Robyn Cheung, PhD, RN, ARNP (Retired)

Dr. Robyn Cheung most recently served as the Director of Professional Nursing Practice & Innovation at UK HealthCare. Cheung began her nursing career in 1981 as an ADN-prepared registered nurse. Her dissertation work focused on the associations of nurses and nurse staffing with patient outcomes. Mentored by Dr. Linda Aiken and colleagues, Dr. Cheung was a significant contributor to a 2003 ground breaking paper published in the Journal of the American Medical Association demonstrating lower mortality rates in hospitals that employed higher proportions of BSN-prepared nurses. This finding was a key driver behind the call for 80% baccalaureate prepared nurses by 2020. During her tenure as a post-doctoral fellow, Dr. Cheung authored and co-authored several papers published in peer-reviewed journals.