Accomplishments: School of Nursing

Jennifer Kawi, Andrew Thomas Reyes, and Reimund Serafica (all Nursing) presented at the 33rd International Nursing Research Congress in Scotland. Their topic was about digital health care interventions in research used to evaluate clinical outcomes and how they apply to global nursing knowledge. The event’s overall theme this year was, “…
Lisa Nicholas (Nursing) successfully defended her doctoral dissertation to earn her ED.D from the University of Saint Augustine for Health Sciences. Her dissertation topic was "Foundational Skills before Clinical: Building Early Confidence in Novice Nursing Students."
Jinyoung Kim (Nursing) received the COBRE Pilot Project Award by NIH National Institute of General Medical Service for her study, "Tolerance to Shift Work and Its Potential Impact on Cognitive Function." This P20 mentored award through UNLV is intended to support basic and translational pilot projects in genomics and personalized medicine that…
Reimund Serafica (Nursing) was awarded a grant through the American Association of Nurse Practitioners as part of its 2022 grants and scholarship program.
Paul Thomas Clements, Aaron Bellow, Jr., Cheryl Maes, and Reimund Serafica (all Nursing) were published in the summer 2022 edition of the Nevada State Board of Nursing Magazine Nursing News.  Clements wrote about nursing interventions involving children who are exposed to intimate partner violence. Bellow, Maes, and Serafica were featured in…
Jennifer Vanderlaan (Nursing) was published as a co-author for a new study in the BMJ. The study is “Systematic Review and Meta-analysis to Examine Intrapartum Interventions, and Maternal and Neonatal Outcomes Following Immersion in Water during Labour and Waterbirth.”
Susan VanBeuge, Andrew Thomas Reyes, Dieu-My Tran, and Hyunhwa "Henna" Lee (all Nursing) have been promoted as of July 1. VanBeuge has been promoted to professor in residence. Reyes, Tran, and  Lee all have been promoted to associate professor with tenure.
Jacqueline Killian (Nursing) recently retired officially from the U.S. Air Force after 31 years of service, including extensive work as one of the only nurse scientists in the Air Force. She now transitions to full-time teaching status at UNLV Nursing. 
Reimund Serafica (Nursing) has been appointed the RN representative of the Public Health Advisory Board by the Southern Nevada Health District Board of Health. The PHAB advises the Board of Health on matters related to local public health planning and policy. 
Hyunhwa 'Henna' Lee (Nursing) published "Oxytocin Receptor Gene, Post-traumatic Stress Disorder and Dissociation in a Community Sample of European American Women" in the BJPsych Open journal, with her collaborators at the University of Michigan. Based on the quantitative trait gene association tests of an NIH-funded project’s data (R01…
Jay Shen, Zahra Mojtahedi, and Sfurti Rathi (all Public Health), and Jennifer Vanderlaan (Nursing) have just published an article, "Disparities in Adverse Maternal Outcomes Among Five Race and Ethnicity Groups," in Journal of Women's Health. Both Mojtahedi and Rathi are PhD in Public Health students.
Jennifer Vanderlaan (Nursing) co-authored a new publication, "Perinatal Education Participation: Description and Identification of Disparities."