The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) School of Nursing

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New alumna will be panelist at Capitol Hill briefing

UTHealth School of Nursing alumna Brittnee MacIntyre (pictured at left) will travel to the nation's capital on Jan. 21 to share her perspective on the Texas Gulf Coast Graduate Nurse Education Demonstration Project. The BSN and MSN graduate of UTHealth will be a panelist at an Alliance for Health Reform briefing about the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services demonstration project, which is working to increase the number of APRN graduates in this region by 64 percent over four years.

Dean Starck donates papers to TMC Library archives

“This is a wonderful gift to the future,” said nursing historian Dr. Adrian Melissinos (pictured at left) during a signing ceremony for UTHealth School of Nursing Dean Patricia Starck’s donation of archival materials spanning her 30-year career in the Texas Medical Center. The collected papers and other items are going to the John P. McGovern Historical Collections and Research Center.

Santa Maria appointed PARTNERS Research Scholar through FY 2017

The new PARTNERS Research Scholar, Dr. Diane Santa Maria (pictured at left), will receive three years of endowment funding to help support her research in adolescent health intervention development. “Needless to say, she is a rising star,” said Dr. Nancy Bergstrom, UTHealth School of Nursing’s associate dean for research, announcing the appointment.

Frazier named new UTHealth School of Nursing dean

UTHealth President Giuseppe N. Colasurdo, M.D., has announced the appointment of Lorraine Frazier, PhD, RN, FAAN (pictured at left), as the new dean of the UTHealth School of Nursing, effective Feb. 1, 2015. A Distinguished Alumna of the school, Frazier will succeed Dean Patricia L. Starck, who will continue serving as UTHealth’s senior vice president for interprofessional education.