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Mariann Piano, PhD, RN, FAAN, FAHA, Senior Associate Dean for Research at Vanderbilt University School of Nursing, received the American Heart Association Council on Cardiovascular and Stroke Nursing Distinguished Achievement Award. “I am honored and humbled by this recognition, and am very grateful to be acknowledged by the Council of… Read More

Tracey DeWire, MSN'08, ACNP-BC, had a 16-year career in sales before deciding to become a nurse practitioner, a decision inspired by her best friend’s cancer diagnosis. She’s kept that inspiration burning in the 15 years of her second career. Her compassionate care has led to a VUMC Patient and Family Choice Award. Read More

Mariann Piano, PhD, RN, FAAN, FAHA, Senior Associate Dean for Research at Vanderbilt University School of Nursing, received the American Heart Association Council on Cardiovascular and Stroke Nursing Distinguished Achievement Award. “I am honored and humbled by this recognition, and am very grateful to be acknowledged by the Council of… Read More

Mariann Piano, PhD, RN, FAAN, FAHA, Senior Associate Dean for Research at Vanderbilt University School of Nursing, received the American Heart Association Council on Cardiovascular and Stroke Nursing Distinguished Achievement Award. “I am honored and humbled by this recognition, and am very grateful to be acknowledged by the Council of… Read More

Mariann Piano, PhD, RN, FAAN, FAHA, Senior Associate Dean for Research at Vanderbilt University School of Nursing, received the American Heart Association Council on Cardiovascular and Stroke Nursing Distinguished Achievement Award. “I am honored and humbled by this recognition, and am very grateful to be acknowledged by the Council of… Read More

Mariann Piano, PhD, RN, FAAN, FAHA, Senior Associate Dean for Research at Vanderbilt University School of Nursing, received the American Heart Association Council on Cardiovascular and Stroke Nursing Distinguished Achievement Award. “I am honored and humbled by this recognition, and am very grateful to be acknowledged by the Council of… Read More

The Vanderbilt University School of Nursing has been named a National League of Nursing Center of Excellence in Nursing Education for its support of faculty pedagogical expertise. This is the second time the school has been so honored. The five-year NLN Center of Excellence designation recognizes that VUSN demonstrates ongoing, dedicated excellence in developing and expanding faculty expertise in nursing education. Read More

Mariann Piano, PhD, RN, FAAN, FAHA, Senior Associate Dean for Research at Vanderbilt University School of Nursing, received the American Heart Association Council on Cardiovascular and Stroke Nursing Distinguished Achievement Award. “I am honored and humbled by this recognition, and am very grateful to be acknowledged by the Council of… Read More

The American Association of Nurse Practitioners selected Vanderbilt University School of Nursing Dean Pamela R. Jeffries, PhD, FAAN, ANEF, FSSH, as their Tennessee honoree for the 2023 Advocate State Award for Excellence. The award recognizes her work as dean and educator to support and promote the nurse practitioner role. Read More

A team at Vanderbilt University School of Nursing has been approved for a $250,000 funding award through the Eugene Washington PCORI Engagement Awards program, an initiative of the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI). The funds will support identifying and disseminating strategies for overcoming barriers to patient- and family-centered comparative effectiveness research with patients who are critically ill and hospitalized in an intensive care unit setting. Read More

Mariann Piano, PhD, RN, FAAN, FAHA, Senior Associate Dean for Research at Vanderbilt University School of Nursing, received the American Heart Association Council on Cardiovascular and Stroke Nursing Distinguished Achievement Award. “I am honored and humbled by this recognition, and am very grateful to be acknowledged by the Council of… Read More

Mariann Piano, PhD, RN, FAAN, FAHA, Senior Associate Dean for Research at Vanderbilt University School of Nursing, received the American Heart Association Council on Cardiovascular and Stroke Nursing Distinguished Achievement Award. “I am honored and humbled by this recognition, and am very grateful to be acknowledged by the Council of… Read More

Vanderbilt University School of Nursing Assistant Professor Alvin Jeffery is one of 12 nurse scientists accepted into the third cohort of the Betty Irene Moore Fellowship for Nurse Leaders and Innovators. The fellowship program, funded by a $37.5 million grant from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, recognizes early- to mid-career nursing scholars and innovators with high potential to accelerate leadership in nursing research, practice, education, policy and entrepreneurship. Read More

Associate Professor of Nursing Laurie Connors, DNP, FAANP, has received a five-year grant from the National Institutes of Health National Human Genome Research Institute to train doctors of nursing practice and PhD nurses in the translation and integration of genomics into academics, research and clinical practice. “We will deploy a ‘train the trainer’ model,” Connors said. “Our participants will take their skills back to their universities to serve as champions to incorporate genomics into curriculum, research, scholarship and clinical practice." Read More

Mariann Piano, PhD, RN, FAAN, FAHA, Senior Associate Dean for Research at Vanderbilt University School of Nursing, received the American Heart Association Council on Cardiovascular and Stroke Nursing Distinguished Achievement Award. “I am honored and humbled by this recognition, and am very grateful to be acknowledged by the Council of… Read More

Mariann Piano, PhD, RN, FAAN, FAHA, Senior Associate Dean for Research at Vanderbilt University School of Nursing, received the American Heart Association Council on Cardiovascular and Stroke Nursing Distinguished Achievement Award. “I am honored and humbled by this recognition, and am very grateful to be acknowledged by the Council of… Read More

Mariann Piano, PhD, RN, FAAN, FAHA, Senior Associate Dean for Research at Vanderbilt University School of Nursing, received the American Heart Association Council on Cardiovascular and Stroke Nursing Distinguished Achievement Award. “I am honored and humbled by this recognition, and am very grateful to be acknowledged by the Council of… Read More

