LORI EDWARDS , MPH, RN, APN, BC
Instructor, Clinical Specialist in Community Health

" Working in partnership means that we must truly listen and envision change with "new eyes". This is the foundation from which I strive to promote the health of vulnerable people and communities. "

Lori Edwards, a clinical specialist in community health nursing and public health, has directed the Community Outreach Program and the Returned Peace Corps Fellows Program at the School of Nursing since joining the faculty in 1994.  Her teaching, research, and clinical work focus on community-based care, particularly among underserved populations where she has integrated international heath care models into programs designed to reduce health disparities in Baltimore populations. Edwards has been honored widely as an educator, mentor and community nursing expert. She has won several SON teaching awards and in 2004, was the Maryland Association of Higher Education outstanding faculty of the year. In 2007, she was named the Nurse Health Care Hero of the Year by the Maryland Daily Record for her leadership of the SON Community Outreach Program that educates, trains, and places over 150 student nurses to work with Baltimore’s most underserved populations. Because Edwards loves teaching nursing students and believes in learning, she is pursuing a doctoral degree in public health and is conducting a community-based project addressing occupational health issues among Vietnamese nail salon workers. Edwards balances her life as faculty, clinician, researcher, and student with a personal passion for ballroom, swing, and Latin dancing and also for outdoor adventures.

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