Awards and Honors

Clinical Assistant Professor Jane Anderson, DNP, APRN, ANP-BC, FNP-BC, was named the recipient of the Nurse Practitioner Award for Excellence for the state of Minnesota by the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners.


 

Assistant Professor Cynthia Bradley's article More than a Meme: The Dunning-Kruger Effect as an Opportunity for Positive Change in Nursing Education published in Clinical Simulation in Nursing was selected as one of the Society for Simulation in Healthcare (SSH) Articles of Influence for 2021-22. Bradley, PhD, RN, CNE, CHSE, was featured in a special session at the 2023 International SSH annual conference.
 

Associate Professor Siobhan McMahon, PhD, MPH, APRN, GNP-BC, received the Distinguished Educator Award from the National Hartford Center of Gerontological Nursing Excellence. The award recognizes educators with knowledge and skills needed to provide excellent care to older adults and competence to engage all learners and inspire positive attitudes toward older people.
 

Assistant Professor Mary Whipple, PhD, RN, PHN, was selected as an associate editor for Vascular Medicine. Her three-year term began in January 2023. Whipple was also selected as a Finalist for the Jay D. Coffman Young Investigator Award Competition at the 2022 Society for Vascular Medicine Scientific Sessions.

 

Clinical Associate Professor Misty Wilkie, PhD, RN, FAAN, was appointed to serve a three-year term on the Department of Veterans Affairs Special Medical Advisory Group (SMAG), which provides advice to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs and the Under Secretary for Health on matters relating to the care and treatment of veterans and other matters pertinent to the operations of the Veterans Health Administration. Wilkie also was elected to the Minnesota Organization of Registered Nurses Board of Directors.