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 over 85 undergraduate and graduate scholarships have been awarded.

Below is a list of our current scholarship recipients and their research topics. This year's scholars will be presenting their projects at the Healthy Aging Scholars Presentations & Reception on May 14, 2008 (additional details to come).

Current Scholars

Program	Student	Topic	Faculty Mentor
2007-2008 Judith Fornia Under- graduate Scholarship	Susan G. Lee	Supporting clients and families in transition to assisted living	Basia Belza
2007-2008 Leisure Care Under- graduate Scholarship	Sandra Lester	An analysis of the health promotion perceptions and activities of early stage dementia family caregivers	Rebecca Logsdon
2007-2008 Healthy Aging Under- graduate Scholarship	Rianne Reichner	Comparing families' and nurses' experiences: A content analysis of comments on ICU end-of-life care	Sarah Shannon
2007-2008 Germaine Krysan Masters Scholarship	Charlotte Green	An analysis of clinic nurses' knowledge, attitudes and experience with advance directives and end of life planning	Suzanne Sikma
2007-2008 Healthy Aging Masters Scholarship	Elisa Roth	Implementing a community-based exercise program in congregate meal sites: Perspectives from site managers	Basia Belza
2007-2008 Healthy Aging Masters Scholarship	Deanna Toloudis	Older adult perceptions of the physical activity maintenance process	Basia Belza
2007-2008 Healthy Aging Masters Scholarship	Tatiana Sadak	Evidence-based Nursing Dementia Education and Acute-care Resources (ENDEAR)	Patty Betrus
2007-2008 Myrene C. McAninch Doctoral Scholarship	Akiko Kondo	The relationship between length of hospital stay and outcomes after discharge from hip fracture surgery in Japan and US	Brenda Zierler

For more information about our scholarship opportunities:

Undergraduate Scholarships | Graduate Scholarships

Previous scholars are listed by the academic year that their scholarship was awarded:

2006-2007 | 2005-2006 | 2004-2005 | 2003-2004 | 2002-2003 | 2001-2002 | 2000-2001 | 1999-2000