News from Cizik School of Nursing

Assistant Professor Doncy Eapen, PhD, MSN, APRN, FNP-BC, becomes the first Cizik School of Nursing at UTHealth Houston faculty member to receive a prestigious grant from the Rita and Alex Hillman Foundation.

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.

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.

Cizik School of Nursing at UTHealth Houston Associate Professor Daphne Hernandez has received an NIH grant to develop a new measurement tool to identify the risk of food insecurity among Spanish-speaking immigrant parents.