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Faculty, Alumni named 2022 AAN Fellows

Faculty, Alumni named 2022 AAN Fellows

AAN recognizes five alumni and six faculty

NAPNAP recognizes UABSON faculty

NAPNAP recognizes UABSON faculty

Faculty receive honors, serve on committees and advisory board

Grau elected to NAHN Board

Grau elected to NAHN Board

Alumna, founding president of the Alabama Chapter of the National Association of Hispanic Nurses tapped for national role

Aroke recognized for research excellence

Aroke recognized for research excellence

NIH Pain Consortium presents Aroke with Mitchell Max Award for Research Excellence

Somerall named ASNA Interim Executive Director

Somerall named ASNA Interim Executive Director

Alumna steps in during search

Bordelon elected AAMN Vice President

Bordelon elected AAMN Vice President

Term begins in October

Alumna earns NONPF, NAP, AANP recognition

Alumna earns NONPF, NAP, AANP recognition

Vicky Stone-Gale recognized for contributions advancing the nurse practitioner role, patient care

ALN grant enhances DEI education

ALN grant enhances DEI education

Pair makes strides to assess diversity, equity and inclusion curriculum in WHNP track

Alumnae give first scholarship for diverse NA students

Alumnae give first scholarship for diverse NA students

Kesha Thurston and LaDana Williams-Davis hope to inspire underrepresented anesthesia students

Faculty shine at NONPF Conference

Faculty shine at NONPF Conference

Bordelon named NONPF rising star, Holland named to board of directors

Alumna is first nursing dean at Belmont Abbey College

Alumna is first nursing dean at Belmont Abbey College

Dr. Carolyn Harmon named inaugural dean of nursing at Belmont Abbey College

Seven specialties top ranked for 2023

Seven specialties top ranked for 2023

Graduate programs continue to rise in U.S. News & World Report annual rankings

Faculty, alumni recognized by AANP

Faculty, alumni recognized by AANP

State recipients honored for their excellence as nurse practitioners

Alumna named president-elect of ALANA

Alumna named president-elect of ALANA

Krista Niedermeier takes reins as president in September 2022

Addressing violence against women during the pandemic

Addressing violence against women during the pandemic

PAHO/WHOCC creates domestic violence resources for health care providers

Alumna recognized for state leadership

Alumna recognized for state leadership

Lindsey Harris featured in AL.com’s “21 Alabamians who made a difference in 2021”

Alumni, Dean named “Who’s Who in Health Care”

Alumni, Dean named “Who’s Who in Health Care”

Three alumni, Dean Harper featured by Birmingham Business Journal

Addressing racism in environmental health

Addressing racism in environmental health

Felesia Bowen discusses the need to include racism as a factor

COVID strengthens community partnerships

COVID strengthens community partnerships

UABSON reflects on COVID-19's impact on global and local partnerships

Shirey receives NPAA Power of One Award

Shirey receives NPAA Power of One Award

Among six from SON recognized for leadership, service to the profession

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Shirey, Grau advocate for Hispanic health policy
Supporting the expansion of the nursing workforce and increasing access to culturally sensitive care for vulnerable populations
Birmingham is AAMN’s first at-large chapter
Chapter, based at UAB School of Nursing, expands membership opportunities for Men in Nursing
Learning health care’s history lessons
Birmingham Civil Rights Institute serves as classroom for BSN students
DEI Office reflects on first year
Working to support a more inclusive future
UABSON named Best School for Men in Nursing
AAMN recognizes UABSON for diversity, equity and inclusion efforts
Alumna inspires DEI award
T’Anya Carter inspires DEI award and honors first recipient
Dawson receives ANA President’s Award
Recognizes work to promote diversity, equity and inclusion
Aroke recognized for research excellence
NIH Pain Consortium presents Aroke with Mitchell Max Award for Research Excellence
ALN grant enhances DEI education
Pair makes strides to assess diversity, equity and inclusion curriculum in WHNP track
A family passion for nursing
Fisher sisters break barriers, share a love of the profession
Alumna breaking barriers for CRNAs
T'Anya Carter earns PhD, discusses importance of diversity in health care
Addressing racism in environmental health
Felesia Bowen discusses the need to include racism as a factor
Alumna is UMMC chief nursing executive
PhD gradate Kristina Cherry named top nursing leader at University of Mississippi Medical Center
Faculty, alumna team with NBNA
Building program to introduce children from traditionally underrepresented groups to nursing career
Bowen’s paper addresses toxic stress, care
Schema includes guidance to diagnose, manage stressors for children
Bowen discusses health inequities

