Susan Lane
2010-2011 Winner | Doctoral Degree
Susan Lane is currently a research assistant at the University of North Carolina-Greensboro where she is pursuing her Doctoral degree. She received her MSN at Gardner Webb University in 2003. She plans to continue her career in a faculty role in academia as well as her research in maternal/child health. Her pilot research on decision making for parenting and pregnant adolescents was funded by Sigma Theta Tau International’s Mu Psi-at-Large Chapter.
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Alisa Pascale
(2012-2013 Winner)
Alisa Pascale, winner of the Eleanor Lambertsen award, is a certified women’s health practitioner who spent the first 2 years of her NP career living and working in Cuba, New Mexico, with the Navajo Native Amer... read more.
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