Scholars

2020s Cycles

Teresa Richardson 2010-2011 Winner | Doctoral Degree: Teresa Richardson, winner of the M. Elizabeth Carnegie award, is a full time student at Catholic University of America where her doctoral research is related to the prevalence of depression among African American school aged children who are any way... read more.

Nancy Roecklein 2010-2011 Winner | Master’s Degree: A Bronx, New York native, Nancy Roecklein started in 1982 with a BA in Journalism from New York University. After the birth of her two children she returned to school to get an AAS in Nursing from Bronx Community College in 1994. She has worked prima... read more.

Annie Rohan 2010-2011 Winner | Doctoral Degree: Annie Rohan, winner of the Ada Munch/Columbia University Award is using her scholarship to expand her pre-dissertation education at Columbia University School of Nursing while working on a project evaluating the assessment of pain in premature, venti... read more.

Nicole Rouhana 2010-2011 Winner | Doctoral Degree: Winner of the Evelyn Barclay award, Nicole Rouhana, started her career over twenty-five years ago in Saudi Arabia as a Pediatric Registered Nurse. In 1996 she returned to school at Binghamton University to get her Masters and completed a post-Masters... read more.

Dina Salvatore 2010-2011 Winner | Master’s Degree: From her start in the health field as an LPN, (Central School of Practical Nursing) Dina Salvatore completed her Associate degree in Nursing in 2008 at Excelsior College.where she is now pursuing her MSN as a Family Nurse Practitioner. Dina lives on... read more.

Angela Spruill 2010-2011 Winner | Master’s Degree: Winner of the Isabel McIsaac award, Angela Spruill has spent her entire nursing career since graduating from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in oncology at University of N C Health Care. She has been an OCN since 2006 and has worked o... read more.

Veronica Umeh 2010-2011 Winner | Master’s Degree: Veronica Umeh received her first Baccalaureate degree in Food Science and Technology in her native Nigeria in 2000. In 2004, in the United States, she enrolled in the accelerated nursing program at Wayne State University in Detroit graduating with he... read more.

Kristen VanderEnde 2010-2011 Winner | Doctoral Degree: Starting her career as a nurse and nurse-midwife on the island of Saipan, Kristen VanderEnde then moved with her family to Kenya where she did volunteer work for a year, It was her experience in these places with women without economic resources to p... read more.

Rebecca West 2010-2011 Winner | Doctoral Degree: Isabel Hampton Robb award winner, Rebecca West, did her undergraduate and graduate (Masters) work at the University of Illinois. Rebecca feels that clinical research in mindfulness is a new and growing field and she wants to grow with it. She became... read more.

Victoria Ball 2009-2010 Winner | Master’s Degree: My career goals have always involved working with and helping others. Since a career in nursing involves serving a community, socializing, helping others, and assisting people in reaching optimal health, it seemed a natural fit. I was able to fulfill... read more.

Nancy Duffy 2009-2010 Winner | Doctoral Degree: Nancy Duffy is a leader in the South Carolina Nurse Educator Coalition (SCNEC) comprising the state's three state-supported baccalaureate nursing programs: Medical University of South Carolina, Clemson and the University of South Carolina. The coalit... read more.

Monika Eckfield 2009-2010 Winner | Doctoral Degree: Monika Eckfield was born and raised in Washington, D.C. and as a teenager moved with her family to California. In California, she lived close to her German and Swedish grandparents and through those interactions her interest in gerontology began. Mon... read more.

Gillian Ehrlich 2009-2010 Winner | Doctoral Degree: Gillian Ehrlich's mission is to make holistic health our common ground in medicine and improve universal access to primary care. This vision of health evolved over a decade spent working mainly with non-profit organizations in direct-service level po... read more.

Melissa Ferdinandi 2009-2010 Winner | Doctoral Degree: Melissa Taylor Ferdinandi followed a unique path towards nursing. She graduated with a B.A. in English from the University of Vermont before attending law school at Seattle University. Upon obtaining her law degree, Ms. Ferdinandi worked in various c... read more.

Deborah Himes 2009-2010 Winner | Doctoral Degree: Deborah Himes was born in Salt Lake City, Utah to Ray and Rhonda Olson. She is married to Trent Himes and has four children ages 8 through 16. Deborah graduated from Brigham Young University with a Bachelors of Science in Nursing in 1991. As an RN sh... read more.

Giselle Holness 2009-2010 Winner | Doctoral Degree: "My great aunt who was a nurse for 40 years inspired our family to enter the profession of nursing. Included in this legacy are 12 family members including my mother. I have enjoyed a rewarding carrier in nursing for over 15 years. I had been working... read more.

Jessica Kramer 2009-2010 Winner | Master’s Degree: Jessica Kramer is in the master's program at the University of Pennsylvania and works at HUP, the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, located in Philadelphia's inner city. Her goal is to be a women's health nurse practitioner, helping the vul... read more.

Mary Lough 2009-2010 Winner | Doctoral Degree: Mary E. Lough, a critical care clinical specialist working on her doctorate at the University of California at San F r a n c i s c o (UCSF), is the winner of the Isabel Hampton Robb Scholarship, NEF's highest award. After years of implementing resear... read more.

Shelley Lynch 2009-2010 Winner | Master’s Degree: Winner of the Isabel McIsaac Memorial Scholarship, NEF's top master's award, Shelley Lynch is a critical care nurse with a passion for travel. As an undergraduate at Hartwick College, she studied transcultural nursing in the rural outposts of Jamaica... read more.

Shannon Mead 2009-2010 Winner | Doctoral Degree

FEATURED SCHOLAR

Wayne Quashie

(2020-2021 Winner)

Wayne Quashie is the first recipient of the Georgette Viellion NEF Scholarship as well as the recipient of the NEF M. Elizabeth Carnegie Scholarship last year. He attained his Master’s Degree in Nursing from In... read more.

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