News from School of Nursing & Health Studies
Category: Community Partnerships
Grace Lasker, Green Chemistry and Chemical Stewardship
School of Nursing & Health Studies Senior Lecturer, Dr. Grace Lasker, is being recognised for her contribution to green chemistry. Dr. Lasker, collaborating with the UW's Department of Environmental & Occupational Health Science, Yale's Center for Green Chemistry and Green Engineering, and the UW's Professional & Continuing Education office, has designed an online program in chemical stewardship. Dr. Lasker has not only created the program but is also teaching courses within the one year certificate program.
August 1, 2016
Global Health Promotion in Guatemala Presentation
Thursday, July 28, 2016 at 11:00 am – 12:30 pm in UW1-210 You’re invited to join Team Guatemala, 18 students from NHS and IAS under the leadership of Dr. Mabel Ezeonwu, for a presentation about the NHS study abroad program, Global Health Promotion in Guatemala: Health Services Delivery in Resource-poor Settings
July 26, 2016
June Altaras, MN Alum, Receives Seattle Business Magazine Award
Seattle Business magazine has named June Altaras, Masters of Nursing alum, Outstanding Health Care Executive for the Puget Sound Region. Altaras is the Swedish Seattle Chief Executive and System Chief Executive for Acute Care. She also leads a newly formed system acute care operations council, serves on the boards of several Seattle-based organizations, the Northwest Healthcare Response Network, and the American Diabetes Association (ADA).
May 11, 2016
Nurses Week 2016: A Message From Our Dean
It's National Nurses Week! Join us in celebrating the contributions of all nurses and the important role they play in health care and our lives. Our Dean, David Allen, has shared a message for his fellow nurses - please click the "read more" button to continue to his message.
May 11, 2016
First Annual NHS Spring Celebration a Success!
The first annual School of Nursing and Health Studies Spring Celebration, honoring retiring faculty, faculty and staff promotions, and our community partner, Robin Fenn was a resounding success.
May 6, 2016
Saibo Tunkara, MN Student, Wins the “Distinguished Advocate, Administrator, Leader” Award.
Saibo Tunkara, MN Student, was nominated by his colleagues at Valley Medical Center in the Critical Care Center for this University of Washington Seattle School of Nursing award.
May 6, 2016
NHS Faculty Member, Maureen West, Appointed to WWU Board of Trustees
Western Washington University, in Bellingham, WA, is governed by an eight-member Board of Trustees. One NHS faculty member, Maureen West, has been selected to serve on this Board through September of 2021.
April 25, 2016
Alumni Update: Eleanor Marsh Trujillo, Nursing
Eleanor Marsh Trujillo, UWB Nursing alum, is one of this year's outstanding nurses honored at the UW Seattle School of Nursing's annual Nurses Recognition Banquet. Eleanor has been awarded the Distinguished Diversity Advocate Award.
April 20, 2016
Butch de Castro Awarded Five Year Grant
Dr. Butch de Castro, Associate Professor of the UW Bothell School of Nursing & Health Studies, along with collaborators at the UCLA School of Public Health and the University of San Carlos Office of Population Studies (Cebu, Philippines), have been awarded a five-year grant from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health & Human Development of the National Institutes of Health to study obesity risk in the context of international migration.
April 15, 2016
Innovators Among Us: Jody Early, Associate Professor
Associate Professor Jody Early blends eLearning with service-learning projects to create community online and offline.
March 7, 2016