Scholars


Jennifer Myers 2023-2024 Winner | Doctoral Degree
Jennifer Myers, MSN, RN, CNE is a 2nd year Ph.D. candidate at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. She is the recipient of the Georgette Viellion Scholarship awarded to nurse educators or leaders with aspirations of developing expertise in teaching wh... read more.

Thelma Lee Myers 1982-1983 Winner | Master’s Degree
Thelma Lee Myers was awarded the Liesel M. Hiemenz Scholarship. read more.

Elizabeth Myrick 2026-2027 Winner | Doctoral Degree
Elizabeth (Beth) Myrick, PhD Candidate, MSN, AGPCNP-C, CANS, is the recipient of the 2026–2027 Isabel Hampton Robb Scholarship from Nurses Educational Funds, awarded to the doctoral degree applicant who receives the highest evaluation score. She earn... read more.

Jasmine Nakayama 2019-2020 Winner | Doctoral Degree
Jasmine Nakayama, BSN, RN, CEN, was awarded the Barbara Jonas Scholarship for academic excellence and active community service. She earned her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Augusta University and is currently a Nursing PhD candidate at Emory Un... read more.

Tenzin Nangkyi 2014-2015 Winner | Master’s Degree
Tenzin Nangkyi who won the Isabel Mc Isaac Scholarship, is a clinical liaison nurse for a non-profit hospice in Washington, D.C. while she is pursuing her masters of nursing and masters in business administration, MSN/MBA, at Johns Hopkins University... read more.

Joseph Napolitano 2003-2004 Winner | Doctoral Degree
Joseph Napolitano was awarded the Eleanor Lambertsen/ Bernhard J. Springer Fellowship/ Edith M. Pritchard Scholarship. School attended: New York University – School of Education/ Division of Nursing Degree: PhD read more.

Kelsey Naruse 2019-2020 Winner | Doctoral Degree
Kelsey Naruse, MS, RN is the 2019 recipient of the Columbia University-Presbyterian Hospital School of Nursing Alumni Association, Inc./J. Margaret Ada Mutch Scholarship. She is currently attending Columbia University in pursuit of a Doctorate in Nur... read more.

Alice Naughton 1957-1958 Winner | Unspecified Degree
Alice Naughton was awarded the Isabel Hampton Robb Scholarship. read more.

Kattalina Navarro 2016-2017 Winner | Master’s Degree
Kattalina Navarro is the recipient of an NEF graduate nursing scholarship. She graduated Magna Cum Laude from Molloy College in December 2012 and began her career in a multi-specialty operating room of a level 1 trauma center. Inspired by her own exp... read more.

Abigail Neff 2023-2024 Winner | Master’s Degree
Abigail Neff, BSN, RN, OCN is the recipient of the 2023 Isabel McIssac Scholarship, an award designated for master’s degree candidates in honor of Isabel McIssac, the first chairperson of the original memorial fund of Isabel Hampton Robb, the beginni... read more.

Christine Nelson 1984-1985 Winner | Master’s Degree

John A. Nelson 1999-2000 Winner | Doctoral Degree
John A. Nelson was awarded the Edith M. Pritchard / Bernard J. Springer Scholarship. School attended: NYU Degree: PhD read more.

Katherine R. Nelson 1941-1942 Winner | Unspecified Degree
Katherine R. Nelson was awarded the Isabel Hampton Robb Scholarship. read more.

Margot Nelson 1985-1986 Winner | Unspecified Degree
Margot Nelson was awarded the Margaret Gould Tyson / NEF. read more.

Paula V. Nersesian 2016-2017 Winner | Doctoral Degree
Upon graduation, Dr. Nersesian joined the faculty at Johns Hopkins School of Nursing. Then, after living in the Washington, DC area for 33 years, she moved to Maine and joined the faculty of the University of Southern Maine School of Nursing in Portl... read more.

Donna E. Neumark 1997-1998 Winner | Doctoral Degree
Donna E. Neumark was awarded the Isabel Hampton Robb Scholarship. School attended: Michigan State of University read more.

Karina Neves 2024-2025 Winner | Master’s Degree
Karina Neves is the proud recipient of a Johnson & Johnson Edwidge Thomas Scholarship. This is a prestigious award that has significantly contributed to her academic journey. She obtained her associate's degree in nursing from Dutchess Community Coll... read more.

Delia Helen Newton 1923-1924 Winner | Unspecified Degree
Delia Helen Newton was awarded the Isabel Hampton Robb Scholarship. read more.

Njoki Ng'Anga 2012-2013 Winner | Doctoral Degree
Njoki Ng’anga is using her Elizabeth Carnegie scholarship towards a PhD degree at Columbia University. She is also a pre-doctoral fellow at the School of Nursing’s Center for Children and Families. She obtained her MSc in Health Systems from the Lond... read more.

Huong Q. Nguyen 2002-2003 Winner | Doctoral Degree
Huong Q. Nguyen was awarded the Isabel Hampton Robb Scholarship. School attended: University of California, San Francisco Degree: PhD read more.

FEATURED SCHOLAR

Nancy Wise

Nancy Wise

(2014-2015 Winner)

Nancy Wise, a doctoral student at Villanova University in Radnor Township, a suburb of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is the first student to be awarded the Cynthia Davis Sculco Scholarship. Nancy’s primary area o... read more.

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