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TWU nursing professor
receives two awards from the Association of Rheumatology Health
Professionals
1/10/06
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DENTON –
Texas Woman’s University nursing professor Dr. Gail
Davis, B.S.N., M.Ed., Ed.D., received two awards during the
40th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Association of Rheumatology
Health Professionals (ARHP)/American College of Rheumatology
held in San Diego in November 2005.
Dr. Davis was presented
with the Clinical Master’s Award for her clinical and
research work in the field of rheumatology. She also was honored
with a Star Award, which the ARHP presented to 40 members
in recognition of their career contributions to rheumatology
as a part of the meeting’s 40th anniversary celebration.
University of Kansas
nursing professor Dr. Geri Nueberger, RN, Ed.D., nominated
Dr. Davis for a Star Award, “because of her scholarly
work with the symptom of pain in persons with arthritis and
because of the many committees that she has served on as a
chairperson or member for the ARHP.”
“Her contributions
to rheumatology have been numerous,” Dr. Nueberger said.
Dr. Marian T. Hannan,
M.P.H., D.Sc., assistant professor of medicine at the Harvard
Medical School, nominated Dr. Davis for the Clinical Master’s
Award for her many contributions to furthering the clinical
art and science of rheumatology.
“Dr. Davis
demonstrates the important components of the Clinical Masters
Award by providing excellent care to her patients, constantly
expanding her expertise in rheumatology and providing outstanding
teaching and mentoring of the next generation of rheumatology
clinicians,” Dr. Hannan said. “When describing
her clinical skills, her students give the best recommendation
a teacher can hope for when they say, ‘I only wish I
could be as good a clinician as Dr. Davis when I care for
patients.’”
“The ARHP
has been a very important part of my professional life, offering
valuable input from and dialogue with colleagues from many
different healthcare disciplines in the field of rheumatology,”
Dr. Davis said. “Receiving this recognition from these
colleagues was truly an honor.”
With more than
12,000 alumni and more than 2,300 undergraduate and graduate
students, TWU has the largest college of nursing in Texas
and produces more new nurses than any other program in the
state. For more information about TWU’s College of Nursing,
call (940) 898-2401 or visit www.twu.edu.
The Association
of Rheumatology Health Professionals (ARHP), a division of
the American College of Rheumatology, is a professional membership
society composed of non-physician health care professionals
specializing in rheumatology, such as advanced practice nurses,
nurses, occupational therapists, physical therapists, psychologists,
social workers, epidemiologists, physician assistants, educators,
clinicians, and researchers. For more information, visit www.rheumatology.org.
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