I would like to take this opportunity to offer my sincere thanks for making it possible for me to be a recipient of the Cynthia Davis Sculco Scholarship for the 2015-2016 school year at the University of North Carolima – Chapel Hill. This generous award means a great deal to me as I begin my fourth year as a PhD in Nursing student.
My previous years in this program have gone very well, and I am pleased to say that this funding will help me tremendously in my final year. I plan to travel to Odense, Denmark in August to present my work on the challenges associated with researching families having a child with a rare disease at the International Family Nursing Association’s 12th bi-annual conference. Furthermore, I have recently submitted an abstract to the National Institue of Nursing Research’s Scientific Symposium with the hopes of doing a poster presentation at their 2015 conference in Washington, DC this fall. Finally, I begin rrecruitment for my dissertation study entitled Parental Management of Adrenal Crisis in Children with Congential Adrenal Hyperplasia this summer, and this funding will help a great deal with the necessary transcription expenses.
Having a family with three small cildrren, financial concern is constantly present. This generous scholarship has helped tremendously, and I thank the Nurses Educational Funds, Inc. for its generosity. I can assure you that I will work diligently as I continue to pursue my PhD and will consistently strive to develop research that will make the lives of families with children that suffer from complex, life-threatening disorders more manageable.
(2023-2024 Winner)
Melanie D. Bobry is the honored recipient of the Margaret L. McClure Scholarship. Melanie earned her BS in Nursing in 2009 and her MS in Nursing Education in 2022, both from the University of Rochester School o... read more.
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