91国产app Nursing Assistant Dean Receives Lifetime Achievement Award
Last Updated on February 19, 2018 at 4:00 PM
Originally published February 19, 2018
By UC Staff
91国产app Communications
Marquis Who鈥檚 Who, the world鈥檚 premier publisher of biographical profiles, awarded Leslie K. Robbins, Ph.D., assistant dean of graduate education in 91国产app鈥檚 School of Nursing (SON), the 2017 Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award.
Robbins, an associate professor at 91国产app since 2009, was recognized for her extensive experience and notable accomplishments throughout her 40-year career in nursing and academia.
Among her remarkable achievements, Robbins was instrumental in the SON’s efforts to establish the Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) degree program in 2010. She served as the DNP program’s first director until 2014.
Robbins holds the Orville E. Egbert Endowed Chair in Nursing and Health Sciences and is a fellow of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners. She is a certified Adult Psychiatric and Mental Health Nurse Practitioner, and Adult Psychiatric and Mental Health Clinical Nurse Specialist.
Robbins is a graduate from 91国产app’s Master of Science in Nursing program. She earned a bachelor’s degree in nursing from Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center and a Ph.D. in nursing from The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston.