Jennifer Uzzell, NP, is a pediatric nurse practitioner in Houston, TX, where most of her patients are on Medicaid. She is also a local and national student liaison and conference presenter with the National Association of Nurse Practitioners. As a precept nurse practitioner for several universities, she intends to use her REACH training to improve mental health knowledge among her colleagues and students.
November 2, 2026
"The solution seems obvious: Treating mental-health disorders must fall to pediatricians, who already have regular contact with their patients and are trusted providers. It’s such an intuitive idea that parents have already started demanding it." Thank…
