|
|
UTA HEALTH BULLETIN
JUNE 2021
|
|
|
DEAN'S MESSAGE
Dear CONHI Community,
First and foremost, I would like to share my congratulations to our recent graduates who completed their degrees this spring semester. Graduation is always an exciting time as we celebrate the culmination of our students' hard work and dedication to becoming health care professionals.
It was exciting to see so many of our graduates attend the in-person commencement ceremony, and I was pleased we were able to honor our 2020 graduates with an in-person ceremony as well.
I encourage our recent, and all, alumni to stay connected with CONHI, follow us on social media, join our events, and share your story to graduation and beyond so that we might profile you on our website and show students all the possibilities and opportunities a degree from CONHI brings.
This has been an encouraging time as the vaccine continues to roll out across the state and country. And I am excited looking ahead, as UTA plans for Fall 2021 classes back on campus, as well as for in-person student activities and events.
All the best,
Dean Elizabeth Merwin, PhD, RN, FAAN
| |
CELEBRATING IN-PERSON COMMENCEMENT
The College of Nursing and Health Innovation held two in-person commencement ceremonies on May 13, 2021. They were held at Globe Life Field, a truly unique experience for our graduates. An afternoon ceremony was held for our 2021 graduates and an evening ceremony to honor our 2020 graduates who were unable to walk across the stage last year due to the pandemic. View the full ceremonies here.
| |
CONHI IS NOW ON LINKEDIN
Our College now has a LinkedIn page, where you can stay up-to-date on recent news, connect with peers, and more.
Be sure to follow us, invite your connections, and engage with us.
| |
PUBLIC HEALTH ASSOCIATE CLINICAL PROFESSOR RECEIVES NOTABLE FULBRIGHT AWARD
Dr. Erin Carlson, associate clinical professor and director of Graduate Public Health Programs at University of Texas at Arlington’s College of Nursing and Health Innovation has been selected as a recipient of the renowned Fulbright Specialist Program award.
Through this award, Dr. Carlson will complete a project at Fundación Universitaria del Área Andina in Colombia that aims to exchange knowledge and establish partnerships benefiting participants, institutions, and communities both in the U.S. and overseas through a variety of educational and training activities within Public/Global Health. Dr. Carlson will work with local leaders from academia, city administration, and non-governmental organizations to help address public health services for newly arriving Venezuelan immigrants to Colombia.
| |
NORTH TEXAS GENOME CENTER RECEIVES ACCREDITATION FROM COLLEGE OF AMERICAN PATHOLOGISTS
The clinical laboratory at The University of Texas at Arlington’s North Texas Genome Center has received accreditation from the College of American Pathologists (CAP), the world’s largest organization of board-certified pathologists and a leading provider of laboratory accreditation and proficiency testing programs.
In collaboration with the Texas Genomics Alliance and UT Southwestern, the North Texas Genome Center offers high-speed and low-cost library preparation, sequencing and bioinformatic services to enhance the biotechnology and biomedical research communities.
| |
RESEARCHER WORKING TO FIGHT OPIOID EPIDEMIC IMPACTING CHILDREN
“Over time, we have learned more and more kids are often overlooked in trying to address the opioid epidemic,” shares Dr. Kristin Gigli.
Researcher and Assistant Professor in Nursing Kristin Gigli will begin a new project this summer to explore the screening and referral of adolescents for opioid use disorder and treatment in Dallas and Tarrant County. “This research is an opportunity to see how policies might impact students in Texas,” said Dr. Gigli.
“I plan to interview school principals, guidance counselors, and school nurses in Dallas and Tarrant County to learn about current practices related to screening and their process for referral to treatment for opioid use disorder, and barriers and facilitators to these practices.”
| |
UNIQUE COURSE ON HUMAN FACTORS IN PATIENT SAFETY
“We’re not standing around still, repeating the same thing for 30 years. New generations of nurses have different inspirations, and nurses are taking on the role of leading quality and safety improvement in hospitals,” shared Dr. Yan Xiao, professor in Nursing in the College of Nursing and Health Innovation.
Quality and safety are pivotal in the health care profession, and yet for many years formalized courses and in-depth professional training into such topics have been a missing link. Thanks to a unique course developed by patient safety expert Dr. Yan Xiao and his colleagues, students can now gain more experience into how to provide the safest and highest quality of care to patients.
“Health care is constantly evolving, and this course is an example how our College innovates to meet those new demands, including learning about human factors in order to be more patient-centered and to be effective patient safety champions,” said Dr. Xiao. “We’ve set out to make a difference and help our students be change agents.” The course is one of the first credited undergraduate courses on human factors offered in health professional schools.
| |
NEW TELEHEALTH AND HEALTH INFORMATICS UNDERGRADUATE CERTIFICATE NOW ENROLLING
This certificate will prepare undergraduate students to have fundamental skills needed for telehealth and health informatics. Telehealth is the distribution of health-related services via electronic and telecommunication technology. Health Informatics is the storage and use of health care information to foster better collaboration among various health-related providers.
Telehealth as a delivery method for health care has existed with limited uptake since the 1970s, but because of the coronavirus pandemic telehealth, use of telehealth and health informatics has exploded. Telehealth, as a mode of delivery of health care is part of the larger domain of Health Informatics.
What can this certificate do for you? This foundational certificate is intended to rapidly prepare and equip future health care providers of many professional disciplines with the fundamental skills and knowledge to function safely and effectively in a health care environment when they enter the work force.
| |
GERONTOLOGY SCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE
Scholarships are now available to full-time, on-campus graduate gerontology nursing students for the upcoming semester.
Interested in enrolling in one of our gerontology programs? Email infoconhi@uta.edu for more information!
| |
|
| Follow us on social media
| |
|
|
|
