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.
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.…
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…
Women’s History Month: Women Shaping Nursing
March 19, 2026
During Women’s History Month, the University of Washington School of Nursing is recognizing the women whose leadership, scholarship, advocacy and care have shaped nursing across generations — and celebrating those carrying that work forward today. At the UW School of Nursing, women have helped define what nursing can be: a field grounded in care, strengthened…
UW Nursing PhD Student Appointed UN Youth Representative
March 19, 2026
Marin Strong, a PhD in Nursing Science student at the UW School of Nursing, has been selected as a Sigma United Nations (UN) Youth Representative, a prestigious volunteer position that will place her at the forefront of global nursing leadership and advocacy. Strong is one of three youth representatives chosen to represent Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing…
The Power of Imagination. The Promise of AI. The Future of Nursing & Healthcare
March 18, 2026
Over my years at the UW School of Nursing, one phrase I have uttered more times than I can count is: nurses are the best innovators. And it’s true. Through various Office for Nursing Research & Innovation initiatives, we’ve highlighted and supported nurses that are dreaming, creating, and testing novel solutions that strengthen the health,…
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…