Brings pediatric perspective to National Academy of Medicine Future of Nursing podcast
Grau recognized by NAHN
Janie Menchaca Wilson Leadership Award recognizes service, leadership
Faculty, student leading in PNAAL

UABSON members make their mark in Philippine Nurses Association of Alabama
School receives third AAMN award

American Association of Men in Nursing names School best for men in nursing
NA certificate will diversify workforce

National pilot program is engaging more diverse individuals to optimize nurse anesthesia workforce
Dawson is NBNA President for 2nd term

Will build upon first term achievements, tackle new challenges
Bowen is inaugural DEI associate dean

Felesia Bowen is first dedicated leader for diversity, equity, inclusion work that began in 2019
Faculty, alumni on racism commission

Dawson is a co-lead and Smith serving as member on National Commission to Address Racism in Nursing
Alumni recognized as NBNA Trailblazers
Jennifer Coleman and Cynthia Barginere receive National Black Nurses Association’s Trailblazer Award
Aroke’s publications win ASPAN awards

Receives first, second place Hanna journalism award
Dionne-Odom receives $3.6M R01

Research supporting intervention to improve health care decision making education for caregivers supporting individuals with cancer
BSN student receives Gilman Scholarship

Funding supporting extended global educational opportunities
PhD student named ANA/AACN student ambassador

Shameka Rogers Phillips named to Healthy Nurse, Healthy Nation program
Jordan is on new NAPNAP committee

Inaugural committee to focus on diversity, equity and inclusion
Aroke receives $1.7M NIH grant

Will study racial differences in chronic low back pain
Aroke is president of Cameroonian Nurses Association

Goals include benchmarking study of Cameroon’s needs, state of anesthesia care.
Aroke is AANA Researcher of the Year

Honored with 2021 American Association of Nurse Anesthetists Foundation’s John F. Garde Researcher of the Year Award
Alumna is chief nursing, midwifery officer at Jhpiego
Pandora Hardtman is continuing her contributions after more than two decades of international midwifery experience
Jordan receives grant from ALN

PhD student, instructor awarded Alabama League for Nursing scholarship
McPeters is President-Elect of ALN

Alabama League for Nursing term began earlier this year; will become ALN president in March 2022
Richardson making his mark on profession

Alabama State Nurses Association Vice President leading through practice, example
Dawson is on Health Equity Advisory Council

$75 million Direct Relief Funf for Health Equity supporting community organizations addressing social, health and economic inequities
Chapman Lambert on social determinants panel

Associate Professor serving on national panel discussion regarding HIV risk in Black communities
National leader talks diversity, equity, inclusion

Rumay Alexander, keynote speaker for 2021 DNP Intensive, provides valuable insight, advice for UABSON students
Bowen named to national advisory board

Pam Bowen Appointed to National RCMAR Scientist Advisory Board
Dionne-Odom named Sojourns Scholar

Leadership program through Cambia Health Foundation includes $180,000 grant to support palliative care research and project
DNP Student receives Dreamer Scholarship

DNP Nurse Anesthesia Pathway student April Garlejo receives scholarship designed to increasing diversity and leadership within nurse anesthesia profession
DNP Student John Park named AANA Foundation Student Advocate

Nurse Anesthesia Pathway student will serve as a student liaison between the Foundation and school’s anesthesia students
Faculty, student recognized as state’s top nurses

This is Alabama highlights nursing accomplishments, exceptional leaders at virtual awards ceremony
Alumnus is Dean at Chiang Mai University

Dean Thanne Appointed to Faculty of Nursing, Chiang Mai University in Thailand
Jordan Elected to NAPNAP board

Acute Care Pediatric NP Specialty Track Coordinator Jeremy Jordan will serve on national board of Acute Care Special Interest Group
Community service teaching students

Partnership with i3 Academy charter school in Birmingham’s Woodlawn community combines missions of community care and nursing education
Cystic fibrosis research recognized at conference

The top three abstracts in nursing at the North American Cystic Fibrosis Conference from UAB School of Nursing
AAMN recognizes School, professor

American Association for Men in Nursing names UAB top school for men for second year, Bordelon receives association’s Lee Cohen Award
Alumna is President of ASNA

Dr. Lindsey Harris earned MSN and DNP from School
Lee is NBNA Educator of the Year

National Black Nurses Association recognizes Loretta Lee for instruction, publication
Faculty, alumni named 2020 AAN Fellows

Number of UAB School of Nursing FAAN inductees rises to more than 90
Get to know BSN 2020 graduate Francesca Cruz

New alumna preparing to serve as Army nurse in Texas
Dawson participates in national panel on COVID, race

