Announcements
Sponsorship Opportunities for the 2025 Summit Now Available!
Congratulations to Julie Fairman, PhD, RN, FAAN, RWJF Future of Nurse Scholar Program Director, who will be officially designated as a Living Legend by the American Academy of Nursing during their Health Policy Conference, taking place on October 31 – November 2, 2024!
Tara Cortes, PhD, RN, FAAN, RWJF Executive Nurse Fellow Alum, has been named as the Principal Investigator (PI) of a $5 million grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration to train 5,000 health care professionals in providing age-friendly care for older adults in the Bronx.
Jing Wang, PhD, MPH, RN, FAAN, RWJF Nurse Faculty Scholar Alum, Dean and Professor, Florida State University College of Nursing, has been named to serve on the National Advisory Council for Nursing Research within the National Institutes of Health.
Amy J. Barton, PhD, RN, FAAN, ANEF, RWJF Executive Nurse Fellow Alum, Professor, Senior Associate Dean for Faculty & Students, Daniel & Janet Mordecai Endowed Chair in Rural Health Nursing, University of Colorado College of Nursing, received the Nightingale Award for Excellence in Nursing Eminence from the Colorado Nurses Foundation.
Debra A. Toney, PhD, RN, FAAN, RWJF Executive Nurse Fellow Alum, Principal, The Toney Group, has been appointed as the inaugural Executive Director of the National Coalition of Ethnic Minority Nurse Associations (NCEMNA), effective July 1, 2024.
Matthew D. McHugh, PhD, JD, MPH, RN, CRNP, FAAN, RWFJ Nurse Faculty Scholar Alum, co-authored the article, "Hospital nurse staffing variation and Covid-19 deaths: A cross-sectional study," published in International Journal of Nursing Studies.
Rosa M. Gonzalez-Guarda, PhD, MPH, RN, FAAN, RWJF Nurse Faculty Scholar Alum, is the PI and Ryan Shaw, PhD, RN, FAAN is Co-PI, of a $1.4M T32 grant awarded to Duke University by the National Institutes of Health for the study, "Nurse LEADS: Training in Nurse-LEd models of care ADdressing the Social Determinants of Health."
The CVS Health Foundation is requesting grant proposals from local multi-sector partnerships seeking to improve older adult health. CVS Health Foundation will award five multi-year, $1 million grants through its Focus on Healthy Aging (FOHA) program. FOHA will support mature collective impact efforts that strengthen systems-of-care for older adults with brain, heart, and mental health conditions. Read the RFP here (including a detailed FAQ section) and browse the application questions and scoring rubric here.
The following states are eligible to apply: Arizona, California, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Kentucky, Michigan, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Texas.
Applications are due no later than August 16, 2024, at 5:00 p.m. ET.
Interested in learning more about becoming a fellow within the American Academy of Nursing? Click here for more information.
Congratulations to the following who will be inducted into the American Academy of Nursing's 2024 Class of New Fellows!
RWJF Future of Nurse Scholars Alum
Christine E. Bader, PhD, RN, NEA-BC, RWFJ Future of Nurse Scholar Alum – Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
Ethan Cicero, PhD, RN, RWJF Future of Nurse Scholars Alum – Emory University Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing
Rebecca Clark, PhD, MSN, RN, CNM, WHNP-BC, RWJF Future of Nurse Scholars Alum – University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing/Pennsylvania Hospital
Alison Hernandez, PhD, MS, RN, RWJF Future of Nurse Scholars Alum – U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging
Keesha Powell Roach, PhD, RN, RWJF Future of Nurse Scholars Alum – University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Nursing
Daniel Smith, PhD, AGPCNP-BC, CNE, RWJF Future of Nurse Scholars Alum – Villanova University M. Louise Fitzpatrick College of Nursing
Brittney van de Water, PhD, RN, CPNP-PC, RWJF Future of Nurse Scholars Alum – Boston College Connell School of Nursing
Susie Breitenstein, PhD, RN, FNAP, FAAN, RWJF Nurse Faculty Scholar Alum, professor and senior associate dean for research and innovation at the Ohio State University College of Nursing, received the Family Health RIIG ‐ Distinguished Nurse Scientist Award from the Midwest Nursing Research Society (MNRS). This award is given once every other year to recognize a nurse researcher with an established record of research in family health nursing. Congratulations Dr. Breitenstein!
Congratulations to the following individuals on being selected as inaugural fellows in the Academy of Diversity Leaders in Nursing!
