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Doncy Eapen, PhD, MSN, APRN, FNP-BC, assistant professor in the Department of Undergraduate Studies at Cizik School of Nursing at UTHealth Houston, is principal investigator on a $25,000 Heilbrunn Family Center for Research Nursing Scholars Award from Rockefeller University for a pilot study titled “Positive Parenting: Empowering Young Mothers Experiencing Homelessness with a History of Interpersonal Violence to Improve Parenting Strategies.”

Doctor of Nursing Practice student Aastha Krebs, MBA-HCM, BSN, RN, takes her effort to expand Medicaid availability for inpatient mental health care to Washington, D.C., this summer thanks to a Graduate Archer Fellowship.

Hildreth Eloi, DNP, MS, RN, and Myron Arnaud, DNP, CRNA, are both receiving the prestigious John P. McGovern Outstanding Teacher of the Year Awards for the second time.

Professor Vaunette Fay, PhD, RNC, FNP, GNP, was one of the first nurse practitioners in Texas. She devoted much of her career to preparing nurses to provide compassionate care to older adults.

Get to know Cizik School of Nursing’s 2022 honorees: Instructor Kelli Galle, MSN, APRN, FNP-C; assistant professors Deniz Dishman, PhD, DNAP, CRNA, and Daisy Mullassery, DNP, RN, WHNP-BC; PhD candidate Jessica Gomez, MSN, APRN, NNP-BC, IBCLC; and Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) student Cassandra Twining.