The 2013 Fagin Award recipient is Dr. Martha A. Q. Curley, PhD, RN, FAAN, the Ellen and Robert Kapito Professor in Nursing Science. Dr. Curley is nationally and internationally renowned for her work related to clinical management of critically ill infants and children and their families, and also for her contributions to the field of pediatric critical care nursing. For more than twenty years, Dr. Curley’s research has focused on multi-site clinical trials to advance knowledge in the care of...

The 2013 Fagin Award recipient is Dr. Martha A. Q. Curley, PhD, RN, FAAN, the Ellen and Robert Kapito Professor in Nursing Science. Dr. Curley is nationally and internationally renowned for her work related to clinical management of critically ill infants and children and their families, and also for her contributions to the field of pediatric critical care nursing. For more than twenty years, Dr. Curley’s research has focused on multi-site clinical trials to advance knowledge in the care of...

Barbara Riegel, DNSc, RN, FAAN, FAHA, has been selected as the 10th recipient of the Claire M. Fagin Distinguished Researcher Award at the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing. Dr. Riegel will present the Fagin Lecture about her research journey on April 5, 2012, at Penn Nursing. Dr. Riegel, the Edith Clemmer Steinbright Chair of Gerontology and director of the Center for Biobehavioral Research at Penn Nursing, is internationally recognized for her research in heart failure. Through...

Barbara Riegel, DNSc, RN, FAAN, FAHA, has been selected as the 10th recipient of the Claire M. Fagin Distinguished Researcher Award at the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing. Dr. Riegel will present the Fagin Lecture about her research journey on April 5, 2012, at Penn Nursing. Dr. Riegel, the Edith Clemmer Steinbright Chair of Gerontology and director of the Center for Biobehavioral Research at Penn Nursing, is internationally recognized for her research in heart failure. Through...

Lois K. Evans, PhD, FAAN will recieved the Claire M. Fagin Distinguished Researcher Lecture & Award, April 7, 2011. Dr. Evans has been at Penn since 1984, distinguishing herself as a teacher, researcher, scholar, practitioner, and administrator. She is one of the nation's foremost researchers in care of the elderly and she has developed ground-breaking research lessening the use of restraints on frail elders in the nation's nusring homes and hospitals. Drawing from her extensive...

Lois K. Evans, PhD, FAAN will recieved the Claire M. Fagin Distinguished Researcher Lecture & Award, April 7, 2011. Dr. Evans has been at Penn since 1984, distinguishing herself as a teacher, researcher, scholar, practitioner, and administrator. She is one of the nation's foremost researchers in care of the elderly and she has developed ground-breaking research lessening the use of restraints on frail elders in the nation's nusring homes and hospitals. Drawing from her extensive...

Mary Naylor has a national and international reputation as a scholar for her program of research in the areas of transitional care and quality of life of vulnerable older adults. For more than a decade, Dr. Naylor has led an interdisciplinary team of scholars in the testing of an innovative, multidisciplinary model of care designed to improve health outcomes for high-risk elders and their caregivers. Findings from numerous studies conducted under her leadership have significantly advanced...

Julie A Fairman, PhD, FAAN, RN is a Professor of Nursing, and Director of the Barbara Bates Center for the Study of the History of Nursing at the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing. Dr. Fairman’s scholarship has focused on historical research in the nurse practitioner movement, critical care, and technology. Her highly regarded work has earned her the rare distinction of being a well funded historic researcher with grants from the National Library of Medicine, the Agency for Health...

Julie A Fairman, PhD, FAAN, RN is a Professor of Nursing, and Director of the Barbara Bates Center for the Study of the History of Nursing at the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing. Dr. Fairman’s scholarship has focused on historical research in the nurse practitioner movement, critical care, and technology. Her highly regarded work has earned her the rare distinction of being a well funded historic researcher with grants from the National Library of Medicine, the Agency for Health...

