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March 6, 2023
Scholar Spotlight: Karl Cristie Figuracion
Karl Cristie Figuracion is a PhD in Nursing Science candidate and one of the de Tornyay Center’s 2022-2023 Healthy Aging Doctoral Scholars. Her project is “Environmental enrichment and cortical changes among brain tumor survivors”. Her faculty mentor is Dr. Hilaire Thompson. Why did you choose nursing? I chose the nursing profession, as I was…
October 5, 2022
Apply to our 2022-2023 Healthy Aging Scholarships!
Applications for the de Tornyay Center’s Healthy Aging Scholarships are open until October 20th! The center funds undergraduate and graduate nursing students at all three UW campuses. Learn more and find the applications here.
September 12, 2022
Spotlight Interview: Jeehye Jun
Jeehye Jun is a postdoctoral fellow in gerontological nursing at the University of Washington School of Nursing, starting in fall 2022. She will be working with Dean Azita Emami and her research team on the project ‘Biomarker Method for Assessing the Impact of Music on Persons with Dementia and Their Caregivers’. She comes to the…
The Age of Ageism
by Sarah McKiddy, UW School of Nursing de Tornyay Center for Healthy Aging Predoctoral Scholar This article is a part of a series on ageism, completed by de Tornyay Center predoctoral scholar, Sarah McKiddy. Find accompanying interviews on ageism here. According to the World Health Organization, ageism decreases an individual’s lifespan by 7.5 years. Ageism…
February 10, 2022
Now Open: Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Gerontological Nursing
The University of Washington School of Nursing is thrilled to announce two Postdoctoral Fellowships in Gerontological Nursing to start Fall 2022. We invite applicants with a passion for and commitment to improving the lives of older adults to apply. You will be joining an innovative, multidisciplinary research team and developing skills to prepare for a…
December 13, 2021
Scholar Spotlight: Tao Zheng
Tao Zheng is a PhD in Nursing Science student, studying sleep and cognition in individuals with advanced heart failure after receiving a left ventricular assist device. In 2020, he published an editorial in the Journal of Gerontological Nursing, titled “Who Cares? An Existential Perspective of Caregiving for Individuals with a Left Ventricular Assist Device.” His…
December 8, 2021
Engaging with Aging Blog Reaches 200 Posts
Doris Carnevali, UW School of Nursing faculty emerita, recently hit 200 posts on her blog, Engaging with Aging, where she talks about her experience of aging as a nurse and elder. Carnevali has been featured for her work on King5 news, and her ideas have provided the basis for research on an Engaging with Aging…
November 17, 2021
Watch the Fall Journal Club with Dr. Ethlyn McQueen-Gibson
On Monday, November 8th, Dr. Ethlyn McQueen-Gibson, Associate Professor at Hampton University, led a journal club on the paper, “Creating structural community cohesion: Addressing racial equity in older adult homelessness.” Watch the journal club on Zoom here.
October 7, 2021
Apply to our 2021-2022 Healthy Aging Scholarships
Applications for the de Tornyay Center’s Healthy Aging Scholarships are open until October 20th! The center funds undergraduate and graduate nursing students at all three UW campuses. Learn more and find the applications here.
September 21, 2021
World Alzheimer’s Day
In honor of World Alzheimer’s Day, the de Tornyay Center would like to share a selection of the innovative Alzheimer’s research spearheaded by faculty at the UW School of Nursing: Drs. Azita Emami, Gabriella Engstrom, and Hyejin Kim are working on a multidisciplinary music intervention project to develop an innovative, reliable method to assess stress…
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