AWARDS

Faculty

Kathi White and Nancy Woods won this year's Excellence in Teaching Awards, which reward faculty members who stand out in their role as both teacher and mentor to students. Woods (left) and White (right) are pictured here with Senior Associate Dean Anne Belcher (center).

Patti Abbott was the sole nurse to sit on a panel of fourteen nationally acknowledged experts to brainstorm methods of using informatics to improve health sciences, health services, and the health of the public. The National Academies will use input from the workshop to develop plans for projects to be executed over the next three years.

Dean Martha Hill was elected as a member at-large to the Executive Committee of the AACN Board of Directors.   

Joan Kub was nominated to participate in a Public Health Nursing Leadership Initiative by the Health Services Research Administration (HSRA). Joan will represent schools of nursing as a member of a workgroup composed of other representatives from schools of public health, schools of nursing, and the practice community.

Faculty member Aisling McGukin was awarded the Refugee Women's Advocates Award for Outstanding Volunteerism from the International Rescue Committee at the International Women’s Day breakfast at Dunstins Restaurant on Saturday, March 11, 2006.

At Nurses' Night in Annapolis on February 9, 2006, Rosemary Mortimer joined in briefing nurses and nursing students as a featured speaker from the Maryland Nurses Association (MNA) Legislative Committee. Sixty legislators attended the reception that followed and nurses had the opportunity to speak to them individually about issues before the Maryland General Assembly.

Ellen M. Ray received a Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing Dean's Award, given to outstanding employees who exemplify the school's values and set a standard of excellence in the workplace.

Cynda Rushton served on the Institute of Medicine National Academics Organ Donation committee that reported on various ways to increase organ donation rates including those whose deaths are a result of irreversible cardiac failure.

Phyllis Sharpswas presented the Nursing Network on Violence Against Women International 2006 Award for Excellence in Practice on April 7, 2006 in Portland, OR. The award is given in recognition of outstanding contributions in the area of violence against women and children through nursing practice.

In addition, Sharps was honored by her alma mater as one of four University of Delaware alumni who were inducted into the Alumni Wall of Fame on May 5, 2006.

Dan Sheridan received a $34,525 grant from the Governor’s Office of Crime Control & Prevention (GOCCP) to coordinate two Forensic Nurse Examiner Pediatric Trainings in Maryland.

Elizabeth (Ibby) Tanner has been appointed a Commissioner for the Baltimore City Commission on Aging and Retirement Education (CARE).


Students

Doctoral student Marguerite Baty (right) was selected to participate in the Johnson & Johnson Community Health Care Scholars Program for 2006 through 2008. She will work with the “Reach Out and Connect” project of the Ozark Mountain Health Network in Clinton, Arkansas.

Doctoral student Barbara Biedrzycki received a $30,000 research scholarship from the American Cancer Society to explore why cancer patients participate in research trials and clinical trials.

Dean Martha Hill and graduate students Megan Hoffman and Neysa Ernst testified before the Maryland Senate Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs Committee on the Nurse Support Program Assistance Fund (SB230/HB322). The bill passed on May 2, 2006.

JHUSON students have been elected to the  Maryland Association of Nursing Students Board of Officers: Rachel Walker, President; Adrienne Clark, Secretary; Nicole Mitchell, Membership; and Nancy Poznak, Newsletter Editor.

A student committee spearheaded by Tiffany McFarlane, Jessica Deputy, and Maia LeBlanc organized to make this year’s Honoring Diversity Week a success. 

Staff

Steve Klapper and Mfonobong Umana received the Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing Dean's Award, given to outstanding employees who exemplify the school's values and set a standard of excellence in the workplace. Two additional staff, Sharon Ennis and Ruth Hurd, received Honorable Mentions.

Staff member Phyllis Wilcox won the “Name Your Staff Organization” contest. The name of the new Staff Organization is SON Essentials.

Associate Dean of Finance and Administration Claire Bogdanski has been named the 2006 JHMI chapter recipient of the JHU Women’s Leadership Award. Claire was recognized for leading the SON administrative components to new levels while promoting the leadership skills of others. The award was presented at the JHU Women's Network 19th Annual Spring Luncheon, Friday May 12, 2006.