Nancy Glass, a professor in the Department of Community-Public Health, the school's associate dean for research, and an associate director of the Johns Hopkins Center for Global Health, has received the 2017 International Achievement Award from the International Council of Nurses' Florence Nightingale International Foundation.
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The award, introduced in 1999, is given biennially to a practicing nurse with at least 10 years of nursing experience in direct care, education, management, or research. Nominees must have achieved significant impact internationally.
Glass' research and practice expertise in public health, health disparities, and intimate partner violence reflect the focus of the school and university on global health threats, particularly in developing countries. Her research centers on clinical care and intervention in the areas of violence prevention and health disparities.
The award was presented during the recent ICN Congress in Barcelona, Spain.
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Nancy Sullivan, an assistant professor in the Department of Acute and Chronic Care, has been selected as the 2017 recipient of the Capstone International Nursing Book Award, given annually by Sigma Theta Tau International to recognize "the excellence of one outstanding book published by nurses." Sullivan's 2016 book, co-authored with Janice Hoffman, of the University of Missouri, is titled Medical Surgical Nursing: Making Connections to Practice.
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