Message from the Dean
Bernadette Mazurek Melnyk, PhD, APRN-CNP, FAANP, FNAP, FAAN
Vice President for Health Promotion
University Chief Wellness Officer
Dean and Helene Fuld Health Trust Professor of Evidence-Based Practice, College of Nursing
Professor of Pediatrics and Psychiatry, College of Medicine
Executive Director, Helene Fuld Health Trust National Institute for Evidence-based Practice in Nursing and Healthcare
The Ohio State University
Healing all hearts. That is our goal. At the College of Nursing, we are dreaming big about improving cardiovascular care and reducing cardiovascular deaths in underserved and minoritized populations locally and around the world. In this issue, you can read about the new grants, research, outreach and faculty dedicated to this mission. You can also find out about our virtual Innovation Summit, our newest grants, and our stellar new rankings – including #1 online master’s degree from U.S. News & World Report!
Our students are putting their hearts into transforming the world of healthcare. You can read about U.S. Air Force veterans who are making a difference and earning PhDs, high-achieving students from our honors BSN program who are doing real-world research, and a scholarship student from Ghana who dreams of bringing what she has learned at Ohio State back to her home country. You can also meet some of the DNP Fellows in the new post-doctoral fellowship in EBP at the Helene Fuld Health Trust National Institute for Evidence-based Practice in Nursing and Healthcare and learn about their exciting projects.
“A Giving Heart” celebrates alumna Susan Giorkaris Patzakis’ lifetime of giving. You can also meet preceptor Cherie Sexton, who runs a unique family practice office out of a public school in Ohio and Maddy Davies, who is putting her Health and Wellness Innovation in Healthcare degree to work at Erie County Health Department.
Make your own heart health a priority today by engaging in healthy lifestyle behaviors and activities that bring you joy. You can find tips on how to protect your heart health here.
Be well, and go Buckeyes!
Fondly,
