.

U.S. News & World Report rankings

This year’s rankings solidified UW leadership in the health sciences: The UW School of Nursing held the No. 1 overall ranking for a public school offering a doctor of nursing practice program, and nursing schools at UW Bothell and UW Tacoma again collectively tied for No. 1 among public schools that offer a master’s degree. In addition, the UW School of Nursing Doctor of Nursing Program Pediatric Primary Care ranked No. 5.

We recognize the limitations and shortcomings of rankings that support systemic inequities. These shortcomings must be addressed to ensure a better, more equitable health education experience for all.

Photo: Daniel Kim/The Seattle Times

New graduate certificate

Three of our reproductive health experts Molly Altman, Monica McLemore and Meghan Eagen-Torkko unveiled a new graduate certificate in advanced sexual and reproductive health and abortion care — the first in the country housed in a School of Nursing. It will offer a clinical opportunity for advanced practice clinicians throughout the U.S. to learn how to provide abortions and other sexual and reproductive health care.

Engaging alumni

We expanded our alumni engagement efforts to create a strong, inclusive community of alumni. The All-School Alumni Reunion returned to an in-person event in October 2022, the Alumni Council hosted several events and launched an online presence, and the advancement team hosted surveys and listening sessions within the school community to ensure that our alumni relations strategy meets the school’s and our alumni’s greatest needs.

Strategic Pillars

Our strategic pillars successfully guide us in our mission to advance nursing science and practice through generating knowledge and preparing future leaders to improve health for all. To do this, we apply our values — diversity, excellence, collaboration, social justice, and integrity — to realize our vision of pioneering improvements in health and healthcare through innovative nursing science, education, practice, and partnerships.

Leadership

Leadership

Leadership

Maintaining a leadership role in healthcare

Highlights

Healthcare reform

Jennifer Sonney, PhD, APRN, PPCNP-BC, FAANP, FAAN, president of the National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners (NAPNAP) and also an associate professor and the Elizabeth C. Giblin endowed professor at the University of Washington School of Nursing, draws attention to her healthcare reform in her Healthcare Reform: Proposal from a Nursing Leader

Digital Health Innovation Lab

The new Husky Nurse Digital Health Innovation Lab aims to improve human health across the UW School of Nursing’s three campuses with a focus on disease prevention, health equity through the lifespan, and caregiving for those with illness. The Innovation Lab streamlines digital health and technology through partnership with School of Nursing principal investigators and UW divisions, such as CoMotion, the College of Engineering, the Global Innovation Exchange, and the Foster School of Business Hollomon Health Innovation Challenge.

School of Nursing Endowed Lecture: Collaborative & Innovative Research Integrating Social and Biological Determinants of Disease

The School of Nursing hosted Dr. Shannon Zenk, Director for the National Institute of Nursing Research, who led a discussion on collaborative, innovative nursing research that integrates social and biological determinates of disease to promote health of all people.
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The UW School of Nursing has maintained an active and engaged Advisory Board for over 30 years. The Advisory Board fosters closer ties between the University of Washington School of Nursing, its alumni, and the community. The Board offers strategic advice to the Dean with a focus on building community, raising awareness, and attracting resources to the School. Learn more about the board.
Diversity

Diversity

Diversity

Elevating and diversify our talent pool in alignment with the school’s strategy to increase effectiveness

Highlights

Diversity Strategic Plan

The UW School of Nursing Diversity Strategic Plan guides the Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) in their efforts to actively recruit a diverse faculty, staff, and student body. This year, efforts were underway to continue this effort. Human Resources continued to collaborate with DEI on best practices for hiring diverse staff. Instituting a hybrid work policy is one way the school has supported diversity recruitment efforts.

Staff Retention Initiative

The UW School of Nursing executive team, in partnership with Staff Council, launched the Staff Retention Initiative, which included a survey that will inform staff retention efforts, with a focus on DEI.

Audience research

During November 2022 through February 2023, the Manning Price Spratlen Center for Anti-Racism & Equity in Nursing (MPS CARE) completed 40+ qualitative interviews, compiled an internal report of best practices to help guide Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s future funding initiatives.

Training

MPS CARE collaborated with UW School of Public Health to lead an anti-racism pedagogical workshop for faculty in both schools.
Education

Education

Education

Create innovative learning experiences that drive and sustain pedagogical and technical excellence

Highlights

New Learning Technology initiatives

Learning Technology, in partnership with faculty and Student Academic Services, Ash Bond, director of learning technology, has successfully purchased and started the first phases of Coursetune curriculum mapping implementation with the LT instructional team (Matt Welch, Devin O’Rourke and Jill Mullen). They are currently working on adding all School of Nursing courses, course level outcomes, and weekly topics into the system, and look forward to completing the program/course alignment piece with faculty over the summer.

New digital offerings

The Learning Technology instructional team added support of the Lippincott digital bundle to its suite of services and completed course templates for all undergraduate courses and Year 1 DNP courses on Canvas, with the hope of completing Canvas standardization for all School of Nursing courses over the next year.

Simulation Center technology upgrades

The Simulation Center, with funding support from WSAC, is upgrading its audio-visual system, improving the reliability of the system as well as introducing a range of new features that will greatly enhance usability and data tracking. Perhaps most significantly, the new system will enable self-recording, live streaming, and video review, providing simulation center staff with powerful new tools for evaluating and reflecting on their work. Students and faculty alike will also be able to use these features to review their performances and receive valuable feedback. The new system is designed to be easy to navigate and user-friendly, ensuring that it can be used by all stakeholders effectively.

The Student Technology Fee Committee has approved the proposal, “Modern, Equitable, Safe, and Adaptable Nursing Equipment and Simulation Technology (MESA-NEST),” and awarded the UW School of Nursing $119,989 to add cutting edge equipment to the Simulation Center.

Continuing Nursing Education

Continuing Nursing Education (CNE) provided nurses nation-wide the ability to engage with the School of Nursing, offering an extensive lineup of quality programs and conferences.  This last year, CNE launched more in-person conferences including Advanced Practice in October and Ambulatory Care in April, both of which had over 200 people attending. The most recent conference, Ambulatory Care, focused on transforming leadership and innovation of care in ambulatory practice. This conference featured renowned speakers from the nursing field, five concurrent sessions, and networking opportunities for attendees.

This year, close to 250 attendees have registered for their online courses with topics like school nursing and behavioral health. They also launched a series of nursing leadership sprints which has received enthusiastic reviews from participants. The sprint is a two-week online course that is designed for busy healthcare professionals and features self-paced modules and live sessions with nursing leaders to help support nurses in their leadership journey. Topics for this sprint included emotional intelligence, mindfulness, communication strategies and leadership styles. There have been two sprints launched so far, and nurses from as far away as Hawaii and Pennsylvania have attended.

