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PHILADELPHIA (March 12, 2021) - The biennial award honors the best scholarly qualities that Dr. Fagin, the School s third Dean, exemplified. It is given to a Penn Nursing faculty member, or a graduate from the School s doctoral program, who has made a distinguished contribution to nursing scholarship. Dr. Bruner will deliver the lecture Inspiration, Innovation and Impact virtually during the award presentation on April 15, 2021 from 3-4:30 PM EST.
Deborah Watkins Bruner, RN, PhD, FAAN, is Senior Vice President for Research at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia. Bruner is also Professor and Robert W. Woodruff Chair in Nursing, Professor of Radiation Oncology, and a member of the Winship Cancer Institute. She is an internationally renowned researcher and clinical trialist with a focus on patient reported outcomes, symptom management, and comparative effectiveness of radiotherapy modalities.
March 11, 2021
Lin Zhan, currently dean of the University of Memphis Loewenberg College of Nursing and an expert on health equity for the vulnerable, will be the new dean of the UCLA School of Nursing, effective Aug. 1.
Zhan is the chief academic officer for the college’s programs on two campuses in Memphis and Jackson, Tennessee. Prior to her appointment at the University of Memphis in 2010, Zhan served as professor and dean of the School of Nursing at Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, leading the school’s programs on three campuses in Boston and Worcester, Massachusetts, and Manchester, New Hampshire.
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PHILADELPHIA (March 9, 20201) - The PhD degree prepares nurse scientists to advance knowledge through research that improves health, translates into policy, and enhances education. However, as the role of the nurse has changed, and health care has grown more complex, there is a need to re-envision how PhD programs can attract, retain, and create the nurse-scientists of the future and improve patient care.
To begin the dialog about the future of PhD education in research-intensive schools, the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing (Penn Nursing) invited 41 educational, governmental, professional, and philanthropic institutions to a summit in 2019. During the summit, participants collaborated on re-envisioning how nursing PhD programs can successfully advance nursing science and situate research-focused nursing PhD graduates for success in academia and beyond. An upcoming issue of the
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Hospital groups are applauding President Joe Biden s executive order that directs federal agencies to review Trump-era immigration policies that affect immigrants access to healthcare.
The order, signed on Tuesday, requires a top-to-bottom review of the public charge rule that allows the federal government to deny entry into the country or citizenship based on the receipt of public benefits such as Medicaid.
It also rescinds a memorandum requiring family sponsors to repay the government if relatives receive public benefits.
The action received praise from America s Essential Hospitals for allowing legal immigrants and their families to receive affordable healthcare.