Research

Lisa Kitko stands outside the School of Nursing.

Friday, Jun 27, 2025
Dean Lisa Kitko Appointed Chair of AHA Council on Cardiovascular and Stroke Nursing
As chair-elect, Kitko will lead the council in its advocacy for nursing and cardiovascular and stroke conditions across the lifespan.

Group photo of ENRS participants holding a poster that says "#NursingScience"

Friday, Apr 11, 2025
UR Nursing Researchers Represent Rochester at ENRS Scientific Sessions
Rochester nurse scientists disseminated research on maternal and child health, palliative care, nursing workforce issues, and more in Philadelphia this spring.

NP student talks to two standardized patient actors in an experiential learning classroom, designed to simulate a patient room.

Friday, Jan 3, 2025
Creating Safe Spaces: Simulation Training Helps Future NPs Discuss Sexual Health with Empathy, Skill
Clinicians need practice getting comfortable broaching the topic of sexual health. UR Nursing researchers and simulation educators are helping NP students start the conversation.

Photo shows two men walking down a snowy sidewalk.

Wednesday, Jan 1, 2025
UR Nursing Research Champions Family Caregivers
Family caregivers don’t always receive the care they need for their own health. Here’s how UR Nursing researchers hope to change that.

Older adult getting care from a health care worker

Sunday, Dec 15, 2024
Study Finds Geriatric Physician & NP Workforce Kept Pace with Aging Population, But Significant Rural Disparities Persist
A new study published in JAMA Network Open finds that geriatric nurse practitioners (NPs) helped expand the geriatric workforce and kept the combined geriatric physician and NP workforce on pace with the growth of the older population. It also exposes significant geographic disparities in geriatric healthcare, highlighting that nearly two-thirds of U.S. counties lack specialized geriatric healthcare professionals.

Collage of two photos that show Ann and Salah receiving awards; a red background in the back shows an ECG monitor pattern

Wednesday, Dec 11, 2024
AHA Honors UR Nursing Faculty for Research, Clinical Excellence in Cardiovascular and Stroke Care
Two University of Rochester nursing leaders were recognized for their innovative approaches to cardiovascular and stroke care and research.

Tuesday, Nov 26, 2024
Sally Norton Named New York's Top Nursing Researcher
As a researcher and leader at URMC for more than 20 years, Norton has focused on improving communication and care delivery for patients with advanced illnesses.

Thursday, Oct 10, 2024
Emory Roybal-Funded Project Aims to Support Latino Dementia Caregivers
UR Nursing researcher Maria Quiñones-Cordero is adapting a psychoeducational and skill-building program to better meet the unique needs of Latino caregivers.

Thursday, Sep 26, 2024
Jinjiao Wang Contributes Expertise to National Falls Summit
Findings from Wang and other experts will inform updates to the National Falls Prevention Action Plan.

Nurse and an older adult patient talk about a medication.

Thursday, Sep 19, 2024
Jinjiao Wang Receives $1.2 Million from NIH to Study Antipsychotic Deprescribing in Hospital-to-Home Healthcare Transitions
Wang, a leading expert in geriatric health research, hopes to improve the well-being and safety of patients and caregivers affected by dementia.

Thursday, Sep 19, 2024
Bringing AI to the Bedside: UR Nursing Welcomes Professor Salah Al-Zaiti
The award-winning nurse scientist seeks to implement an AI clinical decision-making support tool to better classify chest pain among emergency department patients.

Tuesday, Sep 3, 2024
Alumna Zhihong Zhang Receives AACN Nursing Science Award for Cancer Research
Zhang, who earned her PhD at the UR School of Nursing, hopes to improve cancer treatment for older adults.

Thursday, Aug 8, 2024
Lauren Ghazal Selected as Fellow of New York Academy of Medicine
The UR Nursing researcher hopes to support NYAM's mission of health equity through her studies and advocacy in adolescent and young adult cancer survivorship.

Side-by-side grid of Lea Brown and Erin Vernetti's headshots.

Monday, Jul 22, 2024
Two UR Nursing PhD Students Selected as Jonas Scholars
The selective national program supports doctoral students who aspire to take on faculty roles and teach the next generation of nurses.

