Sam Houston State University School of Nursing Hosts All of Us Educational Event

MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Texas -- The American Association of Colleges of Nurses (AACN) awarded a mini grant to Sam Houston State University’s School of Nursing. SHSU’s School of Nursing will partner with the Newton Gresham Library to help expand awareness for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) All of Us Research Program. The School of Nursing invites members of the Montgomery County community to one of two educational events to learn more about the All of Us Research Program. For the Montgomery County community, the event is being held on January 29 at Lone Star College - Montgomery Campus Theatre. Light refreshments are being provided by the Lone Star College University Center.

NIH’s All of Us Research Program aims to collect data from 1 million or more people living in the United States with diverse lifestyles, environmental and biological backgrounds in an effort to accelerate research on ways to improve health through individualized prevention, and treatment, also known as precision medicine. A major focus of the All of Us Research Program will be on engaging populations historically underrepresented in biomedical research.

“The primary mission of nurses is service to their community to promote health and treat disease, which aligns with the All of Us Research Program objective to accelerate research,” said Kelly Zinn, project director and clinical associate professor for SHSU’s School of Nursing.

“It’s an exciting time to be a medical librarian and to help educate the next generation of health professional experts-in-training at SHSU,” said Lisa Connor, project team member and assistant professor at the Newton Gresham Library.

SHSU’s School of Nursing, Newton Gresham Library, College of Health Sciences, proposed College of Osteopathic Medicine (applicant status – seeking accreditation), Student Leadership Initiatives, Greek Life and the Center for Diversity & Intercultural Affairs will collaborate to capture the interest of the SHSU, Walker and Montgomery County area population during the two educational events. These events will allow attendees the opportunity to receive information on the All of Us Research Program, as well as on how to participate and share the information they learned with others.

“We hope the knowledge gained through the project will have long-term benefits by helping health care providers learn ways to improve the health and well-being of diverse populations,” said Denise Neill, project team member and director and associate professor, SHSU School of Nursing.


The first event will take place at SHSU’s Lowman Student Center on Jan. 28 and is open to the SHSU population and the surrounding Walker County area population. The second event is scheduled at the Lone Star College Montgomery Theater on Jan. 29. It is open to the Montgomery County area, including members of the nonprofit community and the populations they serve. Communications contact is: Carla Clark at cec105@shsu.edu or call 936-294-2315.

Please find full event details below:


Walker County - Sam Houston State University:
Date:
1/28/2019
Time: 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Place: Lowman Student Center, White Ballroom
11:00-11:30a.m. Light Lunch Provided 11:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m. Presentation and Q&A
Montgomery County Lone Star College: Date: 1/29/2019
Time: 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Place: Lone Star College Montgomery, Theatre
6:00-6:30 p.m. - Light Refreshments Provided by Lone Star College University Centers
6:30-8:00 p.m. - Presentation and Q&A



For more information regarding the All of Us Research Program, visit www.joinallofus.org/together . For more information about the “All of Us and You” Educational Events, visit www.shsu.edu/allofus or email: rsvpnursing@shsu.edu.