News & Announcements

College of Nursing Dean Search
For information for the College of Nursing Dean Search please click here.

For information on College of Nursing faculty featured in the media please click here.

Seth and Denise Rosen Graduate Student Research Award
The Office of Research Facilitation and the Research Committee are pleased to announce the call for applications for the 2010 Seth and Denise Rosen Graduate Student Research Award. Applications are due to Sue Littau electronically by April 1. View the application here.

Alvie Griffin Bailey Award
Congratulations to staff members Bala Ramaraju, Mark Mershon and Kathy Lesinski for receiving the 2009 Alvie Griffin Bailey Award. The award provides recognition to outstanding staff associates who exemplify leadership abilities, commitment, a level of excellence in work habits and are team players throughout the College of Nursing.

CON Class of 1959 in the News!
Nursing Spectrum recently featured a story about the recent CON Class of 1959 Reunion. View the story here.

New CON Leadership
Congratulations to Dr. Julie Zerwic who has been named the new Interim Executive Associate Dean, Dr. Mariann Piano who has been named the Interim Department Head, Biobehavioral Health Science Department and Dr. Tonda Hughes who has been named the new Interim Department Head, Health Systems Science Department.

College of Nursing Interim Dean Announced
Dr. Mi Ja Kim has been named Interim Dean of the College of Nursing. Please see Provost Tanner's announcement here.

Center for Clinical and Translational Science
The website for the UIC Center for Clinical and Translational Science (CCTS) is available. Please visit the CCTS site here.

Join our team!
We are looking for senior/junior faculty with scholarship in areas such as: Women, Children or Family Health, Occupational or Mental Health, Health Behavior and Promotion, Health Services, Informatics, Gerontology, and Bio-behavioral Science. Please send CV to Kathy Lesinski.

Newly Funded Projects

Diana Wilkie and her team received an additional two year award from NINR for the Center for End-Of-Life Transition Research (CEoLTR) P30 as part of the federal stimulus funding.

Barbara McFarlin received a two year R21 from NICHD entitled "Biochemical, Biomechanical & Morphological Properties of Quantitative Ultrasound".

Carol Ferrans and Beth Calhoun (SPH, Co-PI) received a five year P60 Center grant entitled Center of Excellence in Eliminating Disparities.  This is a collaborative effort with the School of Public Health.

Alicia Matthews received a two year R21 from NINR entitled Development of a Culturally Targeted Patient Navigation Curriculum for LGBT Adults. The study will take place at the Howard Brown Health Center.

Michele Issel and Kathy Baldwin received a five year HRSA grant entitled Keeping RNs to Improve and Strengthen Population Health (KRISP). They are joined by co-i's Judy Storfjell and Laura Szalacha.

Tonda Hughes, grant entitled Cumulative Stress and Hazardous Drinking in a Community Sample of Lesbians, NIH/NIAAA, co-investigators: Timothy Johnson, PhD Alicia Matthews (UIC); Laura Szalacha, PhD (Arizona State University); Sharon Wilsnack, PhD (University of North Dakota).

Lorna Finnegan, NCI RO1 grant entitled Symptom Cluster Subgroups in Adult Survivors of Childhood Cancers. Carol Ferrans and Dick Campbell are co-investigators.

Beverly McElmurry, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation grant for the purpose of improving physical activity in low-income communities.

See all College of Nursing funded projects.

Upcoming Events

Annual UHP Spring Workshop
Save the date for the annual UHP workshop, February 22, 2010. Click here for more information.

12th Annual Power of Nursing Leadership Event
Thank you to all who participated in the 12th Annual PNLE. For more information on the event please visit the PNLE website! To view the PNLE 2009 Slideshow click here.

Information Sessions
Check the College of Nursing information sessions schedule for an opportunity to learn more about our programs.

Leadership Recognition

Congratulations to:

Faculty

Teresa Krassa received a Nurse Educator Fellowship Award for 2010 from the Illinois Board of Higher Education. (01/10)

Gerry Gorman and Tonda Hughes received the Nurse Recognition Award from the Alpha Lambda Chapter of Sigma Theta Tau. (12/09)

Beverly McElmurry received the International Leadership Award from the Alpha Lambda Chapter of Sigma Theta Tau. (12/09)

Suzanne Feetham received the 2009 ISONG Founders Award at the Annual International Society of Nurses in Genetics (ISONG). (11/09)

Judith McDevitt has been awarded the 2009 Marie Lindsey Spirit of Advanced Practice
Nursing Award from the Illinois Society for Advanced Practice Nursing (ISAPN). (11/09)

Dr. Beverly McElmurry has been selected as one of 100 University of Minnesota’s Distinguished Nursing Alumni. (11/09)

Beverly McElmurry received the 2009 Joan L. Shaver Illinois Outstanding Nurse Leader Award at the 12th Annual Power of Nursing Leadership Event. (10/09)


Students

Esther Anu Ogedengbe has been selected as the UIC Lincoln Academy Student Laureate.

Daravan Rongmuang's dissertation entitled "Regional Differences in Physical Appearance Identity" received Honorable Mention for the Alice J. Dan Dissertation Award from the UIC Center for Research on Women and
Gender. (08/09)

Yoko Shimpuku has been selected to receive an International Doctoral Fellowship from the American Association of University Women (AAUW) for the 2009-2010 academic year. (06/09)