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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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Barbara Burns McGrath, RN, PhD Research Associate Professor Psychosocial & Community Health Box 357263 University of Washington Seattle, WA 98195-7263 Email Address: bbmcgrat@u.washington.edu |
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Barbara Burns McGrath is a nurse and medical anthropologist on the research faculty in the School of Nursing with adjunct appointments in the Departments of Anthropology, Women Studies, and Epidemiology. She is also on the faculty of the Institute of Public Health Genetics in the School of Public Health, and former director of the Gender Disparities Core of the Center for Women's Health and Gender Research. General research focus includes a description of cultural variation in response to illness; investigation of the influence of culture in the creation of meaning; examination of the role of science and technology in the health of populations; and the application of ethnographic inquiry methods in the study of health and illness. Topical interests have included issues surrounding death and dying, HIV/AIDS, diabetes, and the social and cultural implications of the Human Genome Project. Fieldwork in the Kingdom of Tonga has led to a program of research with the U.S. Pacific Island community in the Seattle area. Dr. McGrath was Principal Investigator of Project Talanoa, an NIH funded study developing a community based HIV prevention program with local Samoan and Tongan teenagers and adolescents. Current research is proposed to investigate the interplay of cultural meanings and family history of diabetes among U.S. Pacific Islanders. |
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