Another notable program successfully re-launched this academic year is the Nurse Educator Conference “Bridging the Gap” which will be held in June. This 2-day conference will provide a platform for engaging dialogues and sharing innovative strategies for nursing education in academic and clinical settings and has generated a lot of interest from hospitals, schools, and exhibitors.

CNE has been granted full accreditation for the next four years from the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), an internationally renowned credentialling organization. Many people were involved in this success, but Ade Chu really led the way as CNE’s associate director and lead nurse planner. Special thanks is also due to Pascale Kellens, CNE’s interim director, and Andreas Brockhaus, executive director of Learning Innovation, for all their support of the effort.
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Community

Community

Community

Foster and strengthen community driven endeavors in culturally sensitive ways throughout local and global settings, advancing health and promoting health equity

Highlights

Hanford Challenge partnership

UW Bothell School of Nursing and Health Studies engaged in a community partnership with Hanford Challenge to integrate nuclear waste, cleanup, and challenges into health policy course content. As part of this partnership students also contributed to a state-wide Poetry Contest to highlight the connection between art, poetry, and advocacy. Two students from my course were announced as winners and have the opportunity to read their work at the annual gala and student showcase events.

UNBiased Project

During 2022-2023, the UW School of Nursing Simulation Center collaborated with the University of Washington and the University of California San Diego, on the UNBiased project. This initiative seeks to address unconscious biases among physicians using the software tool. Additionally, the Center is partnering with Life Center Northwest to offer training on managing patients’ expectations before organ donation. This collaboration presents an excellent opportunity for nursing students to gain hands-on experience and for licensed nurses to refine their skills. Through these partnerships and other programs in development, the Center is committed to providing innovative and impactful education and training opportunities for healthcare professionals.

The Karolinska Exchange Program

The UW School of Nursing Center for Global Health Nursing operationalized the Karolinska Exchange Program this year and started with two UW students engaging in a clinical exchange in Sweden. In return, two students from Karolinska will come to the UW SON to engage in undergraduate classes in the BSN program and engage with UW clinical partners working with the Dementia and Palliative Care Education Network (DPEN).

Study abroad partnership

Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU) resumed the study abroad program with UW. A total of 8 TMDU students and faculties (four undergraduate students majoring in nursing, two undergraduate students majoring in laboratory medicine, and two nursing professors) visited the School of Nursing & Health Studies at UW Bothell and the School of Nursing at UW Seattle. Dr. Kosuke Niitsu, assistant professor of nursing at UW Bothell, was the primary contact at the UW side. TMDU students and professors met the Interim Dean Linda Watts at UW Bothell and Dean Azita Emami at UW Seattle, along with students, staff, and faculty at both UW Bothell and UW Seattle.
Research

Research

Research

Advance nursing science by stimulating bold new research initiatives

The Office for Nursing Research (ONR) supports the UW School of Nursing’s research mission to advance nursing science. UW is among the top ranked Schools of Nursing in research funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), with six centers of excellence. Our faculty and staff are principal investigators on approximately 150 active and pending research studies and are collaborators on dozens of research studies around the globe.

Highlights

Integrating screening: HIV/AIDS care in Mozambique

Sarah Gimbel, PhD, MPH, BSN, FAAN, co-director of the Center for Global Health Nursing and professor at the UW School of Nursing, is leading two large clinical trials targeting the integration of hypertension screening and management into routine HIV/AIDS care in Mozambique, a country in southeastern Africa. These implementation studies have pushed forward the agenda nationwide on the importance of integrating non-communicable disease care into primary health care. The Ministry of Health recently published a nationwide policy directive for all health facilities to set up blood pressure screening “corners” in all waiting rooms moving forward. This directive is related to our implementation research and our engagement on national committees to push forward these important policy changes to improve care delivery.

Mindfulness Intervention

Linda Eaton, PhD, RN, AOCN, assistant professor at UW Bothell School of Nursing and Health Studies, is leading a research team that is currently conducting a randomized controlled pilot study investigating a mindfulness intervention for test anxiety with UW Bothell undergraduate students. The intervention was identified through discussion with a student advisory panel and is being tested in a biology course.

Manning Price Spratlen Center for Antiracism & Equity in Nursing (MPS CARE)

Mapping the Landscape of Anti-Racism in Nursing: During November 2022 through February 2023, the MPS CARE in Nursing completed 40+ qualitative interviews, compiled an internal report of best practices to help guide Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s future funding initiatives.

Center for Global Health Nursing

The Center for Global Health Nursing (CGHN) distributed $21,010 in student travel support through scholarships in 2022. These scholarships funded travel for a variety of students and projects including PhD students from LMICs, dissertation research, capstones, service learning, and study abroad programs.

In the 2022-23 academic year alone, the CGHN faculty remains very productive as principal investigators of a total of 24 active grants with an annual grant award amount of $5,843,224. On top of that, CGHN faculty also act as co-investigators on five additional active grants.

de Tornyay Center for Healthy Aging

The de Tornyay Center for Health Aging launched a quarterly Works-in-Progress forum in 2023 for center pre- and post-doctoral scholars to seek feedback from their peers on issues they are facing in conducting their research. A de Tornyay pre-doctoral scholar generated the the idea for students to meet regularly, which has been well-received. The center plans to expand it to other students in the future.
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Philanthropy

Philanthropy

Philanthropy

Build a culture of philanthropy with internal and external stakeholders

Highlights

Alumni Engagement

We expanded our alumni engagement efforts to create a strong, inclusive community of alumni. The All-School Alumni Reunion returned to an in-person event in October 2022, the Alumni Council hosted several events and launched an online presence, and the advancement team hosted surveys and listening sessions within the school community to ensure that our alumni relations strategy meets the school’s and our alumni’s greatest needs.

Historic fundraising

The school is on track to meet its largest private fundraising goal in recent history, with contributions from individual donors, corporations, and private foundations totaling $9.2M as of May 2023 toward a $10.4M goal.

Husky Giving Day

The UW community joined together on April 6, 2023, to support students and nursing education. The UW School of Nursing supported the Manning Price Spratlen Center for Anti-Racism & Equity in Nursing, which aims to build an anti-racist nursing infrastructure from the classroom to the board room and advance healthcare research conducted through community partnerships. Gifts also supported graduate student scholarships and faculty research.

The UW Bothell School of Nursing & Health Studies supported the Stephanie Baron Memorial Student Support Fund, which provides support to UW Bothell School of Nursing & Health Studies students who have a demonstrated financial need and a strong commitment to community service.

The UW Tacoma School of Nursing and Healthcare Leadership supported the UW Tacoma’s Chancellor’s Excellence Fund, a flexible fund designed to address the greatest needs at UW Tacoma, or the Academic Student Success Fund, which provides re-entry grants to 50 students who suspended their enrollment due to unforeseen circumstances, including financial roadblocks.

