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hreceivedhherhDoctorhofhNursehAnesthesiahPracticehdegreehathTexashWesleyanhUniversityhi
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,DavidhShubert,hPhD,hishahdeanhinhthehCollegehofhArtshandhScienceshathNewmanhUniversity,h
Wichita,hKansas,hwherehuntilhrecentlyhhehdesignedhandhcotaughththehcombinedhchemistry–
physicshforhnursehanesthesiah courseh withh Dr.h Leyba.h Heh wash inductedh intoh theh national
h Achievementh RewardshforhCollegehScientistsh(ARCS)hFoundationhpriorhtohjoininghNewma
nhUniversityhinh1987.h Althoughhhishareahofhexpertisehlieshinhorganometallichchemistry,hDr
.hShuberthhashtaughthintro-
hductory,hgeneral,horganic,hanalytical,handhinstrumentalhanalyticalhchemistry,hashwellhashbi
o-
hchemistry,hearthhandhspacehscience,hgeneralhphysicalhscience,handhchemistry/physicshforh
nursehanesthesia.hInh1995,hDr.hShuberthwashhonoredhbyhhishstudentshandhpeershwithhtheh
TeachinghExcellencehAward.hHehhashworkedhashahchemicalhconsultanthwithhseveralhlocalhin
dustries,hinclud-
hinghVulcanhChemicalshandhBGhProducts.hWorkinghwithhcolleagueshfromhfivehindependenth
col-
hleges,handhwithhfinancialhsupporthfromhthehNationalhSciencehFoundation,hthehCamillehand
hHenryhDreyfushFoundation,handhthehA.hV.hDavishFoundation,hDr.hShuberthhashofferedhnum
eroushwork-
hshopshthathprovidedhtraininghandhaccesshtohmodernhinstrumentationhtohhighhschoolhchemistr
yhteach-
hers.hMosthrecently,hhehwashrecognizedhbyhthehWichitahBusinesshJournalhinh2014hashahHeal
thcarehHero.hHishresearchhinterestshhavehevolvedhfromhorganometallichchemistryhtohchemic
alheducation.
JohnhLeyba,hPhD,hishahprofessorhofhchemistryhandhheadhofhthehDepartmenthofhChemistry
handhBiochemistry,hUniversityhofhNorthhGeorgia,hDahlonega,hGeorgia.hPreviously,hhehwashahfa
cultyhmem-
hberhathNewmanhUniversityhforh12hyears,hwherehhehservedhashthehchairhofhthehDivisionhofhSc
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physicshforhnursehanesthesiahcoursehwithhDr.hShubert.hDr.hLeybahhashextensivehindustrialhe
xperiencehinhthehDepartmenthofhEnergyhComplex.hHehwashseniorhscientist,hseniorhscientist
hA,handhprincipalhscientisthwithhWestinghousehSavannahhRiverhCompany.hInhaddition,hheh
washthehradiochemistryhgrouphleaderhforhRusthFederalhServiceshClemsonhTechnicalhCenter
hinhAnderson,hSouthhCarolina.hHehwashalsohahvisitinghassistanthprofessorhinhthehChemistry
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sthsinceh1995handhhashbeenhemployedhashahcardiovascularhnursehanesthetisthwithhAnesthesi
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ndhthehKansashAssociationhofhNursehAnesthetistsh(KANA),hwherehshehhashheldhnumeroushoff
ices,hincludinghpresidenthandhtreasurer,handhcurrentlyhishthehprogramhchair.hShehwashalsoha
nhitemhwriterhforhthehCouncilhonhCertificationhofhNursehAnesthetistsh(2006–
2009)handhahmemberhofhSigmahThetahTauhInternational.hDr.hNiemannhhashpresentedhwidel
yhforhKANAhandhotherhstatehandhlocalhorganizationshonhtopicshsuchhashconscioushsedation,han
esthesiahforhtotalhjointhreplacement,handhanesthesiahforhcardiovascularhprocedures.hShehteach
eshahvarietyhofhcourseshinhthehNewmanhUniversityhNursehAnesthesiahProgramhandhishprincip
alhinvestigatorhandhclinicalhadvisorhforhmultiplehseniorhnursehanesthesiahthesishprojects.hShe
hreceivedhherhDoctorhofhNursehAnesthesiahPracticehdegreehathTexashWesleyanhUniversityhi
nh2016.
