Paula Tucker, PhD, DNP, FNP-BC, ENP-C, was recently selected as a Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing. The Induction Ceremony took place October 2025 at the AAN Health Policy Conference in Washington, DC.
Currently Paula is a Clinical Associate Professor and the Specialty Director of the Emergency Nurse Practitioner Program at the Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing, Emory University. She is also on the Adjunct Faculty of the Department of Emergency Medicine, Emory University and is an Associate Quality Curriculum Director with the Department of Emergency Medicine, Emory University.
Paula's 2023 NEF Scholar biography and two-minute video is available by clicking here:
https://www.n-e-f.org/scholars/winners/paula-tucker.html
(2022-2023 Winner)
Noelle Pavlovic, PhD(c), MSN, RN is the recipient of the Eleanor C. Lambertsen Scholarship. She is a fourth year PhD Candidate at the Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing in Baltimore, MD. Noelle graduate... read more.
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