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America's No. 1 Nursing School
For more than 20 years, the University of Washington School of Nursing has been ranked America's No. 1 nursing school, including 17 years atop the U.S. News and World Report list, which began ranking nursing schools
in 1993.
Emphasizing Research
and Teaching
Six degree programs, multiple specialties, continuing education opportunities and world renowned research are part of the UW School of Nursing's goal of addressing society's most pressing challenges in health care. Students: Oliver Liscano and Joann Ucol.
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The School of Nursing is grateful for the support of its outstanding alumni, friends and community partners. Many participate as clinical preceptors, advisers and volunteers, and provide financial support for our students, faculty and programs.
Recognizing Leaders in Nursing
Every year the UW School of Nursing honors local and national leaders for their important contributions to the field of nursing and pays tribute to our community's most accomplished nurses and health care leaders at the annual Nurses Recognition Banquet.
Advancing Nursing Research
With a commitment to interdisciplinary collaboration and patient care the UW School of Nursing is the No. 3 Nursing School in research funding from the NIH, with six centers of excellence and over 185 active and pending research projects.
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Linda Teri, PhD Professor Director, Northwest Research Group on Aging Psychosocial & Community Health Box 358733 University of Washington Seattle, WA 98195-8733 Email Address: lteri@u.washington.edu |
| I am a Professor in the Department of Psychosocial & Community Health and Adjunct Professor in the Departments of Psychology and Psychiatry & Behavioral Science at the University of Washington. I am the past Director and Chief Psychologist of the Geriatric and Family Services Clinic at the University of Washington Medical Center. | |
| I received my doctorate in Clinical Psychology from the University of Vermont in 1980, after which I joined the faculty at the University of Oregon. Since 1984, I have been at the University of Washington, initially in the School of Medicine, and then in the School of Nursing where in 1998 I moved to establish the deTornyay Center, a school-wide Center on Healthy Aging. I have authored over 200 professional publications plus abstracts, over 400 presentations, and co-authored five books, including three texts in geropsychology. I currently am on four editorial boards of leading professional journals and review regularly for another dozen. I have served for several years on various NIH review committees and am currently on the Medical Advisory Board of the Alzheimer’s Association. | |
| I have been Co-Investigator of the University of Washington Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center, the Alzheimer’s Disease Patient Registry and currently, I am Principle Investigator or Co-Investigator on various NIH grants focusing on Alzheimer’s Disease and Health Aging including Principle Investigator/ Director of the Northwest Roybal Center (NRC): Improving Healthcare for Cognitively Impaired Elders and Their Caregivers and the Northwest Research Group on Aging. My research focuses on: 1) the ongoing development, implementation, and evaluation of treatment programs for Alzheimer’s disease patients and their caregivers, 2) investigating the relationship between cognitive, affective, and behavioral function as it relates to disease progression and treatment, and 3) developing and evaluating training programs to increase independence and improve physical functioning in older adults. | |
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