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The John A. Hartford Foundation Awards $2 Million in Scholarships to Nursing Scholars

The John A. Hartford Foundation's Building Academic Geriatric Nursing Capacity Scholar program selected 20 new nurse scholars to receive $100,000 (each) to support their studies and research in the field of geriatric nursing. These nurse scholars, 11 pre-doctoral and 9 post-doctoral, were chosen through a national competition as part of the Hartford Foundation's initiative aimed at building academic geriatric nursing capacity.

Program Director Claire M. Fagin, PhD, RN, FAAN, describes the recent scholar selection as "an extraordinary opportunity for the selection committee to again identify superior nurses who will form the cadre of leaders in geriatric nursing. Through their teaching, research, and implementation of their work in the care of patients, the Building Academic Geriatric Nursing Capacity program is well on the road to changing the care of elders in this country."

Inadequate numbers of faculty prepared to educate future generations of nurses, improve the health of older adults through research on effective geriatric nursing care and also translate research into practice leaves our health care system as well as our elderly in a vulnerable position. The Building Academic Geriatric Nursing Capacity program focuses on the need to produce expert academicians, practitioners and researchers who will lead the field of geriatric nursing and grow the next generation of practitioners and faculty - ultimately enhancing the care of elders in our society. The John A. Hartford Foundation Trustees' recognition of the centrality of nursing to the care of older adults has led to a broadened effort, focusing on increasing academic capacity to hasten and enhance training, research and practice.

To that end, the Advisory & Selection Committee of the Building Academic Geriatric Nursing Capacity program announces the following 2002 Scholars:

Pre-Doctoral Scholars:

• Emilia P. Amoako, MSN, NP, of Greensboro, NC, will study at University of North Carolina Chapel Hill.
• Charles P. Buscemi, MSN, ARNP, BC, of Hialeah Gardens, FL, will study at the University of Miami.
• Karen E. Greco, RN, MN, ANP, of West Linn, OR, will study at Oregon Health Sciences University.
• Gwenneth A. Jensen, RN, BSN, MN, of Hurley, SD, will study at the University of Iowa.
• Sue Hooper McLennon, MSN, ARNP, of Gainesville, FL, will study at the University of Florida.
• Cheryl Ann Monturo, MSN, CRNP, CS, of West Chester, PA, will study at the University of Pennsylvania.
• Diane L. Norcio, RN-C, GNP, MS, MPH, of Weed, CA, will study at the University of California San Francisco.
• Lori L. Popejoy, MSN, RN, CS, GCNS, of Columbia, MO, will study at the University of Missouri-Columbia.
• Kristine M. C. Talley, RN, BSN, of Stacy, MN, will study at the University of Minnesota.
• Laura M. Wagner, RN, MSN, of Atlanta, GA, will study at Emory University.
• Cora D. Zembrzuski, MSN, RN, CS, APRN, of North Haven, CT, will study at the New York University.

• Beth E. Barba, PhD, RN, of Mebane, NC, will conduct research at Duke University.
• Howard Karl Butcher, PhD, RN, of Iowa City, IA, will conduct research at the University of Iowa.
• Patricia Coleman, PhD, RN, APRN, BC, of Syracuse, NY, will conduct research at the University of Rochester.
• Deanna Gray-Miceli, DNSc, RN, CS, CRNP, of Mount Laurel, NJ, will conduct research at the University of Pennsylvania.
• Judith E. Hertz, PhD, RN, of Streamwood, IL, will conduct research at Northern Illinois University and the University of Iowa.
• Karyn Holm, PhD, RN, of Chicago, IL, will conduct research at the University of Illinois at Chicago.
• Alison Kris, PhD(c), RN, of San Francisco, CA, will conduct research at the University of California San Francisco.
• Debra L. Schutte, PhD, RN, from Iowa City, IA, will conduct research at the University of Iowa.
• Nancy A. Stotts, EdD, RN, FAAN, of Pacifica, CA, will conduct research at the University of California San Francisco.

The Trustees of the John A. Hartford Foundation mounted this initiative to help address the challenges of the critical nursing shortage in general and of geriatric nurses in particular. In addition, the geriatric content of nursing education at all levels is minimal to nonexistent. The Foundation, in the past 18 months, committed over 29 million dollars to prepare gerontology nurse educators, researchers, curriculum and practitioners.

The initiative also includes funding for five Centers of Geriatric Nursing Excellence at: Oregon Health Sciences University, the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, the University of California at San Francisco, the University of Iowa, and the University of Pennsylvania. Plus, on the heels of this remarkable investment, the John A. Hartford Foundation funded another seven universities in projects aimed at building their geriatric nursing education capacity.

For further information regarding the Building Academic Geriatric Nursing Capacity Program and Scholar Applications, go to www.geriatricnursing.org or call (202) 651-7242 or contact Patricia D. Franklin, MSN, RN, Program Manager, at (202) 651-7047 or pfrankli@ana.org.

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