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Associate Professor Brett Chiquet, DDS, PhD and Assistant Professor Deniz Dishman, PhD, CRNA

Nursing, dentistry faculty collaborate for kids

Dec 02, 2021

Two grants awarded through the SOD-CSON Joint Seed Award Program will enable interprofessional teams to collaborate on early stage research programs that will address critically important health problems affecting children.


Dr. Bridgette Pullis and Dr. Barbara Hekel

Equipping nurses to address vaccine hesitancy

Nov 11, 2021

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.


Marianne Marcus, EdD, RN, FAAN

“A TEACHER’S TEACHER”

Oct 18, 2021

Professor Emeritus Marianne Marcus remembers the early days of nursing education at UTHealth Houston.