Group photo of UR Nursing researchers outside in Boston

Monday, Apr 15, 2024
UR Nursing Researchers Present, Earn Prizes at ENRS
Faculty, staff, and doctoral students from the UR Nursing presented their latest research and earned regional recognition at the annual Eastern Nursing Research Society Scientific Sessions.

A nurse visits a mother and baby in their home.

Tuesday, Jan 16, 2024
After 30 Years, New Mothers Study Sparks New Discoveries
The longitudinal study led by UR Nursing offers insights into how home visits by nurses influence the health and well-being of moms and their first-born children.

Tuesday, Jan 16, 2024
Closing Gaps in Cancer Genetics: UR Nursing Researcher Helps Improve Access to Counseling Through Innovative Technology
UR Nursing's Meghan Underhill-Blazey is part of a national team that's developing technology to improve access to cancer genetic testing and counseling.

View of firefighters' arms in black and neon yellow uniforms as they look at a map.

Monday, Jan 15, 2024
Firefighters Face High Risk of Cardiac Events. AI Can Predict Them, With Help from UR Nursing Research
Data collected by UR Nursing on firefighters' cardiac health paved the way for a machine learning model that can be used in personal devices that monitor heart rate.

Monday, Dec 18, 2023
UR Nursing’s Abu-Ba’are Leads $2.3M Study on Improving HIV Prevention, Care in Ghana
A University of Rochester School of Nursing researcher has earned a $2.3 million National Institutes of Nursing Research grant to address stigma and discrimination related to HIV, sexual orientation, and gender expression and improve health outcomes among those who are most disproportionately affected by the HIV epidemic in Ghana.

Dillon Dzikowicz, Mary Carey and Sunita Pokhrel Bhattarai stand in front of a research poster at the AHA conference.

Tuesday, Nov 21, 2023
UR Nursing Researchers Recognized at American Heart Association Scientific Sessions
UR Nursing cardiovascular nurse scientists earned the Research Article of the Year Award and an early career travel grant.

Portrait of Lauren Ghazal next to a window, wearing a black shirt and pink jacket.

Tuesday, Oct 17, 2023
A ‘Wunderkind’ in Nursing Research: Lauren Ghazal Recognized Among STAT’s Top Emerging Scientists
Personal experiences as a cancer survivor led Ghazal, a family nurse practitioner, to discover a career path in adolescent and young adult cancer research.

Saturday, Oct 7, 2023
Mitchell Wharton Inducted as Fellow of American Academy of Nursing
Mitchell Wharton, PhD, RN, FNP-BC, CNS, ACRN, AAHIVE, an accomplished educator, researcher, and clinician at the University of Rochester School of Nursing, was inducted into the American Academy of Nursing’s 2023 class of fellows at the academy’s annual Health Policy Conference on Oct. 5 in Washington, D.C.

Monday, Oct 2, 2023
UR Nursing Researchers Earn AACN “All of Us” Grant For Postpartum Depression Study
University of Rochester scientists will assess whether heart rate during pregnancy can predict postpartum depression.

Stock photo shows a nurse talking to an older adult woman about her medication

Friday, Sep 15, 2023
Antipsychotics Are Likely Overprescribed Among Home Health Care Patients with Dementia, UR Nursing Study Says
A School of Nursing-led study finds that antipsychotics are likely overprescribed for seniors with dementia in home health care. The side effects can be dangerous.

Thursday, Sep 7, 2023
Chen Zhang Recognized as ANAC's Researcher of the Year
Zhang's latest work, which she will present at the 2023 ANAC conference, focuses on the impacts of structural racism on Black/African Americans affected by HIV/AIDS.

Thursday, Sep 7, 2023
NIH Fogarty-Funded Study Seeks to Boost HIV Self-Testing, Reduce Stigma for Men in Ghana
The three-year study will focus on the feasibility of the "Many Men, Many Voices" intervention to improve HIV outcomes among young men in Ghana.

Tuesday, Aug 29, 2023
Meredith Kells Honored As Fellow of Society for Adolescent Health & Medicine
Kells has been helping adolescents with eating disorders for more than a decade through her clinical practice and research.

Thursday, Aug 17, 2023
Meet Our New Faculty: Sukardi Suba Looks to Data Science to Advance Cardiac Care Delivery
As an expert in electrocardiography, Suba looks forward to utilizing his nursing and data science skills to innovate cardiac care delivery.

