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The Clinical and Translational Science Institute named Professor Jayne Fulkerson, PhD, Mentor of the Year. Mentors were evaluated based on their research guidance, motivational skills, insight to career development, training record and their personal research accomplishments.
University of Minnesota School of Nursing Assistant Professors Robin Austin and Martin Michalowski were named Fellows of American Medical Informatics Association (FAMIA).
Associate Professor Barbara McMorris, PhD, received the 2020 Excellence in Postdoctoral Advising award from the Graduate School, Office of Postdoctoral Initiatives. The award is given to faculty who exemplify the best in postdoctoral advising at the University.
Christine Mueller, PhD, RN, FGSA, FAAN, professor, senior executive associate dean for Academic Programs and Long Term Care Professor in Nursing, was appointed to the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Committee on the Quality of Care in Nursing Homes.
The Surgery and Post Graduate Faculties Board at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland has approved Mary Jo Kreitzer’s appointment as a Fellow Ad Eundem of the Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery (FFNMRCSI Ad Eundem). Kreitzer is the founder and director of the Earl E. Bakken Center for Spirituality & Healing and a professor at the School of Nursing
Benjamin Mchie, the founder and executive director of the nonprofit African American Registry and a relentless champion for positive social change, was awarded the School of Nursing’s Richard Olding Beard Award during a virtual ceremony on Sept. 17.
The National Association of Nurse Practitioners in Women’s Health (NPWH) awarded Clinical Associate Professor Nasra Giama, DNP, RN, PHN, the 2020 WHO Dedicated Year of the Nurse and the Midwife Award.
The Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing (Sigma) named the University of Minnesota School of Nursing the academic recipient of the 2021 Healthy Work Environment Award.
The University of Minnesota School of Nursing celebrated the graduation of students at a virtual commencement ceremony Friday, Dec 18, 2020. Joanne Disch, PhD, RN, FAAN, School of Nursing professor ad honorem and American Academy of Nursing Living Legend, delivered the commencement address to graduates.
The Minnesota Northstar Geriatric Workforce Enhancement Program collaborated with Saint Louis University’s Division of Geriatric Medicine and Gateway Workforce Enhancement Program for a virtual Interprofessional Geriatric Case Competition, with a University of Minnesota team being named the winner.