UIC Nursing celebrates 2023 AAN Fellows
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Two UIC College of Nursing faculty members and seven alumni will be inducted into the American Academy of Nursing 2023 Class of Fellows.
The inductees will be recognized for their “substantial, sustained and outstanding impact on health and health care” at the academy’s annual Health Policy Conference, taking place Oct. 5-7 in Washington, DC.
Inductees from the UIC Nursing faculty are Geraldine Gorman, PhD, RN, the Kathleen M. Irwin Endowed Clinical Chair in Outstanding Nursing Practice, and Krista Jones, DNP ’11, MS ‘07, RN, PHNA-BC, clinical associate professor and director of the Urbana campus.
UIC Nursing alumni who will be inducted represent a variety of nursing paths: a university professor, a policy advisor and three chief nursing officers, including Dale Beatty, DNP ’17, RN, NEA-BC, chief nurse executive and vice president at Stanford Health Care.
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Beatty says that after learning of his selection, he “reflected that this would not have been possible without the doctoral education and preparation I received at UIC [College of Nursing].”
“When I enrolled in the DNP program, I thought I was checking a box on a professional activity that I wanted to achieve,” he says. “I truly had no idea how the DNP program would expand and reshape my professional career and thinking moving forward. I am forever appreciative of the expert knowledge I gained, and for the mentorship and teaching from a world-class faculty.”
In addition to Beatty, alumni include:
- Yolanda Coleman, PhD ’12, RN, NEA-BC, FACHE, chief nursing officer, Weiss Memorial Hospital and Oak Point University College of Nursing. Coleman is also current president of the UIC Nursing Alumni Board.
- Melinda Earle, BSN ’89, DNP, RN, NEA-BC, FACHE, FAONL, director of the DNP program in Transformative Leadership: Systems at Rush University College of Nursing
- Susan Grinslade, PhD ’05, RN, PHCNS-BC, associate director of the Community Health Equity Research Institute and clinical professor of nursing, University at Buffalo
- Alison Hernandez, PhD ’18, RN, policy advisor, U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging
- Gay Landstrom, PhD, MS ’88, RN, NEA-BC, FAONL, FACHE, senior vice president and chief nursing officer, Trinity Health
- Ruth Lucas, PhD ’11, MS ’08, RNC, CLS, associate professor, University of Connecticut School of Nursing
The newest fellows, and largest class, represent 40 states (and the District of Columbia) and 13 countries.
The academy is comprised of more than 3,000 leaders who are experts in policy, research, administration, practice, and academia that champion health and wellness, locally and globally.
This story has been updated to include Melinda Earle and Susan Grinslade among our alumni inductees, with apologies to Drs. Earle and Grinslade for the oversight.