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Ellen O’Neal

2011-2012 Winner | Doctoral Degree Scholarship

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 Ghana, Congo-Brazzaville, Haiti and, recently, Cote d’Ivoire. Now pursuing her Doctoral degree in the field of epidemiology with a concentration in reproductive health at the Harvard School of Public Health in Boston, she hopes to pursue research on the effects of natural disasters and armed conflict on maternal morbidity and mortality.

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Hillary Hoskins

(2019-2020 Winner)

Awarded the 2019 Liesel M. Hiemenz Scholarship, Hillary Hoskins is a Certified Nurse Midwife currently practicing as a Registered Nurse in Michigan. She holds a BSN from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor,... read more.

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