Jacquelyn Campbell, PhD, RN, FAAN has been elected to the Academic Council for a three-year period beginning in September 2006.
Maryann Fralic, DrPH, RN, FAAN was featured in the August 2006 issue of Nurse Leader as a “Leader to Watch.”
Fannie Gaston-Johansson, Lola Oguntomilade, Vanessa Bradley, and Phyllis Mason presented on the topic of patient perspectives on health care disparities at the NIH Conference on Understanding and Reducing Health Disparities Contributions from the Behavioral and Social Sciences in October.
Hae-Ra Han, PhD, RN was elected as a member of the Nominating Committee for the Southern Nursing Research Society for the 2006–2008 term.
Elizabeth E. Hill, PhD, RN and Linda Rose, PhD have received funding from the JHUSON Center for Collaborative Intervention Research for 2006–2007.
Elizabeth Jordan, DNSc, RNC was elected to the National Board of Directors of the Association of Women’s Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses.
Miyong Kim, PhD, RN, FAAN has been invited to serve as a member of the Nursing Science: Adults and Older Children study section at the National Institutes of Health Center for Scientific Review.
Joan Kub, PhD, APRN, BC was nominated to participate in a Public Health Nursing Leadership Initiative by the Health Services Research Administration.
Aisling McGukin, BSN, RN was awarded the Refugee Women’s Advocates Award for Outstanding Volunteerism from the International Rescue Committee.
Robin Newhouse, PhD, RN, CNOR, CAN received a three-year Mentored Clinical Scientist Development Award (KO8) from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality for “Rural Hospital Nursing: Environment, Effects and Evidence.”
Cynda Rushton, PhD, RN, FAAN and Dan Sheridan, PhD, RN, FNE-A, FAAN, were named Health Care Nurse Heroes by Maryland’s Daily Record.
Dan Sheridan, PhD, RN, FNE-A, FAAN received a $34,525 grant from the Governor’s Office of Crime Control & Prevention to coordinate two Forensic Nurse Examiner Pediatric Trainings in Maryland.
Elizabeth “Ibby” Tanner, PhD, RN has been appointed a commissioner for the Baltimore City Commission on Aging and Retirement Education.
Kathleen White, PhD, RN, CNAA, BC and Nancy Woods, PhD, CNM, were named the 2006 recipients of the Johns Hopkins University Alumni Association Excellence in Teaching Awards.
Phyllis Sharps, PhD, RN, FAAN was honored by her alma mater as one of four University of Delaware alumni inducted into the Alumni Wall of Fame.
Congratulations to recently promoted School of Nursing faculty members:
Instructor Helen Thomas, RN, MS, CPNP
Associate Professor Daniel Sheridan, PhD, RN, FNE-A, FAAN
A fond farewell to departing SON faculty and senior staff members:
Linda Pugh, PhD, RN, FAAN
Ron Berk, PhD
Sue Donaldson, PhD, RN, FAAN
Janet Selway, MSN, CANP
Debbye Wells, Associate Dean of Development and Alumni Relations