Maura Brain is a two-time Nurses Educational Funds, Inc. Scholarship winner – this year she was awarded a NEF Scholarship and last year she received the Isabel Hampton Robb Scholarship. Maura is completing her doctoral degree at the University of Massachusetts in Boston and continuing her work as a nurse practitioner at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. Her primary clinical interest is diabetes and weight management in primary care. Her other key interests are health systems, quality improvement, and healthcare disparities. She still finds time for her two children and her husband who’s support, she knows has helped her achieve her goals.
(2012-2013 Winner)
Tara O'Brien is a second time winner of an NEF scholarship (this time the Evelyn Barclay award) as she continues working toward her PhD at the Medical University of South Carolina where her research topic is ob... read more.
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Nurses Educational Funds, Inc. Scholarship for Leadership 