Roberts to lead Cizik School of Nursing’s clinical practice as associate dean
FACNM的DNP，CNM DNP Leissa Roberts教授将加入休斯敦德克萨斯大学健康科学中心（UTHealth）的Cizik护理学院，作为2021年Beplay体育中心10月30日从事实践和社区参与的副院长。
Roberts comes to Cizik School of Nursing from the University of Utah College of Nursing in Salt Lake City, where she most recently served as associate dean of faculty practice. In her new role, she will focus on expanding access to the nurse-led UT Health Services clinics. She will develop a new strategic practice plan, identify opportunities for clinic expansion, and establish new ties within the community, especially in underserved areas.
“Strengthening the practice component of our mission is one of our highest priorities. Doing so will not only improve availability of primary care services to the communities we serve but also enhance clinical and scholarship opportunities for our faculty and students,” said DeanDiane Santa Maria, DrPH, MSN, RN. “We conducted a rigorous nationwide search for this leadership role, and I am delighted to have Dr. Roberts join our team.”
UT Health Services provides primary care to individual patients as well as employee and occupational health services for all six UTHealth schools and several large organizations in the Houston area.
Roberts is the second addition to Cizik School of Nursing’s practice leadership team this year. On her team isJoy Harrison, DNP, MSN, RN, who became director of UTHealth Services in June. Harrison is overseeing the main clinic’s relocation from the 16thfloor of UTHealth’s primary administrative office building to a larger, ground-floor space in the UT Physicians building at 6410 Fannin, Suite 100.
罗伯茨（Roberts）在1993年加入犹他大学的教职员工后，担任教师实践和妇产科护理中的各种领导职务，成为全职认证的护士助产士（CNM）。在超过25年的发展和改善犹他大学的临床实践中，她一直活跃于CNM。她于2013年被晋升为教授，并从助理院长晋升为教师实践副院长。她的奖学金围绕着与劳动算法的应对有关，这是她和同事旨在替代0-10数字评级量表的评估工具。劳动算法的应对由美国和国际上的医院系统广泛使用。
She earned her Master of Science in Nurse-Midwifery and her Doctor of Nursing Practice from the University of Utah and her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from the University of Wyoming Fay W. Whitney School of Nursing, from which she received the Distinguished Alumni Award in 2016. In 2017, Roberts completed the American Association of Colleges of Nursing Wharton Executive Leadership Program. She is a Fellow in the American College of Nurse Midwives and received that organization’s distinguished service award in 2020.
