Associate Professor Jennifer Dungan, MSN, PhD, recently created the below story in honor of World Heart Day: Each year on Sept. 29, World Heart Day is celebrated around the globe. This event is dedicated to increasing local, national and worldwide awareness of a condition deadlier than all forms of…
By Kyle Chambers UF College of Nursing Research Assistant Professor Dany Fanfan, PhD, MSN, RN, has a gut feeling about how one population’s health can be affected by a move to the United States. Thousands of friendly microbes live inside of your stomach and their genetic material…
By Kyle Chambers From rural health centers to school clinics, Florida’s nurses work tirelessly to meet the need for quality health care for underserved populations However, the newest graduating class of Gator Nurses has already emerged as a driving force for promoting healthy living throughout local communities across the state.
Recognized for their clinical and research excellence, two University of Florida College of Nursing faculty members will be recognized as fellows of the American Academy of Nursing. Rene Love, PhD, DNP, PMHNP-BC, FNAP, FAANP, associate dean for academic affairs – graduate clinical education, and Laurie Duckworth, PhD, APRN, FNP-C, clinical…
Congratulations to Gator Nursing PhD student Jennifer Pruitt and her College of Medicine research collaborator Aditya Mahadevan for receiving project funding through the Clinical and Translational Science Institute TL1 Predoctoral Training Program and being named CTS Trainees! The program uses a team-science approach and provides mentoring and didactic training…
Through a collaboration, University of Florida College Nursing students had the opportunity to work with and learn from seasoned researchers on a successful pilot study that found potential mutual benefits of caregivers giving daily massages to patients receiving hospice and palliative care. Recent College of Nursing BSN students Kristina…
When diagnostic tests for the heart were first created, scientists at the time did not fully consider that no two bodies are the same, especially between the sexes. According to University of Florida College of Nursing associate professor Jennifer Dungan, Ph.D., M.S.N., B.S.N, many of the current symptom…
Following a two-year interval that saw a cancelation and a virtual event, the University of Florida College of Nursing’s Research Summit and Malasanos Lectureship returned to an in-person format for its 18th edition in 2022. This event marked the first face-to-face event at the college since the beginning of the…
We are pleased to announce a first-of-its-kind opportunity for UF College of Nursing faculty and UF Health nurses to apply for internal funding for nursing research and innovation projects. There will be a total of six awards granted with up to $10,000 in funding for each award. Submissions are due…
University of Florida College of Nursing faculty are partnering with American Indian communities to reach health equity and improve health outcomes, especially important as American Indians continue to experience high rates of chronic diseases such as type 2 diabetes. Through a four-year, $2 million grant from the National Institutes of…
