DENVER (Aug. 21, 2006) – Joan K. (Kathy) Magilvy, PhD, RN, FAAN, has been appointed associate dean for academic programs at the University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center School of Nursing.
Magilvy has been a professor in the CU School of Nursing for 24 years. She served most recently as assistant dean for graduate programs and director of the PhD program. Her appointment became effective on Aug. 1.
“Kathy is an accomplished researcher in community, rural and public health nursing, cross-cultural aging, and long-term care. She has expertise in community-based health services for older people and those with chronic illness and disability,” said Pat Moritz, PhD, RN, FAAN, dean and professor in the CU School of Nursing. “Her considerable experience as an educator, researcher and administrator are greatly valued and appreciated.”
In her new role, Magilvy will continue to direct the school’s PhD program, and will be senior administrator for its undergraduate and graduate programs.
A noted expert in qualitative and ethnographic methodologies, Magilvy has received funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and other federal agencies for her studies over the past two decades. She has been active on many campus-wide committees, including those focused on planning the new Fitzsimons campus in Aurora.
Within nursing and gerontology, Magilvy has received numerous regional and national awards, including the Nighingale and Shannon Mentor awards, and has been inducted as a fellow into the American and Western academies of nursing.
Magilvy succeeds Marlaine Smith, RN, PhD, FAAN, who resigned to accept the endowed chair in caring science at Florida Atlantic University.
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