Scholars

Susan L. Behen 1982-1983 Winner | Baccalaureate Degreee: Susan L. Behen was awarded the American Journal of Nursing / Laura D. Smith Scholarship. Degree: BA read more.

Grace #VALUE! 1934-1935 Winner | Unspecified Degree: Grace Frauens was awarded the Isabel Hampton Robb Scholarship. read more.

Alyssa Abbott 2025-2026 Winner | Doctoral Degree: Alyssa is honored to be the recipient of the Evelyn J. Barclay Scholarship. She earned her Bachelor of Science in Nursing at Fairfield University while working as a patient care associate at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH). Currently, she is enr... read more.

Wenona Abbott 1932-1933 Winner | Unspecified Degree: Wenona Abbott was awarded the Isabel Hampton Robb Scholarship. read more.

Faisal H. Aboul-Enein 2007-2008 Winner | Doctoral Degree: Mr. Aboul-Enein is a Clinical Assistant Professor at Texas Woman’s University and Family Nurse Practitioner/ Nursing Instructor at MD Anderson Cancer Center. Mr. Aboul-Enein began his nursing career working in Saudi Arabia providing primary care. He... read more.

Martha Abshire 2015-2016 Winner | Doctoral Degree: Winner of the Margaret Gould Tyson Memorial Scholarship, completed her bachelor’s degree in linguistics before traveling throughout Latin America, witnessing the devastating effects of untreated illnesses and learning about the importance of language... read more.

Kylie Ackerman 2026-2027 Winner | Doctoral Degree: Kylie Ackerman is the proud recipient of the 2026 Cynthia Davis Sculco Scholarship from Nurses Educational Funds (NEF). She earned a Bachelor of Science in Kinesiology from the University of Massachusetts Amherst before pursuing nursing through Berks... read more.

Dorothy D. Adair 2001-2002 Winner | Master’s Degree: Dorothy D. Adair was awarded the Isabel McIsaac Scholarship. School attended: University of South Florida Degree: FNP read more.

Wanda Lou Adams Johnson 1974-1975 Winner | Baccalaureate Degreee: Wanda Lou Adams Johnson was awarded the W.B. Saunders Company Scholarship. Degree: BA read more.

Jody Adams-Renterria 1993-1994 Winner | Master’s Degree

Ayomidamope (Ayo) Adebiyi 2025-2026 Winner | Doctoral Degree: Ayomidamope (Ayo) Adebiyi, MSN, APRN, FNP-BC, CEN, COHN-S, is the recipient of the M. Elizabeth Carnegie Scholarship, an honor awarded to Black nurses pursuing doctoral studies. She earned her Associate and Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Miami D... read more.

Adedeji Ademola 2024-2025 Winner | Master’s Degree: Adedeji Ademola RN BSN CCRN is the ecstatic recipient of the Estelle Massey Osborne scholarship for 2024. He always knew he wanted to help those who were sick and began his academic journey at the University at Buffalo, where he earned a Bachelor of... read more.

Andrea Adimondo 2014-2015 Winner | Doctoral Degree: NEF Scholarship winner, earned her MSN at Yale University in 2006 and an MS in nutrition from the University of Bridgeport’s Nutrition Institute. After working in numerous clinical roles Andrea realized her greatest fulfillment was from teaching and... read more.

Helen L. Aikens 1950-1951 Winner | Unspecified Degree: Helen L. Aikens was awarded the Isabel Hampton Robb Scholarship. read more.

Karen Louise Ajijevych 1987-1988 Winner | Doctoral Degree: Karen Louise Ajijevych was awarded the FA Davis / Edith M. Pritchard Scholarship. read more.

Jaleh Akhavan 2007-2008 Winner | Doctoral Degree: Jaleh Akhavan, Ph.D. candidate, MHA, BSN, R.N., CNOR is currently a full-time student at University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). She has completed her coursework, passed her oral qualifying exam, and awaits the IRB approval process to get her d... read more.

Laura Alarcon 2023-2024 Winner | Master’s Degree: Laura Alarcon is the recipient of the American Journal of Nursing/ Thelma Schorr Scholarship. She is currently enrolled in Frontier nursing University’s Nurse Midwifery Master’s program. Previously, she obtained her Bachelor of Science at the Univers... read more.

Anna Alder 2022-2023 Winner | Doctoral Degree: Anna M. Alder, MS, RN, PCCN, CCRN, NPD-BC is the honored recipient of the Margaret Gould Tyson Scholarship. Anna earned her Associate of Science in Nursing in 2008 and her Bachelor of Science in Nursing in 2009, both from Brigham Young University-Ida... read more.

Bertha L. Alder 1941-1942 Winner | Unspecified Degree: Bertha L. Alder was awarded the Isabel Hampton Robb Scholarship. read more.

Jennifer Alderman 2017-2018 Winner | Doctoral Degree: Jennifer T. Alderman, MSN, RNC-OB, CNL, is the 2017 recipient of the Cynthia Davis Sculco Scholarship. Jennifer, a native of North Carolina, received a BSN from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro in 1997 and worked as a labor and delivery... read more.

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FEATURED SCHOLAR

Maura Moran Brain

(2013-2014 Winner)

Maura Moran Brain, winner of the Isabel Hampton Robb Scholarship, is pursuing her doctoral degree at the University of Massachusetts in Boston while working as a nurse practitioner at Beth Israel Deaconess Medi... read more.

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