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June 26, 2024
Congratulations to SNHCL's Bachelor of Arts in Healthcare Leadership Graduate, Kalea Velasco-Cosare
Congratulations to SNHCL's 2024 Bachelor of Arts in Healthcare Leadership graduate, Kalea Velasco-Cosare! Kalea is with SNHCL faculty: Dr. Weichao Yuwen, Dr. Christine Stevens, and Dr. Pasty Maloney at UW Tacoma's Commencement that took place on June 7, 2024.
June 11, 2024
UW Tacoma's BSN Alum, Dawn Morrell Inducted to the 2024 Washington State Nurses Association Hall of Fame
Congratulations to Dawn Morrell, UW Tacoma School of Nursing and Healthcare Leadership's '95 Bachelor of Science in Nursing Alum, for being inducted into the Washington State Nurses Hall of Fame! Dawn credits UW Tacoma for making her realize how much she loved her profession. Learn more here.
June 10, 2024
SNHCL's Master of Nursing Hooding Ceremony Took Place on June 6th
UW Tacoma's School of Nursing and Healthcare Leadership held their Master of Nursing Hooding Ceremony on June 6th at William Philip Hall on UW Tacoma's campus. Congratulations to SNHCL's Master of Nursing graduates!
June 5, 2024
Congratulations to UW Tacoma's Oscar Award Recipients - BAHCL Students and SNHCL Faculty
Congratulations to 2024 Oscar Award recipients - Bachelor of Arts in Healthcare Leadership Students: Kalea Velasco-Cosare, Ethan Li, and Holly Wetzel and SNHCL's Associate Professor, Dr. Christine Stevens! Learn more here.
2024 Award Recipients
- ASUWT President's Award - Kalea Velasco-Cosare
- Husky Volunteer Service Award | Purple Medallion (200+ hours) - Kalea Velasco-Cosare
- International Student Leadership Award - Ethan Li
- New Student Enrollment & Orientation Fee Committee Recognition - Holly Wetzel
- Husky 100 Recognition - Holly Wetzel
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Students’ Choice: Outstanding Faculty - Dr. Christine Stevens
May 16, 2024
Dr. Christine Stevens and Dr. Weichao Yuwen Nominated for Students' Choice Award: Outstanding Faculty
Congratulations to Dr. Christine Stevens and Dr. Weichao Yuwen, Associate Professors at UW Tacoma's School of Nursing and Healthcare Leadership, on being nominated for the Students' Choice Award: Outstanding Faculty! Announcements for this award as well as other awards will be made on May 17th at the Oscars Ceremony taking place at the University Y Student Center. Learn more here.
May 10, 2024
Dr. Sunny Cheng Selected as the Recipient of the 2024 Distinguished Community Engagement Award
Congratulations to Dr. Sunny Cheng, Associate Professor at the School of Nursing and Healthcare Leadership at UW Tacoma, for being selected as a recipient of the 2024 Distinguished Community Engagement Award by The Office of Community Partnerships at UW Tacoma. Dr. Ali Modares, Assistant Chancellor for Community Partnerships expressed, "This award recognizes Dr. Cheng's approach to community engagement through collaborative community-based participatory research and intervention mapping procedures. Dr. Cheng's work highlights deep and sustained mission-aligned work with her community partners to improve the well-being of students' and community health."
Learn more about Dr. Cheng's work here.
May 1, 2024
SNHCL's Bachelor of Arts in Healthcare Leadership Student - Holly Wetzel Selected as a Husky 100 Student
Congratulations to SNHCL's Bachelor of Arts in Healthcare Leadership student, Holly Wetzel who has been selected as a Husky 100 student! The Husky 100 recognizes 100 UW undergraduate and graduate students who are making the most of their time from all three UW campuses. Learn more here.
May 1, 2024
SNHCL's Inaugural Bachelor of Arts in Healthcare Leadership's Networking Event Held on April 22nd
The School of Nursing and Healthcare Leadership (SNHCL) held its first networking event for Bachelor of Arts in Healthcare Leadership students and alums on April 22nd at William Philip Hall. This event was well-attended. SNHCL invited a small number of alums and community partners including Multicare and Tacoma Pierce County Health Department for this inaugural event but hope to make it an annual event with more community partners and employers next year. Many thanks go out to our alums and community partners as well as this event's organizer, Johnica Hopkins - SNHCL's Academic Advisor.
April 25, 2024
Dr. Sharon Laing and Dr. Kathleen Shannon-Dorcy Awarded Tier 2 Pilot Grant by the University of Washington Population Health Initiative
Congratulations to Dr. Sharon Laing, Associate Professor at SNHCL and Dr. Kathleen Shannon-Dorcy, Nurse Scientist at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center who were awarded Tier 2 Pilot Grant by the University of Washington Population Health Initiative. The initiative’s Tier 2 pilot grant program is intended to support UW researchers in developing preliminary data or the proof-of-concept needed to pursue follow-on funding to scale one’s efforts. Their team's research is about "Promoting Wellness and Well-Being Among Direct Clinical Service Providers Working in Regional Community Health Centers." Learn more here.