Nursing PhD Dream Project

Many of today’s students face financial barriers in gaining their doctorates and achieving their dreams. In response, and with the support of a generous community, the UW School of Nursing created the Nursing Ph.D. Dream Project, which aims to fund a full financial aid package for UW Nursing Science Ph.D. students facing financial barriers.
Governance

Governance

Governance

Faculty and staff shared governance that enables engagement of all

Highlights

Shared services model implementation

The UW School of Nursing (SoN) centralized all business functions under Finance and Administration to establish shared services for business operations. Throughout this process, SoN partnered with UW Human Resources for guidance.

Centralized clinical placements

The Tri-Campus Council outlined the responsibilities and duties of a new position — the Tri-Campus relations and compliance manager. The UW School of Nursing hired Jen Segadelli, who now oversees accreditation, compliance and partnerships for our three campuses (Seattle, Tacoma, and Bothell).
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Number of nationally and internationally recognized faculty across all three campuses 2022-23:

63 tenure and tenure track professorial rank faculty

21 teaching professorial rank faculty

5 research professorial rank faculty

42 teaching associates and lecturers

40 clinical faculty

237 adjunct and affiliate faculty
Values

Values

Values

Ensure school behaviors and decisions reflect our values

Highlights

Staff Initiative

In Autumn 2022, the UW School of Nursing conducted a survey to collect information and help our leadership assess and prioritize staff related initiatives. These initiatives included: salary compensation model and philosophy, a hybrid telework policy, improved working environment, work/life balance, coaching, training, and career growth opportunities and more. Results have been collected, and the data was analyzed by Staff Council, with the help of a group staff members. Staff Council have developed recommendations based on the survey results, and presented these to the executive team. An official proposal was developed in partnership with HR Director Helaina Sorey and COO Brendon Lee, and was presented to staff and executive leadership. Staff Council established objectives around the quantitative survey results while incorporating qualitative comments from the survey.

Continuing Nursing Education nurse survey

Continuing Nursing Education (CNE) sent a survey to over 40,000 nurses to gather feedback and improve future programming. In addition to providing insights about learning modalities and topics, the results of the survey showed high satisfaction with the quality of courses and expertise of CNE instructors.

Executive Dean’s Advisory Board

In January 2023, the Dean’s Advisory Board welcomed Patty Hayes, BSN, MN, as new board chair and celebrated the 20-year tenure of outgoing board chair Eli Almo. The board recruited several new members (Jay Fathi, MD, Nate Miles, and Jerry Shih, MBA) and embarked on a goal-setting strategy in support of the school’s greatest priorities.
Resources

Resources

Resources

Transparent and sustainable financial and physical resource management

Highlights

Husky Nurse Preceptor Program

The UW School of Nursing received Provost Reinvestment Funds for the UW Husky Nurse Preceptor Program, which is a unique opportunity to leverage the benefits of the University’s investment in the Health Sciences Education Building, advance its goal of fostering interprofessional education, enhance collaboration and cooperation between the UW School of Medicine, UW Medicine, and the UW School of Nursing, and provide a stable source of preceptorship opportunities that will have as a secondary benefit enhanced recruitment and retention of nurses at the UW Medicine.

The program will result in stable and sustainable clinical placements for School of Nursing students (undergraduate and advanced practice), increased satisfaction for preceptors, an improved recruitment pipeline for our clinical partners, and new opportunities for collaboration and mentorship among UW School of Medicine and UW School of Nursing.

UW Finance Transformation

The University of Washington seeks to develop a modern, transparent finance infrastructure to become the single source of trusted, timely, and reliable financial information across the entire university. It’s a truly collaborative process and UW School Nursing is working with the university to build out processes, configure systems, and test and train faculty and staff in preparation for the system going live.
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Publications

We advance nursing science and practice through generating knowledge and educating future leaders to address health for all.

Books

Rees, K., Early, J, and Hampton, C. [editors]. (2022). Be the Change: Advocacy, Policy, and Community Organization in Public and Community Health Education. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-019-757-0906 https://global.oup.com/academic/product/be-the-change-9780197570906?cc=us&lang=en&

Articles

Aree-Ue S, Roopsawang I, Saraboon Y, Youngcharoen P, Belza B, Kawinwonggowit, V. (2022). A comprehensive health education plus monitoring support program for older adults with knee osteoarthritis coexisting with overweight and type 2 diabetes. International Journal of Nursing Science, 9, 512-520.

Beima-Sofie K, Wagner AD, Soi C, Liu W, Tollefson D, Njuguna IN, Ogutu E, Gaitho D, Mburu N, Oluoch G, Mwaura P, Cherutich P, Oyiengo L, John-Stewart GC, Nduati R, Sherr K, & Gimbel S. (2022). Providing “a beam of light to see the gaps”: determinants of implementation of the Systems Analysis and Improvement Approach applied to the pediatric and adolescent HIV cascade in Kenya. Implementation science communications, 3(1), 73. https://doi.org/10.1186/s43058-022-00304-3

Carroll P, Early J, Murphy N, et al. Connecting Classrooms and Communities Across Continents to Strengthen Health Promotion Pedagogy: Development of the Transnational Education and Community Health Collaborative (TEaCH CoLab). Pedagogy in Health Promotion. 2022;8(4):287-296. doi:10.1177/23733799221089583

Coe, M*; Kawakyu N, Gimbel S, Baraka L, Neema, G, Devotha L, Chale S, Masiye F, Banda C, Saturini M, Gustav M, Boyle G, Freistadt F, Kohler P. Nursing Workforce Optimization Study: A Multi-method Evaluation and Process Improvement Intervention for HIV Service Delivery in Tanzania and Zambia. Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care. 34(2):p 146-157, March/April 2023. DOI: 10.1097/JNC.0000000000000388

Dinis A, Augusto O, Ásbjörnsdóttir K, Gimbel S, et al. Association between service readiness and PMTCT cascade effectiveness: a 2018 cross-sectional analysis from Manica province, Mozambique. BMC Health Serv Res 22, 1422 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-022-08840-3

Driver M, Katz DA, Manyeki V, Mungala C, Otiso L, Mugo C, McClelland S, Kohler P, Simoni JM, Inwani I, Wilson K. Condom Use Behaviors, Risk Perception, and Partner Communication Following Oral HIV Self-testing Among Adolescents and Young Adults in Kenya: A Cohort Study. AIDS Behav. 2022 Dec 15. doi: 10.1007/s10461-022-03904-1.

Dreesmann NJ, Jung W, Shebaili M, Thompson HJ. Kidney Donor Perspectives on Acute Postoperative Pain Management. Clin Nurs Res. 2023 Mar 13:10547738231156151. doi: 10.1177/10547738231156151. Online ahead of print. PMID: 36912100Basia to add in grants and highlight publications

Dyer J, Shah SK, Agot K, Wilson K, Bosire R, Badia J, … & Kohler P. (2022). Contrasting Comprehension of HIV Research by Adolescents, Young Adults, and Caregivers in Western Kenya: A Cross-sectional Analysis. Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care, 10-1097.

