Betty Irene Moore Fellows program welcomes new advisory board member, visiting professor and program faculty member
Team expands to support group of diverse nurse scientists
July 20, 2022
Martha Dawson, Gail Powell-Cope and Jann Murray-García join the Betty Irene Moore Fellowship for Nurse Leaders and Innovators.
On the heels of inducting its third and largest cohort into the program, the Betty Irene Moore Fellowship for Nurse Leaders and Innovators National Program Office welcomes a new Fellowship National Advisory Council member to the fellowship team and celebrates the appointment of a visiting professor and program faculty member.
Welcoming incoming advisory member
Martha Dawson officially began her term July 1 as a Fellowship National Advisory Council member. Dawson is an associate professor at the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Nursing and the 13th president of the National Black Nurses Association. She is nationally and internationally recognized as a global thought leader in the fields of nursing, health systems administration, nursing education and translational research.
“This is an honor and a rare opportunity that affords me the unique experience of encouraging disruptive innovation as fellows explore how to influence and have impact through research, advocacy and practice,” Dawson said. “I look forward to mentoring and sponsoring these nurse leaders as they use discovery and implementation science to address health inequalities, social justice, and lack of diversity in research, leadership, practice, and policy."
“Dr. Dawson was one of the first persons I reached out to when we launched the fellowship, and she has enthusiastically helped us with recruitment and outreach. She is a fantastic role model and is so committed to the next generation of nurse leaders. I am thrilled she is joining,” said Heather M. Young, national program director for the Betty Irene Moore Fellowship for Nurse Leaders and Innovators.
Celebrating new faculty
As a founding Fellowship National Advisory Council member, Gail Powell-Cope understands the intricacies of the fellowship and officially joined the program as a visiting professor July 1. She is passionate about mentorship and leadership and is an expert in health systems research, implementation science and program evaluation. In 2019, she retired from the James A. Haley Veterans Administration Hospital, where she served as the director of a Veterans Administration Health Services Research and Development Center of Innovation on Disability and Rehabilitation Research, section chief of Rehabilitation Outcomes Research, and chief of Nursing Research.
“Dr. Powell-Cope has proven to be a thoughtful and valuable member of the Fellowship National Advisory Council and we are so excited to welcome her as a visiting professor. She will undoubtedly help our fellows navigate the intricacies of their research projects and associated systems change and will contribute to their development as leaders,” said Young.
“I am pleased and honored to join the fellowship program as a visiting professor. I am excited about working with the team to develop the next generation of nurse leaders and innovators, and I look forward to seeing their many accomplishments in ensuring a health care system that is equitable, accessible and population-based,” Powell-Cope said.
Jann Murray-García also joined the fellowship team as a program faculty member in July 2021. A founding faculty member and associate clinical professor at the Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing at UC Davis, pediatrician Murray-García teaches in the Doctor of Nursing Practice Program. Her research and publications focus on race, health care and child development.
“From the beginning, Dr. Murray-García shaped the Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing with her courageous perspective on racial identity and racism. I am indebted to her for her willingness to bring her expertise and experience to the fellowship program to equip our fellows for anti-racist leadership,” Young said.
