School Names Holders of Pauline A. Vincent Chair in Public Health and Long Term Care Professorship in Nursing

The University of Minnesota School of Nursing announced that Professor Renee Sieving, PhD, RN, FAAN, FSAHM, was named the inaugural holder of the Pauline A. Vincent Chair in Public Health. This chair honors the legacy of Pauline A. Vincent, PhD, MPH, RN, FAAN, who was a public health nursing leader and a 1956 alum of the University of Minnesota master’s degree in public health nursing program. This endowed chair focuses on the health of the public and is awarded to a faculty member who is a nationally and internationally known leader in the field. Sieving’s research focuses on healthy development among vulnerable populations of young people.

Professor Joe Gaugler, PhD, was named a holder of the Long Term Care Professorship in Nursing. Holders of this professorship must be tenured faculty members who are nationally recognized as a scholar in the nursing care of elders or children requiring long term care, have NIH funding and a record of service. Gaugler’s research focuses on the longitude implications of family care for chronically disabled adults.

“At the School of Nursing, professorships and chairs allow us to create a focused and enduring legacy while supporting the work of those whose achievements and discoveries contribute to the transformation of nursing and health care,” said Dean Connie White Delaney, PhD, RN, FAAN, FACMI.