Fellowships
Fellowships represent programs developed for experienced nurses to transition into a new specialty. These typically involve classroom learning, followed by working in a health care setting under the supervision of an advanced practice nurse.
faculty
Sarah Fitz, APRN →
Post-Graduate APRN Fellowship Program
Advancing Practice is a one-year paid fellowship that builds on nurse practitioner (NP) and nurse midwife (CNM) academic programs to prepare recently-graduated NPs and CNMs to become expert clinicians as well as nursing leaders.
Erie Family Health Center (Erie) is a federally qualified health center in Chicago with over 87,000 patients and hosts Advancing Practice which is a one-year paid fellowship preparing recently graduated nurse practitioners (NPs) and nurse midwives (CNMs) to become expert clinicians and nurse leaders through didactic educational and quality improvement projects and clinical practice in a variety of clinics and intrapartum care clinical experiences at Northwestern Memorial Hospital.
Marjie Kozlowski, APRN HRSA
HRSA Grant Substance Use Disorder
Community Outreach Projects (COIP) Intervention Project
COIP offers educational and training experiences to nursing and medical students using a mobile health outreach van and internships for underrepresented individuals outside the UIC.
Psych Mental Health NP/VA Residency Program
Cynthia Handrup, DNP, APRN, PMHCNS-BC, FAAN →
Academic Affiliate Residency Co-Director, VA/ Nurse Psych
In partnership with Jesse Brown’s VA’s Office of Academic Affiliations (OAA), UIC offers a 12-month post-graduate residency with intensive clinical and academic experiences transitioning into professional roles as PMHNPs.
Psych Mental Health NP/VA Residency Program
Jesse Herron, DNP, APRN, PMHNP-BC
Jesse Brown Veterans Affairs Medical Center (JBVAMC)
Residency Director
Psych Mental Health NP/VA Residency Program