Karen Weis, PhD, RNC-OB, FAAN, dean of the KU Medical Center’s School of Nursing-Salina Campus

Ep. 30: Karen L. Weis, PhD, RNC-OB, FAAN, is a decorated U.S. Air Force veteran and noted researcher who serves as the dean of KU Medical Center’s School of Nursing-Salina Campus, as well as the associate director of research for the Kansas Center for Rural Health. She also holds the Christine A. Hartley Rural Nursing Professorship. She is a native of the Salina area, working with and focusing on research of various health disparities.

In this episode, Karen discusses growing up on a farm in Kansas before graduating from nursing school and joining the Air Force for 30 years.

She shares about her time as a military nurse, including overseeing some of the U.S. Department of Defense’s largest maternal child units and serving as a flight nurse.

She also discusses her role and the efforts of the School of Nursing-Salina Campus and recent research she has conducted on rural and maternal health.

Listen now, and learn how Karen is a pioneering leader in health care in Kansas.

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Welcome to the United Methodist Health Ministry Fund Podcast, Pioneers in Health. We hope to bring you inspiring stories of pioneering health leaders who led important efforts to improve health. We’ll bring you guests from our state, from our nation and from your backyard to tell their stories of how they broke new ground and changed the landscape of health care.