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Graduating nursing students vote Hanneman and Dang latest John P. McGovern Outstanding Teachers

Graduating students of Cizik School of Nursing at UTHealth selected Nurse Anesthesia’s Dr. Johnny Dang (pictured) and Dr. Sandra K. Hanneman, Jerold B. Katz Distinguished Professor for Nursing Research, as 2019 recipients of the popular John P. McGovern Outstanding Teacher Award. Interim Dean Diane Santa Maria made the awards announcement during today’s commencement ceremony in Sugar Land at the Smart Financial Centre.
UTHealth offering DNP degrees with Family Nurse Practitioner or Psych/Mental Health NP focus

The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board has approved Cizik School of Nursing to offer the BSN-DNP Nurse Practitioner degree program starting in the fall 2019 semester. It’s an exciting opportunity for BSN-prepared RNs to seamlessly advance their nursing degree through to the doctoral level! To become part of the inaugural class, applications are due by July 1.
Fellowship teaches selected Cizik School of Nursing BSN students to care for people with disabilities

Pacesetter BSN student Dawn Modic (pictured) says her participation in the second cohort of Cizik School of Nursing’s Joan and Stanford Alexander Fellowship in Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities is the best experience of her nursing career so far. Cohort Three is the largest group yet!
Yammine’s study asks whether a diabetes drug might help smokers kick the habit

Cizik School of Nursing’s Dr. Luba Yammine (pictured) is principal investigator of a new clinical trial to help smokers kick the habit, using an FDA-approved diabetes drug that already is effective for aiding diabetes patients in controlling their blood sugar. The study is partly supported by a PARTNERS Research Award. (Photo by Rob Cahill, UTHealth)