Fernandes Q, Augusto O, Chicumbe S, Anselmi, L., Wagenaar BH, Marlene R, Agostinho S, Gimbel S, Pfeiffer J, Inguane C, Uetela DM, Crocker J, Ramiro I, Matsinhe B, Tembe S, Carimo N, Gloyd S, Manhiça I, Tavede E, Felimone P, … Sherr K. (2022). Maternal and Child Health Care Service Disruptions and Recovery in Mozambique After Cyclone Idai: An Uncontrolled Interrupted Time Series Analysis. Global health, science and practice, 10(Suppl 1), e2100796. https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-21-00796

Figuracion KCF, Halasz LM, Lam NY, Goldberg M, Stuckey J, Failor RA, Knowles LM, Artherholt S, Chou B, Francis CE, Knight K, Kaur M, Sadak T, McGranahan T. Neurooncol Pract. 2022 Jun 22;9(6):475-486. doi: 10.1093/nop/npac053. eCollection 2022 Dec. PMID: 36388419 Review

Figuracion KCF, Thompson H, Mac Donald CL. Integrating Neuroimaging Measures in Nursing Research. Biol Res Nurs. 2022 Nov 18:10998004221140608. doi: 10.1177/10998004221140608. Online ahead of print. PMID: 36398659

Ge S, Wu K, Frey H, Saudagaram M, Welsh D, Primomo J, Belza B. (2022). Engaging with Aging: A Qualitative Study of Age-Related Changes and Adaptations. Innovation in Aging, igac054, https://doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igac054

Gimbel S, Ásbjörnsdóttir K, Banek K. et al. The Systems Analysis and Improvement Approach: specifying core components of an implementation strategy to optimize care cascades in public health. Implement Science Communications 4, 15 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1186/s43058-023-00390-x.

Gimbel S, Baynes C. and the African Health Initiative Partnership Collaborative for Data Use for Decision Making. Barriers and facilitators to data use for decision making: the experience of the African Health Initiative partnerships in Ethiopia, Ghana, and Mozambique. Glob Health Sci Pract. 2022;10(Suppl 1):e2100666. https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-21-00666

Guijarro S, Torres AL, Montero G, Garcia M, Sabay H, Iribarren S, Ocaña JA, Yánez P, Murgueytio P. Perspectives of health practitioners on the challenges to accessing sexual and reproductive health care services for Venezuelan migrant women during the COVID-19 pandemic in Quito, Ecuador. Rev Panam Salud Publica. 2023 Mar 31;47:e58. doi: 10.26633/RPSP.2023.58. PMID: 37008676; PMCID: PMC10065305

Han S, Teng AK, Lin SY, Demiris G, Zaslavsky O, Chen AT. Examining Engagement and Usability in an Online Discussion Platform for Older Adults: Findings From Pilot Studies. Comput Inform Nurs. 2023 Jan 16. doi: 10.1097/CIN.0000000000001001. Online ahead of print. PMID: 36728155

Hoa B. Appel, Elaine Walsh, Tyson E. Marsh & Crystal Brown (2023) Supporting students’ mental health and social emotional learning through community engagement and collaboration, Educational Research, DOI: 10.1080/00131881.2023.2209097

Hulick J, Jensen L; Mihaiuc, Abigail BSN, RN; Shin, Ruth Hyewoo BSN, RN; Pope, Stephen MPH; Gimbel, Sarah PhD, MPH, RN. Current Practices and Nurse Readiness to Implement Standardized Screening for Commercially and Sexually Exploited Individuals in Emergency Departments in Western Washington Hospitals. Advanced Emergency Nursing Journal: October/December 2022 – Volume 44 – Issue 4 – p 322-332 doi: 10.1097/TME.0000000000000427

Inguane C, Soi C, Gimbel S, Manaca N, Ramiro I, Floriano F, Castro G, Augusto O, Tembe S, Pfeiffer J, Fernandes Q, & Sherr K. (2022). Applying the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research to Identify Implementation Determinants for the Integrated District Evidence-to-Action Program, Mozambique. Global health, science and practice, 10(Suppl 1), e2100714. https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-21-00714

Iribarren SJ, Milligan H, Chirico C, Goodwin K, Schnall R, Telles H, … & Demiris G. (2022). Patient-centered mobile tuberculosis treatment support tools (TB-TSTs) to improve treatment adherence: A pilot randomized controlled trial exploring feasibility, acceptability and refinement needs. The Lancet Regional Health-Americas, 13, 100291.

Johnson, M.B., Ritenbaugh, C., Neal, D.O., Fermon, B., Thorpe, T., Nelson, E., Averitt, D., & Nelson, L. (2022). Responses to change: Comparison of virtual and in-person services at Pathways: A healing center. Integrative Medicine Reports 1(1), 227-234.

Kim B, Barrington WE, Dobra A, Rosenberg D, Hurvitz P, Belza B. Mediating role of walking between perceived and objective walkability and cognitive function in older adults. Health Place. 2023 Jan;79:102943. doi: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2022.102943. Epub 2022 Dec 10. PMID: 36512954

Kim, B., Barrington, W. E., Dobra, A., Rosenberg, D., Hurvitz, P., Belza, B. (in press). Mediating role of walking between perceived and objective walkability and cognitive function in older adults. Health & Place.

Kinuthia J, Dettinger JC, Stern J, Ngumbau N, Ochieng B, Gómez L, Abuna F, Watoyi S, Marwa M, Odinga D, Wagner AD, Richardson BA, Pintye J, Baeten JM, John-Stewart G. (2023), Risk-based versus universal PrEP delivery during pregnancy: a cluster randomized trial in Western Kenya from 2018 to 2019. J Int AIDS Soc., 26: e26061. https://doi.org/10.1002/jia2.26061

Kiptinness C, Naik P, Thuo N, Malen RC, Dettinger JC, Pintye J, Rafferty M, Jomo E, Nyamasyo N, Wood T, Isabelli P, Morris S, Hattery D, Stergachis A, Were D, Sharma M, Ngure K, Mugambi ML and Ortblad KF (2023) Online HIV prophylaxis delivery: Protocol for the ePrEP Kenya pilot study. Front. Public Health 11:1054559. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2023.1054559

Kohler P, Agot K, Njuguna IN, et al. Data-informed stepped care to improve youth engagement in HIV care in Kenya: a protocol for a cluster randomised trial of a health service interventionBMJ Open 2022;12:e062134. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-062134

Kohler P, Larsen A, Sila J, Wilson K, Abuna F, Lagat H, … & Kinuthia J. (2022). Mystery Shopper Assessment of PrEP Service Delivery Quality for Adolescent Girls and Young Women in Kenya: A Cross-sectional Study. Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care, 10-1097.

