(Publication) Feasibility of a Mindfulness-Based Intervention with Sheltered Youth Experiencing Homelessness
Jul 02, 2020(July 2, 2020) Santa Maria, D., Cuccaro, P., Bender, K. et al. Feasibility of a Mindfulness-Based Intervention with Sheltered Youth Experiencing Homelessness. J Child Fam Stud 29, 261–272 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10826-019-01583-6
Grant funds COVID-19 research with Hispanic families
Jun 29, 2020Daphne Hernandez, PhD, is expanding her work with Hispanic immigrant families through a new study that will seek to understand where parents and teens get information about COVID-19, their beliefs about the disease, and how socioeconomic factors are affecting their health behaviors. The overall impact of COVID-19 and other stressors on mental health will also be examined.
Whisenant Receives CPRIT Grant for Breast Cancer Symptom Research
May 21, 2020Cizik School of Nursing at UTHealth's own Meagan Whisenant, PhD, APRN, an assistant professor in the Department of Research, is one of seven new recipients of the First-Time, Tenure-Track Faculty Member Awards granted this week by the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT).
Three seed grants inaugurate aging-in-place research at Smart Apartment
May 19, 2020Researchers from The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston and Rice University are initiating research in the Cizik School of Nursing at UTHealth’s Smart Apartment using seed grants to study technological tools to help older people live independently. The first three Internet of Things and Aging in Place Seed Grants were awarded to interdisciplinary teams from multiple institutions who will work together to test ideas, gather critical information, and lay the groundwork for larger grant applications in the future.
ED Nurses' Jobs Change Daily with COVID-19
Apr 08, 2020Elda Ramirez, PhD, ENP-C, directed student nurses at the George R. Brown Convention Center who cared for people displaced by Hurricanes Katrina and Harvey, but in her 30 years as an ED nurse, she has never seen anything like COVID-19.
Three Cizik School of Nursing programs ranked nationally by U.S. News & World Report
Mar 17, 2020Three programs at Cizik School of Nursing at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) made the 2021 list of Best Graduate Schools published today by U.S. News & World Report.