Working towards optimal health for all older adults
Leadership Development
Our members are more likely to achieve leadership roles because of the strong collaborative relationships that they build through access to over 300 gerontological nursing leaders, and because of the potential for rapid development of their programs through access to cutting-edge best practices, leadership, and research in faculty and curriculum development.
Overseen by the Mentor Network Committee, this program provides information, guidance and support to those who are in the early stages of their careers.
Mentor program is now taking applications for mentors and mentees! Sign up today!
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Innovation Award
The NHCGNE Innovation Award is designed to recognize and celebrate innovative programs and projects that highlight excellence in Gerontological Nursing. The Award will be granted to a member or team of NHCGNE members to showcase innovations designed and implemented that positively impact the nursing care of older adults. Nominations for the NHCGNE Innovation Award are submitted by self-nomination. Nominees must be a gerontological nurse from a member institution.
PREVIOUS WINNERS
2022
Melissa Batchelor, PhD, RN, FNP, FGSA, FAAN, George Washington University
2021
Fayron Epps, PhD, RN, Emory University
2020
Staja Booker, PhD RN, University of Florida
2019
Ann-Rae Montano, PhD, RN-BC, University of Connecticut
2018
Andrea Gilmore-Bykovskyi, PhD, RN, University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Nursing
2017
Cathy A. Maxwell, PhD, BSN, MSN, Vanderbilt University School of Nursing
2016
Sylvia Ting, Hong Kong Polytechnic University School of Nursing
2015
Ingrid Pretzer-Aboff, PhD, RN, University of Delaware School of Nursing
The purpose of these awards is to support NHCGNE Leadership Conference travel for outstanding, early career predoctoral and doctoral students who are engaged in promoting gerontological nursing excellence. Applicants must be from an NHCGNE Member School.
NHCGNE is proud to have supported the following persons through our Patricia G. Archbold Scholar and the Claire M. Fagin Fellows award program, from 2015 – 2017.
2015 – 2017 Cohort
SCHOLAR
Mary O. Whipple, University of Minnesota
2014 – 2016 Cohort
SCHOLARS
Nancy Dudley, University of California San Francisco
Daniel Mick, Oregon Health & Science University
Scott Emory Moore, Clemson University
Darina Petrovsky, University of Pennsylvania
Tina Sadarangani, New York University
Ayasha Stewart, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
FELLOWS
Kristin Cloyes, University of Utah
Andrea Gilmore-Bykovskyi, University of Wisconsin
Corey Nagel, Oregon Health & Science University
Marci Nilsen, University of Pittsburgh
Melissa O’Connor, Villanova University
Rachel Roiland, Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital
2013 – 2015 Cohort
SCHOLARS
Jenny Alderden, University of Utah
Julie Bidwell, Oregon Health & Science University
Staja Booker, University of Iowa
Glenna Brewster, University of South Florida
Quin Denfeld, Oregon Health & Science University
Shelli Feder, Yale University
Gerardo Flores, University of California, Los Angeles
Bryan Hansen, Johns Hopkins University
Hyejin Kim, University of Pennsylvania
Maichou Lor, University of Wisconsin
FELLOWS
Fawn Cothran, Rush University
Fayron Epps, Our Lady of the Lake
Nikki Hill, Penn State University
Kari Lane, University of Missouri
These Scholars and Fellows are part of 249 NHCGNE Legacy Affiliates. Legacy Affiliates include all Scholars and Fellows, 2001-2015, that are a permanent part of the NHCGNE membership.