April 25, 2024
Dr. Jingyi Li and Dr. Weichao Yuwen Awarded Tier 2 Pilot Grant by the University of Washington Population Health Initiative
Congratulations to SNHCL faculty, Dr. Jingyi Li and Dr. Weichao Yuwen who were awarded Tier 2 Pilot Grant by the University of Washington Population Health Initiative. The initiative’s Tier 2 pilot grant program is intended to support UW researchers in developing preliminary data or the proof-of-concept needed to pursue follow-on funding to scale one’s efforts. Their team's research is about "Culturally adapting and pilot testing chatbot-delivered psychotherapy for Chinese American families caring for older adults with chronic conditions." Learn more here.
April 18, 2024
BSN Students in Dr. Jingyi Li's TNURS 414 Class Will Hold a Fundraising Art Show for the Opening Minds through Art Program
UW Tacoma's School of Nursing and Healthcare Leadership's Bachelor of Science in Nursing students from Dr. Jingyi Li's TNURS 414 class volunteered at the Opening Minds through Art (OMA) Program last quarter. Now they will be organizing a fundraising art show for the OMA program at the Mountainview Community Center on May 8th from 12pm to 2pm. Learn more about these BSN students' volunteer work, their passion for the OMA, and their fundraising art show in the Tacoma Weekly.
April 16, 2024
Dr. Robin Evans-Agnew Presented at Sigma Theta Tau's Annual Global Conference on Nursing Responsibility for Planetary Health
Dr. Robin Evans-Agnew, Associate Professor at UW Tacoma School of Nursing and Healthcare Leadership (SNHCL), presented a talk on "Global Health to Planetary Health: Research and Revolution in Nursing for Climate Justice" at Sigma Theta Tau's Annual Global Conference and chapter meeting at Seattle Pacific University on April 13th. His presentation was based on his recent publication on Nursing Responsibility for Planetary Health: Evans-Agnew, R. A., LeClair J., & Sheppard D.-A. (2024). Just-Relations and Responsibility for Planetary Health: The Global Nurse Agenda for Climate Justice. Nursing Inquiry. 31(1) p.1-16 and included an update on Climate Justice and Nursing in the Environmental Health and Nursing Textbook published by ANHE.
Dr. Anne Mulligan, SNHCL Clinical Faculty and President of Psi-at-Large Chapter of Sigma Theta Tau, welcomed the members including alums from SNHCL's Bachelor of Science in Nursing and Master of Nursing programs to the Annual Global Conference.
April 9, 2024
Congratulations to Dr. Susan Johnson on Her Retirement at the End of Spring 2024 Quarter!
Dr. Susan Johnson, Associate Professor at the School of Nursing and Healthcare Leadership (SNHCL) at UW Tacoma became an Associate Professor at SNHCL in 2013. Her research focused on workplace bullying. She has given presentations both nationally and internationally on this topic. In addition to being respected for her expertise in workplace bullying, Dr. Johnson is regarded highly as a professor among her students and colleagues at SNHCL and will be missed! Congratulations to Dr. Johnson on her retirement! Learn more about Dr. Johnson here.
March 29, 2024
Dr. Sharon Laing Recognized as Executive Council Representative of the Month
Congratulations to Dr. Sharon Laing, Associate Professor at UW Tacoma's School of Nursing and Healthcare Leadership who has been named as Executive Council Representative of the Month. The Faculty Assembly has recognized Dr. Laing's accomplishments with the entire campus community and outstanding service contributions. Learn more here.
March 13, 2024
Kiara Landon, BSN Alum of UW Tacoma, is Official Delegate of WA State to Miss Universe Philippines
Kiara Landon, Bachelor of Science in Nursing Alum from UW Tacoma's School of Nursing and Healthcare Leadership, was named runner-up in the Miss Philippines USA 2023 competition in July 2023. She will now represent the US and Washington's Filipino community at the Miss Universe Philippines 2024 contest in Manila in May. Learn more here.
March 12, 2024
Dr. Jingyi Li's Bachelor of Science in Nursing students at UW Tacoma Volunteered at the Opening Minds Art Program
Dr. Jingyi Li is an Assistant Professor at UW Tacoma’s School of Nursing and Healthcare Leadership (SNHCL). Her Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) students in their practicum class volunteered at the Opening Minds through Art program at Mountainview Community Center in Edgewood this quarter. Dr. Li invited Wendy Morris, the Regional Coordinator for Dementia Friends in Pierce County to give a Dementia Friends Champion training for SNHCL’s BSN students since the training content was relevant to their practicum project. This cohort of students presented their “promoting dementia-friendly communities through art and education” project at the poster session last week. Learn more about Dementia Friends here.
