de Tornyay Center for Healthy Aging News
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.…
Scholar Spotlight: Michelle Thomas
March 24, 2026
Michelle Thomas is a DNP student and one of the de Tornyay Center for Healthy Aging’s Healthy Aging Scholars. Her project is on “Improving Timely Colonoscopy Follow-up after Abnormal Fecal Immunochemical Test Results in the Veteran Population.” Her mentors are Katherine Murrow and Brenda Zierler. Why did you choose to go into nursing? I have…
Scholar Spotlight: Li Downs
March 18, 2026
Li Downs is a DNP in Nursing Science student and one of the de Tornyay Center’s 2025-2026 Healthy Aging Scholars. Her project is on, “Enhancing Education on Post-Intensive Care Syndrome: A Nurse-Led Quality Improvement Initiative in the Neuroscience Intensive Care Unit at Harborview Medical Center” and her mentors are Maya Elias and Kristine McGlennen. Why…
Scholar Spotlight: Fiza Noman
March 18, 2026
Fiza Noman is a BSN student and one of the de Tornyay Center for Healthy Aging’s 2026-2027 Healthy Aging Scholars. Her project is on “Unwrapping Bias: Addressing Ageism Towards Older Adults Alongside Racism in Nursing Textbooks to Advance Inclusive Education and Promote Healthy Aging.” Her faculty mentor is Bethany Rolfe Witham. What made you choose…
de Tornyay Center Winter 2026 News Round-up
March 16, 2026
Winter 2026 news from the de Tornyay Center for Healthy Aging and our collaborators: Congratulations to Oleg Zaslavsky and colleagues for receiving an NIH Grant for their digital VOCALE Frailty digital program, which aims to support older adults with frailty. The Dementia Action Collaborative released a flyer illustrating ways to lower your dementia risk. UW…
Scholar Spotlight: Suah Park
March 16, 2026
Suah Park is a PhD in Nursing Science candidate and one of the de Tornyay Center’s 2025-2026 Healthy Aging Scholars. Her faculty mentor is Eeeseung Byun, and her project is titled, “Socio-contextual, Physical, and Psychological Factors Associated with Sleep Disturbances Among Korean Immigrant Older Adults: A Mixed Methods Study”. What made you want to pursue…