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Greetings from Dean Diane Santa Maria

As we celebrate the 50th anniversary of Cizik School of Nursing at UTHealth Houston, I stand in awe of our predecessors who set such a high bar for nursing education, practice, and discovery. I am also honored and humbled to lead a magnificent team that carries on their legacy of innovation and excellence.

1972年8月28日，第一位98名本科生入学了休斯顿全新的德克萨斯大学护理学校。从那时起，我们授予了13,487度和证书，目前的入学人数超过1,600。我们在接受美国国立卫生研究院资助的护理学校中的排名正在外围beplay上升，美国新闻与世界报告继续排名我们的护理医生（DNP），护理理学硕士（MSN）和护理科学学士学位（BSN）学位在休斯敦首先，在得克萨斯州第二，在全美顶级学校中。外围beplay

More important than these numbers is the impact our graduates make as they build on a foundation of educational excellence. They serve as chief nursing officers within countless health care systems in the Texas Medical Center and beyond. They educate future nurses as faculty members and deans at universities across the nation. They make meaningful advances in nursing science, and they provide compassionate, high-quality health care for all at the bedside and in our communities.

Groundbreaking advancements of the past led to many of today’s successes. For example, our faculty developed gerontological nursing as a center of excellence in the 1980s, and our nurse scientists today use our Smart Apartment to test technologies to help older people live independently. UT Health Services, founded in 1991, grew to become a model for nurse-managed clinics run by academic institutions. Its new location in the heart of the Texas Medical Center improves accessibility for Houston’s diverse patient populations. The PARTNERS organization, founded in 1994 and solely devoted to supporting our school, has contributed more than $15 million to scholarships, research grants, and endowed professorships. The forward-thinking technology incorporated into our building, which opened in 2004, enabled “distance education” of the day and positioned us well to facilitate hybrid educational models.

在此过程中，我们的教职员工开创了博士学位课程，提供了该州的第一个DNP学位，并将护理科学的早期医生转变为护理哲学博士。This year, for the first time, we are giving nurses with bachelor’s degrees the opportunity to apply directly to our PhD program, and we have expanded DNP admissions to twice a year to help meet the growing need for advance practice health care providers in Texas and beyond.

In this issue of Cizik Nursing, you will read more about these milestones and how we are continuing the journey. I am particularly proud of the many ways we are identifying and addressing the needs of diverse and undeserved populations through educational programs such as the poverty and vaccine hesitancy simulations staged this year. Also, our participation in the Texas Development Center for AIDS Research is expanding with multiple faculty members leading innovative HIV research studies.

Cizik护理学院成立50周年为我们提供了反思和续签我们致力于推进所有人高质量医疗保健的巨大机会。这是接下来的50年！我迫不及待地想看看我们共同完成了什么。

Diane Santa Maria, DrPH, RN, PHNA-BC, FSAHM, FAAN
The Jane and Robert Cizik Distinguished Chair
赫芬顿基金会护理教育领导主席
Cizik School of Nursing at UTHealth Houston