Scholars

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.

Courtney Omary 2019-2020 Winner | Doctoral Degree: Courtney Omary, awarded the Lucy C. Perry Scholarship for Public Health, is an IT Clinical Strategy Consultant at Augusta University in Augusta, Georgia. Focused on clinician adoption and satisfaction, Courtney assists Augusta University Medical Cent... read more.

Irvin Ong 2023-2024 Winner | Doctoral Degree: Irvin Ong, EdD, MHPEd, RN received the Henry B. Spencer Scholarship, which is dedicated to leadership in nursing and health care. Dr. Ong earned his Bachelor of Science in Biology (2006) and Nursing (2008) from the Our Lady of Fatima University, Phil... read more.

Grace Onovo 2010-2011 Winner | Doctoral Degree: Grace Onovo grew up in Nigeria where she attended the School of Nursing at the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital and the School of Midwifery at Mater Misericordia Hospital. To further advance her career in Nursing she migrated to the United Sta... read more.

Kate Oppegaard 2019-2020 Winner | Master’s Degree: Kate Oppegaard, RN, BSN, OCN, CMSRN is the recipient of the 2019 Mathy Mezey Scholarship. Kate received her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Arizona State University in 2005. Kate’s mother was also a nurse, and Kate has fond memories of how much s... read more.

Selina Oriekhoe 2026-2027 Winner | Doctoral Degree: Selina Oriekhoe, MSN, RN, CNOR, is the 2026-2027 recipient of the Robert V. Piemonte Memorial Scholarship from Nurses Educational Funds (NEF). She is a registered nurse with over a decade of experience in perioperative nursing. She is currently worki... read more.

Ukamaka Oruche 2009-2010 Winner | Doctoral Degree: "After obtaining my master's degree in child psychiatric-mental health nursing, I practiced for eight years before deciding to return for a PhD. In my work as a clinical nurse specialist with children and adolescents with serious emotional and behavi... read more.

Ukamaka M. Oruche 1998-1999 Winner | Master’s Degree: Ukamaka M. Oruche was awarded the Estelle Massey Osborne Scholarship. School attended: Purdue/Indiana University School of Nursing Degree: Child/Adolescent Psychiatric read more.

Judith Oshin 1981-1982 Winner | Doctoral Degree: Judith Oshin was awarded the Squibbs & Sons / Ursula Springer Scholarship. read more.

Onome Osokpo 2019-2020 Winner | Doctoral Degree: Onome Osokpo, winner of the 2019 M. Elizabeth Carnegie African American Scholarship, earned a Bachelor of Science in nursing degree at Stony Brook University and a Master of Science in nursing in the Adult and Gerontology Nurse Practitioner Program a... read more.

Mary S. Ossigner 1938-1939 Winner | Unspecified Degree: Mary S. Ossigner was awarded the Isabel Hampton Robb Scholarship. read more.

Alina Ostapchuk 2016-2017 Winner | Doctoral Degree: Alina Ostapchuk is the recipient of the Laura D. Smith National Student Nurses' Association (NSNA) Scholarship. This is Alina’s unique story. I was born in Ternopil, a small village in the Western Ukraine, and three days later my mother died. Because... read more.

Christina Osuagwu 2006-2007 Winner | Doctoral Degree: I was born in Nigeria where I received my Diplomas in Nursing and Midwifery in 1976 and 1978 respectively. Married with one daughter and two sons, my husband and I arrived in the United States in 1981. I obtained my BSN and MS (Public Planning and Ad... read more.

Brenda Owens 1985-1986 Winner | Unspecified Degree: Brenda Owens was awarded the M. Elizabeth Carnegie African American Scholarship. read more.

Tiffany Owens Bratina 2007-2008 Winner | Master’s Degree: Born and raised in St. Louis, Missouri, Tiffany currently lives in Edwardsville, Illinois to be close to Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville, where she is currently a graduate student pursuing her MSN in Anesthesia. From 1998-1999, she lived in... read more.

Christine M. Pacini 1984-1985 Winner | Doctoral Degree: Christine M. Pacini was awarded the AJN/Thelma Schorr Scholarship. read more.

Alice S. Packer 1975-1976 Winner | Master’s Degree: Alice S. Packer was awarded the E.R. Squibb & Sons Scholarship. read more.

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FEATURED SCHOLAR

Nicholas Perrino

(2011-2012 Winner)

A Chicago native, Eleanore C. Lambertsen scholarship winner Nicholas Perrino did his undergraduate work at Loyola University and continued with his graduate work at Northwestern University and Columbia. He curr... read more.

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