Margaret Moss Appointed to MN Board on Aging

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Contact: Mary Pattock, School of Nursing, 612-624-0939, patto017@umn.edu

University of Minnesota School of Nursing
Dr. Margaret Moss Appointed to the Minnesota Board on Aging

(St. Paul, Minnesota) - Dr. Margaret Moss, Assistant Professor at the University of Minnesota School of Nursing, has been appointed to the Minnesota Board on Aging by Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty. The Minnesota Board on Aging was established in 1956 to plan for and meet the needs of Minnesota's seniors.

Dr. Moss, of Minneapolis, Minnesota, received a Doctor of Science in Nursing degree from the University of Texas Health Science Center in Houston where she focused on American Indian aging. She also completed a two-year postdoctoral fellowship in American Indian aging research at the Native Elder Research Center, University of Colorado. Dr. Moss is an enrolled member of the Three Affiliated Tribes of North Dakota, and is a member of the Executive Council for the University of Minnesota Center for Gerontological Nursing (CGN). The mission of the CGN is to improve the health, quality of life, and delivery of nursing care to aging adults of diverse cultures through knowledge development, dissemination and utilization.

Dr. Moss's appointment to the Minnesota Board on Aging will end January 2008.

The University of Minnesota School of Nursing, ranked among the nation's top nursing schools, is a leader in improving health care through research, education and service. Its nationally and world-renowned scientists discover practical health care treatments and solutions people can use today to improve their daily lives. The oldest continuing university-based school of nursing in the nation, it now has a combined undergraduate and graduate enrollment of approximately 850 students. The school produces 55 percent of the faculty in Minnesota's public and private nursing schools, advanced practice nurses and nurses who can assume leadership positions. The School of Nursing is one of seven schools and colleges in the Academic Health Center, one of the most comprehensive facilities for health professionals in the nation, fostering interdisciplinary study, research and education.

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