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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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Ellen Mitchell, PhD, RN Associate Professor Emerita Family and Child Nursing 357262 University of Washington Seattle, WA 98195-7262 Email Address: nellem@u.washington.edu |
| Ellen's current research activity is a longitudinal study, the Seattle Midlife Women's Health Study, focused on the menopausal transition and the health of midlife women. She also has experience with studies about perimenstrual symptoms. Her particular interest is in methodological issues related to sampling and to symptom experiences of women. | |
| Ellen teaches nurse practitioner classes related to the menstrual cycle such as perimenopause, PMS, dysmenorrhea and menstrual problems. She also is interested in the clinical decision-making process in primary care. | |
| Ellen has 22 years experience as a nurse practitioner in a private primary care interdisciplinary practice, Primary Health Care Associates, which she co-founded and co-owned. She recently left the practice in April 1999 to devote more time to her research. She is the Principal Investigator on “Collecting and storing present samples for genetic analyses: Future possibilities for understanding the menopausal transition and gene expression” through the Center for Women’s Health Research. She also is co-investigator and Project Director of the Seattle Midlife Women's Health Study (SMWHS). | |
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