<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/newsroom/story/future_of_vr.html" dsn="news"><pubDate>05/06/2026</pubDate><title>Dr. Wells-Beede revolutionizes future of medicine through virtual reality</title><summary>Typically, nothing good ever follows the phrase, “and then COVID hit.” But for Dr. Elizabeth Wells-Beede, senior associate dean for UNT Health Fort Worth’s College of Nursing, what came next was groundbreaking research that would revolutionize healthcare education.</summary><author>Libby Maness</author><image><img src="/newsroom/_binaries/drwellsbeede.png" alt="Dr. Elizabeth Wells-Beede"/></image><tags><tag>College of Nursing</tag></tags></item>