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Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs Denise Schentrup, DNP, APRN, BC, is the recipient of the 2019 Nurse Practitioner State Award for Excellence from the American Association of Nurse Practitioners. This annual award recognizes an individual nurse practitioner in each state who has demonstrated excellence in practice. Schentrup serves as clinical…
McFarlane (right) with MSC Patriot Award recipient Terry Tokash. This Veterans’ Day, the UF College of Nursing salutes the three veterans and Gator Nurse alumni who established the MSC Patriot Award, which provides scholarship assistance to nursing students…
The National Cancer Institute has awarded a five-year, $16 million grant to establish a cancer health equity center at the University of Florida and partner institutions. The Florida-California Cancer Research, Education and Engagement, or CaRE2, Health Equity Center will be an interdisciplinary, intercollegiate effort involving researchers from UF, Florida…
Left to right: Tovar, Stacciarini and Onel. College of Nursing Associate Professor Jeanne-Marie Stacciarini, Ph.D., R.N., FAAN, is part of a group selected for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Interdisciplinary Research Leaders program.
Kelly University of Florida College of Nursing Assistant Professor Debra Lynch Kelly, Ph.D., R.N. O.C.N., and her interdisciplinary team received a $419,375 award over two years from the National Institute of Nursing Research to fund the R21 study titled “Developing the Biobehavioral Foundation for Self-Management of Psychoneurological…
Dr. Gee Su Yang For the first time in its history, a University of Florida College of Nursing postdoctoral associate is the recipient of a National Institutes of Health F32 Ruth L. Kirschstein Postdoctoral Individual National Research Service Award. Gee Su Yang, Ph.D,…
Thousands of lives were changed on Sept. 11, 2001. For one young girl, the events of this day would shape her family, career path and future in nursing.
Janet Lopez For the seventh year, the UF College of Nursing has been awarded a Jonas Nurse Scholar grant to help fund the doctoral studies of one student for two years. Janet Lopez, who is in her third year of the Ph.D. program at the…
Although students in the Traditional BSN program technically have the summer off from classes, Gator Nurses always take advantage of any opportunity to learn and grow. These incoming seniors share their experiences from this summer — participating in study abroad programs, volunteering in health clinics and learning valuable nursing skills in…
The summer issue of The Gator Nurse is available to read online! Check out how the College of Nursing transformed the BSN curriculum to graduate the ideal nurse and read all about our faculty, student and alumni accomplishments!…
