News Articles
May 1, 2020
April News and Awards
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Faculty, student and staff awards and news for April 2020.
April 17, 2020
UW Nursing students help with Coronavirus efforts virtually
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Our nursing students are fielding over 800 calls a day answering questions about coronavirus.
April 16, 2020
UW nursing students join frontline efforts to battle COVID-19
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The UW School of Nursing has partnered with Public Health–Seattle & King County to give students opportunities to join frontline efforts to meet health needs and treat patients.
April 15, 2020
Personal Experience to Practice: Protecting Healthcare Workers from Violence
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Katie, PhD in Nursing Science writes about her experiences in workplace violence and her road to recovery.
April 1, 2020
March News and Awards
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Faculty, student and staff awards and news for March 2020.
March 9, 2020
COVID-19 crisis shows cracks in underfunded public health
UW School of Nursing Professor, Betty Bekemeier, comments in a recent Seattle Times op-ed.
March 4, 2020
Living in Hong Kong with Covid-19 outbreak
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One of our BSN alumna is in Hong Kong and shares her experiences with the COVID-19 outbreak.
Meet our students
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Read about one of our amazing BSN students!
March 3, 2020
Premera Blue Cross teams with the UW to establish rural nursing program
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Premera Blue Cross, a leading health plan in the Pacific Northwest, today announced a $4.7 million grant to the University of Washington to establish the Rural Nursing Health Initiative to place current students in rural practices in Washington state.
March 2, 2020
UW and Coronavirus preparations
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Executive Dean Emami’s post on coronavirus and UW compiled a page with information.
February News and Awards
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Faculty, student and staff awards and news for February 2020.
February 27, 2020
Congratulations to Distinguished Staff Awards Nominees
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Congratulations to the staff nominated for the UW Distinguished Staff Awards. They were recognized at the Distinguished staff nomination reception on February 25th.
Fighting the Opioid Crisis By Improving Access to WA Database
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Washington State is addressing the opioid crisis by leveraging state and federal resources to reduce the harms of opioid misuse, including an initiative to improve access to the state’s Prescription Monitoring Program (PMP).
February 3, 2020
Op-ed from Dean Emerita Dr. Nancy Fugate Woods
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Read more about Dr. Woods’s op-ed on the Increasing Access to Osteoporosis Testing for Medicare Beneficiaries Act (S.283/H.R.2693)
January News and Awards
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Faculty, student and staff awards and news for January 2020.
January 24, 2020
Endowed Faculty Fellowship Awards in Health Informatics and Symptom Science Announced
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Congratulations to Dr. Donna Berry and Dr. Jennifer Sonney who were selected as the inaugural recipients of these endowed fellowships.
January 23, 2020
Congratulations to PhD Student, Karl Cristie Figuracion
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Karl Cristie Figuracion, first year PhD student and a pre-doctoral trainee on the Omics and Symptom Science Training Grant was awarded the Puget Sound Oncology Nursing Society Academic Scholarship.
January 7, 2020
Seattle Public School Nurses and Student Health Services selected as UW Health Sciences MLK, Jr. Service Award.
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Seattle Public School Nurses and Student Health Services was selected as UW School of Nursing recipient for UW Health Sciences Martin Luther King, Jr. Service Award.
November 20, 2019
Karin Huster Selected as one of the Top 50 for the Reach Award
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Karin Huster, UW School of Nursing alumni ‘05 and clinical instructor was selected as one of the top 50 finalists for the Recognizing Excellence around champions of Health (REACH) Awards.
November 19, 2019
Meet our Students
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Learn more about one of our outstanding Doctor of Nursing Practice – Population Health Nursing students
November 18, 2019
Eeeseung Byun Receives 2019 Stroke Article of the Year Award
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UW School of Nursing Assistant Professor, Eeeseung Byun, received the 2019 Stroke Article of the Year Award from the American Heart Association Council on Cardiovascular and Stroke Nursing and Stroke Council.
November 12, 2019
Nursing Shark Tank
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On November 7 we had Nursing Shark Tank.
November 1, 2019
October 2019 News and Awards
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Faculty and student awards and news for October 2019.
October 25, 2019
2019 Clinical Preceptors of the Year
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Congratulations to our 2019 Clinical Preceptors of the Year! Read more.
Former School of Nursing Dean Receives Leadership Award
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Congratulations to Nancy Woods who received Faye Glenn Abdellah Leadership award From Friends of the National Institute of Nursing Research. Read more.
October 24, 2019
Congratulations to our Living Legend and AAN inductees!
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We are proud of our Living Legends and American Academy of Nursing inductees.
October 23, 2019
School Alumna, Pamela Cipriano, Receives 2019 Margretta Madden Styles President’s Award
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Congratulations to Pamela Cipriano for receiving the 2019 Margretta Madden Styles President’s Award.
October 21, 2019
Wendy Barrington Honored by the National Council of Negro Women
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UW School of Nursing Associate Professor, Wendy Barrington, PhD, MPH, was honored at the Seattle Section of the National Council of Negro Women’s annual gala yesterday.
October 1, 2019
Dr. Cynthia Price receives NIH Funding to tackle opioid crisis
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Dr. Cynthia Price receives NIH funding to tackle the national opioid crisis through the Helping to End Addiction Long-term Initiative, or the NIH HEAL Initiative.
Congratulations to Betty Bekemeier!
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Dr. Betty Bekemeier Receives Public Health Leadership Award.
September 12, 2019
State Health Care Authority Provides Grant to School of Nursing to Support State Opioid Response Plan
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The project addresses needs and services for pregnant and parenting women with opioid use disorder.
August 29, 2019
Pregnant women of color experience disempowerment by health care providers
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Read more about this study authored by Dr. Molly Altman and co-authored by Dr. Ira Kantrowitz-Gordon.
August 27, 2019
Sleep and the Brain
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Dr. Teresa Ward speaks on the importance of sleep for teenagers on BrainWorks.
August 20, 2019
‘Hidden’ Data Exacerbates Rural Public Health Inequities
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Read more about Professor Betty Bekemeier’s research on health disparities within rural communities.
Students Learn Community Health in Rural New Mexico
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Read more about our students who are shadowing a Navajo community health representatives as part of the Health Disparities Field Experience.
July 18, 2019
Elizabeth Bridges Appointed President-elect of the American Association of Critical Care Nurses
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Read more about Elizabeth Bridges and being appointed President-elect.
Basia Belza and the Healthy Brain Research Network are highlighted in recent article
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Read more about improving brain health and extending mindspan.
July 17, 2019
Grant Awarded to Hilaire Thompson to Research Falls Among Older Adults
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Read more about the grant and other projects funded.
July 12, 2019
Vivian C. Wolf-Wilets, PhD, RN, Presented with the Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award
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Retired nursing educator Vivian C. Wolf-Wilets, PhD, RN, presented with the Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award by Marquis Who’s Who.
July 11, 2019
Leah Presentation Day
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Two DNP students present leadership projects as part of the LEAH traineeship.
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