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Cizik School of Nursing DNP student in Nurse Anesthesia Mark Barr, BSN, RN (pictured during the 2019 ESPY Awards in Los Angeles – photo courtesy of Mark Barr) was honored in July during a national telecast as “Best Male Athlete with a Disability.” Barr, who lost part of his right leg to cancer at age 14, has worked as a trauma-surgical ICU nurse at Harris Health System’s Ben Taub Hospital since 2012.

Three Cizik School of Nursing faculty members – Drs. Sabrina Pickens, Vaunette P. Fay and Mary E. Ross – will be part of a collaborative team focusing on integrating geriatrics into primary care training under a new grant awarded by the U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) to Baylor College of Medicine. Two UTHealth schools are partners on establishment of the South East Texas Geriatric Workforce Enhancement Program.

Dr. Cathy Rozmus (pictured), Vice Dean for Academic Affairs, and Dr. Diane Santa Maria, Cizik School of Nursing’s interim dean, will be inducted together as new fellows – along with just 12 others from Texas – during the American Academy of Nursing’s annual policy conference in October. New fellows are selected, the Academy announced, "based on their impressive contributions to increase access, reduce cost, and improve quality through nursing theory, practice, and science."