Horgas elected a fellow in the American Academy of Nursing

Ann Horgas, Ph.D., R.N., the associate dean for research, has been elected a fellow in the American Academy of Nursing.

The academy awards fellowships to individuals who have made outstanding contributions to effective nursing through practice, research, creative development, scholarly work, the influence of public policy or a combination of these. Fellows also must show the potential to continue making significant contributions to the field of nursing. 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 a National Institutes of Health-funded study on methods to assess pain in nursing home residents with dementia.