chronic diseases, including HIV/AIDS. She has also been working with a committee on Governor Cuomo’s initiative to end the epidemic by 2020, focusing efforts on HIV testing, treatment, and prevention with the help of PrEP (pre-exposure prophylaxis). She received the HIV Specialist certification from the American Academy of HIV Medicine (AAHIVM) after maintaining an active panel of HIV patients, completing the required continuing education, and passing an exam. Through the AAHIVM, she is now a member of their national NP Committee, which is working for policy improvements for NPs and HIV treatment and prevention efforts. Laura Zeidenstein ’05, associate professor,
received a 2017 Excellence in Teaching Award from the American College of Nurse-Midwives.
PhD Judith Aponte ’04 was named a 2017 fellow of the American Academy of Nursing. Raga Bjarnadottir ’16 received the 2017
AcademyHealth Interdisciplinary Research Group on Nursing Issues New Investigator Award.
Dennis Graham ’93 ’08 founded a not for Andrea Brassard ’05 was named a 2017
fellow of the American Academy of Nursing. Eileen Carter ’14, assistant professor, pre-
sented “Facilitators and Barriers to Implementing Implementations: Stewardship and Leadership” at APIC’s 2017 44th Annual Conference, in Portland, Oregon. Kenrick Cato ’08 ’14, assistant professor,
FAMILY Andrea Fry ’04 ’07 had her poems published
in a volume titled The Bottle Diggers. Joan Miravite ’98 ’01 received the 2017 Award
for Advanced Clinical Practice from the American Association of Neuroscience Nurses.
presented “Nurse and Midwife Researcher Collaboration in Eastern Sub-Saharan Africa: A Longitudinal Social Network Analysis” at the International Council of Nurses Congress, in Barcelona, Spain. Hwayoung Cho ’17, Kasey Jackman ’05 ’10 ’17, Allison Norful ’17, and Samantha Stonebraker ’13 ’16, are current postdoctoral fellows at
Columbia University School of Nursing.
MDE Bevin Cohen ’17, associate research scientist; Meghan Murray ’16, PhD student; and Natalie
Neu, MD, associate professor of pediatrics, presented “Implementation of Antibiotic Stewardship in Pediatric Long-Term Care” at APIC’s 2017 44th Annual Conference, in Portland, Oregon.
MIDWIFERY Joanne Nieratko Cunha ’04 ’06 holds a new
position as the first midwife at Saint Peter’s University Hospital in New Brunswick, New Jersey.
profit named Center for Veterans Health, which was recently incorporated in New York State and received its first grant to improve health care outreach in the Rockaways. Dennis will appear in a new PBS documentary called Going to War, airing on May 28, 2018. Kasey Jackman ’05 ’10 ’17 presented “Gender Identity, Transgender Populations, and Considerations for Nursing Care and Assessment” at the New York University Winthrop Hospital Annual Nursing Symposium, in Manhasset, New York. Jacqueline Merrill ’98 ’06, professor, and Dawn Dowding, professor, co-presented the poster “Heuristics for Evaluation of Dashboard Visualizations” at the American Medical Informatics Association Annual Symposium, in Washington, D.C.
Sharron Close ’01 ’03 ’11 received the Eugene
Washington PCORI Engagement Award for her work leading a PCORI-funded project to improve outcomes for patients with a particular sex chromosome abnormality. Thanks to Sharron’s efforts, the governor of Georgia proclaimed May as X and Y Chromosome Variations Awareness Month, which yielded a support group and a clinic to treat patients with the condition.
Nancy Pontes ’03 was inducted as a fellow of the National Academies of Practice, an interprofessional national organization that advises governmental bodies on health care delivery in the United States.
Elizabeth Cohn ’09, adjunct associate research scientist, was named a 2017 fellow of the American Academy of Nursing.
Rebecca Schnall ’09, the Mary Dickey
Sarah Collins ’09 received the 40 Under 40 Healthcare Innovators Award from MedTech Boston.
Sylvia Fibich ’81 ’84 joined the women’s care
team at UCHealth Longmont Clinic in Longmont, Colorado.
Professor of Nursing Research and associate dean of scholarship and research; and Amanda Hessels, PhD, associate research scientist, were panelists on “Building Your Professional Competency in Research: How Peer Review Really Works” at APIC’s 2017 44th Annual Conference, in Portland, Oregon.
Laurie Conway ’15, Janet Hass ’07, Elaine
Larson, PhD, the Anna C. Maxwell
Dianne Lapointe Rudow ’05 was named a
2017 fellow of the American Academy of Nursing.
Lindsey Associate Professor of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, was named a 2017 fellow of the American Academy of Nursing. Arlene Smaldone ’03, professor and assistant
dean of scholarship and research, presented “HABIT: A Community Health Worker Intervention, Improves Psychosocial Health
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