Duck-Hee Kang, Ph.D.

Duck-Hee Kang, Ph.D., the Lee and Joseph D. Jamail Distinguished Professor at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) School of Nursing, is among the 20 Outstanding Nurses of 2014 to be honored by the Texas Nurses Association (TNA) District 9 Foundation. She was selected for her outstanding research mentorship of junior faculty, particularly in the area of biobehavioral research. Kang received her Ph.D. in the joint major of Physiological Psychology and Nursing from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Her research has been focused on biobehavioral research, particularly in the area of psychoneuroimmunology.