February 2, 2024
JingJing Xu (MSN, RN), a Short-Term Visiting Scholar from Nanjing Medical University visiting UW Tacoma
JingJing Xu (MSN, RN) is the Vice-Director of Nursing at the First Affiliated Hospital, Women and Children Branch, of Nanjing Medical University as well as Associate Teaching Professor in the School of Nursing at Nanjing Medical University in Jiangsu, China.
Dr. Vanessa de Veritich Woodside, Ph.D., Associate Dean of Equity and Inclusion and Associate Professor of Spanish Language and Cultures at UW Tacoma has shared that "Jingjing Xu's primary areas of expertise and research interests include chronic disease education and support with a focus on maternal and child health. Her team’s research concentrates on topics such as children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes and their caregivers, lipohypertrophy care, and gestational diabetes. Ms. Xu would like to express her gratitude to Dr. Weichao Yuwen for sponsoring her visit to UW Tacoma. During her stay, she'll delve into advanced teaching concepts, observe innovative teaching methods, and actively participate in the research activities in Dr. Yuwen’s research group and her collaboration with Dr. Martine De Cock in SET. She is particularly eager to gain insights into courses related to health informatics, familiarize herself with research applying machine learning and artificial intelligence to health research, and develop future collaborations. In addition, Ms. Xu appreciates the invaluable support provided by Dr. David Reyes, Dr. Jingyi Li, Dr. Robin Evans-Agnew (SNHCL), Dr. Martine De Cock (SET), Jessica Immerman, and Akane Yamaguchi. JingJing Xu will be with us until mid-March and can be reached at dsnxjj@njmu.edu.cn OR jingjx3@uw.edu."
January 19, 2024
Susan Ramos, SNHCL MN Alum - Providing Mental Health First Aid Educational Series
Susan Ramos, UW Tacoma School of Nursing and Healthcare Leadership's (SNHCL) Master of Nursing Alum is currently the Director of Utilization Management at Wellfound Behavioral Health Hospital and Co-Founder of Commencement Behavioral Health (CBH) Coalition for School Mental Health. She has been doing monthly school mental health educational series to all the school nurses and health aides at the Tacoma Public Schools. These one hour sessions started in September 2023 and are scheduled until May 2024. The school nurses have the opportunity to receive CE credits for these sessions. The topics include Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) for teens and school staff in the Tacoma School District, anxiety disorders, youth psychosis, depression/suicide, youth treatment programs such as partial hospitalization programs (PHPs), intensive outpatient programs (IOPs), and inpatient hospitalization, as well as youth therapy programs. These sessions have been well-received with a huge turnout for each session thus far. School nurses have expressed the need for more education, tools, and resources with youth mental health.
January 11, 2024
Dr. Sharon Laing - Recipient of the 2024 UW Health Sciences Martin Luther King Jr. School of Nursing Community Service Award
Congratulations to Dr. Sharon Laing who has been selected as the recipient of the 2024 UW Health Sciences Martin Luther King Jr. School of Nursing Community Service Award. Dr. Laing is an Associate Professor of Nursing and Healthcare Leadership at UW Tacoma and Adjunct Associate Professor at the University of Washington Seattle School of Public Health. Learn more here.
December 11, 2023
Dr. Susan Johnson Invited to The ILO Violence and Harassment Convention, 2019 (No. 190)
Dr. Susan Johnson, Associate Professor at SNHCL, was invited to be an outside academic discussant on the report that was presented at the International Association on Workplace Bullying and Harassment (IAWBH) and International Labour Organization (ILO) webinar on "The ILO Violence and Harassment Convention, 2019 (No. 190): exchanges between practitioners and academia on preventing and ending violence and harassment in the world of work" on December 11, 2023. See more about the conference here.
November 21, 2023
Yolanda Fong, UW Tacoma SNHCL Alumna (BSN and MN) Promoted to Kitsap Public Health District's Administrator
Yolanda Fong, UW Tacoma School of Nursing and Healthcare Leadership (SNHCL) alumna of both the Bachelor of Science in Nursing and Master of Nursing programs, has been promoted to serve Kitsap Public Health District as its administrator. She had held the position of community health director previously. Learn more here.
November 20, 2023
Dr. Patsy Maloney Selected as the 2023 Advocate for NPD Specialty Award Recipient
Dr. Patsy Maloney, Teaching Professor at the UW Tacoma School of Nursing and Healthcare Leadership, was presented with the prestigious 2023 Advocate for NPD Specialty Award by the Association for Nursing Professional Development (ANPD) at the 2023 ASPIRE Convention in Atlanta! Learn more here.
