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Carlos Medina

UF Nursing’s Hwayoung Cho Receives almost $700,000 NIH Grant

UF Nursing faculty member Hwayoung Cho, PhD, recently received a multiyear National Institutes of Health grant. UF College of Nursing faculty member Hwayoung Cho, PhD, along with Yiyang Liu, MPH, PhD, of the College of Public Health and Health Professions, recently received a $683,625 NIH grant for a three-year study into…

Two UF Nursing PhD Students Chosen as Jonas Scholars

UF College of Nursing PhD students Magali Rezende de Carvalho, MSN, APRN, and Hyehwan Yang, MSN, APRN, were recently selected as Jonas Scholars UF College of Nursing PhD students Magali Rezende de Carvalho, MSN, APRN, and Hyehwan Yang, MSN, APRN, were recently selected as Jonas Scholars for the 2024-2026 cohort…

UF Nursing Backed Demonstration Project Receives International Attention

Randy Brian, left, Sandra Citty and Cindy Westbrook look over wound care products at UF Health Shands Hospital recently. The three were part of a research project funded by UF Health and the UF College of Nursing to study wound care treatments for ECMO sites that have saved lives. In…

UF DNP Student Tree Planting Honors U.S. Surgeon General

While receiving the U.S. Surgeon General’s Medallion in 2023 for his efforts during the pandemic, Kevin Cho Tipton, a student in UF’s Doctor of Nursing Practice program, extended an invitation to Surgeon General Vivek Murthy to attend a tree planting ceremony in South Florida. Tipton wanted to plant a…

Star Booker Receives $1 Million NIH Grant for Pain Study

Staja “Star” Booker, PhD, RN, recently received a $1 million National Institutes of Health grant investigating a pain self-management intervention that encourages behavioral changes in older Black participants. The study, funded by the National Institute of Nursing Research, is titled: “Testing the Pain Relief of Musculoskeletal Conditions…

Lyon Selected UF Research Foundation Professor 

The College of Nursing’s Debra Lyon, PhD, RN, FNP-BC, FNAP, FAAN, was selected as a University of Florida Research Foundation Professor for 2024. “UFRF Professors earn significant grants, publish in the leading journals in their field, hold university leadership positions and contribute to the university…

Sandra Citty Receives Prestigious Secretary of Veterans Affairs Award

On May 1, Sandra Citty was in Washington D.C., receiving the prestigious 2024 Secretary of Veterans Affairs Award for Excellence in Nursing in the Nurse/Expanded Role category. Citty’s remarkable contributions at the Gainesville Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Centers within the North Florida/South Georgia Veterans Health System have advanced the fields…

Congratulations to the UF College of Nursing Spring Class 2024

More than one thousand family members and friends packed the Curtis M. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts on May 3 for the traditional UF College of Nursing Pinning and Recognition Ceremony.  The pin ceremony welcomes the recipient to the nursing profession and signifies the wearer has completed the rigorous…

Neil McFarlane, 2024 College of Nursing Alumnus of the Year

Neil McFarlane, 2024 UF College of Nursing Alumnus of the Year, poses with Dean Shakira Henderson, left, and Ashley-Marie Mendez on May 3. Neil McFarlane was named the 2024 UF College of Nursing Alumnus of the Year during the annual Pinning and Recognition Ceremony on May 3. McFarlane’s recognition came from…

Seeing Double: Twin Graduates Share a Passion for Nursing

Allison and Graison Davis started life sharing an amniotic sac and placenta. Ever since, the identical twins have mostly shared everything else, including a love of nursing. This week, both will graduate from the University of Florida College of Nursing and embark on their careers – together. “We have signed…