Four Women Receive Minority Nurse Faculty Scholar Awards

Four women were recently awarded Johnson & Johnson Minority Nurse Faculty Scholar Awards from the American Association of Colleges of Nursing. Students who receive the awards are eligible for up to $18,000 over three years to complete their Ph.D. degrees. Recipients agree to seek teaching positions in a college of nursing after completing their doctorates.

Anna Maria Kelley is a third-year Ph.D. student at Michigan State University. She earned her bachelor’s degree at Michigan State in 2001. Her research is focused on adverse drug effects associated with drug-resistant tuberculosis treatment in patients with HIV.

Luz Huntington-Moskos is a third-year Ph.D. student at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. She worked in the Peace Corps in Malawi from 1994 to 1996 and earned a master’s degree at the University of Minnesota. Her dissertation is on tobacco exposure and cardiovascular risk among rural adolescents.

Carolina E. Noya is a first-year Ph.D. student at the University of California at San Francisco. She holds master’s degrees from Michigan State University and the University of California at San Francisco. She has been a practicing nurse practitioner for the past decade.

Patty R. Wilson is a first-year Ph.D. student at the University of Virginia. She holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in nursing from the University of Maryland. She is a clinical instructor in community/public health at Johns Hopkins University. Her research is focused on African-American victims of intimate partner violence.