October 18, 2023
Dr. Sharon Laing Recognized by the American Public Health Association
Dr. Sharon Laing, an associate professor in the UW Tacoma School of Nursing & Healthcare Leadership and an adjunct associate professor in the UW School of Public Health's Department of Health Systems and Population Health, is the 2023 recipient of the Lyndon Haviland Public Health Mentoring Award. Learn more about her work here: "Simply Something I Do."
October 9, 2023
Dr. Weichao Yuwen (SNHCL) and Dr. Maggie Ramirez (UWS School of Public Health) Awarded Grant from the National Institutes of Health
Dr. Weichao Yuwen, Associate Professor at UW Tacoma's School of Nursing and Healthcare Leadership (SNHCL) and Dr. Maggie Ramirez, Assistant Professor at UW Seattle's School of Public Health, received a research grant from the National Institute of Nursing Research to explore innovative methods for multicultural and multilingual adaptation of AI-based health technologies to expand access to care for marginalized family caregivers. Learn more here.
October 9, 2023
Dr. Katie Haerling Invited to Present Research at the NCSBN Scientific Symposium
Dr. Katie Haerling, Professor at the School of Nursing and Healthcare Leadership at UW Tacoma, has been invited to present her research at the NCSBN 2024 Scientific Symposium. Contributing to evidence-based regulatory decisions: A comparison of traditional clinical experience, mannequin-based simulation, and screen-based virtual simulation. Journal of Nursing Regulation, 13(4), 33-43. The publication that Dr. Haerling will be presenting about is co-authored by UW Tacoma SIAS faculty Zaher Kmail and UW Tacoma SNHCL MN Student Alex Buckingham. Haerling, K. Kmail, Z., Buckingham, A. (2023).
October 5, 2023
Dr. Weichao Yuwen (SNHCL) and Drs. Martine De Cock and Ling-Hong Hung (SET) Receive NIH Funding to Start a Machine Learning for Health Equity Lab at UWT
Drs. Martine De Cock and Ling-Hong Hung (SET) and Dr. Weichao Yuwen (SNHCL) received funding from the National Institutes of Health AIM-AHEAD PAIR program to start a Machine Learning for Health Equity lab at UWT. The Machine Learning for Health Equity lab at the University of Washington Tacoma stems from a collaborative effort between the School of Engineering and Technology and the School of Nursing and Healthcare Leadership. As the MPIs shared: "this interdisciplinary partnership is at the core of our mission. We believe that innovative applications of machine learning hold immense potential in addressing a wide range of challenges related to disease prevention, diagnosis and treatment, and self- and family management of chronic health conditions. However, it is essential to acknowledge the genuine risks associated with machine learning systems in this context, particularly regarding algorithmic bias based on gender and race. Our primary goal is to pioneer responsible machine learning solutions. We aspire to ensure that these solutions offer the same high-quality service to all patients and families while safeguarding their privacy and addressing issues of fairness and equity."
September 22, 2023
Dr. Susan Johnson - Speaker at the Health and Well-Being Conference on October 19th
Dr. Susan Johnson, Associate Professor at UW Tacoma's School of Nursing and Healthcare Leadership will be speaking on October 19th at the Health and Well-Being Conference held by the Nursing Care Quality Assurance Commission (NCQAC) at the Greater Tacoma Convention Center on October 19th and 20th. There is still time to register. Find out more information about the conference and other presenters here.
September 21, 2023
Congratulations to Dr. Sunny Cheng for her Many Recognitions
- UW Tacoma’s School of Nursing and Healthcare Leadership is delighted to announce that Dr. Sunny Cheng has been promoted to Associate Professor with Tenure effective September 16, 2023.
- Dr. Sunny Cheng was selected by the Tacoma Public Schools (TPS) as the recipient of the Shining Star Community Partner Award which recognized her community engagement and research activities to support TPS students, families, and schools. This line of work was supported by the community partnership office and the Population Health Initiative. The ceremony will be held on September 28th.
- Dr. Hilaire Thompson, Associate Vice Provost for Academic Personnel invited Dr. Sunny Cheng to be a panelist at the "Building a Scholarship Portfolio in Medicine & Health Sciences" at UW Seattle on September 11th.
September 5, 2023
Dr. Sharon Laing Honored with the Lyndon Haviland Public Health Mentoring Award
Congratulations to Dr. Sharon Laing as one of this year's honorees of the Lyndon Haviland Public Health Mentoring Award by the American Public Health Association (APHA)! Dr. Laing is associate professor at the UW Tacoma School of Nursing and Healthcare Leadership and adjunct associate professor at the University of Washington Seattle School of Public Health.
“These outstanding public health leaders and advocates are truly inspiring. In many different ways, each of them has strengthened the field and helped create healthier communities." said Georges C. Benjamin, MD, executive director of APHA.
June 12, 2023
2023 Master of Nursing Hooding Ceremony
Congratulations to the School of Nursing and Healthcare Leadership's 2023 Master of Nursing graduates!