Two Vanderbilt School of Nursing faculty received the annual Martin Luther King Jr. award presented by VUSN and Vanderbilt University School of Medicine during the 2020 MLK Commemorative Lecture on Monday. Assistant Professors Tamika Hudson, DNP, MSN’12, and Jannyse Starks, DNP’11, MSN,’09 were honored for their work with the Community Action Poverty Simulation, which helps students, faculty, staff and community leaders experience life in poverty through a planned simulation. School of Medicine Assistant Professor Adriana Bialostozky, MD, was also honored, receiving the MLK award for her work in providing culturally competent care in pediatrics. Read More

Mariann Piano, PhD, RN, FAAN, FAHA, Senior Associate Dean for Research at Vanderbilt University School of Nursing, received the American Heart Association Council on Cardiovascular and Stroke Nursing Distinguished Achievement Award. “I am honored and humbled by this recognition, and am very grateful to be acknowledged by the Council of… Read More

Mariann Piano, PhD, RN, FAAN, FAHA, Senior Associate Dean for Research at Vanderbilt University School of Nursing, received the American Heart Association Council on Cardiovascular and Stroke Nursing Distinguished Achievement Award. “I am honored and humbled by this recognition, and am very grateful to be acknowledged by the Council of… Read More

Mariann Piano, PhD, RN, FAAN, FAHA, Senior Associate Dean for Research at Vanderbilt University School of Nursing, received the American Heart Association Council on Cardiovascular and Stroke Nursing Distinguished Achievement Award. “I am honored and humbled by this recognition, and am very grateful to be acknowledged by the Council of… Read More

The National League for Nursing has named Vanderbilt University School of Nursing an NLN Center of Excellence in recognition of its high standards of educational excellence and visionary leadership. Read More

Mariann Piano, PhD, RN, FAAN, FAHA, Senior Associate Dean for Research at Vanderbilt University School of Nursing, received the American Heart Association Council on Cardiovascular and Stroke Nursing Distinguished Achievement Award. “I am honored and humbled by this recognition, and am very grateful to be acknowledged by the Council of… Read More

Mariann Piano, PhD, RN, FAAN, FAHA, Senior Associate Dean for Research at Vanderbilt University School of Nursing, received the American Heart Association Council on Cardiovascular and Stroke Nursing Distinguished Achievement Award. “I am honored and humbled by this recognition, and am very grateful to be acknowledged by the Council of… Read More

Mariann Piano, PhD, RN, FAAN, FAHA, Senior Associate Dean for Research at Vanderbilt University School of Nursing, received the American Heart Association Council on Cardiovascular and Stroke Nursing Distinguished Achievement Award. “I am honored and humbled by this recognition, and am very grateful to be acknowledged by the Council of… Read More

Mariann Piano, PhD, RN, FAAN, FAHA, Senior Associate Dean for Research at Vanderbilt University School of Nursing, received the American Heart Association Council on Cardiovascular and Stroke Nursing Distinguished Achievement Award. “I am honored and humbled by this recognition, and am very grateful to be acknowledged by the Council of… Read More

Nine nurses from Vanderbilt University School of Nursing and Vanderbilt University Medical Center recently received top honors at the March of Dimes Tennessee Chapter Nurse of the Year Awards. Read More

Mariann Piano, PhD, RN, FAAN, FAHA, Senior Associate Dean for Research at Vanderbilt University School of Nursing, received the American Heart Association Council on Cardiovascular and Stroke Nursing Distinguished Achievement Award. “I am honored and humbled by this recognition, and am very grateful to be acknowledged by the Council of… Read More

Mariann Piano, PhD, RN, FAAN, FAHA, Senior Associate Dean for Research at Vanderbilt University School of Nursing, received the American Heart Association Council on Cardiovascular and Stroke Nursing Distinguished Achievement Award. “I am honored and humbled by this recognition, and am very grateful to be acknowledged by the Council of… Read More

Mariann Piano, PhD, RN, FAAN, FAHA, Senior Associate Dean for Research at Vanderbilt University School of Nursing, received the American Heart Association Council on Cardiovascular and Stroke Nursing Distinguished Achievement Award. “I am honored and humbled by this recognition, and am very grateful to be acknowledged by the Council of… Read More

Faculty and students in the Vanderbilt University School of Nursing have recently been recognized for career accomplishments, research, scholarship and leadership. Student Kaitlyn McGowen, right with patient Roger Conrad, has been named a Cal Turner Program for Moral Leadership in the Professions fellow. Other recent honors include: Read More

Mariann Piano, PhD, RN, FAAN, FAHA, Senior Associate Dean for Research at Vanderbilt University School of Nursing, received the American Heart Association Council on Cardiovascular and Stroke Nursing Distinguished Achievement Award. “I am honored and humbled by this recognition, and am very grateful to be acknowledged by the Council of… Read More

Mariann Piano, PhD, RN, FAAN, FAHA, Senior Associate Dean for Research at Vanderbilt University School of Nursing, received the American Heart Association Council on Cardiovascular and Stroke Nursing Distinguished Achievement Award. “I am honored and humbled by this recognition, and am very grateful to be acknowledged by the Council of… Read More

Mariann Piano, PhD, RN, FAAN, FAHA, Senior Associate Dean for Research at Vanderbilt University School of Nursing, received the American Heart Association Council on Cardiovascular and Stroke Nursing Distinguished Achievement Award. “I am honored and humbled by this recognition, and am very grateful to be acknowledged by the Council of… Read More

Mariann Piano, PhD, RN, FAAN, FAHA, Senior Associate Dean for Research at Vanderbilt University School of Nursing, received the American Heart Association Council on Cardiovascular and Stroke Nursing Distinguished Achievement Award. “I am honored and humbled by this recognition, and am very grateful to be acknowledged by the Council of… Read More