Martha Dawson, faculty and president of NBNA, participates on the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine Roundtable
Wheeler receives Nightingale Award from MS nurses

International Organization of Multiple Sclerosis Nurses honors Yolanda Wheeler for impact on patients, families
Understanding causes, sustained racial disparities in pain

Understanding causes, sustained racial disparities in pain
Aroke receives Didactic Instructor of the Year from AANA

Students nominated Aroke for American Association of Nurse Anesthetists
"Social distancing is a luxury not everyone can afford”

Income, working conditions and health disparities contribute to disproportionate rates of infection, death in minority populations
Alumna named CDIO at Frontier

Geraldine Young working to ensure cultural diversity and inclusion are a fundamental part of nursing education to addresses health disparities and inequalities
PhD student receives T32 fellowship

Shameka Rodgers Phillips is first nurse to receive fellowship from UAB Nutrition and Obesity Research Center
Teaching history’s impact on health care

Interactive class at Birmingham Civil Rights Institute shows students how past impacts access to care, health of city
Aroke presenting at AANA Annual Congress

Assistant professor to give the Goldie D. Brangman lecture
Nurse anesthesia students, faculty shine

Scholarships, college bowl victory and national presentation among highlights at AANA conference
5 Questions with Martha Dawson

New NBNA President discusses importance of diversity, goals for new role
Male alumni leading the profession

Male alumni lead in care, companies and nursing profession
Male faculty are leaders in the profession

UAB School of Nursing male faculty leaders in profession, education
NBNA recognizes MSN student

Fredrick Richardson selected by National Black Nurses Association for leadership and service to NBNA, nursing profession
Recognized for impact on men in nursing

School cited as AAMN Best School for Men for efforts in recruiting, retaining male students, faculty
Preparing for Nursing in Real Life

Local American Association for Men in Nursing chapter establishes new mentorship program.
Aroke named NIH research scholar

Attends National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD) summer research institute as 2019 Health Disparities Research Institute Scholar
Bowen named to obesity task force

Bowen using role to work toward a healthier Alabama
Ladores recognized by Philippine Nurses
Associate Professor Sigrid Ladores receives 2019 Nursing Excellence Award from the Philippine Nurses Association of America.
Dawson elected president of NBNA

Well-recognized career in nursing and health systems leadership spans more than 40 years as Dawson takes the helm of National Black Nurses Association Inc.
Alumna earns nurse executive certification

Carter passes Nurse Executive Board Certification Exam
Ladores recognized for mentorship

Associate professor receives awards from two UAB groups
Childs receives distinguished alumni award from alma mater

Recognized for excellence in minority health research
Alumna elected president of nursing organization

