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Scholar Spotlight: Alexa Meins

Alexa Meins, PhD, BS, is a recent alumni of the UW School of Nursing PhD program. She received the de Tornyay Center’s 2020 PhD Pathways to Healthy Aging Award.  All interviews have been edited for length and clarity.  Find more scholar spotlight interviews here.  What is your dissertation on? My dissertation explored green exercise, or physical activity while in natural spaces, for older adults. I partnered with Seattle Parks and Recreation’s Sound Steps programs to gain insight into how we can make…

Scholar Spotlights: Najma Mohamed

Najma Mohamed is a first year BSN student. During winter quarter in 2020, she traveled to Japan as part of the Keio University Short-Term Nursing and Medical Care Studies Program to learn about challenges of an aging society. UW students attending the program were supported by the Center for Global Health Nursing and the de Tornyay Center for Healthy Aging. All interviews have been edited for length and clarity. Find all scholar spotlight interviews here. What interested you about the…

Scholar Spotlight: Mariyam Arifova

Mariyam Arifova is a first year BSN student. During winter quarter in 2020, she traveled to Japan as part of the Keio University Short-Term Nursing and Medical Care Studies Program to learn about challenges of an aging society. UW students attending the program were supported by the Center for Global Health Nursing and the de Tornyay Center for Healthy Aging. All interviews have been edited for length and clarity. Find all scholar spotlight interviews here. Why did you choose nursing?…

Scholar Spotlight: Kuan-Ching Wu

Kuan-Ching Wu, BSN, RN, is the de Tornyay Center for Healthy Aging’s pre-doctoral scholar. A first year PhD student from Taiwan, her research interests include older adults with dementia and their caregivers. Her faculty mentor is Tatiana Sadak. All interviews have been edited for length and clarity. Find all scholar spotlight interviews here. 2022 Update: The center is pleased to announce Kuan-Ching Wu as one of the center’s 2022-2023 Healthy Aging Scholars. Her project is on “A theoretical framework for…

Scholar Spotlight: Julia Meno

Julia Meno is a first year BSN student. During winter quarter in 2020, she traveled to Japan as part of the Keio University Short-Term Nursing and Medical Care Studies Program to learn about challenges of an aging society. UW students attending the program were supported by the Center for Global Health Nursing and the de Tornyay Center for Healthy Aging. All interviews have been edited for length and clarity. Find all scholar spotlight interviews here. Why did you choose nursing?…

Scholar Spotlight: Catherine Munene

Catherine Munene, CCRN, PCCN, BSN, is the de Tornyay Center’s Myrene C. McAninch Doctoral Scholar. A third year DNP student, her project is looking at falls in the outpatient setting. Her faculty mentor is Hilaire Thompson. All interviews have been edited for length and clarity. Find all scholar spotlight interviews here.   Why did you choose nursing? Initially, I was going to study computer science, but most of my relatives and friends here were in healthcare. They told me it…

Scholar Spotlight: Kristi Louthan

Kristi Louthan is the de Tornyay Center’s Germaine Krysan Undergraduate Scholar. An ABSN student, her research project looks at lifestyle factors and dementia in Asian American older adults. Her faculty mentor is Basia Belza. All interviews have been edited for length and clarity. Find all scholar spotlight interviews here.   What research or practice areas are you interested in? What I really love and am passionate about is kinesiology, so the movement of the body, and actually trying to fix…

Scholar Spotlight: Isadora Yi

Isadora Yi, BSN, MN, RN, is one of the de Tornyay Center’s Healthy Aging Doctoral Scholars. A DNP student, her project is creating a dementia care toolkit. Her faculty mentor is Hilaire Thompson. All interviews have been edited for length and clarity. Find all scholar spotlight interviews here.   When did you realize you wanted to work in gerontology? I’ve always enjoyed working with my older patients but didn’t realize that this was my niche until I did a clinical…

Scholar Spotlight: Boeun Kim

  Boeun Kim, BSN, MSN, RN, is one of the de Tornyay Center’s 2019-2020 Healthy Aging Doctoral Scholars. A fourth year PhD student, her project looks at cognitive health and the walkable neighborhood. Her faculty mentor is Basia Belza. All interviews have been edited for length and clarity. Find all scholar spotlight interviews here.   Why did you choose nursing? When I was 10 years old, I lost my grandfather. He was injured in a car accident and had severe…