Developing the next generation of nurse leaders and innovators

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The Betty Irene Moore Fellowship for Nurse Leaders and Innovators is a national program to develop the next generation of nurse leaders and innovators. The fellowship program recognizes and advances early- to mid-career nursing scholars and innovators with high potential to accelerate leadership in nursing-science research, practice, education, policy and entrepreneurship. Betty Irene Moore Fellows develop skills and confidence in leadership and innovation improving health care delivery and advancing health. 

From left to right: Jim Steyer, Dawn Bounds, Frances Haugen and Sage Hirschfeld served together on a panel at South by Southwest (SXSW) discussing the impact of social media on teenage mental health. Photo credit: Common Sense Media.

Betty Irene Moore Fellow Dawn Bounds shared her research and thoughts on the impact of social media on teenage mental health March 13 at South by Southwest (SXSW) in Austin, Texas. Each year, the annual conference and festival brings together people from various industries, including music, film, technology and interactive media. Bounds, a 2022 cohort fellow and assistant professor at the UCI Sue & Bill Gross School of Nursing, was one of four panelists who discussed social media and the youth mental health crisis in the United States during the “How Teens Really Feel About Social Media” panel discussion.

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Clockwise from top left: Betty Irene Moore Fellows Schenita Randolph, Kamila Alexander, Dawn Aycock, and former fellow Fawn Cothran recieve funds for Black Nurse Scientists Mentoring Program.

Betty Irene Moore Fellows Kamila Alexander, Dawn Aycock, Schenita Randolph and former fellow Fawn Cothran received a $100,000 grant from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation to develop a mentorship program aimed at increasing the number of Black nurse scientists. The long-term goal of the Black Nurse Scientists Mentoring Program is to mentor Black nurses wishing to obtain a Ph.D., preparing them for successful admissions to Ph.D. programs and productive career trajectories as a nurse scientist.

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