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Recent Family Nurse Practitioner Graduate Works at COVID-19 Testing Site in Florida
Nordica Owens (G’20) graduated in May from the Family Nurse Practitioner Program. She grew up in Cumberland House, a First Nations community in Canada, and she was a teacher…
August 14, 2020
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Human Science Major Co-Founds Organization to Confront Racism, Promote Cultural Diversity
Nina Williams (NHS’22) recently co-founded, with a high school friend, the Student Coalition Against Racism. The human science major hopes the organization – focusing on…
August 12, 2020
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NHS Alumni Notes
The new edition (issue 13) of Alumni Notes at the School of Nursing & Health Studies contains highlights about school graduates from 1948 to 2019. This issue was published in…
August 5, 2020
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Using Zoom, NHS Undergraduates Teach Health Literacy in Alaska Literacy Program
Through a course on health promotion and disease prevention taught by Professor Joan Riley, associate professor of human science, undergraduates Janessa Mendoza (NHS’22) and…
August 3, 2020
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Professor Helps Produce New COVID-19 Legal Database
Dr. Matthew Kavanagh, assistant professor of international health at NHS and director of the Global Health Policy & Politics Initiative at the O'Neill Institute for National and…
July 22, 2020
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Human Science Alumnus Graduates First in Medical School Class
Dr. Nicholas Santaniello (NHS’16), who majored in human science, recently finished medical school at SUNY Downstate College of Medicine, where he graduated first in his class.…
July 17, 2020
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As Hospital VP, Health Systems Administration Alumnus Helps Respond to COVID-19 in Florida
Raynard Ware (G’18), who received his master’s degree in health systems administration at Georgetown, is now vice president of operations at Palms of Pasadena Hospital, an…
July 15, 2020
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NHS Department Chairs Offer Perspectives on Health Disparities and Racial Justice
Dr. Christopher King, chair of the Department of Health Systems Administration, and Dr. Edilma Yearwood, chair of the Department of Professional Nursing Practice, were featured…
July 2, 2020
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Alumna Serves with AmeriCorps in Arizona, Named Primary Care Physician Scholar
International health alumna Aileen Lee (NHS’16), who is serving with AmeriCorps VISTA in Arizona, has been awarded a Primary Care Physician Scholarship to attend the University…
June 18, 2020
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Two NHS Students Selected as Scholars by Pat Tillman Foundation
Cassie Bronson (G’22), a student in the Doctor of Nursing Practice Program and U.S. Navy veteran, and Safi Rauf (NHS’21), a human science major and U.S. Navy reservist, have…
June 12, 2020