Kohler PK, Mugo C, Wilson KS, Moraa H, Onyango A, Tapia K, et al. (2023) Simulated patient training to improve youth engagement in HIV care in Kenya: A stepped wedge cluster randomized controlled trial. PLOS Glob Public Health 3(4): e0001765. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0001765

Kuo AP, Roche SD, Mugambi ML, Pintye J, Baeten JM, Bukusi E, Ngure K, Stergachis A, & Ortblad KF. (2022). The effectiveness, feasibility and acceptability of HIV service delivery at private pharmacies in sub-Saharan Africa: a scoping review. Journal of the International AIDS Society, 25(10), e26027. https://doi.org/10.1002/jia2.26027

Larsen A, Pintye J, Odhiambo B, Mwongeli N, Marwa MM, Watoyi S, Kinuthia J, Abuna F, Gomez L, Dettinger J, Bhat A, John-Stewart G. Comparing depression screening tools (CESD-10, EPDS, PHQ-9, and PHQ-2) for diagnostic performance and epidemiologic associations among postpartum Kenyan women: Implications for research and practice. Journal of Affective Disorders. Volume 324. 2023. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2022.12.101.

Li H, Shah SK, Healy E, Agot K, Neary J, Wilson K, Badia J, Atieno WO, Moraa H, Meischke H, Kibugi J, Inwani I, Chhun N, Mukumbang FC, John-Stewart G, Kohler P and Beima-Sofie K. (2023), “[T]he laws need to change to reflect current society”: Insights from stakeholders involved in development, review or implementation of policies about adolescent consent for HIV testing, care and research in Kenya. J Int AIDS Soc., 26: e26057. https://doi.org/10.1002/jia2.26057

Marwa MM, Kinuthia J, Larsen A, Dettinger J, Gomez LA, Awino P, Abuna F, Ochieng B, John-Stewart, G, Pintye, J. COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among pregnant and postpartum Kenyan women. International Journal Gynecol Obstet. 2023; 00: 1- 7. doi:10.1002/ijgo.14773

Mazumder C, Dollah A, Ouda R, Okombo M, Nyakina J, Makia ML, Dettinger JC, Gómez L, Marwa M, Ochieng B, Abuna F, Gwayi-Chore C, Pintye J, Kinuthia J, John-Stewart G, Pfeiffer J and Mugambi ML (2023) Understanding factors influencing home pregnancy test use among women in western Kenya: A qualitative analysis. Front. Reprod. Health 5:1092001. doi: 10.3389/frph.2023.1092001

Mogaka J, Otieno F, Akim E, Beima-Sofie K, Dettinger J, Gomez L, Marwa M, Odhiambo B, Ngure K, Ronen K, Sharma M, John-Stewart G, Richardson B, Stern J, Unger J, Udren J, Watoyi S, Pintye J, Kinuthia J. A Text Messaging–Based Support Intervention to Enhance Pre-exposure Prophylaxis for HIV Prevention Adherence During Pregnancy and Breastfeeding: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial. JMIR Res Protoc 2023;12:e41170. URL: https://www.researchprotocols.org/2023/1/e41170. DOI: 10.2196/41170

Moiana Uetela D, Gimbel S, Inguane C, Uetela O, Dinis A, Couto A, Gaspar I, Gudo ES, Chicumbe S, Gaveta S, Augusto O and Sherr K. (2023), Managers’ and providers’ perspectives on barriers and facilitators for the implementation of differentiated service delivery models for HIV treatment in Mozambique: a qualitative study. J Int AIDS Soc., 26: e26076. https://doi.org/10.1002/jia2.26076

Mugo C, Kohler P, Kumar M et al. Individual-, Interpersonal- and Institutional-Level Factors Associated with HIV Stigma Among Youth in Kenya. AIDS Behav (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10461-023-03982-9

Mugo C, Kohler P, Kumar M, Badia J, Kibugi J,Wamalwa D, Kapogiannis B, Agot K,∗; John-Stewart G. Effect of HIV stigma on depressive symptoms, treatment adherence, and viral suppression among youth with HIV. AIDS 37(5):p 813-821, April 1, 2023. | DOI: 10.1097/QAD.0000000000003473
Musayon-Oblitas Y, Carcamo C, Gimbel S, Echevarria J, Grana A. Validez de la evaluación del consumo de alcohol establecido en la norma técnica de atención integral del adulto con infección por el VIH. Revista Medica Herediana.2022; 33:4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.20453/rmh.v33i4.4405

McKiddy S, Belza B, Primomo J. (2022). A portrait of ageism: Worth (more than) a thousand words (guest editorial). Journal of Gerontological Nursing, 48 (5) 2-4.

Omollo V, Asewe M, Mogere P, Maina G, Kuo A, Odoyo J, Oware K, Baeten J, Kohler P, Owens T, Bukusi E, Ngure K, Ortblad K. The fidelity of a pharmacy-based oral HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis delivery model in Kenya. JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes ():10.1097/QAI.0000000000003208, April 19, 2023. DOI: 10.1097/QAI.0000000000003208

Ortblad KF, Mawandia S, Bakae O, et al. Using routine programmatic data to measure HIV incidence among pregnant women in Botswana. Popul Health Metrics 20, 10 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12963-022-00287-2

Peralta Santos A^, Gimbel S^, Sorenson R, Covele A, Kawakatsu Y, Wagenaar BH, Augusto O, Asbjornsdottir KH, Gloyd SS, Cuembelo F, Sherr K. The neglected epidemic – Risk factors associated with road traffic injuries in Mozambique: Results of the 2016 INCOMAS study. Plos Global Public Health. 2022. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0000163

Pettit AC, Pichon LC, Ahonkhai AA, Robinson C, Randolph B, Gaur A, Stubbs A, Summers NA, Truss K, Brantley M, Devasia R, Teti M, Gimbel S, Dombrowski JC. Comprehensive Process Mapping and Qualitative Interviews to Inform Implementation of Rapid Linkage to HIV Care Programs in a Mid-Sized Urban Setting in the Southern United States. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2022 Jul 1;90(S1):S56-S64. doi: 10.1097/QAI.0000000000002986. PMID: 35703756; PMCID: PMC9204789.

Pintye J, Odoyo J, Nyerere B, Achieng P, Araka E, Omondi C, Ortblad KF, Mugambi ML, Baeten JM, Bukusi EA. Nurse-facilitated preexposure prophylaxis delivery for adolescent girls and young women seeking contraception at retail pharmacies in Kisumu, Kenya. AIDS 37(4):p 617-623, March 15, 2023. DOI: 10.1097/QAD.0000000000003447

Pope S, Augusto O, Fernandes Q, Gimbel S, Ramiro I, Uetela D, Tembe S, Kimball M, Manaca M, Anderson CL, Chicumbe S, & Sherr K. (2022). Primary Health Care Management Effectiveness as a Driver of Family Planning Service Readiness: A Cross-Sectional Analysis in Central Mozambique. Global health, science and practice, 10(Suppl 1), e2100706. https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-21-00706

Runnerstrom, M. G., Denaro, K., & Sato B. (2023). Bolstering the public health workforce: Recruitment and retention of public health majors. Pedagogy in Health Promotion. doi:10.1177/23733799231153167

Strayer A, Petrescu-Prahova M, Belza B, Herridge C, Zhou Y, Lafazia D. (2023). Implementation and Impact of a Dementia Friends Pilot. Dementia, 0(0), 1-21.

