Faculty Recognition

Faculty Practice Spotlight: Dr. Misty Ellis

Misty Ellis, DNP, APRN, CPNP-AC/PC Assistant Professor, Pediatric Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Track Coordinator Courses                NUR 930 Problems in Advanced Practice Nursing NUR 916 Program Planning & Evaluation for Improvement (Co-Faculty with Dr. Karen Butler) Area of Practice Pediatric Intensive Care and Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Medicine

UK Nursing's Dr. Williams receives Fred and Marcielle de Beer Award for impactful diabetes research

Congratulations to the University of Kentucky College of Nursing’s Lovoria Williams PhD, FNP-C, FAANP, FAAN for receiving the 2021 Fred and Marcielle de Beer Award from the UK Barnstable Brown Diabetes Center.   The Fred and Marcielle de Beer Award recognizes faculty for excellence in research, education, clinical care or leadership activities related to diabetes.

UK Nursing's Dr. Ellen Hahn receives prestigious 2021 Faye Glenn Abdellah Leadership Award

  The University of Kentucky College of Nursing’s Dr. Ellen Hahn was recently awarded the 2021 Faye Glenn Abdellah Leadership Award from the Friends of the National Institute of Nursing Research (FNINR) for her landmark research efforts to promote lung health and healthy environments.  

Dr. Melander Named to Academy's Fellow Selection Committee

Sheila Melander, PhD, ACNP-BC, FCCM, FAANP, FAAN, Associate Dean MSN, DNP, and Faculty Practice at the University of Kentucky College of Nursing, has been elected by her peers to a new leadership position in the American Academy of Nursing.  Dr.

UK College of Nursing’s Dr. Okoli Named President-Elect of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association

University of Kentucky College of Nursing professor and Behavioral Health Wellness Environments for Living and Learning (BH WELL) executive director Zim Okoli PhD, MPH, PMHNP-BC, APRN, NCTTP has been selected as president-elect for the American Psychiatric Nurses Association (APNA). 

Dr. Kelly Named Chair of UK Medicine's Department of Behavioral Science; Will Maintain College of Nursing Appointments

After two years leading the University of Kentucky College of Medicine Department of Behavioral Science as interim chair, Thomas Kelly, PhD, has accepted an offer to assume the role of full-time chair of his department. This change is retroactive to Aug. 1.

UK College of Nursing’s Zim Okoli to be Inducted as a Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing

UK College of Nursing’s Evelyn Parrish named the 2021 Psychiatric Nurse of the Year

The American Psychiatric Nurses Association (APNA) has named the University of Kentucky College of Nursing’s Evelyn Parrish,PhD, APRN, PMNPH-BC, FAANP as the 2021 Psychiatric Nurse of the Year for her standout clinical leadership and providing exceptional mental health patient service and care. 

University of Kentucky Nurse Researcher Named as Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health Policy Fellow

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) and National Academy of Medicine (NAM) have named the University of Kentucky College of Nursing’s Kristin Ashford, PhD, WHNP-BC, FAAN to the 2021-2022 class of RWJF Health Policy Fellows. 

Dr. Hartley Feld receives 2021 UKHC-UKCON Academic-Clinical Engagement Award

  Pictured above from left to right are Gwen Moreland, chief nurse executive for UK Healthcare, Dr. Hartley Feld and Janie Heath, dean of UK College of Nursing.  The University of Kentucky College of Nursing's Hartley Feld, PhD MSN, RN, PHCNS-BC was honored earlier this month during UK HealthCare's Nursing Excellence Award Ceremony by receiving the 2021 UKHC-UKCON Academic-Clinical Engagement Award.