School of nursing news
Congratulations to the U-M School of Nursing 2021 AAN Fellows
Oct 10, 2021Three members of the U-M School of Nursing community were inducted as fellows of the American Academy of Nursing during an induction ceremony on Saturday, Oct. 9. Join us in congratulating Assistant Professor Terri Voepel-Lewis (Ph.D. '13) and alumni Lisa Astalos Chism (BSN ’90, MSN '94), DNP, and Kristen Choi (BSN ’14, Ph.D. '17 ), who were inducted alongside more than 200 other distinguished nurse leaders in AAN's 2021 Class of Fellows, joining 20 other U-M School of Nursing faculty fellows.
Assistant Professor Terri Voepel-Lewis... Read more
Black COVID patients: Less medical follow-up, longer return-to-work delays, more hospital readmissions
Oct 05, 2021African American COVID-19 patients had the least physician follow-up and the longest delays in returning to work, a University of Michigan study found.
Nonwhite (Black, Asian, Latinx) patients also were most likely to be readmitted to the hospital within 60 days of release, according to the study, which characterizes health disparity trends among COVID-19 patients in Michigan that the pandemic has illuminated nationwide.
Sheria Robinson-Lane, assistant professor at the University of Michigan School of Nursing, and her team looked at health disparities in 2,217 COVID-19 patients... Read more
Social Media Threat Update from Dean Hurn
Oct 03, 2021U-M School of Nursing community:
I received many emails and shared thoughts about the events of yesterday’s social media threat against women at U-M. It was a frightening set of circumstances and caused anxiety and fear for most. Some of you are still feeling uneasy.
So I want to emphasize again that we are fully in the clear from this threat. All activities are continued as scheduled.
My sense is that we can feel a great deal of confidence in the way our university responded rapidly and thoroughly. And I also have confidence in our resilience and how that... Read more
Learn about the three faculty projects vying for your support in the We Dare Challenge
Oct 01, 2021From Friday, Oct.1, through Sunday, Oct. 31, the University of Michigan School of Nursing is issuing its second annual We Dare Challenge, giving those who value nurses a chance to collectively support three dynamic projects led by U-M School of Nursing faculty.
We Dare Challenge donors receive an exclusive invitation to a special virtual event on Monday, Nov. 1, when faculty will pitch each project and make their case for funding in a livestream broadcast. At the end of the event, donors vote on which project they want to support with the collective funds raised in October.
The... Read more
U-M School of Nursing welcomes visiting scholar Michelle Hindin Oct. 4
Sep 20, 2021On Monday, Oct. 4, the University of Michigan School of Nursing will welcome Visiting Scholar Michelle J. Hindin, Ph.D. MHS, director of the Population Council’s Reproductive Health Program. Hindin will deliver her presentation, “’Women Manufacture Children and if You Can’t You Are Just a Man’: Exploring the Burden of Infertility,” at 2 p.m. EDT in the North Ingalls Building, room 1250. The event is open to the entire U-M School of Nursing Community and will be livestreamed on Zoom for those who cannot attend in person.
Prior to her global leadership position at the Population... Read more
U-M School of Nursing researchers awarded $5 million grant to study dual epidemics
Sep 17, 2021There is increasing evidence that gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men (GBMSM) experience dual epidemics of HIV and intimate partner violence (IPV), yet understanding of the pathways between IPV and HIV risk is limited for GBMSM. Funded by the National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR), Assistant Professor Erin Kahle, Ph.D., MPH, and Sylvia S. Hacker Collegiate Professor of Nursing Rob Stephenson, Ph.D., will be conducting a 24-month cohort study examining the associations between the experience and perpetration of IPV and immunological, biological and... Read more
Professor Christopher Friese named to National Cancer Advisory Board
Sep 16, 2021President Biden has named Elizabeth Tone Hosmer Professor of Nursing Christopher Friese, Ph.D., R.N., among seven new members of the National Cancer Advisory Board.
Friese is also the Professor of Health Management and Policy at the U-M School of Public Health and associate director for cancer control and population sciences at the U-M Health Rogel Cancer Center. He is a national expert in the analyses of claims data to study care quality and has executed large surveys of ambulatory oncology nurses. At U-M, Friese leads an interdisciplinary research... Read more
U-M BSN ranked No. 4 in the nation by U.S. News & World Report
Sep 13, 2021The University of Michigan School of Nursing’s Bachelor of Science in Nursing program was ranked No. 4 in U.S. News & World Report’s first rankings of the nation’s top undergraduate nursing programs. U.S. News says it published BSN rankings for the first time this year due to the occupation’s rapid growth and nurses’ essential role during the pandemic.
BSN rankings are determined by the average of scores received from surveys of top academics and officials at nursing schools or departments. These officials rated the overall quality of undergraduate BSN programs they were... Read more
Support impactful faculty projects during the U-M School of Nursing’s second annual We Dare Challenge
Sep 13, 2021Together we decide
Four weeks. One choice.
Join the challenge
From Friday, Oct.1, through Sunday, Oct. 31, the University of Michigan School of Nursing is issuing its second annual We Dare Challenge, giving those who value nurses a chance to collectively support three dynamic projects led by U-M School of Nursing faculty.
The U-M School of Nursing We Dare Challenge will bring together like-minded individuals who want to support nursing education and outreach, giving everyone the opportunity to choose which faculty-led initiatives are most important to them.
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U-M School of Nursing announces 2021 Distinguished Alumni Award winner
Sep 10, 2021The University of Michigan School of Nursing and the school’s Distinguished Alumni Award Selection Committee are excited to announce Joyce (Beebe) Thompson, Dr.P.H., RN, CNM, FAAN, FACNM, as the winner of this year’s Distinguished Alumni Award.
Thompson, who earned her Bachelor of Science in Nursing and Master of Public Health degrees from U-M in 1964 and 1971, respectively, is an internationally recognized nurse ethicist, researcher, educator and practitioner. Her distinguished career reflects a lifelong passion for women’s health and human rights throughout the world.
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