Iowa’s University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities (UCEDD) is a part of the national network of Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental and Related Disabilities (LEND) programs funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau of the Health Resources and Services Administration. Iowa’s chapter of this national program, (ILEND), provides long-term, graduate level interdisciplinary training.
By Office of Strategic Communication | 9/3/2019
The University of Iowa College of Nursing is celebrating the completion of a major renovation project to modernize teaching spaces and create more interactive and collaborative spaces in which its students can learn.
Iowa Board of Nursing Associate Director of Practice and Education Jimmy A. Reyes, an alumnus of the University of Iowa’s Doctor of Nursing Practice program, was recently inducted as a fellow of the National Council of State Boards of Nursing’s (NCSBN) Institute of Regulatory Excellence (IRE).
Dr. Cormac T. O’Sullivan, PhD, MSN, a Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) from Coralville, Iowa, was recently selected as Program Director of the Year Award by the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists (AANA).
The multiple study abroad experiences completed by recent University of Iowa nursing graduate Megan Lough shaped her career prospects—and her outlook on life.
By Sara Epstein Moninger | UI Office of Strategic Communication
A manuscript co-authored by College of Nursing Assistant Professor Jacinda Bunch, PhD, RN, along with Kimberly Dukes, PhD (co-first author) and Saket Girotra, MBBS, MS, MD (senior author) both from the Department of Internal Medicine at UI’s Carver College of Medicine, has been published by the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) Internal Medicine.
Associate Professor Marianne Smith, PhD, RN, FAAN, was recently informed that Iowa’s Geriatrics Workforce Enhancement Program (GWEP) grant has been funded by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA).
University of Iowa Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) student Brittany Hamm, BSN, RN, has been selected as an American Psychiatric Nurses Association (APNA) Board of Directors Student Scholar.
The Gerontological Society of America (GSA) recently announced that Keela Herr, PhD, RN, AGSF, FGSA, FAAN, Kelting professor in nursing and associate dean for faculty at the University of Iowa College of Nursing, is the recipient of the 2019 Doris Schwartz Gerontological Nursing Research Award. This award is presented to a GSA member who has a record of outstanding and sustained contribution to geriatric nursing research.
Shalome Tonelli, PhD, RN, instructional track lecturer at University of Iowa College of Nursing, has been accepted to the distinguished Edmond J. Safra Visiting Nurse Faculty Program at the Parkinson’s Foundation.
