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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.
Stay Connected
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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Andrea Landis, PhD, FNP-BC, RN Assistant Professor Family and Child Nursing 357262 University of Washington Seattle, WA 98195 Email Address: amlandis@u.washington.edu |
| Dr. Landis is an Assistant Professor and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) Nurse Faculty Scholar (2012-15). Her research addresses the relationship between sleep and obesity in adolescents. For her RWJF Nurse Faculty Scholar project, Dr. Landis is examining the effects of sleep deprivation on body composition, diet, food cravings, physical/sedentary activity, metabolic and endocrine function, and stress in adolescents. For this project, Dr. Landis will be collaborating with researchers in the School of Nursing and Seattle Childrens Hospital. In addition, she was principal investigator on a study using objective measures to determine the feasibility of recruiting and retaining adolescents to complete an 8-day protocol studying sleep, body composition (air displacement plethysmography), serum levels of appetite regulating hormones (leptin, ghrelin), hunger/satiety, eating and physical activity habits, symptom experiences (fatigue, daytime sleepiness, depression), and metabolic risk (insulin resistance). | |
| Dr. Landis serves as both the Student Counselor (UW-Seattle) and Research Chair for the Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing Psi-at-Large chapter. She is a member of the Sleep Research Society, Western Institute of Nursing, Council for the Advancement of Nursing Science, The Obesity Society, and the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners. In her role as Nursing Co-Lead, Dr. Landis is serving as a core faculty member for the UW Leadership Education in Adolescent Health Program (UW LEAH). |
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