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In December of 2021, the Presidential Management Fellows Program of the U.S. Office of Personnel Management announced the finalists for the Class of 2022. Among this list, four UTHealth Houston students and graduates were recognized.

Congratulations to Chao Hsing Yeh, PhD, MSN, RN, FAAN, who has been named The Jane and Robert Cizik Distinguished Chair, and to Leissa Roberts, DNP, CNM, FACNM, associate dean of practice and community engagement, who has been awarded the Judy Fred Professorship in Nursing.

Assistant Professors Tammy Stout, DNP, APRN, ACNP-BC, and Sydnee Lucas, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC, are taking on new leadership roles as track coordinators in Cizik School of Nursing’s Department of Graduate Studies.

Associate Professor Jennifer E. S. Beauchamp, PhD, RN, FAAN, is using a $100,000 PARTNERS grant to develop a fun, interactive way to help survivors and informal caregivers who are coping with post-stroke loneliness and mental health issues.

Abbey J. Kaler, MS, APRN, FNP-C, applies her experience as a cancer survivor and oncology nursing leader while working toward her PhD with the help of a Jane and Robert Cizik PhD Scholarship at Cizik School of Nursing at UTHealth Houston.