Su H, Thompson HJ, Pike K, Kamdar BB, Bridges E, Hosey MM, Hough CL, Needham DM, Hopkins RO. Interrelationships among workload, illness severity, and function on return to work following acute respiratory distress syndrome. Aust Crit Care. 2023 Mar;36(2):247-253. doi: 10.1016/j.aucc.2022.01.002. Epub 2022 Feb 21. PMID: 35210156

Webel A, Sadak T, Belza B, Denison P. At-Home Exercise Programming: Including Voices of People Living With Dementia and Their Care Partners When Designing Interventions. J Gerontol Nurs. 2023 Jan;49(1):2-4. doi: 10.3928/00989134-20221205-03. Epub 2023 Jan 1. PMID: 36594916 No abstract available.

Wang, ZL and Belza B. Is Every Meal a Message? Understanding the Eating Experience of Persons Living With Dementia Through Heideggerian Phenomenology. Journal of Gerontological Nursing. VOL. 49, NO. 5 • May 01, 2023

African Health Initiative Partnership Collaborative for Embedded Implementation Research*. Embedding Research on Implementation of Primary Health Care Systems Strengthening: A Commentary on Collaborative Experiences in Ethiopia, Ghana, and Mozambique. Global Health: Science and Practice Sep 2022, 10 (Supplement 1) e2200061; DOI: 10.9745/GHSP-D-22-00061

AHI Partnership Collaborative for supportive supervision and mentoring (Baynes C, Belay H, Hirschhorn L, Fernandes Q, Kachur P, Tilahun H, Abate B, Ahmed M, Bawah A, Awoonor-Williams K, Biney A, Kushitor M, Sheff M, Kanlisi N, Alirigia R, Kyei P, Phillips J, Sherr K, Ramiro I, Gimbel S, Uetela D, Augusto O, Inguane C, Chicume S, Chaquisse E). Improving primary care quality through supportive supervision and mentoring: Lessons from the African Health Initiative in Ethiopia, Ghana, and Mozambique. Global Health Science and Practice. 2022;10:S1.

AHI Partnership Collaborative for data-use for decision-making (Gimbel S, Baynes C, Tilahuan H, Hirschhorn L, Inguane C, Kyei P, Abate B, Belay H, Gebeyehu A,

Wondara Y, hmed M, Simanesew A, Ayele W, Kebede D, Solomon T, Mohammedsani A, Awoonor-Williams K, Kachur P, Bawah A, Asuming P, Biney A, Atweam D, Jackson E, Phillips J, Fernandes Q, Sherr K, Ramiro I, Manaca N, Augusto O, Tembe S. Barriers and facilitators to data-use for decision-making: the experience of the African Health Initiative partnerships in Ethiopia, Ghana and Mozambique. Global Health Science and Practice. 2022;10:S1.

Wagner AD, Augusto O, Njuguna IN, Gaitho D, Mburu N, Oluoch G, Carimo N, Mwaura P, Cherutich P, Oyiengo L, Gimbel S, John-Stewart GC, Nduati R, Sherr K. Systems Analysis and Improvement Approach to optimize the pediatric and adolescent HIV Cascade (SAIA-PEDS): a pilot study. Implement Sci Commun. 2022 May 10;3(1):49. doi: 10.1186/s43058-022-00272-8. PMID: 35538591; PMCID: PMC9087970.

Zepeda KGM, Gaspar RB, Moura CO, Santos KA, Gimbel S, Silva MM. Meanings and significance attributed by people with HIV/aids to their lives with this virus/disease. Rev Bras Enferm. 2022;75(3):e20201323. https://doi.org/10.1590/0034-7167-2020-1323
*: AHI related studies were authored by Sarah Gimbel and colleagues.

Book Chapters

(in press) Early, J., (2023) In Bensley, R., Brookins-Fischer, J. (Ed.), Digital Media and Health Promotion in Community health education methods: A practitioner’s guide (5th Edition). Sadbury, MA: Jones and Bartlett.

Early, J., & Rees, K. Chapter 1. (2022). Chapter 1. The role of advocacy in public health promotion. In Keely, Early, and Hampton’s Be the Change: Advocacy, Policy, and Community Organization in Public and Community Health Education. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-019-757-0906

Early, J., & Mohammed, S. (2022). Chapter 15. Going the Distance: Advocacy for the long haul. In Keely, Early, and Hampton’s Be the Change: Advocacy, Policy, and Community Organization in Public and Community Health Education. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-019-757-0906

Massey, K., Early, J., Mohammed, S., and Cooke, C. (2023). Oppression, Racism, Income Inequity and Women’s Health Outcomes in Alexander, I.M, Johnson-Mallard, V., Kostas-Polston, E., Cappiello, J., and Hubbard, H., Women’s Healthcare in Advanced Practice Nursing, Third Edition. Springer Publishing.

Awards

Students, faculty, staff, and alumni received numerous and awards and accolades for their exemplary work.

Alumni

Distinguished Alumni Award
Deanna Iwamoto, RN, BSN; Advanced Liver Disease/Hepatitis C Care Coordinator; VA Pacific Islands Health Care System

Exceptional Student Award from the Washington State Public Health Association
Tiffany Liu, BSN ’17, DNP ’22

Practitioners

Distinguished Practitioner Award
Frankie Manning, MSN, RN

Distinguished Advocate and Administrator Leader Award
Louise Peterson, MN, RN, nurse manager in Primary Care, Community Health Services, and Public Health-Seattle & King County

2023 Rising Star Award from Providence Swedish
Lyndsy Vasquez, BSN

Staff

2023 UW Health Sciences Martin Luther King, Jr. School of Nursing Community Service Award
David Reyes, interim dean and associate professor at the UW Tacoma School of Nursing & Health Care Leadership

Mixed Division Starting Class Ultimate Hall of Fame Class of 2022
Joey Gray, ABSN expansion project manager, UW School of Nursing

Faculty

SNHS Behavioral Health Faculty Development Award
Diana Odland Neal, PhD, RN, PHN, part-time lecturer in the School of Nursing and Health Studies at UW Bothell

Dr. C. June Strickland Distinguished Diversity & Transcultural Nursing Advocate Award
Butch de Castro, PhD, MSN/MPH, RN, FAAN; Professor and Associate Dean for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; Director, Occupational Health Nursing Training Program; UW School of Nursing