Congratulations to Dr. Kathleen Shannon Dorcy who was awarded the Founders Legacy Award by SNHCL's Dean, Dr. David Reyes and Dean Emerita, Dr. Sharon Fought. Dr. Shannon Dorcy has helped UW Tacoma's campus and community grow over the past 30 years.
June 1, 2023
Peter Mathias Mendy Promoted to Senior Director of Operations at Kaiser Permanente Washington
Congratulations to Peter Mathias Mendy, an alum of both our Bachelor of Science in Nursing (RN-BSN) and Master of Nursing (MN) programs! He was promoted to Senior Director of Operations at Kaiser Permanente Washington in April 2023.
May 31, 2023
Bao Nguyen Accepted to Duke-NUS Medical School MD/PhD program in Integrated Biology and Medicine
Congratulations to Bao Nguyen, BA Healthcare Leadership Alumna! She has been accepted to the Duke-NUS Medical School MD/PhD program in Integrated Biology and Medicine! This program is her top choice. It is a seven-year program that takes place in Singapore and will provide a full scholarship for her education. She hopes to pursue public health research and apply what she has learned from the BA Healthcare Leadership program as well as her research work with Associate Professor, Dr. Sharon Laing.
April 7, 2023
Dr. David Reyes Named New Dean of UW Tacoma's School of Nursing and Healthcare Leadership
We are excited to announce that Dr. David Reyes has been named the new Dean of UW Tacoma's School of Nursing and Healthcare Leadership. Dr. Reyes served as interim dean since Dr. Sharon Fought, founding dean of the school, stepped down in 2022, and his appointment is the culmination of a national search. He also holds a faculty appointment as an associate professor in the school, and an adjunct appointment in both the Schools of Nursing and Public Health at UW in Seattle.
Dr. Reyes has nearly 40 years of professional nursing and leadership experience. He received his Doctor of Nursing Practice, ’13, and Master of Nursing, ’02, and Master of Public Health, ’02, degrees from UW in Seattle, and his B.S. Nursing, ’83, from Seattle University.
His primary scholarship interests are in addressing the root causes of health inequity and disparities, building community leadership capacity, and using community-based participatory approaches that focus on equitable partnerships between communities and health systems. He is currently partnering with Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department to explore barriers to, and facilitators of, vaccine acceptance among Asian American Pacific Islander and transgender communities.
April 4, 2023
Highlighting Dr. Susan Johnson's Latest Work
We are excited to share that Dr. Susan Johnson, Associate Professor at the UW Tacoma School of Nursing and Healthcare Leadership, completed a book last fall which is published as an open access text under a creative commons license via UW's Manifold publishing platform: Building and Sustaining a Compassionate Nursing Practice.
Dr. Johnson was recently interviewed by CBS Chicago and appears in their story involving workplace bullying at a local courthouse. The recorded video can be seen on cbschicago.com.
Dr. Johnson also recently led a workshop on workplace bullying in health careers in the STOP the Bull(ying) in Higher Education Symposium for Faculty held on February 24th and March 31st, 2023.
March 21, 2023
BIPOC Nursing Leadership Symposium
We are excited to announce that Juana Gallegos and Rebecca Allen, UW Tacoma SNHCL's Master of Nursing Alumni, along with the Washington Center for Nursing (WCN) are holding their first BIPOC Nursing Leadership Symposium on April 1st from 12:30pm to 2:30pm. If you identify yourself as a BIPOC nurse, please join them for a day of celebration with food, discussion, and amazing panelists. Since spots are limited, please register at: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/7SZ93S3.
March 15, 2023
Dori Unterseher Named as the New Chief Nursing Officer for Harbor Regional Health
Congratulations to Dori Unterseher, Master of Nursing alumna at the UW Tacoma School of Nursing and Healthcare Leadership! She was promoted to the role of Chief Nursing Officer (CNO) at Harbor Regional Health in January 2022. Dori Unterseher has been with Harbor Regional Health since 1992 in diverse roles such as Manager of the Critical Care Unit and Emergency Department, Emergency Department Director, and Director of Education.
January 30, 2023
Dr. Sharon Laing and Dr. Shannon Dorcy Lead Virtual Book Discussion at Rainier Oympic Nurses Association
On March 21, 2023, Dr. Sharon Laing, Associate Professor at the UW Tacoma School of Nursing and Healthcare Leadership and Dr. Kathleen Shannon-Dorcy, Nurse Scientist and Director of Research, Scholarship, and Program Development at Fred Hutch Cancer Center are leading a discussion on the book: Finding Refuge: Heart Work for Healing Collective Grief by Michelle Cassandra Johnson. Join Rainier Nurses Association for this virtual book discussion! Register at: Book Discussion for Nurses – Finding Refuge: Heart Work for Healing Collective Grief – Rainier Olympic Nurses Association.
January 26, 2023
Congratulations to UW Tacoma's current Master of Nursing student, Abbie Cozzi!
