Research - Faculty Research

Faculty Honors

Lazelle Benefield, PhD, RN, FAAN
Professor, Parry Chair in Gerontological Nursing
Kathleen Dwyer, PhD, RN,
Professor, Chair Henry Freede Endowed in Nursing Science
Marianne Matzo, PhD, APRN, BC-GNP, FAAN,
Professor, Frances E. and A. Earl Ziegler Chair in Palliative Care Nursing

Carole Kenner, DNS, RNC, FAAN, Dean, received the Excellence in Education Award by the Association of Women's Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN).
Carole Kenner, DNS, RNC, FAAN, Dean, received the Distinguished Alumni Award from Indiana University School of Nursing.
Marianne Matzo, PhD, APRN, BC-GNP, FAAN, is the 2008 Recipient of the Project on Death in America Nursing Leadership Award in Palliative Care sponsored by the Hospice and Palliative Nurses Foundation.
Tonya Ballone-Walton, MN, RN, received the Excellence in Clinical Teaching Award (May 2007)
Valerie Eschiti, PhD, RN, CHTP, AHN-BC, received Beta Delta-at-Large Chapter of Sigma Theta Tau International Research Award for her study—Nursing Faculty and Student Knowledge Regarding Complementary and Alternative Medicine.
Valerie Johnson, PhD, MSN, RN, received the 2007 Mary Elizabeth Carnegie, DPA, MA, RN, FAAN Scholar Award through the American Nurses Foundation to support a study entitled "Participation of Native Americans and African Americans in Genetic and Genomic Research."
Deborah Wisnieski, MS, ARNP, received Beta Delta-at-Large Chapter of Sigma Theta Tau International Research Award for her study—Exploration of Romantic Relationships in Young American Indian Women.