Thursday, Aug 17, 2023
Meet Our New Faculty: Dillon Dzikowicz Is Advancing ECG Research, Education
Dzikowicz, who also holds a master's in nursing education, is also passionate about generating interest in nursing research and informatics among undergraduates.

Tuesday, Aug 15, 2023
Meet Our New Faculty: Lauren Ghazal Speaks Up for Adolescent, Young Adult Cancer Survivors
Ghazal's research interests sit at the intersection of both her personal and professional experiences in cancer care, nursing and economics.

Recovery Houses, UR Nursing and CCHP team members gather outside a historic red brick house on Alphonse St. in Rochester.

Tuesday, Aug 1, 2023
Recovery Houses Partnership Aims to Advance Addiction Research, Health Outcomes
Nursing and public health researchers are aiming to improve recovery, sexual health, and mental health outcomes through research on sober living facilities.

Friday, Jul 14, 2023
Helping Women Move Forward: Sue Groth Promoted to Professor
Groth is an accomplished nurse scientist and women’s health nurse practitioner whose research focuses on weight gain among pregnant women and its long-term effects.

Friday, May 26, 2023
UR Nursing Research to Explore Sexual Health, HIV Prevention for Women of Color
A new UR Nursing study will explore the optimization and uptake of HIV biomedical interventions among communities who are most disproportionately affected by HIV/AIDS.

Thursday, Mar 30, 2023
Pilot Funding Supports UR Nursing Studies on Heart Attack Treatment, Rural Health Literacy
Two UR Nursing researchers have received seed funding from the UR Clinical & Translational Science Institute for new projects.

Thursday, Mar 23, 2023
PhD Students, Faculty Represent UR Nursing at ENRS Scientific Sessions
A team of PhD students and faculty represented the University of Rochester School of Nursing at the Eastern Nursing Research Society's (ENRS) 2023 Scientific Sessions in Philadelphia on March 23 and 24.

Friday, Mar 17, 2023
PhD Candidate Martez Smith Receives UR Presidential Diversity Award
Martez Smith, a sexual health researcher and social worker who has dedicated his life to HIV care and prevention, is a recipient of the Change Maker Award

Photo of Professor Jinjiao Wang next to a window, wearing a dark blue and white striped dress.

Monday, Feb 13, 2023
Professor Jinjiao Wang Named Co-Editor in Chief of JMIR Aging
University of Rochester nurse-scientist Jinjiao Wang looks forward to serving a broader community as JMIR Aging's new co-editor-in-chief.

Tuesday, Nov 29, 2022
World AIDS Day 2022: UR Nursing HIV Researchers Share Their Latest Knowledge
In honor of World AIDS Day 2022, School of Nursing HIV and sexual health researchers share their latest research findings and knowledge.

Wonkyung accepts an award at the School of Nursing auditorium.

Monday, Nov 14, 2022
MS-PhD Student Wonkyung Chang Receives U.S. Dept. of Health Fellowship
MS-PhD student Wonkyung Chang aims to improve mental health outcomes among minority populations through her research and practice as a psychiatric nurse.

Tuesday, Nov 1, 2022
UR Nursing Professor, Alum Earns American Heart Association Award
Ann Leonhardt-Caprio has been named the recipient of the American Heart Association (AHA) Council on Cardiovascular and Stroke Nursing’s 2022 Stroke Article of the Year Award.

Thursday, Sep 8, 2022
SON Research to Explore Using Data Science to Estimate Fetal Weight
A new University of Rochester School of Nursing study aims to develop a novel approach to more accurately estimating fetal birth weight, a potential first step to using data science to inform clinical assessment and decision-making during pregnancy.

Thursday, Jun 9, 2022
SON Postdoc Honored with Distinguished Dissertation Award
Sukardi Suba, a postdoctoral research associate at the University of Rochester School of Nursing, was recently recognized with the 2022 Distinguished Dissertation Award in Nursing from the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) School of Nursing. His dissertation was selected based on the criteria for its distinctive scholarliness, innovation, and important contribution of the dissertation to the discipline of nursing.

Wednesday, Jun 1, 2022
Underhill-Blazey Receives Provost's Furth Fund Award
Meghan Underhill-Blazey, an assistant professor at the University of Rochester School of Nursing, was recently selected to receive the Valerie and Frank Furth Fund Award. The Furth Fund, administered by the Office of the Provost, provides awards up to $12,500 to help foster the development of promising scientists in the natural and biological sciences.

