Read more of our latest updates and news such as faculty and student awards, stories of our outstanding #HuskyNurse faculty, alumni, students making a difference in the community and other happenings at the School of Nursing.
Hear from two of our 2025-2026 Healthy Aging Scholars!
June 2, 2026
Two of our 2025-2026 Healthy Aging Scholars recorded videos discussing their scholarship projects! Check them out below: https://nursing.uw.edu/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Untitled-design-2.mp4 Li Downs' (Healthy Aging Doctoral Research Scholar) scholarship presentation on "Enhancing Education on Post-Intensive Care Syndrome: A Nurse-Led Quality Improvement Initiative in the Neuroscience Intensive Care Unit at Harborview Medical Center". https://nursing.uw.edu/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Amber-Beeson-Video.mp4 Amber Beeson's (Healthy Aging…
Celebration Season: Honoring the Class of 2026
June 1, 2026
At the University of Washington School of Nursing, the end of the spring quarter is never just one moment. There are the events that everyone sees: Nurse Week celebrations, school-wide announcements, and ceremonies from Kane Hall to Alaska Airlines Arena. Then there are the quieter moments that exist between students and faculty: the last clinical…
Scholar Spotlight: Chad Cheldelin
May 23, 2026
is a BSN student and one of the center’s 2025-2026 Healthy Aging Undergraduate Research Scholars. His faculty mentor is Kendra Kamp, and his scholarship project is titled, “Influence of Delirium on Health Outcomes in the Postoperative Period Following Ostomy Surgery”. Why did you choose nursing? I've worked in healthcare for about 5 years prior to…
RAIN Summit Brings National AI and Nursing Leaders to UW
May 21, 2026
The University of Washington School of Nursing recently welcomed a sold-out audience of nurses, researchers, health system leaders, educators, students, and technology innovators to the inaugural RAIN Summit: Reimagining AI in Nursing and Health Care. Held May 15 at the UW Center for Urban Horticulture, the summit positioned nursing at the center of one of…
de Tornyay Center Summer 2026 News Roundup
May 19, 2026
de Tornyay Center for Healthy Aging 2025-2026 scholar Suah Park was named the UW School of Nursing 2026 Magnuson Scholar! Former center predoctoral scholar and PhD in Nursing Science Graduate Sarah McKiddy was selected to be the represent the UW School of Nursing at commencement as the school's banner carrier. The de Tornyay Center was…
Research, Connection, and Reconnection at the Western Institute of Nursing (WIN) Annual Conference
May 13, 2026
I recently had the opportunity, as a second‑year postdoctoral fellow at the University of Washington School of Nursing, to attend the Western Institute of Nursing (WIN) annual conference and present a poster on one of my research projects. My poster focused on applying a One Health lens to infection prevention and control among Washington State…
From Seoul to Seattle: A Nurse's Journey Across Borders, Bedside and Beyond
May 12, 2026
Jinseon Hwang, MSN, RN, CRAT In high school, Jinseon Hwang imagined a future shaped by books and language: a degree in Korean literature, perhaps a life built around words. But when her college entrance exam scores fell short of her hopes, her mother offered a gentle redirect: consider nursing, a field grounded in science, built…
School of Nursing's Suah Park Named 2026–27 Magnuson Scholar
May 8, 2026
Suah Park, PhD in Nursing Science candidate Suah Park, a family nurse practitioner and doctoral student at the University of Washington School of Nursing, has been named a 2026–2027 Magnuson Scholar, one of the most prestigious research honors awarded across UW's six Health Sciences schools. Park is among seven scholars selected this year from the…
Scholar Spotlight: Delina Berhe
May 8, 2026
Delina Mesfin Berhe is a UW School of Nursing BSN student and one of the center’s 2025-2026 Healthy Aging Scholars. Her project is on “Exploring Factors Associated with the Use of Physical and Chemical Restraints in Hospitalized Older Adults with Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias”. Her faculty mentor is Maya Elias. Why did you choose…
Celebrating Our Faculty This National Nurses Week
May 7, 2026
