School of Nursing
Behind the Degree: How Two Nursing Ph.D. Students are Improving Care for Underserved Populations
Direct experience with patients inspired Adwoa Gyamfi and Teresa Graziano to research the health and wellness of African American mothers in the U.S. and LGBTQ cancer patients
Nurse Researcher Xiaomei Cong Receives the 2021 Virginia A. Henderson Award
Given by the Connecticut Nurses Association, the honor recognizes Cong's significant contributions to nursing research
The Transformative Scandinavian Trip that Led a Nursing Ph.D. Student Back to UConn
George Goodrich '09 (NUR) worked in paramedicine and public radio before finding his way to nursing — and now has returned to UConn to pursue his doctorate
World-Renowned Nurse Scientist Nancy Redeker To Join UConn School of Nursing
Redeker is a fellow of the American Academy of Nursing and the American Heart Association and has an international reputation in biobehavioral nursing science
Nursing Researcher Investigating Treatment to Increased Pain Sensitivity from Opioid Use
Steven Kinsey is investigating how we might be able to use the body’s own cannabis-like chemicals to treat a painful condition associated with opioid use and addiction.
Alumna Donates World War I-Era Nursing Posters, Invalid Feeders to the School of Nursing
The artifacts, donated by Diane Sanchez ’95 MS, will be incorporated into the School’s Archives of Nursing History and displayed in the Widmer Wing of Storrs Hall at a future date
Eight New Faculty Members Join the School of Nursing
The four tenure-track and four clinical faculty members join the School at a time when preparing its students to care for the local and global communities is more important than ever
Raising Awareness of a Silent Danger After Bariatric Surgery
'People can have tremors, seizures, get confused, faint, or even fall into a coma'
School of Nursing Faculty Member, Alumnae to be Inducted as Fellows of the American Academy of Nursing
Annette Jakubisin Konicki, Jaclyn Conelius '10 Ph.D., Olga Jarrín Montaner ’02 (NUR), ’07 MS, ’11 Ph.D., and Dorothy Vittner ’16 Ph.D. will be recognized by the Academy in early October
Students Serving Community With Screenings, Vaccinations
A multidisciplinary force including UConn faculty and students came together last weekend in Hartford’s Keney Park and North End neighborhoods to offer free health screenings, COVID-19 information, and door-to-door vaccinations.