Friday, May 27, 2022
Yang Yu Receives AWHONN Novice Researcher Award
Yang Yu, PhD, MPH, an assistant professor at the University of Rochester School of Nursing, has been selected to receive the Every Woman, Every Baby Novice Researcher Award from the Association of Women’s Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN).

Monday, Mar 7, 2022
Mary G. Carey Selected as Honoree of 2022 International Nurse Researcher Hall of Fame
Mary G. Carey, PhD, RN, FAHA, FAAN, an associate professor at the University of Rochester School of Nursing and director of the Clinical Nursing Research Center at Strong Memorial Hospital, has been selected as an honoree of the Sigma Theta Tau’s 2022 International Nurse Researcher Hall of Fame.

Monday, Feb 28, 2022
Wharton Co-Authors Article on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Academic Nursing
Achieving equity within health care starts with the increase of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) practitioners in academic nursing.

Monday, Feb 14, 2022
UR School of Nursing Jumps to 23rd in Latest NIH Rankings
The University of Rochester School of Nursing jumped six spots, landing at No. 23 in the annual ranking of research funding received from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The UR School of Nursing has now ranked in the top 25 among all nursing schools five times in the past seven years, according to historical data compiled by the Blue Ridge Institute for Medical Research.

Tuesday, Dec 21, 2021
School of Nursing Researchers Discuss Continuing Stigma and Recent Strides in HIV, AIDS Research
The School of Nursing's Interdisciplinary Sexual Health and HIV Research (INSHHR) Group discussed continuing struggles and strides within HIV research, policies, and public health strategies during a panel discussion to help mark World AIDS Day on Dec. 13. The discussion was hosted by the Council for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusiveness and Student Affairs Office.

Wednesday, Nov 17, 2021
Alcéna-Stiner Co-Investigator on Grant to Combat Vaccine Hesitancy in Adolescents
Rochester researchers received an award from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) to address vaccine hesitancy and improve health literacy among middle and high school students. “The driving force behind the project is this passion to start incorporating health literacy and behavior change into the educational material that we're offering for our outreach programs,” said Danielle Alcéna-Stiner, PhD, RN, assistant professor at UR School of Nursing, and co-investigator on the new project.

Monday, Aug 23, 2021
UR School of Nursing PhD Student Receives Grant to Explore Sexual Health Motivations
In June, Martez Smith, LMSW, a doctoral candidate at the University of Rochester School of Nursing, received an F31 grant award from the National Institutes of Health titled, "Exploring associations of autonomy supportive health communication, needs satisfaction, and sexual health behaviors for Black MSM in the House Ball community." The study will investigate characteristics of sexual health communication embedded within social and sexual networks, and expand the understanding of how social networks and sexual health communication impact sexual health behaviors in the MSM House Ball community.

Friday, Jul 16, 2021
UR School of Nursing Receives Grant to Educate NP Students To Address Childhood Trauma
Depression, anxiety, and suicidality in youth are a growing concern in New York and across the nation and are linked to traumatic experiences. The University of Rochester School of Nursing received nearly $1 million from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Behavioral Health Workforce Education and Training for Professionals (BHWET) program to prepare UR School of Nursing Family Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP) students to better serve children and adolescents through the addition of a trauma-informed care (TIC) curriculum.

Monday, Feb 22, 2021
NURSING Magazine: Shattering Glass Ceilings
The installation of Kathi Heffner, PhD, and Vankee Lin, PhD, RN, as Wilson Professors was unlike any that had come before it. What made this event unique had nothing to do with the concessions made to a global pandemic, but with who was being honored.

Monday, Feb 22, 2021
University of Rochester School of Nursing Remains Top 30 In NIH Funding
The University of Rochester School of Nursing remains in the top 30 in the 2020 annual rankings of research funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the 12th time in the last 15 years the school has secured a spot in the top 30 of all nursing schools.

Thursday, Feb 4, 2021
URMC to Launch New Brain Aging Research Center
The University of Rochester Medical Center is launching a new center to study the relationship between emotional well-being and dementia-related diseases, such as Alzheimer’s. The Network for Emotional Well-Being (NEW) and Brain Aging is a collaboration between researchers from the UR School of Nursing, the Del Monte Institute for Neuroscience, the Department of Psychiatry, the UR Aging Institute and their colleagues at other universities across the country. It is one of five networks funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to examine the topic from different angles.

