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Three UK Nursing Faculty Honored as Fellows of the American Academy of Nursing

  Three UK College of Nursing faculty were honored as Fellows of the American Academy of Nursing (FAAN) on Saturday, October 29th, in a ceremony in Washington, DC.  Dr. Ana Maria Linares (DNS, RN, IBCLC), Dr. Gia Mudd-Martin (PhD, MPH, RN, FAHA), and Dr. Kim Tharp-Barrie (DNP, RN, SANE, FNAP) were inducted to this prestigious group.  Fellows are nursing leaders in education, management, practice, and research and represent nurses in higher education, hospital administration, state and federal government, and entrepreneurship.

College of Nursing's JungHee Kang's Research on Diet and Health Literacy Recognized at International Conference

  UK College of Nursing’s Dr. JungHee Kang was selected as the winner of the Nursing and Allied Professions Investigator Award for her best research presentation at the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Congress in August 2022, which was held in Barcelona, Spain.

Faculty Practice Spotlight: Dr. Julianne Ewen

  Julianne Z. Ewen, DNP, FNP-BC, FAANP Assistant Professor, Family Nurse Practitioner Track Courses

Shining a Light on Cancer & Health Inequities Part VI: Dr. Bola Adeboyega & Cervical Cancer

  Growing up in Nigeria, Dr. Adebola Adegboyega saw a lot of disparity rooted in social, economic and educational status. These disparities were further driven home when she became a medical lab scientist involved in HIV prevention, screening and counseling.  “There was a lack of access even to basic infrastructure among the population that I worked with,” she says. 

UK College of Nursing Dean Janie Heath Named 2021 AACN Advocate of the Year

The American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) has named the University of Kentucky College of Nursing’s Dean Janie Heath as their 2021 AACN Advocate of the Year for her efforts over the past year to promote academic nursing priorities in the federal sphere. 

Faculty Practice Spotlight: Dr. Holly Chitwood

  Holly Chitwood, DNP, APRN, FNP-C, AGACNP-BC Assistant Professor, Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Track Courses

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