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Scholars

The de Tornyay Center for Healthy Aging offers students in the UW School of Nursing opportunities to learn about successful aging and ways professionals can promote optimal experiences for older adults.  To date nearly 100 undergraduate and graduate scholarships have been awarded.

Below is a list of our current scholarship recipients and their research topics. 

Current Scholars

Program Student Topic Faculty Mentor

2010-2011

Myrene C. McAninch

Undergraduate Scholarship

Jennifer Farrell

Are older adults comfortable discussing sexual health with nurses? 

Basia Belza

2010-2011

Healthy Aging

Master's Scholarship

Janet Pohl Clinical Placements and Long Term Care Facilities:  A Survey Assessment of Student Nurse Orientation

Carol Leppa

2010-2011

Germaine Krysan

Doctoral Scholarship

Oleg Zaslavsky Cognitive function and physical performance in the oldest old Hilaire Thompson