Monday, Feb 1, 2021
School of Nursing Renames Research Support Office in Memory of Harriet Kitzman
The University of Rochester School of Nursing has renamed its Center for Research Support in memory of Harriet Kitzman. The area will now be known as the Harriet J. Kitzman Center for Research Support. The move is a fitting tribute to the legacy of Kitzman, who passed away in March 2020. A prolific researcher in her 60-plus year career as a nurse, professor, mentor, and leader, she was known on campus as much for her groundbreaking work with nurse-home visits as she was for encouraging and supporting others in their own lines of research.

Wednesday, Jan 27, 2021
URMC Research Provides New Insights into Relationship Between Tau Protein and Cognitive Decline
A study by University of Rochester Medical Center researchers provides new insights into the relationship between Alzheimer’s disease pathology and cognitive decline. In a paper titled “Longitudinal stability of medial temporal lobe connectivity is associated with tau-related memory decline” published in the eLife journal, URMC researchers explore the links between the measure of phosphorylated tau (Ptau) in cerebrospinal fluid and changes in brain structural connectivity over time.

Tuesday, Jan 19, 2021
Deep Roots: UR Nursing Researcher Receives Grant to Cultivate Healthy Eating Habits for Local Migrant Workers
A leading researcher at the University of Rochester School of Nursing is aiming to improve the nutrition of the people who help put healthy food on our tables.

Monday, Dec 21, 2020
Heffner, Lin Make History as Newest UR Wilson Professors
The installation of Kathi Heffner, PhD, and Vankee Lin, PhD, RN, as Wilson Professors was unlike any that had come before it. Heffner and Lin were the first School of Nursing faculty members to be awarded the University of Rochester’s prestigious Marie C. Wilson and Joseph C. Wilson Professorship. They were also the first women recipients of the honor in its more than 50 years of existence.

Monday, Nov 23, 2020
Memories Create ‘Fingerprints’ that Reveal How the Brain Is Organized
While the broad architecture and organization of the human brain is universal, new research shows how the differences between how people reimagine common scenarios can be observed in brain activity and quantified. These unique neurological signatures could ultimately be used to understand, study, and even improve treatment of disorders such as Alzheimer’s disease. “When people imagine similar types of events, each person does it differently because they have different experiences,” said Feng (Vankee) Lin, PhD, RN, an associate professor in the University of Rochester School of Nursing and co-author of the study which appears in the journal Nature Communications.

Tuesday, Jun 9, 2020
NIH Awards $3M Renewal Grant to Advance Research in Cognitive Health
The National Institutes of Health recently awarded $3 million to Associate Professor Feng (Vankee) Lin, PhD, RN, and Associate Professor Kathi Heffner, PhD, to study the cognitive health in older adults at risk for dementia.

Monday, Mar 16, 2020
Harriet Kitzman's Lasting Legacy: Brilliant research that transformed health care for moms, children
Harriet Kitzman, a brilliant and internationally renowned researcher whose lifetime of work in pediatrics reshaped how health care is provided to young mothers and their children, died March 11. She was 82. She leaves a powerful legacy created during a 60-plus year career as a nurse, researcher, professor, mentor, and leader, most of it spent at the University of Rochester School of Nursing.

Tuesday, Feb 18, 2020
UR School of Nursing Remains Top 25 in 2019 NIH Ranking
The University of Rochester School of Nursing ranks No. 22 in 2019 research grant funding issued by the National Institutes of Health (NIH). This is the school's fourth time in the last five years, and nine times in the past 12 years being in the top 25.

Wednesday, Feb 12, 2020
Nurse Scientist Partnership with Wilmot Cancer Center Drawing More Nurses into Research
In a collaborative effort, Wilmot and the University of Rochester School of Nursing support nurse-initiated research programs through the development of the Oncology Nurse Scientist Partnership.

Friday, Jan 31, 2020
Vankee Lin Harnesses Neuroimaging Technologies to Detect, Slow Alzheimer's Disease
Feng (Vankee) Lin, PhD, an associate professor in the School of Nursing, is harnessing neuroimaging technologies in an effort to develop new diagnostic tools for early detection of Alzheimer’s disease and dementia, identify new therapeutic targets that hold the potential to slow the progression of the diseases, and understand the cognitive decline associated with normal aging.