Distinguished Researcher Award
Frances Marcus Lewis, PhD, MN, MA, RN, FAAN; Professor, UW School of Nursing, Department of Child, Family, and Population Health; UW Medical Center Endowed Professor of Nursing Leadership; Nursing Affiliate, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center; Member Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Division of Public Health Sciences

2023 Oncology Nursing Foundation Connie Henke Yarbro Excellence in Cancer Nursing Mentorship Award
Donna Berry PhD, RN, AOCN, FAAN, UW School of Nursing

UW Board of Regents endowment and professorship appointments:

Aljoya Endowed Professorship: Allison Webel, RN, PhD, FAAN
de Tornyay Endowed Professorship for Healthy Aging: Basia Belza PhD, RN, FAAN, FGSA
Harborview Medical Center Endowed Professorship in Critical Care: Eeeseung Byun, PhD, RN
Lucia S. & Herbert L. Pruzan Endowed Faculty Fellowship in Nursing: Ira Kantrowitz-Gordon, PhD, CNM, ARNP, FACNM, FAAN
Aljoya Endowed Professorship: Oleg Zaslavsky, PhD, MHA, RN, FAAN
University of Washington Medical Center Endowed Professorship in Nursing Leadership: Jillian Pintye, RN, MPH, PhD
Mary S. Tschudin Endowed Professorship in Nursing Education: Mayumi Willgerodt, PhD, MPH, FAAN, FNASN, RN
Joanne Montgomery Endowed Professorship: Jennifer Sonney, PhD, ARNP, PPCNP-BC, FAANP, FAAN

Seattle Children’s Preceptor of the Quarter for APPs Award
The Seattle Children’s PICU team, among the providers awarded are two School of Nursing faculty, Lena Oliveros, ARNP, and Amy Howells, PhD, CPNP-AC/PC, and alumnus John Lee, MD, PhD.

University of Nebraska Medical Center Alumni Council’s Nursing Excellence Award
Kosuke “Ko” Niitsu, PhD, ARNP, PMHNP-BC, assistant professor, UW Bothell School of Nursing and Health Studies

Latin American and Caribbean Sigma Region’s 100 Most Influential Nurses in Latin America
Daniel Suárez-Baquero, PhD, MSN, BSN, assistant professor, UW School of Nursing

2021-2022 Preceptors of the Year

Adult Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Track: Dr. Jason Goldman, MD, MPH
Adult Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner Track: Kate Hough, DNP, ARNP-BC
Family Nurse Practitioner Track: Joycelyn Thomas, DNP, FNP
Nurse-Midwifery Track: Chana Schaffer, MSN, CNM, WHNP-BC
Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Track: Carrie Foster, ARNP
Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Track: Lisa Davidson, DNP, CPNP
Population Health Nursing Track: Amy Curtis , BSN
Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Track: Ginni Buccola, DNP, PMHNP-BC

2023 Western Institute of Nursing Conference (WIN) Regional Geriatric Nursing Education Award
Kristen Childress, DNP, ARNP, FNP-BC, AGNP-C, CWCN-AP, associate teaching professor

2023 WIN Conference Scholarship Award
Tao Zheng, MN, RN, CCRN-CSC-CMC, CHFN, PCCN, PhD Candidate and de Tornyay Center travel scholarship recipient

2023 WIN Anna M. Shannon Mentorship Award
Frances Lewis, RN, MN, PhD, FAAN, University of Washington Medical Center Endowed Professor

2023 WIN Emeriti and Jo Eleanor Elliott Leadership Award
Professor Emerita and former de Tornyay Center co-director Nancy Woods, PhD, RN, FAAN, received the

WSNA Conference Nurse Researcher Award
Professor Monica McLemore, PhD, MPH, RN

WSNA Conference Leadership and Management Award
Affiliate Instructor Albert Munanga, DrBH, MSN, RN, HC

DAISY Faculty Award: The DAISY Faculty Award recognizes faculty for their commitment and inspirational influence on students.
Letitia Salazar Monk, DNP, CNM, CLC, CH, ARNP

Excellence in Clinical Teaching
Susan Bayes, MN, RN

Excellence in Promoting Diversity through Teaching
Letitia Salazar Monk, DNP, CNM, CLC, CH, ARNP

Sandra Eyres Excellence in Graduate Teaching
Michael J. Grodesky, PhD, ARNP

Rheba de Tornyay Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching
Letitia Salazar Monk, DNP, CNM, CLC, CH, ARNP

Student

Husky 100: The Husky 100 recognizes 100 UW undergraduate and graduate students who are making the most of their time at the UW.

Abigail Maurera, BA Health Studies, UW Bothell School of Nursing & Health Studies
Jadyn Marie Se Jesus, BA Health Studies, UW Bothell School of Nursing & Health Studies
Karl Cristie Figuracion, PhD in Nursing Science, UW School of Nursing
Dariga Tugan, BSN, UW School of Nursing

UW Queen Silvia Nursing Award (UWQSNA) for Dementia Care
Juana Gallegos, UW School of Nursing

Tornay Center for Healthy Aging PhD Pathways to Healthy Aging Awardees:

Wonkyung Jung: Social Integration and Cognitive Function Following Geriatric Traumatic Brain Injury
Shih-Yin Yu: Risk Factors and Early Prevention of Skin Cancer in Rural Older Occupational Populations

Undergraduate Nursing Achievement Award
Daniella Zlatarev

Doctor of Nursing Practice Outstanding Student Award
Cecilia Gilmore

Master of Science Outstanding Student Award
Alison Raine

Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award
Nhia Yerkes-Vang

Dissertation Award in Nursing Science
Karl Cristie Figuracion

The DAISY in Training Award
Stan Petska

News

Students and professors are regularly featured in local, regional and national news outlets for their expertise and leadership.

Technology developed by Nurse Disrupted, founded by alumni Bre Loughlin, is helping shelters in our communities today through instant virtual care. Learn more about how this technology came to be and its future goals on the TODAY Show on NBC.

Executive Dean Azita Emami joined a discussion on the human rights crisis in Iran, “Woman. Life. Freedom: A Teach-in on the Humanitarian Crisis in Iran.”

Associate Professor Wendy Barrington was a distinguished panelist in the UCLA Center for Study of Racism, Social Justice and Health’s “Distinguished Quarterly Speaker Series: ‘Together We Can Move Mountains’ – A Panel Discussion to Profile Emerging Centers Targeting the Health Implications of Racism” on March 10.

Sunita Iyer, associate teaching professor in the UW Bothell School of Nursing & Health Studies, was interviewed for a KIRO 7 story on the mental health crisis in Washington state.

Sunita Iyer and Mo West, associate teaching professors in the UW Bothell School of Nursing & Health Studies, shared how their respective work in behavioral health drew them together and inspired them to find a new way to create safe spaces for students to process their stress and to build communities of support to help them throughout their time at UW Bothell.

