Anthony Scarpone-Lambert, who is graduating in a few weeks, is the first nursing student to win this award. The President’s Innovation Prize was created by University of Pennsylvania President Amy Gutmann to strengthen the University’s commitment to innovation under the Penn…
by (Xiao) Linda Kang, PhD, RN (PENN '17) When we moved our family from the United States to Taiwan almost three years ago, little did we know that there would be a global pandemic. Even more unexpected would be the…
While finishing her PhD and Masters in Bioethics (MBE) at the University of Pennsylvania, Lauren Starr, PhD, MBE, RN, used her Hillman AERO grant to complete her dissertation research titled, “Associations Among End-of-Life Discussions, Healthcare Utilization, Costs, and Race/Ethnicity in…
Dr. Kristen R. Choi (UMICH '17) wrote an article for JAMA's December issue. titled,: "A Nursing Researcher’s Experience in a COVID-19 Vaccine Trial." In Dr. Choi's column, which has already been viewed nearly 40,000 times. she details what it was like to be a…
The NLN Foundation for Nursing Education and Home Instead Senior Care offer the scholarship to foster geriatric nursing education, awarding funds to nursing students in relevant courses of study. Dr. Peggy Wilmoth, Executive Vice Dean and Associate Dean for Academic…
Stacey L Bevan, BS, BSN, RN is a second year PhD student writing a mixed-methods dissertation on sociocultural perspectives of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) diagnosis in pediatric immigrant communities. Stacey was awarded an interdisciplinary grant from the Hillman Scholars Foundation…
This past summer, in the midst of a global pandemic, three University of Pennsylvania Hillman Scholars, Jessie Axsom ('23), Nina Juntereal ('24), and Anthony Scarpone-Lambert ('21), took on an project aimed at sharpening their innovative skills and creating something to…
This year, Penn’s annual Summer Mentorship Program (SMP) was different for a lot of reasons. First, and most obviously, the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic forced the program into a virtual format. For this program, that meant going virtual using Zoom for…
Alasia Ledford, MDiv, BSN, RN and Martha Grace Cromeens JD, BSN, RN utilized the Hillman Interdisciplinary Inquiry Fellowship funds to attend the 2019 Qualitative Research Summer Intensive (QRSI) hosted by UNC’s Odum Institute for Research in Social Science and Research…
Strategic Emergence in Nursing Science: The Critical Adaptation of a Co-Created Pedagogical Space Patrina Sexton Topper, Jane Evered, Clare Whitney, Elizabeth Broden The Advanced Qualitative Collective (AQC) is a staple student-run group founded with the vision of Dr. Sarah Kagan…