Department of Research

Associate Professor Jennifer E. Sanner Beauchamp’s, PhD, RN, FAAN, pioneering work in biobanking and genomics earned her the 2020 Founders’ Award for Genomic Nursing Research from the International Society of Nurses in Genetics.

Associate Professor and Assistant Dean for Research Hyochol “Brian” Ahn, PhD, MSN, ANP-BC, FAAN, has been named the Isla Carroll Turner Chair in Gerontological Nursing at the Cizik School of Nursing of UTHealth effective November 1.

Maja Djukic, PhD, RN, FAAN, has been named the John P. McGovern Distinguished Professor in Nursing at the Cizik School of Nursing of UTHealth. She is an associate professor in the Department of Research.

Food insecurity and housing instability are intrinsically related and must be addressed together, Cizik School of Nursing associate professor Daphne Hernandez, PhD, and a team of researchers found in a retrospective study published in the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.

Associate Professor Hyochol “Brian” Ahn, PhD, ANP-BC, has been named Assistant Dean for Research at Cizik School of Nursing at UTHealth effective October 16. He is the Cizik School of Nursing’s Theodore J. and Mary E. Trumble Professor in Aging Research.