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Fall 2018 University of Miami School of Nursing and Health Studies CELEBRATING YEARS— 70 MOVING FORWARD ON A MISSION PILLARS OF THE COMMUNITY A YEAR OF SIMULATION Q&A: DEAN MUNRO fall 2018 contents EDITORIAL CONTRIBUTORS features Marina Alvarez, B.G.S.C. ’03 SONHS Executive Director On a Mission Rosa M. Lamazares-Romero 10 SONHS Assistant Director, When faculty and students touch down in Haiti to care for the residents of Communications and Marketing Thomonde, few things are certain. Thankfully, Jude Dhaiti is one of them. Robin Shear Pillars of the Community SONHS Senior Editor, Communications 14 Over the course of their final semester, public health students from the School Mike Clary of Nursing and Health Studies don’t just do outreach in the community, they Carlos Harrison help design research-based interventions. Yolanda Mancilla Ginny Pickles Real Connections in a Simulated Setting Maggie Van Dyke 18 In its first year of operation, the Simulation Hospital has become a very busy Jessica Weiss place for education, research, and technology—and that’s a good thing for UNIVERSITY COMMUNICATIONS health care and public safety in the region. Jacqueline R. Menendez, A.B. ’83 Celebrating 70 Years—Moving Forward Vice President for Communications 22 Dean Cindy L. Munro shares insights on the school’s 70th anniversary, Matthew McDonald shifting currents in health care, and her strategy for steering the SONHS to Associate Vice President new horizons in her second year at the helm. for Communications Meredith Camel, M.F.A. ’12 Executive Director for Communications departments Lisa Kuehnle Senior Art Director Leadership 2 Touch the future with a Nicole Andújar Senior Graphic Designer Dean’s Message 3 Angie Villanueva, A.B. ’12, M.B.A. ’18 planned gift to the School of Production Manager Vital Signs 4 Promoting Health and Hope for All of Us • SONHS by the Numbers Heartbeat is published twice a year Foronda Named Macy Faculty Scholar • Public Health Degree Earns by the School of Nursing and Health Studies National Accreditation • Jonas Scholars Named • First Helene Fuld Nursing and Health Studies. (SONHS) and the University of Miami Office of A.B.S.N. Scholars Tapped Communications and Marketing. 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Student Profile To learn more about making a planned gift, please visit our website at 36 UNIVERSITY COMMUNICATIONS 18-074 Stephanie Lozano miami.edu/plannedgiving or contact Cynthia Beamish, Executive Director, Office of Estate and Gift Planning. 305-284-2914 • [email protected] or Paul Metcalf, SONHS Development Director. 305-284-1785 • [email protected] SONHS Advancement [email protected] 305-284-1563 www.miami.edu/SONHS 10 14 18 22 leadership dean’s message UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI School of Nursing and Health Studies The School of Nursing and Health Studies at 70: ADMINISTRATION FACULTY Cindy L. Munro, Ph.D. Steve Alves, Ph.D. Yui Matsuda, Ph.D. Novel, Optimistic, World-Changing Dean and Professor Professor of Clinical Assistant Professor John M. Clochesy, Ph.D. Patricia Amado, Ph.D. Brian McCabe, Ph.D. This year, the School of Nursing and over one year ago, has become a hub for Please join me Research Associate Professor Vice Dean and Professor Assistant Professor of Clinical Health Studies is proudly celebrating its education, research, testing, and training— for an informal Evan M. McEwing, D.N.P. Jeffrey Groom, Ph.D. Debbie Anglade, Ph.D. 70th anniversary, a momentous occasion a critical step toward improving health care conversation in our Assistant Professor of Clinical Lecturer Associate Dean for Simulation Programs, that coincides with the unveiling of the and public safety in the region. This cover story— Director, Nurse Anesthesia Program and Susana Barroso-Fernandez, Ph.D. Adrian Mesa, M.S.N. Professor of Clinical Assistant Professor of Clinical and Lecturer University of Miami’s Roadmap to Our transformational facility has been the locus “Celebrating Director, Simulation-Hospital Special Projects Martin M. Zdanowicz, Ph.D. Victoria Behar Mitrani, Ph.D. New Century. These events herald an for a year of regional and international 70 Years at the Associate Dean for Health Studies Patricia Larrieu Briones, D.N.P. Professor exciting new era for the University and the collaboration, communication, and SONHS—Moving Assistant Professor of Clinical and Professor of Clinical Greta Mitzova-Vladinov, D.N.P. SONHS. We have eagerly embraced three innovation at the vanguard of health care Forward”—where I’ll share Rosina Cianelli, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Clinical and Associate Charles A. Downs, Ph.D. Director, Nurse Anesthesia Program of the Roadmap’s strategic priorities: simulation. And, importantly, it has my thoughts about our key strategic Associate Dean for Research, and Associate Professor and Director, Associate Professor M.S.N.