Jody Early, School of Nursing and Health Sciences at UW Bothell, was featured in a KING 5 video story about a UW program that provides support to those looking for mental health help. Watch the video.

Harborview pediatric nurse and alumni, Kristin Jones, ABSN ’19, was featured in the Whole U. “I wouldn’t have picked the first half of 2020 to start my nursing residency,” said Jones, “but it was a crash course in seeing the system under intense pressure.” Read the Whole U story here.

Assistant Professor and nurse practitioner at the UW Medicine Heart Institute, Megan Streur, shared how to discuss heart symptoms with health care providers in a recent UW Medicine piece. Watch or read more about Streur’s advice from UW Medicine.

Professor Monica McLemore was recently featured in The Daily UW about her work on a program training nursing students in reproductive justice principles.

Professor Monica Mclemore appeared on the Sing for Science podcast to talk about reproductive healthcare statistics and spoke in KPFA’s radio feature story, “After Roe: In Search of Reproductive Justice.”

Professor Monica McLemore was interviewed on Scientific American for their short documentary, “A Black Mother’s Loss Explains Why U.S. Maternal Health Care Is Broken.”

Assistant Professor Megan Streur co-authored with the American Heart Association, that was published in Circulation this morning, ‘Atrial Fibrillation Occurring During Acute Hospitalization‘.

Post-doctoral scholar Samantha Winders was quoted in a Medpage Today article, “IBD Interferes With Sleep Quality”.

Associate Professor Elaine Walsh will be speaking at the 2022 Virtual Annual WSAS Symposium: Mitigation of Pandemic Impacts on Children.

Research Professor Monica Oxford talks about the Promoting First Relationships program in a KUOW story: “A family’s mental health journey out of crisis: Swimming Upstream.”

Budget/Fiscal Analyst Lead Monique McClure’s published an article and photos on disability, accessibility, and bird photography in Seattle Audubon, was quoted in The Seattle Times, co-led an accessible bird outing for Harborview Spinal Cord Injury Rehab patients at Green Lake Park, co-led national virtual Disabled Birders Affinity Group event in October 2022, and advised the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife on A.D.A. (accessibility) modifications for Skagit Wiley location.

Grants and Fellowships

Students and faculty bring together science, technology, skill and caring to improve the health of people in local and global communities.

Grants and Scholarships

Jenna van Draanen, UW School of Nursing assistant professor, received a Population Health Initiative Tier 1 pilot grant.

Tao Zheng, PhD in Nursing Science student, was selected to receive a 2023 American Association of Critical-Care Nurses-Sigma Theta Tau Critical Care Grant for his research in sleep and cognition after left ventricular assist device implantation.

Assistant Professor Michelle Shina and UW Bothell School of Nursing & Health Studies Professor Jody Early received recent pilot grants from the Population Health Initiative.

Chieh (Sunny) Cheng, UW Tacoma School of Nursing and Healthcare Leadership assistant professor, received a Garvey Institute for Brain Health Solutions Innovation Grant for “Using teen Mental Health First Aid to address mental health inequity among school youth.

Jerusha Mogaka, PhD student at the UW School of Nursing, received a New Investigator Scholarship to attend the 2023 Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections.

Amanda Cardenas, Emilie Martel-Rousseau, Kibrom Feleke, and Maggie Zhou were awarded scholarships by the University of Washington’s Retirement Association.

The de Tornyay Center for Healthy Aging 2022-2023 Healthy Aging Scholarship recipients:

Emily Ahrens, Myrene C. McAninch Doctoral Scholar
- Topic: Fidelity of the ABCDEF bundle for patients with language barriers
- Faculty Mentor: Professor Hilaire Thompson
Karl Cristie Figuracion, Healthy Aging Doctoral Scholar
- Topic: Environmental enrichment and cortical changes among brain tumor survivors
- Faculty Mentor: Professor Hilaire Thompson
Kuan-Ching Wu, Healthy Aging Doctoral Scholar
- Topic: A theoretical framework for urinary tract infection prevention and management in community-dwelling older persons with dementia
- Faculty Mentor: Associate Professor Oleg Zaslavsky
Tedra Hamel, Myrene C. McAninch Undergraduate Scholar
- Topic: Understanding age-related physiological changes: a secondary analysis
- Faculty Mentor: Professor Basia Belza
Esther Mwaniki, Germaine Krysan Undergraduate Scholar
- Topic: Examining symptoms of post-intensive care syndrome in older intensive care unit survivors with end-stage renal disease
- Faculty Mentor: Assistant Professor Maya Elias
Dariga Tugan, Healthy Aging Undergraduate Scholar
- Topic: A descriptive analysis of variability in exercise (VO2 Max) to address differences in physical function and alleviation of symptoms in older adults living with HIV
- Faculty Mentor: Professor Allison Webel

Assistant Professor Jonika Hash for received funding for the pilot proposal “Characterizing Traffic-Related Air Pollution Exposure and Cellular Aging in a Sample of Marginalized Mother-Child Dyads.”

Fellowships

DNP psychiatric and mental health nurse practitioner student Lilia Peng was selected to be a Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration Minority Fellowship Program Coordinating Center Fellow.

DNP student Kimberly Henriquez was selected as a recipient of the Latino Center for Health’s 2023 Graduate Student Scholars Fellowship.

Sunita Iyer, associate teaching professor in the UW Bothell School of Nursing & Health Studies, received the Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) Fellowship for Global Partnership in Teaching.

Sarah Gimbel, Jennifer Sonney, Oleg Zavlasky, and Ira Kantrowitz-Gordon were elected as a fellows in the American Academy of Nursing.

Celebrating where we’ve been, committed to where we’re going

Our impact is profound — whether we are launching our graduates into a world of opportunities or confronting the greatest health challenges of our time through undaunted research and scholarship. Together, our students, faculty and staff work boundlessly to turn ideas into impact and improve the health of people and communities locally and globally.

A Remarkable Year

From the desk of the dean

10 Years of Transformation

The year’s highlights

As UW’s 148th Commencement approaches on June 10, we’re looking back on a remarkable year at the UW School of Nursing, UW Bothell School of Nursing & Health Studies, and UW Tacoma School of Nursing and Healthcare Leadership. Here are some of the many highlights.

Accelerated Bachelor of Science in Nursing expansion

Global alliances

Historic fundraising

Anti-Racism Center gets a new name

Husky 100

National Nurses Month

U.S. News & World Report rankings

New graduate certificate

Engaging alumni

Strategic Pillars

Leadership

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Diversity

Education

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Community

Research

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Philanthropy

Governance

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Values

Resources

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Publications

Books

Articles

Book Chapters

Awards

Alumni

Practitioners

Staff

Faculty

Student

News

Grants and Fellowships

Grants and Scholarships

Fellowships

Celebrating where we’ve been, committed to where we’re going