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Addressing vaccine hesitancy by educating future nurses “could be a real game-changer in our fight against COVID-19,” said Assistant Professor Barbara Hekel, PhD, RN, CHPN. She and Associate Professor Bridgette Pullis, PhD, RN, CHPN, are using a pilot grant to develop curriculum for students at Cizik School of Nursing at UTHealth Houston.

The first cross-institutional biospecimen share facilitated by The University of Texas System Health Biobank (UTSHB) Consortium will help McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston researchers find novel genetic markers for thoracic aortic dissection using control samples from The University of Texas Health San Antonio.

Cizik School of Nursing at UTHealth Houston is celebrating 15 years since establishing the first Doctor of Nursing Practice program in Texas. Founding and current leaders of the program discuss how a commitment to excellence has produced nursing leaders who are improving health care systems across the state and beyond.

“My smile is my style.” That is an affirmation of U.S. Army veteran Danny Sneed. On Nov. 5, he was among 103 veterans who received free urgent, palliative, therapeutic, and/or preventive dental care during the 7th Annual Give Vets A Smile at UTHealth Houston School of Dentistry.

Professor Elda Ramirez, PhD, ENP-BC, FAAN, has been named the Dorothy T. Nicholson Distinguished Professor at Cizik School of Nursing at UTHealth Houston, and Professor Jessica Coviello, DNP, ANP-BC, has been appointed the Patricia L. Starck/PARTNERS Endowed Professor.