Faculty Appointments
National Nursing Organizations Leadership
Susie Adams, president-elect, American Psychiatric Nurses Association
Cathy Ivory, president, Association of Women’s Health, Obstetrics, and Neonatal Nurses
Jana Lauderdale, president, Transcultural Nursing Society
Patty Sengstack, president, American Nursing Informatics Association
Jennifer Willbeck, chair, American Academy of Emergency Nurse Practitioners
National Nursing Organization Boards
Karen D’Apolito, National Perinatal Association Board Member
Sarah Fogel, Gay and Lesbian Medical Association, Health Professionals Advancing LGBT Health Equality Board Member
Betsy Kennedy, Association of Women’s Health, Obstetrics, and Neonatal Nurses Board Member Awards
Melanie Allison, Johns Hopkins University Nurse Leader Executive Membership
Jenny Kim, Hartford Institute for Geriatric Nursing Excellence Primary Care Scholar; Excellence in Leadership Award from the Gerontological Advanced Practice Nurses Association
Ann Minnick and Ruth Kleinpell’s book, Assessment in Advanced Practice Nursing, was chosen #1 Advanced Practice Nursing text by the American Journal of Nursing Book of the Year Awards for 2013
Abby Parrish, Lorraine Mion and Todd Monroe received the Gerontological Advanced Practice Nurses Award for their poster “Nurses’ Perceptions of Pain in Long Term Care Residents with Dementia”
Betsy Weiner elected to the Institute of Medicine Fellows in National Nursing Academies
Michelle Collins, American College of Nurse Midwives
Terri Donaldson, American Academy of Nurse Practitioners
Sarah Fogel, American Academy of Nursing
Mary Ann Jessee, Leadership for Academic Nursing Program, American Association of Colleges of Nursing
Rene Love, National Academies of Practice
Todd Monroe, American Academy of Nursing
Carrie Plummer, Distinguished Public Policy Fellow in the Nursing Academy of the National Academies of Practice
National Nursing Organization Committees
Susie Adams, Institute of Medicine Committee on Psychosocial Standards— Association of Reproductive Health Professionals National Task Group
Michelle Collins, Colposcopy Mentorship Program Committee, American Society of Colposcopy and Cervical Pathology; Director, Midwifery Education liaison to Student Issues Section of American College of Nurse-Midwives
Jie Deng, Lymphatic Education & Research Foundation, International Conference Scientific Committee Co-Chair
Mary Jo Gilmer, National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization, Audit and Assessment Committee
Sharon Holley, American College of Nurse-Midwives (ACNM), Continuing Education Section Quality Committee; ACNM representative for the ACPG/CDC Maternal Mortality Action Committee for Emergency Response; American Nurses Association, Nurse Fatigue Panel Advisory Committee
Jana Lauderdale, American Academy of Nursing’s Health Disparities Committee
Rene Love, Division Director, Society of Education and Research in Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing, International Society of Psychiatric Nursing
Melanie Lutenbacher, Institute of Medicine National Research Council of the National Academies, Committee on Standards for Benefit-Cost Analysis of Preventive Interventions for Children, Youth and Families; American Nurses Foundation Research Committee
Julia Phillippi, American College of Nurse-Midwives, Publication Committee
Sheila Ridner, Lymphatic Education & Research Foundation; National Lymphedema Network – Chair of Research Committee, Medical Advisory Committee, Chair of the International Conference Scientific Committee
Dawn Vanderhoef, American Psychiatric Nurses Association (APNA) APRN Advisory Council, APNA APRN Steering Committee, ISPN Secretary
VUSN DESIGNATIONS
American College of Nurse Midwives award to West End Women’s Health Center for the lowest rate of less than 41st week inductions (Feb 2014)
National Hartford Center of Gerontological Nursing Excellence (May 2014)
