Stony Brook University has named Annette B. Wysocki, PhD, RN, FAAN, dean of the School of Nursing, effective August 1. Dr. Wysocki is a nursing educator, scholar, and researcher with over 30 years of experience. She joins Stony Brook from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst College of Nursing, where she served as Professor and Associate Dean for Research since 2012.
Kenneth Kaushansky, MD, MACP, Senior Vice President of Health Sciences and Dean of the Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University, tells news.stonybrook.edu, “Annette was chosen from an incredibly talented pool of national candidates, yet stood out because of her clear vision about the future of our school of nursing and her impressive nursing career on many levels. This includes Annette’s many leadership and advisory roles at higher educational institutions and societies and her scholarly and research work on a national and international scale.”
Dr. Wysocki began her academic career by joining the faculty of the New York University Medical Center where she was Director of Nursing Research and a faculty member in the Department of Dermatology in the School of Medicine. She then joined the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and served as Scientific Director of the National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR) and Chief of the Wound Healing Laboratory. After leaving the NIH, Dr. Wysocki became Professor of Nursing and Surgery at the University of Mississippi Medical Center, before joining UMass Amherst.
Dr. Wysocki’s past research has helped develop the science of symptom self-management, studying the wound environment in patients with spinal cord injury, and studying the basic biology of chronic wounds. She is a lead researcher in wound healing and other topics in nursing research.
In her new role as dean of Stony Brook Nursing, Dr. Wysocki intends to continue building the school’s mission of advancing the science and practice of nursing to improve the lives of individuals, families, and the community.
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