Spotlight on new faculty – Meet Michele Christina Balas, Ph.D.

Michele Christina Balas, Ph.D.

Michele Christina Balas, Ph.D., assistant professor in the UNMC College of Nursing’s Community Based Health Division, is among the many new faculty members at UNMC.

Name: Michele Christina Balas, Ph.D.

Title: Assistant professor, UNMC College of Nursing Community Based Health Division

Specialties: Delirium, older adults, gerontology, critical care, intensive care and surgery

Degree: Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania, School of Nursing, Philadelphia

Memberships:

• Associate Fellow, Institute on Aging, University of Pennsylvania;
  
• American Nurses Association;
  
• Gerontological Society of America;
  
• American Association of Critical Care Nurses;
  
• Society of Critical Care Medicine;
  
• American Geriatrics Society;
  
• Midwestern Nursing Research Society; and
  
• Sigma Theta Tau -Inducted Zeta Psi Chapter.

All UNMC departments are encouraged to send information on new faculty members to UNMC Today at today@unmc.edu. Using the above format, please include the person’s title, specialty, previous position(s), doctoral degree, residency, fellowships and memberships. Also include their clinic hours and a phone number for patients interested in making an appointment. Faculty photos are welcome.