Abbie Cozzi, current Master of Nursing student at UW Tacoma School of Nursing and Healthcare Leadership has been recently offered a teaching position at Bates Technical College. She will begin her new role on February 1st.
January 25, 2023
UW Tacoma Faculty Presenting at the IMSH Conference in Orlando, Florida
UW Tacoma faculty: Chris Barrans, Nancy Kuhuski, and Megan Toothaker from the School of Social Work and Criminal Justice and Dr. Katie Haerling from the School of Nursing and Healthcare Leadership presented at the 2023 International Meeting on Simulation in Healthcare in Orlando, FL. https://imsh2023.org/
Their presentation's description is as follows.
Content Category: Education
Learning Objective 1: Describe opportunities to develop high-quality, open access virtual simulation activities for interprofessional education addressing community-based health care services.
Learning Objective 2: Identify methods to build capacity and leadership necessary for the development of interprofessional virtual simulations addressing community-based health care services.
Learning Objective 3: Explore opportunities to build capacity and leadership to develop interprofessional virtual simulations within participants own community of practice.
Course Overview: The COVID-19 pandemic, among other dynamics in healthcare, social work, and criminal justice education, has highlighted the critical need to develop and implement innovative experiential learning opportunities including high-quality open-access virtual simulations addressing specific learning objectives and community needs. This presentation describes innovative methods to build capacity and leadership necessary for achieving these innovations.
January 23, 2023
Dr. Katie Haerling, UW Tacoma SNHCL Professor and Andria Jolly-Morris, MN Alumna Presented at IMSH Conference 2023
Dr. Katie Haerling, Professor at the UW Tacoma School of Nursing and Healthcare Leadership, and Andria Jolly-Morris, Spring 2022 Master of Nursing graduate, presented the work both Andria and Jennifer Lovik did in their Master of Nursing scholarly inquiry project at the 2023 International Meeting on Simulation in Healthcare in Orlando, Florida. https://imsh2023.org/
In another session, Dr. Katie Haerling also presented part of her National Council of State Boards of Nursing Center for Regulatory Excellence Grant: CRE Grant|NCSBN funded project at the 2023 International Meeting on Simulation in Healthcare. This is a link to the related article: Contributing to Evidence-Based Regulatory Decisions: A Comparison of Traditional Clinical Experience, Mannequin-Based Simulation, and Screen-Based Virtual Simulation - Journal of Nursing Regulation.
Haerling, K., Jolly-Morris, A., & Lovik, J. (2023). Exploring students’ experiences completing a COVID-19 transmission simulation.
Haerling, K. (2023). Exploring how traditional clinical, virtual simulation, and mannequin-based simulation inform students’ clinical judgments and nursing care.
June 1, 2023
Peter Mathias Mendy Promoted to Senior Director of Operations at Kaiser Permanente Washington
Congratulations to Peter Mathias Mendy, an alum of both our Bachelor of Science in Nursing (RN-BSN) and Master of Nursing (MN) programs! He was promoted to Senior Director of Operations at Kaiser Permanente Washington in April 2023.
May 31, 2023
Bao Nguyen Accepted to Duke-NUS Medical School MD/PhD program in Integrated Biology and Medicine
Congratulations to Bao Nguyen, BA Healthcare Leadership Alumna! She has been accepted to the Duke-NUS Medical School MD/PhD program in Integrated Biology and Medicine! This program is her top choice. It is a seven-year program that takes place in Singapore and will provide a full scholarship for her education. She hopes to pursue public health research and apply what she has learned from the BA Healthcare Leadership program as well as her research work with Associate Professor, Dr. Sharon Laing.
April 7, 2023
Dr. David Reyes Named New Dean of UW Tacoma's School of Nursing and Healthcare Leadership
We are excited to announce that Dr. David Reyes has been named the new Dean of UW Tacoma's School of Nursing and Healthcare Leadership. Dr. Reyes served as interim dean since Dr. Sharon Fought, founding dean of the school, stepped down in 2022, and his appointment is the culmination of a national search. He also holds a faculty appointment as an associate professor in the school, and an adjunct appointment in both the Schools of Nursing and Public Health at UW in Seattle.
Dr. Reyes has nearly 40 years of professional nursing and leadership experience. He received his Doctor of Nursing Practice, ’13, and Master of Nursing, ’02, and Master of Public Health, ’02, degrees from UW in Seattle, and his B.S. Nursing, ’83, from Seattle University.
His primary scholarship interests are in addressing the root causes of health inequity and disparities, building community leadership capacity, and using community-based participatory approaches that focus on equitable partnerships between communities and health systems. He is currently partnering with Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department to explore barriers to, and facilitators of, vaccine acceptance among Asian American Pacific Islander and transgender communities.
