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Moderators Shannon Jones and Jacki Hecht interviewed Scott Spivey-Provencio, a Community Organizer for Dollar For. He is also in his 3rd-year of medical school at The University of Texas at Austin Dell Medical School with plans to become a primary care physician for underserved communities.

Moderators Shannon Jones and Jacki Hecht interviewed Heather Cooks-Sinclair, an Epidemiology and Disease Surveillance Unit Manager at Austin Public Health that services the City of Austin and Travis County.

Since 2018, Associate Professor Kavita Radhakrishnan, PhD, MSEE, RN, FAAN, has been finding successful ways to encourage and monitor patients with heart failure (HF) through sensor-controlled digital games (SCDGs). In the spring of 2022, she launched two new R01 projects funded by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute at the National Institutes of Health, totaling $6.5 million.

Co-moderators Shannon W. Jones and Jacki Hecht interviewed Kimberly Holiday and Dr. Calvin Kelly.

Indigenous researchers from 10 countries—Australia, Canada, Guam, Guyana, New Zealand, Norway, Panama, Taiwan, Torres Strait Islands, and the U.S.—shared research findings and approaches to address the health and well-being of Indigenous populations worldwide at the 3rd International Indigenous Nursing Research Summit.

The University of Texas at Austin School of Nursing Professor Bo Xie, PhD, FGSA, has received a $561,417 grant from the National Institute on Aging in the National Institutes of Health for a high-priority R56 research project titled Tailoring Responses to ADRD Caregivers' Information Wants Through Human-Machine Collaboration (TRACO).

The University of Texas at Austin School of Nursing’s efforts to educate top nurses and improve care for older adults will continue to grow, thanks to a gift from long-time UT supporters Luci Baines Johnson and Ian Turpin, to create the Luci Baines Johnson and Ian J. Turpin Center for Gerontological Nursing.

After a tragic incident that Tonychris Nnaka, PhD, MPH, RN, CPH, experienced when he was 8 years old, he decided that whatever he would do in life, it would be related to saving lives and serving the needs of underserved people.

In this episode, Jacki Hecht and Shannon Jones discuss the often unspoken or hidden feelings around grief and loneliness to make this holiday season a bit sweeter.

On Saturday, December 3, 2022, at 9:00 a.m. (CST), the School of Nursing will host a ceremony at the Bass Concert Hall in honor of the graduating Class of 2022. The School of Nursing community is excited to honor your achievements and celebrate this moment with your friends and family.