Nurses Week is a time to recognize the dedication, innovation, and compassion that nurses bring to their work every day. At the UW School of Nursing, that spirit extends far beyond the bedside. Our faculty are researchers, clinicians, educators, and leaders who are shaping the future of health care — advancing science, driving policy, and…
When the Whole Person Walks Through the Door
May 4, 2026
For patients navigating severe mental health needs, physical health often suffers quietly alongside. MaryAnne Murray built a practice around refusing to let that happen. For patients with severe mental health needs, physical health often suffers quietly alongside. Not because care does not exist, but because the system that is supposed to provide it was not…
Miles for Mamas
May 4, 2026
The Distance They Carry In rural Tanzania, women are known to walk six miles or more to reach a prenatal clinic. Some carry infants on their backs while riding motorcycles at seven or eight months pregnant, bearing the entire weight of the distance between their homes and the care their growing babies need. When Jessie…
Hands that Meet the Moment
May 4, 2026
An ordinary morning at HealthPoint's Kent Clinic quickly became something no one could have anticipated, and everything this team was prepared for. In Washington state, millions of residents live in primary care shortage areas where geography, language, income, or immigration status stand between a person and the care they need. The consequences are not abstract.…
Scholar Spotlight: Christina Tran
May 1, 2026
Christina Tran is a BSN student and one of the de Tornyay Center 2025-2026 Healthy Aging Undergraduate Research Scholars. Her project is on, “Social Determinants of Health, Inflammation, and Sleep Disturbances in Older Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Survivors.” Her faculty mentor is Dr. Eeeseung Byun. Why did you choose to go into nursing? Growing up, I had…
Husky Giving Day: One Student's Story Shows the Power of Emergency Aid
April 23, 2026
When Yufei He, BSN, RN, was in her second quarter of the University of Washington's Accelerated Bachelor of Science in Nursing program, she received word that her father had suffered a stroke in China. Working while enrolled in school full time, she did not have enough money to purchase a plane ticket home. She turned…
Scholar Spotlight: Amber Beeson
April 21, 2026
Amber Beeson is a BSN student, and one of the center 2025-2026 Healthy Aging Scholars. Her project is on “Analyzing musician perspectives in co-designing music-based memory loss programming”, and her faculty mentors are Basia Belza and Sarah McKiddy. Why did you choose to go into nursing? One of the main things that brought me to…
UW Nursing Student Fiza Noman Explores Aging and Healthcare in Japan
April 6, 2026
Fiza Noman with fellow students in Japan Fiza Noman, a nursing student at the University of Washington, participated in the Global Leader Training and International Exchange Program for Nursing students in Japan through the De Tornyay Center for Healthy Aging. The program brings together students from Japan, Singapore, the United Kingdom, China, Palestine, and the…
UW Nursing Student Hyunhae Hanni Lee Awarded Grant for Statistical Training and Dissertation Research
March 31, 2026
Hyunhae Hanni Lee, MS, RN, a PhD candidate and research assistant at the University of Washington School of Nursing, has been awarded a $5,000 grant to support advanced statistical training and research development from April 1, 2026, through March 31, 2027. This funding will enable Lee to pursue an intensive summer training opportunity designed to…
Music, Memory, and a UW Nurse Researcher Making Seattle Headlines
March 27, 2026
Sarah McKiddy Work by a UW PhD candidate in Nursing Science has caught the attention of two of Seattle’s most prominent outlets. Sarah McKiddy, a PhD candidate in Nursing Science at the University of Washington, was featured by The Seattle Times and Seattle Met for her work bringing professional musicians to the Memory Hub, a…
Scholar Spotlight: Chiayu Chen
March 24, 2026
Chiayu Chen is one of the de Tornyay Center for Healthy Aging’s 2026-2027 Healthy Aging Scholars. Her project is on “Support Transitions Between Levels of Care at a local retirement community”, and her faculty mentor is Jamie Young. Why did you choose to go into nursing? It started with my grandfather, who had liver cancer.…