Save the Date: Globally recognized nursing expert to speak during WVU School of Nursing’s Kandzari Lectureship
As part of the Kandzari Lectureship, West Virginia University School of Nursing will welcome Dr. Bernadette Melnyk as the keynote speaker. The event is set for Thursday, April 25 at 6 p.m. at the WVU Health Sciences Center, Okey Patteson Auditorium.
Melnyk, who is the Vice President for Health Promotion and Chief Wellness Officer for The Ohio State University, will present “Using Best Evidence to Improve Rural Population Health and Well-Being: A Call to Action.”
Melnyk serves as the Executive Director of the Helene Fuld Health Trust National Institute for Evidence-based Practice (EBP), the Helene Fuld Health Trust Professor of Evidence-based Practice, and Dean Emeritus of Ohio State’s College of Nursing. She is a professor of Pediatrics and Psychiatry at Ohio State’s College of Medicine.
She is recognized globally for her expertise in EBP, child, adolescent and clinician mental health, and intervention research as well as her innovative approaches to population health and well-being.
In addition to the lecture, the WVU School of Nursing will honor outstanding student achievements and present awards. New members will also be inducted into the Alpha Rho Chapter of Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society — an international community of nurses, dedicated to the advancement of knowledge, teaching, learning, and service through the cultivation of communities of practice, education and research.
The Kandzari Memorial Nursing Lectureship was created to honor Judy C. Kandzari, who was a member of the faculty at the WVU School of Nursing from 1967 until her untimely death in 1996. A West Virginian, she earned an EdD in Community Health Education, a master’s degree in Counseling and Rehabilitation, and bachelor’s and master’s degrees in nursing, all from West Virginia University. The Memorial Lectureship is designed to offer insight into nursing in rural settings through presentations by nurse leaders who are experts in rural health.
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