Nursing Faculty

Esther Park, Iulia Fratila, Allison Miner, and Yanika Kowitlawakul discuss how they got started as new faculty members, their efforts to transform their teaching and students’ learning, and engagement with professional development on a Keystone Concepts in Teaching: A Higher Education Podcast from the Stearns Center.

People and Places – Week of December 19, 2025: Fairfax nurses are 2025 VNF award recipients.

Virginia Nurses Foundation Announces 2025 award recipients.

Rebecca Sutter and Erin Maughan were awarded for their leadership excellence in the Nurse Manager/Director and Public Health Nurse categories, respectively. Bethany Cieslowski was a finalist for the Leadership Excellence Award in the Nurse Educator category.

Nursing Professor Kyeung Mi Oh is testing how a “reminiscence therapy” app can strengthen emotional health and connection for people living with memory loss.

What Makes Bruises Change Color Over Time?

Associate Professor recognized with one of the highest nursing honors for her research on health literacy and cultural needs.

Illuminating Justice and Equity: Using alternate light source in forensic nursing

How the DC region is grappling with a school nurse shortage

Dr. Teenu Xavier’s research focuses on using artificial intelligence and machine learning to enhance healthcare communication and improve patient outcomes, with a special focus on identifying and reducing biased language in electronic health records. She examines EHR text-based data to uncover meaningful patterns, language features, and contextual cues that can shape the care patients receive. Her work also explores the use of natural language processing in a variety of sources, including clinical notes, social media, and blogs, to study sentiments, emotions, and health-related conversations, with a commitment to addressing health disparities. Drawing on her expertise in nursing informatics, big data analytics, health promotion and health equity, she investigates how Artificial intelligence can be integrated into healthcare systems to support empathetic, patient-centered documentation and address social determinants of health