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Jung Kwak, Ph.D., associate professor in the School of Nursing, and Alyssa Aguirre, LCSW, assistant director of dementia care transformation in the Department of Neurology at Dell Medical School, received a grant from the Texas Department of State Health Services, in June 2024, to develop an innovative education and training program focused on supporting individuals with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias (ADRD) along with their caregivers.

The University of Texas at Austin School of Nursing PhD Candidate Oscar Franco-Rocha, BSN, RN, recently published the article “Theory of Health Promotion for Sexual and Gender Minority Populations with Cancer” in the September-October 2024 edition of Nursing Outlook, the journal of the American Academy of Nursing.

Chris Abbyad, PhD, RN, WHNP, Clinical Associate Professor, was named a Fellow of the Association of Women’s Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses.

Heather Cuevas, PhD, RN, ACNS-BC, FCNS, assistant professor at UT Austin School of Nursing, has been selected to be inducted into the 2024 class of fellows of the American Academy of Nursing.

In May 2024, leaders from UT Austin School of Nursing visited the leaders of three colleges of nursing in South Korea to build upon established university-level agreements to explore specific areas of collaboration.

The UTMRC and AMEN programs received the Outstanding MRC Partner Organization Award from the Administration for Strategic Preparedness & Response.

Cara Young, PhD, RN, FNP-C, FAANP, FAAN, Associate Professor, published a study in the Neuropsychopharmacology journal that finds combining isradipine and VR cue therapy shows promise for reducing smoking cravings.

Kavita Radhakrishnan, PhD, MSEE, RN, FAAN, has been named the new Associate Dean for Research, effective June 1, 2024.

School of Nursing alumna Brianna Garza, RN; Graduate Research and Teaching Assistant So Hyeon Bang, PhD, RN; and Clinical Assistant Professor Li-Chen Lin, PhD, RN, CNRN, published their research in Nurse Education Today.

Carolyn Phillips, PhD, RN, AOCNP, and Whitney Thurman, PhD, RN, and community partner Emily Seales, LCSW-S, received a grant to support their research on