Aging expert named new UF College of Nursing Associate Dean for Research
Ann Horgas, Ph.D., R.N., recently assumed the position of the University of Florida College of Nursing’s associate dean for research. Horgas, an associate professor who has been at UF since 2000, is one of the country’s leading nurse researchers on pain and aging and is currently conducting an NIH-funded study on methods to assess pain in nursing home residents with dementia.
Horgas is a fellow of the Gerontological Society of America and has been awarded the Nightingale Award for Excellence in Nursing Research and the Springer Award in Geriatric/Gerontologic Nursing. She has co-authored a book on dealing with behavioral problems in nursing homes and has written numerous publications on topics such as pain, everyday competence in old age and mental health in aging.