Thedford-Zimmerman to serve three-year term leading Birmingham Black Nurses Association
Five questions with Norma Cuellar
PhD graduate serving a two-year term as President of the National Association of Hispanic Nurses
Turkman receives NPCRC grant
With an NPCRC grant, assistant professor to create a culturally-adapted palliative care program.
$2.8M grant will establish primary care RN workforce
Project focuses on medically underserved areas and includes building and educating undergraduate students, practicing RNs in team-focused primary care
Three DNP students earn scholarships
Speeg and Walker honored by state nurse anesthesia association
Alumnus named Presidential Leadership Scholar
Banks tapped for prestigious group, will learn from former presidents, key administrators
Alumna named dean at Tuskegee University
Hendricks recently appointed to top nursing leadership role
Alumni team up against opioids
Langner and White awarded for innovative ideas at InnoHack 2018
Wheeler leading pediatric MS cognition research
Only nurse on committee overseeing Network of Pediatric Multiple Sclerosis Centers national project
Alumnus shaping profession for men
Smith leading practice, education, research through American Association for Men in Nursing
Male faculty, students choosing UAB
Percentage of male faculty, students continues to rise
Mental health graduate students earn scholarships
Three psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner students earn scholarships
Serve Africa Day impacting health care globally
School's students, faculty, staff donate time to prepare MedHope Africa for Ugandan mission
Excellence in oncology nursing
Three students receive ONS Foundation scholarships to transform cancer care
Understanding cardiac outcomes
Kirklin Institute internship preparing PhD student Vo to be research nursing leader
Leading transitional care
UAB Nursing Partnership nationally recognized for nurse-managed HRSA Heart Failure Clinic success
What impacts hospice decision?
PhD student Gordon receives two grants to study end-of-life care choice in African American families
Improving sickle cell outcomes
PhD candidate Pack-Mabien receives grant to study care transition for sickle cell patients
Dawson receives 2017 AONE Prism Diversity Award
Assistant professor honored for long track record of working to promote diversity, inclusivity
Gakumo named 2017 President's Diversity Champion Award winner
Associate professor honored for focus on diversity, inclusion in her teaching, research and service
Kirkendoll honored by Chi Eta Phi Sorority
UAB School of Nursing PhD student is first recipient of group's Dr. Dorothy Coverson Grant
Assistant Professor Gakumo attends 2016 Butler-Williams Scholars Program
School of Nursing faculty one of 55 nationwide selected for prestigious NIH/NIA program for investigators new to the field of aging research
International partnership with Hacettepe University beneficial for both schools, students, faculty
Hacettepe University is a distinguished, highly advanced, research-based institution in the heart of Ankara, Turkey, and much like UAB, it educates many of the country’s nursing leaders
Post-Doctoral Fellow Nicholas Dionne-Odom named UAB “Most Esteemed” Postdoc of the Year
Recognized for his willingness to help other students and his outstanding publication and presentation record
Bowen to test text messaging as a tool to make older African Americans more active
Increased use of mobile technology at the heart of $10,000 RCMAR Pilot Grant
PhD student awarded Komen Outstanding Young Investigator Award
Selection based upon activism, scholarly research and commitment to community outreach
AMNP a turning point for athletic trainer turned faculty member
AMNP was the best route because he already had a bachelor’s and master’s in athletic training and didn’t want to go back to school for another two or three years to get a bachelor’s degree in nursing
First-generation student finds home, focus on rural health at UAB
Growing up in rural Alabama Shameka Rodgers saw the effect a lack of health care access, education had on her community and made UAB her first and only choice for a nursing education she will take back home to help others
Study will look at social support, intuitive eating impact on older African-American men with type 2 diabetes
Award given to an early career scientist who is focusing on minority aging and health disparities in the African-American population
Morrison studying impact of ketogenic diet on cognition in older adults with HIV
Exploring the neurocognitive, inflammatory and cardiometabolic effects of a ketogenic diet in medically stable, older persons living with HIV who have mild to moderate neurocognitive impairment
Alumna named chair of Department of Nursing at Tuskegee University
Earned both MSN and PhD from UAB; Primary responsibilities relate to the coordination of the program
Enah to serve on Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care Editorial Board
Program of research in HIV, past contributions to JANAC led to selection
Two PhD Students Selected for Prestigious Award
The two are among 46 nurses around the country to receive a prestigious Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Future of Nursing Scholars program award this year
Dawson elected to second term as NBNA secretary
NBNA provides a forum for black nurses to advocate for the highest quality of health care for people of color
Three PhD students awarded Komen training grants
Scholars receive financial, educational support to pursue training in cancer disparities research, mentoring from preeminent researchers including Karen Meneses
School awarded prestigious Komen traineeship
Provides pre-doctoral scholars with financial support and career development skills building in breast cancer survivorship
PhD student receives prestigious American Cancer Society scholarship
The award provides Timiya Nolan with support as she enters the dissertation phase of her studies
UAB School of Nursing expands successful poverty simulations
UAB School of Nursing AMNP students say poverty simulations are an eye-opening experience that will improve patient care
BSN students present at eighth annual UAB Expo
Community Health Nursing students detail experiences with School's partner agencies and findings on nurses' role in the community
Gakumo receives award from UAB BSAC
Ann Gakumo named Most Outstanding Black Faculty Member by Black Student Awareness Committee for leadership, community and school involvement
Ladores accepted to CCTS training program

Ladores, a pediatric nurse practitioner, investigates reproductive health concerns in adolescents and young adults with chronic illness
School helps The Foundry win grant for Food Truck
Grant helps The Foundry support Oasis Produce Pantry Food Truck, bring nursing students to teach nutrition in low-income Birmingham suburb
AACN CEO visits UAB School of Nursing, BVAMC
Deborah Trautman meets with UAB and Birmingham VA Medical Center representatives to learn more about VA Nursing Academic Partnership
UAB SON DNP student named AACN Minority Nurse Faculty Scholar
DNP student Marie McBee one of five new Minority Nurse Faculty Scholars selected through AACN Johnson & Johnson Campaign for Nursing's Future.
PhD student earns top award at Aging Meeting
Shameka Humphrey garners accolades for poster at Comprehensive Center for Healthy Aging Annual Symposium
Theresa Rodgers named the 2014 Advanced Nurse of the Year by NBNA
UAB School of Nursing DNP alumna recognized as NBNA Advanced Practice Nurse of the Year
Wiser receives 2013 Presidential Diversity Award
Wiser serves the School in the Office of Research and Scholarship

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