Tietze selected for Myrna R. Pickard Endowed Professorship
The University of Texas at Arlington has selected Mari Tietze for the Myrna R. Pickard Endowed Professorship for her ability to lead collaborative research that reflects practical applications for nursing education, practice and administration.
Tietze, who will also serve as an affiliate of the Multi-Interprofessional Center for Health Informatics, is a recognized expert in psychosocial nursing, holistic patient needs and expansive health services distribution. She will use her expertise in nursing, interprofessional informatics and health policy to conduct research, publish findings and conduct demonstration projects to meet future health care needs.
“Dr. Tietze is a remarkable leader in the field, and I’m honored that someone of her talent, expertise and national reputation will be working at The University of Texas at Arlington,” said Myrna Pickard, the namesake for this endowed professorship.
As an experienced nursing educator and researcher, Tietze will also work closely with faculty in the College of Nursing and Health Innovation (CONHI) to advance interprofessional research and innovation in technology, health informatics and nursing education. She will play a critical role in advancing health informatics education by supporting UTA’s planned nursing master’s degree in health informatics and associated interprofessional certificates.
“The field of health informatics and nursing are critically important today, and we are fortunate to have Dr. Tietze, an expert in this field, join us to help explore the complex and dynamic solutions needed to address many of today’s most pressing issues,” said Elizabeth Merwin, CONHI dean. “Dr. Tietze is an incredible educator, and the UTA students and faculty will gain invaluable knowledge from her experience, as she embodies the vision for this endowed professorship.”
Prior to UTA, Tietze was professor and the Doswell Endowed Chair in Nursing Informatics at Texas Woman’s University, where she led informatics education at the undergraduate, master’s and doctoral levels.
-Written by Sarah McBride, College of Nursing and Health Innovation