April 4, 2023
Highlighting Dr. Susan Johnson's Latest Work
We are excited to share that Dr. Susan Johnson, Associate Professor at the UW Tacoma School of Nursing and Healthcare Leadership, completed a book last fall which is published as an open access text under a creative commons license via UW's Manifold publishing platform: Building and Sustaining a Compassionate Nursing Practice.
Dr. Johnson was recently interviewed by CBS Chicago and appears in their story involving workplace bullying at a local courthouse. The recorded video can be seen on cbschicago.com.
Dr. Johnson also recently led a workshop on workplace bullying in health careers in the STOP the Bull(ying) in Higher Education Symposium for Faculty held on February 24th and March 31st, 2023.
March 21, 2023
BIPOC Nursing Leadership Symposium
We are excited to announce that Juana Gallegos and Rebecca Allen, UW Tacoma SNHCL's Master of Nursing Alumni, along with the Washington Center for Nursing (WCN) are holding their first BIPOC Nursing Leadership Symposium on April 1st from 12:30pm to 2:30pm. If you identify yourself as a BIPOC nurse, please join them for a day of celebration with food, discussion, and amazing panelists. Since spots are limited, please register at: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/7SZ93S3.
March 15, 2023
Dori Unterseher Named as the New Chief Nursing Officer for Harbor Regional Health
Congratulations to Dori Unterseher, Master of Nursing alumna at the UW Tacoma School of Nursing and Healthcare Leadership! She was promoted to the role of Chief Nursing Officer (CNO) at Harbor Regional Health in January 2022. Dori Unterseher has been with Harbor Regional Health since 1992 in diverse roles such as Manager of the Critical Care Unit and Emergency Department, Emergency Department Director, and Director of Education.
January 30, 2023
Dr. Sharon Laing and Dr. Shannon Dorcy Lead Virtual Book Discussion at Rainier Oympic Nurses Association
On March 21, 2023, Dr. Sharon Laing, Associate Professor at the UW Tacoma School of Nursing and Healthcare Leadership and Dr. Kathleen Shannon-Dorcy, Nurse Scientist and Director of Research, Scholarship, and Program Development at Fred Hutch Cancer Center are leading a discussion on the book: Finding Refuge: Heart Work for Healing Collective Grief by Michelle Cassandra Johnson. Join Rainier Nurses Association for this virtual book discussion! Register at: Book Discussion for Nurses – Finding Refuge: Heart Work for Healing Collective Grief – Rainier Olympic Nurses Association.
January 26, 2023
Congratulations to UW Tacoma's current Master of Nursing student, Abbie Cozzi!
Abbie Cozzi, current Master of Nursing student at UW Tacoma School of Nursing and Healthcare Leadership has been recently offered a teaching position at Bates Technical College. She will begin her new role on February 1st.
January 25, 2023
UW Tacoma Faculty Presenting at the IMSH Conference in Orlando, Florida
UW Tacoma faculty: Chris Barrans, Nancy Kuhuski, and Megan Toothaker from the School of Social Work and Criminal Justice and Dr. Katie Haerling from the School of Nursing and Healthcare Leadership presented at the 2023 International Meeting on Simulation in Healthcare in Orlando, FL. https://imsh2023.org/
Their presentation's description is as follows.
Content Category: Education
Learning Objective 1: Describe opportunities to develop high-quality, open access virtual simulation activities for interprofessional education addressing community-based health care services.
Learning Objective 2: Identify methods to build capacity and leadership necessary for the development of interprofessional virtual simulations addressing community-based health care services.
Learning Objective 3: Explore opportunities to build capacity and leadership to develop interprofessional virtual simulations within participants own community of practice.
Course Overview: The COVID-19 pandemic, among other dynamics in healthcare, social work, and criminal justice education, has highlighted the critical need to develop and implement innovative experiential learning opportunities including high-quality open-access virtual simulations addressing specific learning objectives and community needs. This presentation describes innovative methods to build capacity and leadership necessary for achieving these innovations.
January 23, 2023
Dr. Katie Haerling, UW Tacoma SNHCL Professor and Andria Jolly-Morris, MN Alumna Presented at IMSH Conference 2023
Dr. Katie Haerling, Professor at the UW Tacoma School of Nursing and Healthcare Leadership, and Andria Jolly-Morris, Spring 2022 Master of Nursing graduate, presented the work both Andria and Jennifer Lovik did in their Master of Nursing scholarly inquiry project at the 2023 International Meeting on Simulation in Healthcare in Orlando, Florida. https://imsh2023.org/
In another session, Dr. Katie Haerling also presented part of her National Council of State Boards of Nursing Center for Regulatory Excellence Grant: CRE Grant|NCSBN funded project at the 2023 International Meeting on Simulation in Healthcare. This is a link to the related article: Contributing to Evidence-Based Regulatory Decisions: A Comparison of Traditional Clinical Experience, Mannequin-Based Simulation, and Screen-Based Virtual Simulation - Journal of Nursing Regulation.
