de Tornyay Center for Healthy Aging News
Congratulations to Inthira Roopsawang
December 8, 2025
Congratulations to former de Tornyay Center scholar Inthira Roopsawang for receiving a second-place research award at the Second International Nursing Research Conference for her work on, ""Frailty measurements in hospitalised orthopaedic populations age 65 and older: A scoping review"! "I would like to extend my sincere gratitude to Dr. Oleg, Dr. Basia, and Dr. Hilaire,…
Scholar Spotlight: Yuni Chung
November 25, 2025
Yuni Chung is a UW School of Nursing PhD in Nursing Science student and one of the de Tornyay Center for Healthy Aging’s predoctoral scholars. What drew you to nursing? When I was a middle school student, my grandmother developed Parkinson's disease. She needed assistance, so I was responsible for helping her with activities of…
de Tornyay Center Receives the 2025 Faye Glenn Abdellah Leadership Award
October 16, 2025
From left to right: Basia Belza, Professor of Biobehavioral Nursing & Health Informatics and Director of the de Tornyay Center for Healthy Aging (accepting the Leadership Award on behalf of the center); Hilaire Thompson, Executive Dean of the UW School of Nursing; and Betty Bekemeier, Professor and Director of the Northwest Center for Public Health…
Scholar Spotlight: Jun Heo
September 3, 2025
Jun Heo was one of the de Tornyay Center for Healthy Aging 2024-2025’s Healthy Aging Undergraduate Research Scholars and a BSN student. Heo’s faculty mentor was Anita Souza, and his project was on “Exploring Healthcare and Housing Differences Between Older Veterans and Non-Veterans in Permanent Supportive Housing: Barriers to Healthy Aging”. What made you choose…
Scholar Spotlight: Lydia Chen
September 2, 2025
Lydia Chen was one of the center’s de Tornyay Center’s 2024-2025 Healthy Aging Scholars and a DNP student. Her project was on ‘Using Artificial Intelligence in Improving Nursing Documentation in Skilled Nursing Facilities’ and her faculty mentor was Jamie Young. What made you choose nursing? My career started as an occupational therapist. I was working…
Scholar Spotlight: Madison McKee
September 2, 2025
Madison McKee was one of the de Tornyay Center for Healthy Aging’s 2024-2025 Undergraduate Research Scholars. Her research project was on “Examining the Impacts of Facilitated Garden Activities for Individuals Living with Dementia and their Caregivers”, and her faculty mentor was Basia Belza. What made you choose nursing? I'm in the accelerated Bachelors of Nursing…