Jennifer Pinto-Martin, PhD, MPH, is an internationally renowned scholar in perinatal epidemiology. Dr. Pinto-Martin began her career as an epidemiologist as the Project Director for the Neonatal Brain Hemorrhage (NBH) Study, a longitudinal study of neonatal brain injury in low birthweight infants, and has had continuous NIH support since 1984. Dr. Pinto-Martin expanded her research focus to the epidemiology of Autism Spectrum Disorder and is currently the Director and Principal Investigator...

Marilyn S. Sommers, PhD, RN, FAAN, is the Lillian S. Brunner Professor of Medical-Surgical Nursing, and Associate Director, Center for Health Disparities Research at the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing. Dr. Sommers has developed a program of research focused on human response to injury in general, with particular emphasis on risk-taking behaviors that lead to injury, as well as on the physical consequences of injury. She has systematically built the science of injury through...

Jennifer Pinto-Martin, PhD, MPH, is an internationally renowned scholar in perinatal epidemiology. Dr. Pinto-Martin began her career as an epidemiologist as the Project Director for the Neonatal Brain Hemorrhage (NBH) Study, a longitudinal study of neonatal brain injury in low birthweight infants, and has had continuous NIH support since 1984. Dr. Pinto-Martin expanded her research focus to the epidemiology of Autism Spectrum Disorder and is currently the Director and Principal Investigator...

Marilyn S. Sommers, PhD, RN, FAAN, is the Lillian S. Brunner Professor of Medical-Surgical Nursing, and Associate Director, Center for Health Disparities Research at the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing. Dr. Sommers has developed a program of research focused on human response to injury in general, with particular emphasis on risk-taking behaviors that lead to injury, as well as on the physical consequences of injury. She has systematically built the science of injury through...

Dr. Aiken is director of the Center for Health Outcomes and Policy Research, and is The Claire M. Fagin Leadership Professor of Nursing, Professor of Sociology, and Senior Fellow of the Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics at the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Aiken is an authority on causes, consequences, and solutions for nurse shortages in the United States and around the world. Dr. Aiken leads the International Hospital Outcomes Consortium studying the impact of nursing on...

Dr. Aiken is director of the Center for Health Outcomes and Policy Research, and is The Claire M. Fagin Leadership Professor of Nursing, Professor of Sociology, and Senior Fellow of the Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics at the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Aiken is an authority on causes, consequences, and solutions for nurse shortages in the United States and around the world. Dr. Aiken leads the International Hospital Outcomes Consortium studying the impact of nursing on...

r. Loretta Sweet Jemmott is the van Ameringen Chair in Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing and Director of the Center for Health Disparities Research at the University of Pennsylvania’s School of Nursing. Dr. Jemmott also holds secondary appointments in the University’s School of Medicine and Graduate School of Education. In 2004 Dr. Jemmott was named Assistant Provost for Minority & Gender Equity Issues for the University. Dr. Jemmott has been involved in a number of research projects...

Dr. Loretta Sweet Jemmott is the van Ameringen Chair in Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing and Director of the Center for Health Disparities Research at the University of Pennsylvania’s School of Nursing. Dr. Jemmott also holds secondary appointments in the University’s School of Medicine and Graduate School of Education. In 2004 Dr. Jemmott was named Assistant Provost for Minority & Gender Equity Issues for the University. Dr. Jemmott has been involved in a number of research projects...

Dr. Strumpf is widely recognized for her outstanding contributions to the field of gerontology. Best known for her work on the elimination of physical restraints in nursing homes and hospitals with Dr. Lois Evans, she has also had a remarkable career as ground-breaking researcher, innovative teacher, caring mentor, as well as top administrator. Currently Dr. Strumpf is Director of the Center for Gerontologic Nursing Science and the Hartford Center of Geriatric Nursing Excellence, where she...

r. Strumpf is widely recognized for her outstanding contributions to the field of gerontology. Best known for her work on the elimination of physical restraints in nursing homes and hospitals with Dr. Lois Evans, she has also had a remarkable career as ground-breaking researcher, innovative teacher, caring mentor, as well as top administrator. Currently Dr. Strumpf is Director of the Center for Gerontologic Nursing Science and the Hartford Center of Geriatric Nursing Excellence, where she...