Angela Amar, PhD, RN, ANEF, FAAN, RWFJ Nurse Faculty Scholar Alum
Debra Barksdale, PhD, RNP-BC, CNE, FAANP, ANEF, FAAN, RWJF Executive Nurse Fellow Alum
Felicia Bowen, PhD, DNP, PPCNP-BC, FAAN, RWJF Nurse Faculty Scholar Allum
Ron Hickman, PhD, RN, ACNP-BC, FNAP, FAAN, RWJF Nurse Faculty Scholar Alum
Randy Jones, PhD, RN, FAAN, RWJF Nurse Faculty Scholar
Wanda Montalvo, PhD, RN, FAAAN, RWJF Executive Nurse Fellow Alum
Teri Murray, PhD, PHNA-BC, RN, FAAN, RWJF Executive Nurse Fellow Alum
Jacqueline Taylor, PhD, PNP-BC, RN, FAHA, FAAN, RWJF Nurse Faculty Scholar Alum
Debra Toney, PhD, RN, FAAN, RWJF Executive Nurse Fellow Alum
Jing Wang, PhD, MPH, RN, FAAN, RWJF Nurse Faculty Scholar
Emory University Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing professor and administrator Beth Ann Swan, PhD, RN, FAAN, RWJF Executive Nurse Fellow Alum to be inducted into the Academy of Nursing Education! Congratulations Dr. Swan!
NurseTRUST mourns the loss of Gloria J. McNeal, PhD, MSN, ACNS-BC, FAAN, RWJF Executive Nurse Fellow Alum.
Congratulations to the following individuals!
Jennie Chin Hansen, MSN, RN, FAAN, RWJF Executive Nurse Fellow National Advisory Committee, who was honored with a Doctor of Humane Letters from Harvard University;
Susan Reinhard, PhD, RN, FAAN, Center to Champion Nursing in America (RWJF &AARP) who will retire from AARP in early July and being a new role as Visiting Professor in the UC Davis Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing;
Billy Rosa, PhD, MBE, AGPCNP-BC, FAANP, FPCN, FAAN, RWJF - Future of Nursing Scholar Alum has been named a Visionary in Hospice and Palliative Care by the American Academy of Hospital and Palliative Medicine.
Gordon Gillespie, PhD, DNP, RN, FAAN, RWFJ Nurse Faculty Scholar Alum, who received the 2024 Emergency Nurses Association Lifetime Achievement Award.
Board election results are now available! Congratulations to our newly elected Board Members and those returning to the Board. More details here!
NurseTRUST mourns the loss of Dr. Joy Reed, EdD, BSN, RN, FAAN, RWJF - Executive Nurse Fellow Alum. Dr. Reed championed the advancement of public health nursing in North Carolina and across the nation for more than 40 years. Throughout her career, Joy received numerous awards and honors for her achievements in public health. Of note, she was the only public health nurse in the inaugural cohort of recipients of the Executive Nurse Fellows program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (1998). A life well lived and an inspiration to public health nurses in North Carolina and across the nation, Joy will be greatly missed.
Congratulations to William Rosa, PhD, MBE, AGPCNP-BC, FAANP, FPCN, FAAN, RWJF - Future of Nursing Scholar Alum and Nelson Tuazon, DNP, DBA, RN, NEA-BC, CENP, CPHQ, CPPS, FNAP, FACHE, FAAN, RWJF - Executive Nurse Fellow Alum on receiving the Luther Christman Award from the American Nurses Association which recognizes substantial contributions made by an individual man in nursing to the profession in the areas of practice, research, education, public policy, and/or community service.
NurseTRUST recognizes the outstanding individuals selected as our 2024 Emerging Leader Fellows!
Save the Date! NurseTRUST’s 2025 Summit will be March 23-25 in Charlotte, NC!
Congratulations to Andrea Williams, MAEd, Director, Population Health, Societal Advancement, Center for Creative Leadership on being recognized as the 2024 Shirley Chater Enduring Leadership Award Winner at the NurseTRUST Innovation Summit!
We applaud Jacquelyn Taylor, PhD, PNP-BC, RN, FAHA, FAAN, RWJF Nurse Faculty Scholar Alum for being named the PI of the five-year R38 Health Equity StARR Program awarded by the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute on February 7th, 2024 for $2.1 million.
Cheers to Elizabeth Cohn, RN, PhD, FAAN, RWJF Nurse Faculty Scholar Alum, Vice President of Health Equity Research in the Institute of Health System Science at the Feinstein Institutes, on being appointed as the inaugural Iris and Saul Katz Professor in Women's Health Research.
Congratulations to Melissa Batchelor, PhD, RN-BC, FNP-BC, FGSA, FAAN, RWJF Nurse Faculty Scholar Alum, Director of Aging, Health, and Humanities, George Washington University School of Nursing, who has received the Distinguished Diversity Award from the University of North Carolina Wilmington Alumni Association.
NurseTRUST congratulates Cheryl Woods Giscombe, PhD, PMHNP-BC, FAAN, FABMR, RWJF Nurse Faculty Scholar Alum, on her forthcoming book, The Black Woman's Guide to Coping with Stress, available now for pre-sale.
NurseTRUST is pleased to announce we have joined the Champions for Health Equity through Nursing coalition, which works to improve consumer access to care, strengthen and diversify the nursing workforce, promote nurse leadership at all levels, and advance health equity solutions!
Connie Smith-Fassler, DNP, MHA, RN, CNML