Meet the Scholars & Fellows

2001-2003 Scholars & Fellows

The John A. Hartford Foundation Awards $1.7 Million in Scholarships to Geriatric Nursing Scholars

The John A. Hartford Foundation Geriatric Nursing Scholarship program selected 17 nurse scholars for the 2001 Building Academic Geriatric Nursing Capacity Scholars Program. These nurse scholars, (10 pre-doctoral and 7 post-doctoral) were chosen in a national competition as part of a new Hartford Foundation initiative aimed at building academic geriatric nursing capacity. Each scholar receives a total of $100,000 ($50,000 per year for two years) to support his or her studies in geriatric nursing.

Pre-doctoral scholarship recipients and the schools where they will study include:
	Anna Song Beeber, MSN, RN of Philadelphia, PA, University of Pennsylvania, School of Nursing
	Stewart M. Bond, MSN, RNC of Chapel Hill, NC, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill;
	Joyce Chan, RN, MS of San Francisco, CA, University of California at San Francisco
	Valerie Gruss, MSN, GNP of Park Ridge, IL Rush University
	Diane E. Holland, MS, RN of Eydta, Minnesota University of Minnesota;
	Jennifer A. Hagerty, RN, MSN, CRNP of Pittsburgh, PA, University of Pittsburgh
	Rita A. Jablonski, MSN, RN, CS, ANP of Midlothian, VA, Virginia Commonwealth University
	Tamika R. Sanchez, MSN, MBA, RN of Norcross, GA, University of Miami
	Karen B. Tetz, RN, MS of Portland, OR Oregon Health Sciences University
	Prudence Twigg, MSN, RN, CS of Carmel, IN, Indiana University
The post-doctoral scholars who were selected include:
	Meg G. Bourbonniere, PhD(c), MS, RN, ONC of Philadelphia, PA, University of Pennsylvania and The Center for Gerontology and Health Care Research at Brown University
	Mary A. Dolansky, PhD, RN of Bricksville, OH Case Western Reserve University
	Lissi Hansen, PhD, RN of Portland, OR University of Washington, Seattle
	Janet C. Mentes, PhD, RNCS, GNP of Irvine, CA, University of California at Los Angeles
	Charon A. Pierson, PhD, APRN, GNP of Kaneohe, Hawaii University of Hawaii at Manoa and the University of California, San Francisco
	Kristine Williams, PhD, RN, CS, FNP of Lawrence, KS, University of Kansas
	Diana Lynn Woods, PhD, RN of Seattle, WA University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences.