Assistant Professor Christie Manasco, PhD, RN, CNE, has been named Assistant Dean of Student Affairs for the UT Health Science Center College of Nursing, effective July 1, 2024. In her position as Assistant Dean of Student Affairs, Dr. Manasco will report directly to College of Nursing Dean Wendy Likes, PhD, DNSc, APRN-BC, FAAN, FAANP. Her… Read More
The Associate Dean of Research at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center’s College of Nursing has received a two-year, $421,188 grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to improve cognitive screening in people who suffer from a devastating type of stroke called aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (aSAH). Professor Ansley Stanfill, PhD, RN, FAAN, has… Read More
Some might call family nurse practitioner Laura Reed, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC, CNE, a woman on a mission. She recently returned from a weeklong mission trip to Honduras, her sixth such trip in eight years. She made all these trips with her church in Southaven, Mississippi; the other five were to El Salvador. In Honduras, Dr.… Read More
A $1.58 million grant will support work by a health communication scholar at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center’s College of Nursing and a medical oncologist at West Cancer Center and Research Institute (WCCRI) to identify sociocultural and structural factors that are root causes of cancer health disparities for Black women in the Mid-South.… Read More
About 250 people celebrated nursing on May 3 at the eighth-annual NightinGala and Nurse Hero Awards. The program was presented by the University of Tennessee Health Science Center’s College of Nursing at the Great Hall and Conference Center in Germantown. The college hosts the event each year to launch the celebration of National Nurses Week,… Read More
Karen Carroll, RN, SANE-A, SANE-P, NY-SAFE, is a sexual assault survivor and forensic nursing specialist who is bringing her unique experience to other health care providers this Friday as part of The STEP-UP into Forensics Conference. Offered by the University of Tennessee Health Science Center’s College of Nursing, the conference will take place April 26… Read More
The University of Tennessee Health Science Center’s College of Nursing continues its strong showing among Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) programs nationwide with a No. 25 ranking by U.S. News & World Report for its DNP program on the magazine’s Best Graduate Schools list for 2024. The college’s DNP program has been ranked in the… Read More
About 150 nursing students from across Memphis gathered Friday for the inaugural Mid-South Future Nurses Summit presented by the Mid-South Nursing Leadership Collaborative. UT Health Science Center College of Nursing Dean Wendy Likes, PhD, DNSc, APRN-BC, FAAN, FAANP, serves as chair of the collaborative, which is made up of deans and directors of local nursing… Read More
