{"id":95299,"date":"2023-01-16T02:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-01-16T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/?p=95299"},"modified":"2023-01-13T15:57:06","modified_gmt":"2023-01-13T21:57:06","slug":"forum-is-tuesday-for-nursing-dean-finalist-dr-giurgescu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2023\/01\/16\/forum-is-tuesday-for-nursing-dean-finalist-dr-giurgescu\/","title":{"rendered":"Forum is Tuesday for nursing dean finalist Dr. Giurgescu"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The third of four finalists vying for the role of UNMC College of Nursing dean will be on the Omaha campus this week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Faculty, staff and students are invited to hear from Carmen Giurgescu, PhD, Chatlos Foundation Endowed Chair and associate dean of research at the University of Central Florida College of Nursing, during a campus forum Tuesday, Jan. 17. The forum will be from noon to 12:45 p.m. CT in in the UNMC Center for Nursing Science, room 40120, and also be available via Zoom. Attendees can access the Zoom link via this intranet page<\/a> and ask questions during the forum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A leader in eliminating racial disparities in preterm birth among Black women, Dr. Giurgescu has strategically developed a focused program of nationally recognized research to identify fundamental factors that underlie high rates of preterm birth among Black women. Her research, built on more than 15 years of clinical practice as a labor and delivery nurse and women\u2019s health care nurse practitioner, has been consistently funded and currently includes two studies totaling $5.6 million from the National Institutes of Health.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition to Dr. Giurgescu, finalists include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n