National Fellowship

September 25, 2015

UT Tyler Office of Marketing and Communications

UT Tyler Nursing Alumna Awarded National Fellowship from Center for Disease Control

Follow @UTTyler Tweet

September 25, 2015

Media Contact:  Hannah Buchanan
Editor/Writer–Strategic Communications & Media Relations
Marketing and Communications
The University of Texas at Tyler
903.539.7196 (cell)

September 25, 2015

Dr. Traci Murray of Dallas, an alumna from The University of Texas at Tyler, was awarded a post-doctorate fellowship in public health from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Dr. Yong Tai Wang, College of Nursing and Health Sciences dean, announced.

She will start the two-year competitive fellowship next month in Fort Meyers, Fla.

Murray graduated from UT Tyler with a Ph.D. in nursing in December 2014.

UT Tyler’s doctorate in nursing program is offered entirely online with the exception of a five-day orientation each summer prior to beginning course work.

For additional information about the program, visit uttyler.edu/nursing/college/graduate/phd/index.php.

Today, CDC is one of the major operating components of the Department of Health and Human Serves and is recognized as the nation’s premiere health promotion, prevention and preparedness agencies.

For more information, visit www.cdc.gov/about/.

One of the 15 campuses of the UT System, UT Tyler features excellence in teaching, research, artistic performance and community service. More than 80 undergraduate and graduate degrees are available at UT Tyler, which has an enrollment of more than 8,500 high-ability students. UT Tyler offers courses at its campuses in Tyler, Longview and Palestine as well as a location in Houston.