Wednesday, Jan 8, 2020
$3.6M NIH Grant Funds Center for Social Ties and Aging Research
A new center at the University of Rochester is bringing together researchers to find new and innovative ways to promote social connectedness and the overall health of older adults caring for a loved one with dementia. The Roybal Center for Social Ties and Aging Research (STAR), a joint initiative between the UR School of Nursing and the Department of Psychiatry, is funded by a $3.6 million grant from the National Institutes of Health.

Wednesday, Dec 4, 2019
UR Research Associate Receives Grant to Clear Uncertainties from Cancer Diagnoses
Yingzi Zhang, PhD, RN, a postdoctoral research associate at the School of Nursing, was approved for a $25,000 Oncology Nursing Foundation Research Grant from the Oncology Nursing Foundation. The grant will support her proposal, “Refinement and Pilot Testing of a Couple-Based Uncertainty Management Intervention for Patients with Gynecological Cancer and Their Partners.”

Monday, Oct 14, 2019
UR Nursing Professor Receives $500K Award to Fund Childhood Obesity Research
Ying Meng, an assistant professor at the University of Rochester School of Nursing, was recently awarded a K23 Mentored Patient-Oriented Research Career Development Award funded by the National Institute of Nursing Research. Totaling $462,808 over the course of three years, this career development grant supports Meng’s research project “Delineation of the biopsychosocial risks of obesogenic eating behaviors.”

Wednesday, Apr 17, 2019
Helping teens with asthma: ‘Is there a better way?’
After moving to the other side of the world and learning a new language, School of Nursing professor Hyekyun Rhee has led research and technological innovations to transform asthma treatment for adolescents.

Sally A. Norton, PhD, RN, FNAP, FPCN, FAAN

Monday, Apr 15, 2019
Norton Chosen to Lead SON Research Mission
Nationally recognized expert in palliative care research Sally A. Norton has been named the new associate dean for research at the University of Rochester School of Nursing. A longtime faculty member at the school, Norton assumed her new duties overseeing the School of Nursing’s research mission on April 1.

Thursday, Mar 28, 2019
Listening to Family Stories Helps Cancer Researchers Identify Gaps in Care
Families of cancer patients described three distinct experiences — “We Pretty Much Knew,” “Beating the Odds,” and “Left to Die” — in the final weeks of their loved one’s life. Wilmot Cancer Institute researchers gathered these valuable perspectives, identified the problems, and plan to use the data for improving care at this difficult and emotionally charged time. The study was published recently in the journal Supportive Care in Cancer. Investigators recorded and analyzed stories from 92 families and caregivers, looking for common threads about their loved one’s final transition from active treatment to death.

Tuesday, Feb 12, 2019
UR School of Nursing Climbs to No. 21 in NIH Funding Rankings
The University of Rochester School of Nursing jumped five spots in the ranking of research funding received from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), according to data compiled by the Blue Ridge Institute for Medical Research. The UR School of Nursing ranks 21st in the 2018 survey of nursing schools with eight grants totaling more than $2.9 million in research support from the NIH during the 2018 fiscal year.

Friday, Feb 8, 2019
Puerto Rican Children with Asthma Less Likely to Use Inhalers Than Mexican American Children
Puerto Rican children were more likely to have poor or decreasing use of inhaled medication needed to control their asthma than Mexican American children, according to a new study by University of Rochester Medical Center researchers.

Monday, Oct 8, 2018
$2.16M Grant Funds Study of Disproportionate HIV Infection Rates Among Women of Color
Researchers at the University of Rochester Medical Center have been awarded a $2.16 million grant to study disproportionately high HIV infection rates affecting women of color. Women account for 20 percent of new HIV diagnoses in the U.S. each year, with the vast majority of those infections occurring in black and Hispanic women. Although they make up 30 percent of the female population, black and Hispanic women comprise 77 percent of all new HIV cases among women.

Sandhya Seshadri hugs Jean Clark during an ENGOAL class

Thursday, Aug 2, 2018
ENGOAL Program: Crossing Boundaries and Making Strides
Halfway through their collaborative two-year program, University of Rochester researchers and community stakeholders are making strides in crossing boundaries and educating older Rochester adults about active participation in projects with geriatrics health researchers.

Wednesday, Jul 11, 2018
Natalie Leblanc Selected as Visiting Fellow at Yale University's School of Public Health
Natalie M. Leblanc, a postdoctoral research associate at the University of Rochester School of Nursing, has been named a visiting fellow in the Research Education Institute for Diverse Scholars (REIDS) at Yale University’s School of Public Health.

Friday, Jun 29, 2018
Chen Zhang Named a 2018 Health Disparities Research Institute Scholar
Chen Zhang, a postdoctoral research associate at the University of Rochester School of Nursing, has been named a 2018 Health Disparities Research Institute Scholar by the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities.

Thursday, Jun 28, 2018
Jinjiao Wang Chosen for Fellowship Focused on Aging, Mental Health
Jinjiao Wang was one of 25 scholars selected for a prestigious fellowship focused on mental health and aging.

Monday, Jun 4, 2018
Celebrating Nurse Scientists: Patients Prosper When the 'Bench' is Stationed at the 'Bedside'
Nurses bring a different perspective to the complex world of cancer research—one that focuses on patient experiences and quality of life.

Monday, Apr 16, 2018
NIH Study to Examine Long-Term Effects of Pregnancy on Maternal Health, Biology
With a five-year, $2.6 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), researchers from the University of Rochester Medical Center will conduct a longitudinal study that extends from early pregnancy until three years postpartum to better understand how changes during the perinatal period may identify mothers at risk for future cardiometabolic problems and the modifiable factors that can help reduce those risks.

Friday, Feb 16, 2018
UR School of Nursing Ranks Among Nation's Best in NIH Funding
The University of Rochester ranks among the top 30 U.S. nursing schools in research funding received from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for the eighth time in 10 years.

National Eating Disorders Awareness Week

Monday, Feb 5, 2018
School of Nursing to Host Events During National Eating Disorder Awareness Week
The Western New York Comprehensive Care Center for Eating Disorders and the University of Rochester School of Nursing are hosting a series of events during National Eating Disorders Awareness week (Feb. 25 - March 3).

Thursday, Jan 25, 2018
Heffner Appointed Associate Chief of Research for Geriatrics
Kathi Heffner, PhD, an accomplished researcher whose work focuses on stress and aging, has been named associate chief of research for the Division of Geriatrics and Aging in the Department of Medicine.

Wednesday, Jan 24, 2018
Study to Explore Possible Synergistic Effects of Exercise, Brain Training in Preventing Dementia
Can a workout regimen for your mind and body help to fend off Alzheimer’s disease? Physical and mental activity have been shown to boost brain function in different ways, but a new study will look to see if the benefits of engaging in a rigorously designed program that includes both aerobic exercise and brain training will complement each other, producing greater gains in cognition than if both activities had been done independently.

Thursday, Jan 18, 2018
School of Nursing Professor Recognized by American Heart Association
Mina Attin, Ph.D., R.N., an assistant professor at the University of Rochester School of Nursing, has been honored by the American Heart Association (AHA) for her work to improve those odds in patients with pacemakers and implantable defibrillators.

Tuesday, Jan 2, 2018
Heffner Selected for Emerging Leaders in Aging Scholars Program
Kathi Heffner, PhD, associate professor in the University of Rochester School of Nursing and the Department of Psychiatry, was among a select group of scholars chosen to participate in a yearlong national geriatric leadership development program.

Thursday, Dec 28, 2017
Research Faculty Accomplishments 2017
School of Nursing research faculty accomplishments for 2017.

Monday, Jul 24, 2017
Heffner Tideswell Scholar | University of Rochester School of Nursing
Heffner Selected for Emerging Leaders in Aging Program

Thursday, Apr 6, 2017
UR School of Nursing Ranked No. 19 in NIH Funding
UR School of Nursing Ranked No. 19 in NIH Funding

Thursday, Feb 9, 2017
Lin Receives Pilot Award in Health Analytics from Goergen Institute for Data Science and Artificial Intelligence (GIDS-AI)
Lin Receives Pilot Award in Health Analytics from Goergen Institute for Data Science

Thursday, Jan 19, 2017
Researcher Found Home for Pioneering Work at UR School of Nursing
Researcher Found Home for Pioneering Work at UR School of Nursing

Monday, Mar 23, 2015
A New Vision for Eye Care in India | University of Rochester School of Nursing
A New Vision for Eye Care in India