Haerling, K., Jolly-Morris, A., & Lovik, J. (2023). Exploring students’ experiences completing a COVID-19 transmission simulation.
Haerling, K. (2023). Exploring how traditional clinical, virtual simulation, and mannequin-based simulation inform students’ clinical judgments and nursing care.
January 22, 2023
Dr. Sunny Cheng Presenting at the International Early Psychosis Association Conference
Dr. Sunny Cheng, Assistant Professor at the UW Tacoma School of Nursing and Healthcare Leadership, has been invited to present her work titled "Partnering to Advance Teen Help-seeking (PATH): A Capacity Building Model among Academic Settings, Public Schools, and Healthcare Organizations for Addressing Mental Health Inequity in Schools" at the International Early Psychosis Association Conference taking place on July 10th -12th, 2023 in Switzerland.
January 19, 2023
Current UW Tacoma's Master of Nursing student, Juana Gallegos Receives the Prestigious UW Queen Silvia Nursing Award
Congratulations to current UW Tacoma's Master of Nursing student, Juana Gallegos on receiving the prestigious UW Queen Silvia Nursing Award for dementia care! Learn more about her innovative idea on nursing.uw.edu/article/announcing-2022-queen-silvia-nursing-award-winner/.
January 18, 2023
Bao Nguyen, BA Healthcare Leadership Alumna, Accepted to Medical School
Congratulations to Bao Nguyen on being accepted to the Rocky Vista University College of Osteopathic Medicine - Southern Utah, Class of 2027! She plans to begin the program in Fall 2023.
January 13, 2023
Dr. Sunny Cheng and the Commencement Behavioral Health (CBH) Coalition Invited to Speak at Stadium High School
On January 13, 2023, Dr. Chieh (Sunny) Cheng, Assistant Professor at the UW Tacoma School of Nursing and Healthcare Leadership, and the Commencement Behavioral Health (CBH) Coalition, which was founded by our Master of Nursing alumna, Susan Ramos RN, MN, and Dr. Lucas McIntyre, were invited by Stadium High School to deliver talks and activities around youth mental health topics such as substance misconceptions. The message CBH delivered to the students was " We are excited to be here with you all! We believe that you, as a generation with greater access to science and information, are also living at a time where caring for your mental health and the mental health of others is much less stigmatized. Because of this, we hope you can be more aware of not only the risks of using with drugs and alcohol, but also hope you will find many more tools and ideas for positive ways of coping with stress, anxiety, depression, and all the other difficulties of life.” Learn more about Dr. Cheng and CBH work here: https://www.tacoma.uw.edu/news/dr-chieh-cheng-address-youth-mental-health-tacoma-public-schools-multicare. If you are willing to support the underserved population's mental health, please contact Dr. Cheng at ccsunny@uw.edu.
January 12, 2023
Current BA Healthcare Leadership Students: Kaela Jones and Kalea Velasco-Cosare Awarded the Financial Literacy Scholarship
Congratulations to current Bachelor or Arts in Healthcare Leadership students: Kaela Jones and Kalea Velasco-Cosare on being awarded the Financial Literacy Scholarship by UW Tacoma's Milgard School of Business and sponsored by South Credit Union!
December 21, 2022
Judy Jaanriksmais Soeum, BA HCL Alumna, Member of the NCQAC Team
Judy Jaanriksmais Soeum, BA HCL Alumna, did precepting with the Nursing Care Quality Assurance Commission (NCQAC) during her senior year and got hired there after graduation to be part of the Student Nurse Preceptor Grant Program. Judy shared, "Our goals are to help reduce the shortage of healthcare settings for students by increasing the number of preceptors available for students which then in turn brings more nurses into the workforce with an increase in graduations for LPN, RN, and ARNP programs. Since working in this position, I’ve learned much about the importance of nursing and the operational side to the nursing world in government— this includes policy, rules, procedures, and research."
November 18, 2022
Dr. Sunny Cheng Receives the Innovation Grant from the Garvey Institute for Brain Health Solutions
Congratulations to UW Tacoma School of Nursing and Healthcare Leadership faculty, Dr. Sunny Cheng on being one of 12 awardees to receive the Innovation Grant from the Garvey Institute for Brain Health Solutions! She is the Principal Investigator for her project, "Using teen Mental Health First Aid to address mental health inequity among school youth." Learn more here.
November 10, 2022
BA HCL Alumna, Bao Nguyen presented at APHA's 2022 Annual Meeting and Expo
Bao Nguyen, an alumna of UW Tacoma's School of Nursing and Healthcare Leadership Bachelor of Arts in Healthcare Leadership program, presented at the American Public Health Association (APHA) 2022 Annual Meeting and Expo in Boston on November 6th - 9th.
https://www.apha.org/Events-and-Meetings/Annual/Past-and-Future-Annual-Meetings
