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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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Carol A. Landis, DNSc, RN, FAAN Professor Biobehavioral Nursing and Health Systems Box 357266 University of Washington Seattle, WA 98195-7266 Email Address: calandis@u.washington.edu |
| Research: Dr. Landis's program of research focuses on sleep and health consequences of disturbed sleep. She has conducted both basic-science and clinical interdisciplinary studies of altered sleep patterns in an animal model of arthritis, sleep deprivation effects on thermoregulation, pain, wound healing, immune function, and descriptive studies of neuroendocrine and EEG biomarkers of nonrestorative sleep in women with fibromyalgia. Recently she completed a clinical trial of valerian effects on sleep in older women with insomnia and a sleep study of children with juvenile arthritis. Currently she is Co-investigator with the coordinating center for a multi-site study evaluating treatments to reduce hot flashes and improve sleep in menopausal and post-menopausal women and Co-Director for the Biobehavioral Tools Core for the University of Washington Center for Research on Management of Sleep Disturbances. She also serves as Director for the NINR funded institutional Biobehavioral Health Training Grant for predoctoral and postdoctoral fellows. | |
| Teaching: Dr. Landis enjoys teaching about sleep, the health consequences of sleep loss and ways to improve sleep. She also enjoys challenging and working with graduate students and postdoctoral fellows to enhance their critical thinking and research skills. | |
| Service: She is a past member of the Nursing Science Adult and Older Adult Study Section and currently serves on the Nursing Clinical Resarch Study Section for NIH/CSR. She is an associate editor for the SLEEP. She is currently chair of School of Nursing faculty council and serves on the Senate Faculty Council for Faculty Affairs. |
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