AWARDS & PROMOTIONS

Faculty

Kathleen Becker was one of 80 graduate nursing faculty from across the United States competitively selected to attend a 3-day course “End of Life Nursing Education Consortium – Graduate Curriculum: Promoting Palliative Care in Advanced Practice Nursing” in Pasadena, California.

Jacquelyn Campbell won the election to the Academic Council for a three year period beginning in September 2006.

Miyong Kim has been invited to serve as a member of the Nursing Science: Adults and Older Children study section at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Center for Scientific Review. With other members, Kim will review and make recommendations on grant applications submitted to the NIH and will help ensure the quality of the NIH peer review process.

Joan Kub was nominated to participate in a Public Health Nursing Leadership Initiative by the Health Services Research Administration in May. She was a member of a work group composed of representatives from schools of public health, schools of nursing and the practice community.

Cynda Rushton, JHUSON associate professor and program director of Johns Hopkins Harriet Lane Compassionate Care, has been selected as a 2006 Robert Wood Johnson Executive Nurse Fellow. She is one of twenty nurse leaders nationwide chosen to participate in this three-year Fellowship program for nurses in senior executive roles who aspire to lead and shape the U.S. health care system of the future.

Phyllis Sharps was honored in May by her alma mater, the University of Delaware, as one of four alumni inducted into the Alumni Wall of Fame.

Students

Doctoral student Nina Fredland has accepted a faculty position as Assistant Professor at the University of Texas at Austin. “I am very grateful for the excellent doctoral education I have received at JHUSON and will keep in touch with my wonderful mentors and classmates.”

Chase Gray '07 and Rachel Walker '07 have been named recipients of the University Provost's Undergraduate Research Awards. The awards, which are given annually by Johns Hopkins University to encourage baccalaureate students to engage in research activity, will allow Gray and Walker to work with faculty mentors, honing their skills in the many facets of scientific research.

Elizabeth McCarthy and Mary Paterno of the accelerated class of 2006, ran in the 2nd Annual High Heel Race at the Gay Pride Parade in June.  Both placed in the top 10.

Lisa Ormond '07 and Jeremiah Meeks '07 were named recipients of the 2006 AACN Scholarship and Lacey Ginsberg '07 and Rachel Walker '07 were named recipients of the 2006 Mayo Clinic’s Breakthrough to Nursing Scholarship. Both scholarships are administered by the Foundation of the National Student Nurses Association.

Kitty Poon '06 was awarded a 2006 Community Service award from the SOURCE (Student Outreach Resource Center), which serves as a channel for student, faculty, and staff involvement with community organizations and local projects. The school's Programa Salud also received an award in the student group category.

Post-doctoral fellow Maya Shaha was inducted into Sigma Theta Tau International at the 17th International Nursing Research Congress Focusing on Evidence-Based Practice in Montreal, Quebec on July 19-22, 2006.

Eden Stotsky '08 received the American Cancer Society's Lane Adams Quality of Life award in May for consistent excellence in care and counseling to cancer patients and their families.  Stotsky, MSEd Health Educator at the Johns Hopkins Colon Cancer Center, is considered an expert in the field of patient education for colon cancer. A survivor herself, Stotsky has dedicated her work to helping patients navigate their cancer journey, and give them true hope they can continue to lead fulfilling lives.

Staff

 

The SON Office of Development & Alumni Affairs has met their goal of $40 million in the Johns Hopkins University Knowledge For the World $2 Billion Campaign. Congratulations to Debbye Wells, Matt Haag, Lisa O'Shea, Melinda Rose, Shirley Brooks, Jackie Gray, and Carline Ohamuo.

 

Staff members who have reached milestones of 5, 10, 15 and 20+ years of service to JHU:  Sylvia Lee (30 years), Dean Martha Hill (25 years), Associate Dean Sandra Angell (20 years), Nancy Biglari (20 years), Melinda Rose (15 years), Laura Neuberger (15 years), Donzie Spears (15 years), Tom Hall (10 years), Jackie Gray (10 years), Lucille Eaddy (10 years), Pat Blockston (10 years), Steve Klapper (5 years), Ron Supan (5 years), Denelle Alton (5 years), and Associate Dean Deborah Wells (5 years).

Claire Bogdanski, associate dean for finance and administration, has been named the 2006 JHMI chapter recipient of the JHU Women's Leadership Award. Bogdanski was recognized for leading the SoN administrative components to new levels while promoting the leadership skills of others.