News from Cizik School of Nursing

Diane Santa Maria, DrPH, MSN, RN, FAAN; Janet Van Cleave PhD, RN, FAAN; and Daphne Hernandez, PhD, MSEd, FAAHB, receive NIH funding totaling more than $8.5 million.

New space includes a hybrid classroom, a debriefing area, and a simulated operating room equipped with the latest high-fidelity manikin.

Cizik School of Nursing Professor Elda Ramirez, PhD, FNP-C, ENP-BC, joins McGovern Medical School Associate Professor Jennifer Swails, MD, as co-director of UTHealth Houston Center for Interprofessional Collaboration.

U.S. News & World Report ranks Cizik School of Nursing at UTHealth Houston undergraduate program first in Texas and 16^th nationally.

American Heart Association’s ASA adopts Spanish-language R.A.P.I.D.O. acronym for stroke awareness created by Cizik School of Nursing and Institute for Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases at UTHealth Houston.

Through the Accelerated Nursing Curricula with Collaboration and Engagement (ADVANCCE) program, eight high school seniors learned hands-on skills and met mentors who will coach them throughout the school year.