-D.N.P. Program Anne E. Norris, Ph.D. mission-driven research, education for life, provided an unmatched setting to support initiatives, the shifting currents in health Professor and hemispheric leadership; these are our our strategic priority of education for life. care, the culture of belonging that infuses Mary Mckay, D.N.P. Nichole Crenshaw, D.N.P. Assistant Professor of Clinical Associate Dean for Nursing Undergraduate Brenda Owusu, D.N.P. guiding stars as we navigate toward a future In “Pillars of the Community,” you’ll everything we do at the school, and my and Director, Adult Gerontology Programs and Associate Professor of Clinical Assistant Professor of Clinical and Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Program Director, Adult-Gerontology Primary Care that will see our graduates taking their place read about how our novel undergraduate plans for steering the SONHS toward new Johis Ortega, Ph.D. as leaders among the next generations of public health program is teaching students horizons as I begin my second year at the Giovanna De Oliveira, Ph.D. Linda M. Parker, D.Sc. Associate Dean for Hemispheric and Global Assistant Professor of Clinical Research Assistant Professor health care clinicians and researchers in to carry forward our tradition of advocacy helm of this extraordinary school. After Initiatives and Associate Professor of Clinical Joseph De Santis, Ph.D. Andrew Porter, Ph.D. South Florida and throughout the globe. for vulnerable populations. Partnering with seven decades of progress, our journey is still Mary Hooshmand, Ph.D. Associate Professor and Assistant Professor of Clinical In this issue of Heartbeat, we proudly nonprofit organizations, seniors are an adventure on which I’m excited to Associate Dean, D.N.P. Programs, Interim Director, Ph.D. Program Interim Associate Dean for Master’s Programs Susan Prather, Ed.D. recognize and honor our 70-year legacy of designing and implementing interventions embark every day! and Assistant Professor of Clinical Diego Deleon, M.D. Assistant Professor of Clinical Senior Lecturer academic, clinical, and research excellence, aimed at improving community health. Sean Kilpatrick, M.S.Ed. Carmen Rosa Presti, D.N.P. Ruth Everett-Thomas, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Clinical and look ahead with optimism and hope With our fifth graduating class of public Cindy L. Munro Assistant Dean of Student Services Assistant Professor of Clinical Regine Reeves-Placide, M.S.N. toward our 100th year. The articles in this health students, we’re demonstrating how Ph.D., R.N., A.N.P.-B.C., F.A.A.N., Marina Alvarez, M.S. Ashley Falcon, Ph.D. Lecturer issue showcase the ways in which the long-term community building leads to F.A.A.N.P., F.A.A.A.S. Executive Director, Operations and Research Assistant Professor of Clinical Deborah J. Riquelme, Ph.D. SONHS is building on its legacy while lasting impacts. Dean and Professor Zuny Fernandez, B.S. Cynthia Foronda, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Clinical working to fulfill its strategic priorities. In these pages, you’ll also meet two Director, Budget Associate Professor of Clinical Deborah Salani, D.N.P. In “On a Mission,” you’ll go on a distinguished nurse leaders and researchers Karina Gattamorta, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Clinical and Director, ADVANCEMENT Research Associate Professor Undergraduate Nursing Accelerated Program medical mission to Haiti, where you’ll meet who have recently become part of the SONHS staffer Jude Dhaiti, who was born SONHS family. As vice dean and professor, Paul A. Metcalf, Ph.D. Nicole A. Gonzaga, D.N.P Jill Sanko, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Director of Development Assistant Professor of Clinical and raised in Haiti, and read about how he Dr. John M. Clochesy will play a critical Juan E. Gonzalez, Ph.D. Kenya Snowden, D.N.P.