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Traditionally, postpartum care has ended at about six weeks or 42 days after birth when new mothers are last seen by their obstetrician. However, a study published in 2017 found that one-third of maternal deaths occur between seven days and one year postpartum.

Each year the SXSW Festival provides a stage where the global music industry alongside film and technology professionals can strut their stuff and make personal and work-related connections as well as discover the next generation of talent.

An ad hoc committee under the auspices of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine is extending the vision for the nursing profession into 2030 and charting a path for the nursing profession to help our nation create a culture of health, reduce health disparities, and improve the health and well-being of the U.S. population in the 21st century.

Just under 40,000 undergraduates were registered at UT Austin in 2018, so when one of them receives a large number of awards, it’s noteworthy.

The Center for Health Equity Research (HER) team celebrates Community Health Workers (CHWs) by participating in two important events.

Growing up in the Austin area, senior Kelsey Mumford experienced the impact a top-tier research university can have on a community.

Melissa Ibarra, Bachelor of Science in Psychology, UT El Paso ’16, and Mercedes Harris, Bachelor of Science in Kinesiology, UT San Antonio ’17, were recently awarded fellowships by the UT Austin Graduate School. The two were nominated by the UT Austin School of Nursing after being accepted into the graduate program.

Angie P. Clark, PhD, APRN, ACNS-BC, FAAN, FAHA, FCNS and associate professor emerita; and Heather Cuevas, PhD, RN, ACNS-BC, FCNS and clinical assistant professor, were among the first class of fellows inducted into the Clinical Nurse Specialist Institute (CNSI) Fellowship.

What if it were possible to use microbes to treat infections, outsmarting antibiotic resistance, or even to prevent disease before it starts? Sound too much like science fiction?