The CONHI Marketing and Communications team welcomes you to the Fall 2025 semester! We are excited to begin a new academic year, and look forward to providing you with monthly updates on all the exciting news happening in our college.
Have a wonderful semester!
CONHI Marketing and Communications Team
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UTA Expands Efforts to Tackle Nursing Shortage
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The University of Texas at Arlington, the state’s largest producer of baccalaureate-educated nurses, has received a grant to expand its efforts to address the critical nursing shortage in Texas and across the nation.
The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board recently approved more than $5 million in funding through its Nursing Shortage Reduction Program.
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UTA Researchers Aim to Detect Heart Disease Early Using Sleep, Activity and Blood Pressure Data from Fitness Devices
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Researchers at The University of Texas at Arlington are launching a two-year study to explore whether data from everyday fitness trackers can help predict a person’s risk of developing cardiovascular disease. Backed by a $400,000 grant from the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, the study officially started on Aug. 1 and will use commercially available wearable devices to monitor physical activity, sleep and blood pressure.
Yue Liao, a UTA assistant professor of kinesiology, is leading the study with co-investigators Christine Spadola, an assistant professor of social work; Souvik Roy, an associate professor of mathematics; and Matthew Brothers, a professor of kinesiology.
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| Cancer Center Taps UTA Expert
for Survivor Health Study
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Yue Liao, a UTA assistant professor of kinesiology, is helping a leading national cancer center explore how wearable devices could help childhood cancer survivors avoid long-term health complications such as diabetes and heart disease.
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UTA Researchers Explore How Microplastics May Affect Muscle, Brain Health and Aging
in Real-World Settings
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A new interdisciplinary research project at The University of Texas at Arlington is investigating how microplastics—tiny plastic particles found in food, water and everyday consumer products—may impact the health of aging adults, particularly in relation to muscle and brain function.
The study is led by Un-Jung Kim, assistant professor in UT Arlington’s College of Science, with collaboration from School of Social Work Assistant Professor and co-investigator Kathy Siepker and the College of Nursing and Health Innovation’s Bone-Muscle Research Center.
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Join us: September 9th, 11am - 1pm on campus at Brazos Park
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Congratulations to Dr. Regina Urban and Dr. Leslie Jennings for receiving the following awards:
Urban, R. & Jennings, L. (2025). Resiliency training: A program-wide intervention to support learner well-being and retention. Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board. Role: Grant total: $150,000.
Jennings, L. & Urban, R. (2025). Exploring the relationships among the social determinants of learning in pre-nursing students: social support, stress, resilience and self-compassion. The National League for Nursing Emerging Investigator in Nursing Education Research Award. Grant total: $5,000.
Urban, R. & Jennings, L. & (2025). Psychosocial well-being, job satisfaction, and turnover ideation in new graduate nurses during the transition to practice. Sigma Theta Tau/Southern Nursing Research Society Grant. Grant total: $5,000.
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Assisted by the UTA media relations team, Ann Eckhardt (College of Nursing and Health Innovation) spoke with The Sacramento Bee and The News and Observer about the way Hollywood portrays heart attacks are "misleading" and shouldn't be expected. The story was republished in El Paso Inc, Fox 40, and New Atlas.
Coordinated by the UTA media relations team, Elizabeth Merwin (College of Nursing and Health Innovation), spoke with Newsweek about how the recently passed U.S. budget bill could affect rural healthcare.
At the Clinical Imaging Resource Center, UTA researchers, led by Michael Nelson, are pioneering new heart testing methods, including designing NASA-inspired lower-body negative-pressure pants. Dallas Innovates and Newsbreak reshared this news story.
KLAX in Alexandria, LA., aired a segment on Ann Eckhardt’s (College of Nursing and Health Innovation) research into the myths of what a heart attack looks like and real heart attack symptoms. This story, which reports that the way Hollywood portrays heart attacks is "misleading," was also published by The Sacramento Bee and The News and Observer in Charlotte, N.C.
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Ambulatory Medication Safety Events in High-Risk Patients with Diabetes Before and After a COVID-19 Clinic Slowdown. Young RA, Blair S, Teigen K, Li D, Fulda KG, Espinoza A, Gurses AP, Pitts SI, Hendrix ZN,
Xiao Y. J Patient Saf 2025 Apr 10. doi: 10.1097/PTS.0000000000001352. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 40202390.
Cue Detection and Self-Debriefing Techniques in Virtual Simulation: Techniques Using Cognitive Engineering Inspired Expertise Development Approaches. Xiao Y, Urban RW, Roye JL, Reid MB, Schmitt J, Borders J, Klein G, Mancini ME. Simul Healthc. 2025 Mar 10. doi: 10.1097/SIH.0000000000000851. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 40062978.
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Students experienced a memorable Summer Pinning Ceremony for completing their nursing programs.
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Nursing students are engaged as they begin their first week of classes.
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The first semester career fair had several partnering programs and was well attended by our students.
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