NURSING AWARDS COMMITTEE
Betty Ferrell, PhD, RN, MA, FAAN, FPCN, CHPN
Dr Ferrell has been in nursing for 49 years and has focused her clinical expertise and research in pain management, quality of life, and palliative care. Dr. Ferrell is the Director of Nursing Research & Education and a Professor at the City of Hope Medical Center in Duarte, California. She is a Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing and she has over 550 publications in peer-reviewed journals and texts. She is Principal Investigator of the “End-of-Life Nursing Education Consortium (ELNEC)” project… READ MORE
Ashley Leak Bryant, PhD, RN, OCN, FAAN, FGSA
Dr. Bryant is an experienced oncology, gerontological, and palliative care nurse researcher, educator, and advocate. Her program of research work focuses on palliative and supportive care for adults with acute myeloid leukemia, using an interdisciplinary team of nurses, physical therapists, and occupational therapists to manage symptoms and preserve function. Her contributions to nursing science and education also include developing academic-practice partnerships that support workforce development… READ MORE
Billy Rosa, PhD, MBE, APRN, FAANP, FPCN, FAAN
Billy Rosa, PhD, MBE, APRN, FAANP, FPCN, FAAN, is an Assistant Attending Behavioral Scientist at the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK). He received his PhD and Master of Bioethics from the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Rosa completed MSK’s Hospice & Palliative Medicine Interdisciplinary Clinical Fellowship and served as Chief Fellow of MSK’s NIH/NCI T32 Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Psychosocial, Palliative, and Community Research in Cancer… READ MORE
Lynn F. Reinke, PhD, ANP-BC, FAAN, FPCN
Dr. Reinke received her PhD from the University of Washington School of Nursing in 2008. She completed a Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Health Services R&D at the VA Health Care System in Seattle. Recognizing the importance of research informing health policy, she was a Health and Aging Policy Fellow from 2016-2017. She served as a Co-Director of the UW Palliative Care Graduate Certificate Program from 2019-2021. In January 2022, Dr. Reinke assumed the position of the Claire Dumke Ryberg, RN…READ MORE
Tamryn Lashea Fowler, PhD, MPH, MSN, RN
Dr. Tamryn Lashea Fowler is an Assistant Professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Nursing and an Associate Member of the UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center. She is an oncology and palliative care nurse scientist whose research focuses on improving the experiences and outcomes of adults and older adults and their family caregivers, with particular expertise in hematologic malignancies, hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT), and cellular therapies such as CAR-T… READ MORE
