de Tornyay Center for Healthy Aging News
From Seattle to Toronto: From Discovery to Impact at the 37th International Nursing Research Congress
September 3, 2026
UW School of Nursing PhD student Charles Kwanin reflects on his experience attending the International Nursing Research Congress in Toronto, funded by a de Tornyay Center for Healthy Aging travel scholarship: This summer, I had the opportunity to attend the International Nursing Research Congress in Toronto from July 16–18. The theme, "Discovery in Action: The…
Kristen Childress Receives School of Nursing Sandra Eyres Excellence in Graduate Teaching Award.
September 1, 2026
Teaching has been a part of Kristen Childress’ life throughout her career as a nurse. In community college, she taught GED courses and tutored students in the sciences. In nursing school, she took classes she knew would benefit her as a future nursing instructor and talked to her instructors about wanting to teach. “It’s just…
Mihkai Wickline Receives School of Nursing Rheba de Tornyay Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching Award
August 27, 2026
Mihkai Wickline always knew she wanted to be a nurse. “From the time I was 2, if you asked me what I was going be when I grew up, it was a nurse,” said Wickline. "That Fisher-Price medical kit was my favorite toy.” She never wavered from that goal. At 14 she volunteered in a…
Taiwanese Students Visit the de Tornyay Center
August 21, 2026
In a now annual tradition, a cohort of six undergraduate nursing students from the National Taipei University of Nursing and Health Science (NTUNHS) visited the UW School of Nursing this summer. The group was led by Tsae-Jyy “Tiffany” Wang, who is Vice President of NTUNHS and an alumnus of the UW School of Nursing. The…
Scholar Spotlight: Hongyu Yu
July 17, 2026
Hongyu Yu is a UW School of Nursing PhD in Nursing Science student and one of the center’s 2025-2026 Healthy Aging Research Scholars. Her project is on “Understanding Facilitators, Barriers, Scalability and Sustainability of the Women's Health Initiative Strong and Healthy Pragmatic Physical Activity Intervention for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention: A CFIR-Guided Inquiry.” Her faculty mentors…
Scholar Spotlight: Zih-Ling Wang
July 2, 2026
Zih-Ling Wang is a PhD in Nursing Science candidate and one of the center’s 2025-2026 Healthy Aging Scholars. Her scholarship project is on “Beyond the Plate: A Multi-Methods Investigation of Mealtime Experiences and Modeling Independence in Eating in Dementia Care.” Her faculty mentor is Basia Belza. What made you interested in nursing research? In my…