A UF study has shown that changing the way hospitals document the distribution of nutritional supplements can greatly improve patients’ health and cut waste.
College of Nursing Postdoctoral associate Lisa Scarton was selected by the National Institutes of Health Office of Scientific Workforce Diversity to participate in the NIH Future Research Leaders Conference (FRLC) on September 12-14, 2017, in Bethesda, Maryland. “The applicant pool was very strong with over 170 applications from early-career…
Clinical Assistant Professor Stacia Hays, DNP, ARNP has been selected to participate in the Florida Center for Nursing/Florida Action Coalition Board Service Initiative for Emerging Nurse Leaders. The purpose of the three-month training, supported by the Florida Blue Foundation, is to prepare nurse leaders to speak for the health…
The summer 2017 issue of The Gator Nurse features Archer Family Health Care and encapsulates the impact of private funding on or faculty and students.
Ragnhildur “Raga” Bjarnadottir, postdoctoral associate in the UF College of Nursing and the UF Informatics Institute, has received numerous honors recently. At AcademyHealth’s national meeting, she received the the Interdisciplinary Research Group on Nursing Issues’ 2017 New Investigator of the Year award. The Interdisciplinary Research Group on Nursing Issues…
PhD student, Cassandre Jean-Antoine, was selected as the recipient of the LYNNE EDWARDS RESEARCH SCHOLARSHIP. The scholarship is sponsored by Dr. Linda Burnes-Bolton, past President of the National Black Nurses Association. The scholarship is based on scholastic achievement and leadership for those pursuing a PhD in Nursing. Cassandre’s research interest…
Sandra Citty, Ph.D., R.N., ARNP-BC, was promoted to clinical associate professor, effective July 1, 2017. Citty, who spends much of her time instructing undergraduate nursing students and mentoring graduate students in the DNP program, has focused her research on finding ways to improve electronic medical records, specifically regarding how nutritional…
College of Nursing Clinical Associate Professor and Director of Clinical Research Laurie Duckworth, Ph.D., A.R.N.P., received the 2017 “UF Health Shands Rose Rivers Chrysalis Award for Evolving Nursing Research” for a research study titled, Exploring Registered Nurse Turnover in the Operating Room and Opportunities to Improve Nurse Retention. This project…
Ann Horgas, Ph.D., R.N., F.A.A.N., has been named a University of Florida Research Foundation Professor for 2017‐2020.
Assistant Professor Debra Lynch Kelly, PhD, RN, was recently accepted as a full member of the American Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation. Founded in 1993, the American Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation is an international professional membership association of more than 2,200 physicians, investigators and other health…
