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Nancy Jo Handy, RN, PhD
Assistant Clinical Professor |
The University of Texas at Arlington School of Nursing
411 S Nedderman Drive
UTA Box 19407
Arlington, TX 76019-0407
Telephone: (817) 272-2776
FAX: (817) 272-5006 |
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Office: 516, Pickard Hall

My E-Mail address: nhandy@uta.edu
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Research
Interests
- Mechanisms
of Disease Processes
- Nutrition
in Health and Disease
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Alternative/Complimentary Therapies
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Dissertation
(1992) “The Combined Effect of Dietary Protein Quality and
Energy Restriction on Chemical Carcinogenesis and the
Conjugating Enzyme System”
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Special
Achievements
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Nomination for Provost Teaching Award at UTA SON 2002, 2003, and
2004
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Nomination for President’s Award for Excellence in Distance
Education Teaching at UTA 2002
- Award for
Outstanding Research Presentation, The American Oil Chemists'
Society, Chicago, IL. Radcliffe, J. Handy, N., and Ashby, J.,
(1991) “Use of
Transplantable Rodent Tumors to Assess the Effect of Protein
Quality on Tumor Growth and Development of Cachexia”,
International News on Fats, Oils and Related Materials, American
Oil Chemists’ Society, Vol. 2, No. 4, 1991.
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Scholastic Achievement by the Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi,
Texas Woman’s University 1990
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Teaching
Experience (Past and/or Present)
- Advanced
Pathophysiology (graduate)
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Pathophysiology
(undergraduate)
- Health
Promotion and Illness Prevention (Clinical)
- Lecture &
clinical teaching areas: medical-surgical nursing and acute care
(ER, CCU, ICU)
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Teaching and Community Activities (Past
and/or Present)
- Nutritional
Consultant (Dallas Teen
Magazine, Channel 5-WBAP 820 Talk Radio, Dallas Morning News), faculty
and students
- Nursing Facility
Administration Advisory Committee (State committee appointed by Governor
Rick Perry, 2002-2007)
- Featured article
NLN website “Great Moments in Teaching” Spring 2006
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Education
- PhD (Nutrition), Texas Woman's University, 1992
- MS, Texas Woman's University, 1976 (Major: nursing -
specialty, cardiovascular nursing)
- BSN, Baylor University, 1967
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