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Beginning in 2023, Cizik School of Nursing at UTHealth Houston will admit students to its highly ranked BSN to DNP Nurse Practitioner program twice a year with the addition of a spring cohort. The application deadline for Spring 2023 is September 30, 2022.

Cizik School of Nursing Assistant Professor Emily Barr, PhD, RN, CPNP-PC, CNM, will use a seed grant from the Texas Development Center for AIDS Research to study whether and how telehealth can support young adults living with HIV as they transition from pediatric to adult care.

TEC-HIV: Telehealth use and engagement in care in young adults living with HIV,” she became the school’s second faculty member to receive a $50,000 seed grant from the Texas Development Center for AIDS Research (TX D-CFAR).

A state-of-the-art mobile simulation training unit designed to enhance high-level adult and pediatric emergency medicine care is coming to UTHealth Houston.

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.