Meghan Liebzeit (Nursing) was named a 2022-2023 National League for Nursing Jonas Scholar. This recognition awards direct funding for a scholar's final year of doctoral study to help complete their dissertation projects, along with support travel expenses to attend conferences.  Liebzeit is enrolled in the UNLV School of Nursing's …

UNLV Student Nurses Association (SNA) was named a finalist in the 2022 Governor's Point of Light Awards. The campaign annually recognizes individuals and organizations for their excellence in volunteerism throughout Nevada. UNLV SNA was named a finalist in the Nonprofit/Community Organization Volunteer Program. They will be officially…

UNLV alumna Meg Moorman will be inducted into the National League for Nursing's Academy of Nurse Educators (ANEF). Meg graduated with her Ph.D. in Nursing from UNLV in 2013. She is currently the director of the Faculty Innovating for Nursing Education Center and coordinator of the MSN in Nursing Education at Indiana University School of Nursing.

Jacqueline Killian (Nursing) and her colleagues — Col. Stephen Hernandez, U.S. Air Force Reserves and Ph.D. Program Director University of New Mexico School of Nursing; Col. Laurie Migliore, Deputy Chief Scientist, Lackland Air Force Base; Lt. Col. Theresa Bedford, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base; and Col. (ret. Air Force) Vickie Hughes,…

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.