2025 NURSING
A message from the dean
Impact has defined our academic year here at the Faculty of Nursing. From cutting-edge research to community-driven practice, the faculty continues to show what nursing leadership looks like in Alberta, across Canada and around the world.
We are proud to be ranked first in Canada by Maclean’s University Ranking and second in Canada and 14th in the world by QS World University Rankings. These recognitions reflect not only the strength of our programs but also the people behind them: the students, faculty, alumni and partners who are shaping the future of health care every day.
Those rankings reflect our research success. In the Fall 2024 Canadian Institutes of Health Research Project Grant competition, our faculty achieved a 40 per cent success rate — nearly double the national average. This remarkable achievement highlights the calibre of research happening here and the impact it is having on health systems, patients and communities.
This publication celebrates the people and the impact behind the headlines. Thank you for being part of our story. Your support, mentorship and generosity make it possible for our students to learn, for our researchers to innovate and for our faculty to strengthen health care in every corner of Alberta and beyond.
Together, we are building the future of nursing.
Shannon Scott
’06 PhD
Dean, Faculty of Nursing
University of Alberta
In this issue
We are immensely proud of our nursing community and invite you to review the stories and highlights in this year’s publication.
It Takes a Village
U of A’s new interdisciplinary AI + Health Hub aims to turn research into solutions for everything from disease diagnosis to hospital management and drug discovery.
Are Missed Periods Hurting You?
Exercise-induced amenorrhea may be linked to pregnancy complications and cardiovascular issues.
There's No Place Like Home
Researcher to identify which at-home supports best delay entry into long-term care.
Cardiology Abroad
Investigating the mechanisms of exercise intolerance in breast cancer survivors.
Extreme Exercise
Sub-four-minute mile runners outlive expectations.
Incubator for Nursing Leaders
New professors bring broad areas of research, enthusiasm fir teaching top-rated nursing faculty.
Survivor's Heart
Student-led research offers hope for childhood cancer survivors.
Uncharted Midlife
New virtual nurse practitioner-led clinic brings a new approach to menopause care and research.
Homegrown Health Care
New nurse practitioner sets up clinical practice in small-town Alberta
A Social Prescription
Earlier diagnosis and treatment of dementia-and a sense of belonging-may help delay the progression of the disease.
A Lesson in Legacy
New student scholarship created in honour of late nursing grad.
Care That Endures
Discover how a student-led project unveils and celebrates the presence of Indigenous Peoples in nursing.
Research Impact
The Faculty of Nursing leads transformational research to address complex global health challenges and to meet the health needs of diverse communities.
Here are some of our research highlights from 2024-25 in children and women’s health, healthy aging, health equity and health systems, global health and migration and mental health to help improve people’s quality of life.
$3.3 million
the combined value of initial award funding received
from July 1, 2024, to June 30, 2025
193
active research grants during proposal fiscal year
88,000+
collective citations since 2019
#1
nursing program in Canada
2024 Maclean’s National Rankings
#14
worldwide
37
tenure track researchers
9
postdoctoral fellows
63
PhD students
215
graduate students
1473
undergraduate students