Scholars

Caitlin O'Connell 2014-2015 Winner | Doctoral Degree: Caitlin O'Connell is this year’s winner of the Columbia University-Presbyterian Hospital School of Nursing Alumni Association, Inc. /J. Margaret Ada Mutch Scholarship. A practicing pediatric nurse for eleven years at New York Presbyterian Hospital in... read more.

Katharine K. O'Dell 2005-2006 Winner | Doctoral Degree: Kate grew up in Duluth, Minnesota and attended undergraduate school at the University of Michigan to study physical anthropology. She found working with old bones a little too dry, and switched to nurses' training at the Mayo Clinic, Rochester MN, as... read more.

Alice O'Flynn-Comiskey 1979-1980 Winner | Doctoral Degree: Alice O'Flynn-Comiskey was awarded the Bernhard J. Springer / Isabel Hampton Robb Scholarship. read more.

Carol O'Neil 1979-1980 Winner | Doctoral Degree: Carol O'Neil was awarded the AJN/Thelma Schorr Scholarship. read more.

Denise M. O'Sullivan-Wright 1998-1999 Winner | Master’s Degree: Denise M. O'Sullivan-Wright attended the University of California, San Francisco. read more.

Baraba O’Brien 1986-1987 Winner | Unspecified Degree: Baraba O’Brien was awarded the Lucy C. Perry Scholarship. read more.

Maureen O’Brien 1973-1974 Winner | Unspecified Degree

Medea O’Brien 1972-1973 Winner | Doctoral Degree: Medea Marella was awarded the American Journal of Nursing Scholarship. read more.

Ruth Ann O’Brien 1974-1975 Winner | Doctoral Degree: Ruth Ann O’Brien was awarded the Bernhard J. Springer Scholarship. read more.

Tara O’Brien 2011-2012 Winner | Doctoral Degree: Barclay scholarship winner Tara O’Brien combined her BSN in Nursing with a minor in Psychology from Ohio University. Her nursing career has been a diverse one, including staff nurse, case manager and nurse educator --- this last includes teaching wit... read more.

Clare W. O’Connor 1986-1987 Winner | Unspecified Degree: Clare W. O’Connor was awarded the AJN/Thelma Schorr Scholarship. read more.

Joshua O’Floinn 2017-2018 Winner | Master’s Degree: Recipient of a Nurses Educational Funds, Inc. Scholarship, Joshua O’Floinn is pursuing a Master of Science degree in Community and Public Health Nursing at Worcester State University in Massachusetts. Joshua received his ADN in 2000 from Butler Commu... read more.

Michelle H. O’Grady 1989-1990 Winner | Master’s Degree: Michelle H. O’Grady was awarded the Mead Johnson Company/ NEF General Fund. School attended: University of Illinois Degree: Nurse- midwifery read more.

Justin O’Leary 2025-2026 Winner | Doctoral Degree: Justin O’Leary, MSN, RN, PCCN-K is the recipient of the Henry B. Spencer Scholarship. Justin is currently in the Hunter-Bellevue School of Nursing PhD program with a focus on health equity. Prior to his doctorate program, Justin completed his Master... read more.

Ellen O’Neal 2011-2012 Winner | Doctoral Degree: A native of Illinois, Lillian Hiemenz award winner Ellen O’Neal got her Bachelor’s degree at Marquette University in Wisconsin and a Masters in nurse-midwifery At Georgetown University. Her work has taken her to a wide variety of settings including G... read more.

Maureen O’Reilly 1976-1977 Winner | Master’s Degree: Maureen O’Reilly was awarded the Edith M. Pritchard Scholarship. read more.

Susan M. O’Toole 1996-1997 Winner | Doctoral Degree: Susan M. O’Toole attended Duquesne University. Degree: Nursing Research read more.

Nancy Obus 1985-1986 Winner | Unspecified Degree: Nancy Obus was awarded the Isabel McIsaac / Blanche Urey Scholarship. read more.

Mobolaji Odewole 2023-2024 Winner | Doctoral Degree: Mobolaji “Mobo” Odewole, MPH, MS, NP, RN, is the gracious and honored recipient of Columbia University – Presbyterian Hospital School of Nursing Alumni Association Inc./J. Margaret Ada Mutch Scholarship. Mr. Odewole is a Doctoral student at Columbia... read more.

Frieda Off 1933-1934 Winner | Unspecified Degree: Frieda Off was awarded the Isabel Hampton Robb Scholarship. read more.

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FEATURED SCHOLAR

Camille Almada

(2018-2019 Winner)

Camille Almada is the recipient of the Liesel M. Hiemenz Scholarship which is awarded to students interested in public health. She currently attends Pace University’s Family Nurse Practitioner Master’s Program.... read more.

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