Nursing

For bereaved parents, love and grief last a lifetime
Dr. Kim Whitmore, assistant professor in the College of Nursing, reflects on the twin roles of love and grief in bereaved parents’ lives.

Emerita professor wins Dorothea Lang Pioneer Award
Dr. Lisa Hanson, professor emerita in the College of Nursing, won the Dorothea M. Lang Pioneer Award from The Midwife Foundation at the annual meeting of the American College of Nurse-Midwives. Hanson co-founded Marquette’s nurse midwifery program in 1993. She retired at the end of the 2025-2026 academic year after 33 years as College of…

James Wake Memorial Lecture to be hosted in Straz Hall, Nov. 20
Maureen Groden will be the leynote speaker at the James Wake Memorial Lecture.

Nursing professor concludes successful NCSBN Residency
Dr. Aimee Woda, associate professor in the College of Nursing, finished a successful residency with the National Council of State Boards of Nursing.

NIH grant awarded to nursing, computer science professors for app to help children with autism communicate
Dr. Norah Johnson, professor in the College of Nursing, and Dr. Sheikh Iqbal Ahamed, professor in the Department of Computer Science, received a $306,000 grant.

Pair of nursing students honored as Jonas Scholars
Two Marquette Nursing students gained entry into the Jonas Scholars, an elite cohort of Ph.D. nursing researchers.

Pair of nursing students earn NMDSI grants
Two nursing students earned grants from the Northwestern Mutual Data Science Institute for their research projects.

Nursing professor wins Vatican II Award
Dr. Richard Fehring, professor emeritus and former director of the Boland Institute for Natural Family Planning, has won a Vatican II Award.

