News and Events

Merle Mishel to be Inducted into Nurse Researcher Hall of Fame

May 2, 2011 | In Faculty, News, Research Tags: Merle Mishel, National Institutes of Health, Nursing and Related Clinical Sciences Study Section, Nursing Research, Sigma Theta Tau International Nurse Researcher Hall of Fame

Dr. Merle Mishel

Kenan Professor of Nursing Dr. Merle Mishel will be inducted into the 2011 Sigma Theta Tau International (STTI) Nurse Researcher Hall of Fame.

Dean Swanson comments on Bush’s miscarriage on Time.com

November 11, 2010 | In Dean Kristen Swanson, Faculty Tags: dean, experts, Kristen MSwanson, media coverage, miscarriage, Nursing Research

Dean Kristen Swanson

In a story on Time.com, UNC Chapel Hill School of Nursing Dean Kristen Swanson comments on George W. Bush talking about the miscarriage his mother had when he was a teenager:

Debra Barksdale Appointed to National Health Panel

September 27, 2010 | In Education, Faculty, News, Research Tags: Debra Barksdale, nurse practitioner, Nursing Education, Nursing Research, Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute

Debra Barksdale, PhD, RN, CFNP, CANP

Debra Barksdale, associate professor at the University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill School of Nursing, has been appointed to a new national health-care research panel. Barksdale (PhD, RN, CFNP, CANP) is one of the 19 members of the Board of Governors for the new Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI).

Welcome to the Faculty: Shawn Kneipp, PhD, ARNP

August 25, 2010 | In Faculty, Research Tags: health disparities, North Carolina health, Nursing Research, public health nursing, public policy, Shawn Kniepp PhD ARNP, welfare to work, women's health

Shawn Kniepp, PhD ARNP

Shawn Kniepp has been involved in health disparities research for fifteen years and received numerous National Institutes of Health grants to support her work and that of doctoral students. She looks at two major areas of disparities.