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Ruppert named to UT System’s Shine Academy of Health Science Education

Cizik School of Nursing Interim Dean Diane M. Santa Maria has announced that Dr. Susan Ruppert (pictured), Associate Dean & Chair, Department of Graduate Studies, and PARTNERS Endowed Professor in Nursing, is one of four distinguished UTHealth faculty members elected this year to The University of Texas Kenneth I. Shine, M.D., Academy of Health Science Education and will be inducted with them during a ceremony in spring 2019.
Ten faculty members contribute to coauthor McEwen’s new edition of Community/Public Health Nursing book

Ten faculty members from Cizik School of Nursing have contributed chapters to the 2019 edition of a book, Community/Public Health Nursing: Promoting the Health of Populations, coauthored by Dr. Melanie McEwen (pictured) with Dr. Mary A. Nies, University of North Carolina at Charlotte. The Elsevier title is described as having “a unique, upstream preventive focus and a strong social justice approach.”
'Outstanding Nurses of 2018' – TNA foundation honoring UTHealth’s Rozmus and Drake

Cizik School of Nursing at UTHealth Vice Dean for Academic Affairs Cathy L. Rozmus and Assistant Professor Stacy Drake, Department of Research, were chosen by their peers and co-workers of the Texas Nurses Association (TNA) District 9 as two of the “Twenty Outstanding Nurses of 2018.” An award ceremony will be a highlight of the 28th annual “Nursing Celebration” scheduled for Thursday, November 8, at the Westin Galleria Houston, 5060 West Alabama
Ahn leads Journal of Pain Research article on knee osteoarthritis pain

Theodore J. & Mary E. Trumble Professor in Aging Research Dr. Hyochol Ahn (pictured) is lead author of a new peer-reviewed article concluding that transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) reduces experimental pain sensitivity in older adults.