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Do You Have News to Share?Stay in touch—tell us about yourlatest job, award and other news.Contact Ann Barrow McKenzie’86 B.S.N., ’91 M.S.N., R.N.Phone: (610) 519-6814E-mail: ann.mckenzie@villanova.edu.Bridgette CarterBrawner ’03 B.S.N.,Ph.D., APRN, DistinguishedPostdoctoralFellow at the Universityof PennsylvaniaSchool of Nursing’sCenter for HealthEquity Research, hasreceived a $932,129,four-year grant fromthe federal Centers for Disease Controlfor her study “HIV/STI Preventionamong Heterosexually-Active BlackAdolescents with Mental Illnesses.”Notes Dr. Brawner, “I am humbled andhonored by this opportunity to havea significant impact on the HIV/STIlandscape in Philadelphia.” Becauseadolescents with mental illnesses area historically underserved group withrespect to HIV/STI prevention, and blackadolescents in particular are disproportionatelyaffected, she hopes to generatedata to address unique unmet riskreduction needs, partner with communitystakeholders to deliver a novelintervention in a nontraditional settingembedded in the community and informmental health policy through her work.Dr. Brawner was featured in the Spring/Summer 2011 Villanova Nursing article“Fast Track to Excellence.”Manar Al-Azzam ’04 M.S.N., Ph.D. inAugust 2011 successfully defended herdissertation at the University of Iowa,“Arab Immigrant Muslim Mothers’ Perceptionsof Attention Deficit HyperactivityDisorder (ADHD).” Dr. Al-Azzam,who is from Jordan, returned home toteach psychiatric mental health nursingat Princess Salma Faculty of Nursing atAl albayt University in Mafraq.Laura Berry ’06 B.S.N., R.N. hostedVillanova Nursing senior Bridget Carrollduring a shadow day at MassachusettsGeneral Hospital in Boston.Amy Witkoski Stimpfel ’06 B.S.N.,Ph.D., R.N. graduated in May 2011 with aPh.D. from the University of PennsylvaniaSchool of Nursing. Her dissertation was“The Impact of Hospital Staff Nurse ShiftLength on Nurse and Patient Outcomes.”She continues at Penn’s Center forHealth Outcomes and Policy Research asa postdoctoral research fellow.Navy Ensign Michelle Barba ’10 B.S.N.,R.N. is serving with the U.S. Navy NurseCorps at NAS Jacksonville Naval MedicalCenter’s maternal-infant unit.Alison Spicer ’11 B.S.N., R.N., a staffnurse at the University of Virginia Children’sHospital, practices on an acutecare/PICU stepdown unit. She looks forwardto starting graduate school soon.Janet Fogg ’11 Ph.D., RNC-NIC, CNEis an instructor in the undergraduateand graduate programs in Penn StateUniversity’s School of Nursing. She wasappointed to the graduate faculty inSeptember 2011 and has been workingon the curricula for new master’s degreeprograms for nurse educators and nurseadministrators.In Memoriam:Alumni and FriendsJ. M. Ada Mutch,M.A., R.N., an icon onPhiladelphia’s MainLine, died in Rosemont,Pa., on January27, two weeksbefore her 107thbirthday. Althoughnot an alumna of theCollege of Nursing,she was a longtimefriend. In 2005 the College awarded hera Medallion for her outstanding leadershipin nursing and her volunteer serviceto the community.A graduate of what was then theColumbia-Presbyterian Hospital Schoolof Nursing, she earned her bachelor’sand master’s degrees from TeachersCollege, Columbia University. Followingservice in the U.S. Army Nurse Corps,she was associate director of nursingat Columbia-Presbyterian before herappointment as director of nursing atLankenau Hospital in Wynnewood, Pa.Her father, the Rev. Andrew Mutch, pastorof Bryn Mawr Presbyterian Church,emigrated from Scotland when she wasa small child. She was known for hermany community, church and professionalcontributions, especially to theNurses Educational Funds, Inc.Brig. Gen. (Ret.)Hazel Johnson’59 B.S.N., Ph.D. diedin Wilmington, Del.,on August 5, 2011, atthe age of 84, followinga long illness. Sheis interred at ArlingtonNational Cemetery.She was thefirst African-Americanwoman to hold the rank of general in theU.S. Army and the first African Americanto hold the position of chief nurse of theU.S. Army Nurse Corps. She served onthe Villanova University Board of Trustees,and Villanova and two other universitiesawarded her honorary degrees. TheCollege of Nursing honored her in 1984 asone of the first recipients of the Medallionfor Distinguished Achievement. At Nursing’sConvocation each year for graduatingstudents, the College presents theHazel Johnson Leadership Award.A native of West Chester, Pa., shegraduated from Harlem Hospital Schoolof Nursing; earned her bachelor’s degreein Nursing from Villanova; a master’sdegree from Teachers College, ColumbiaUniversity; and her doctorate from TheCatholic University of America. She servedin Korea and developed an educationalprogram for Army nurses at the Universityof Maryland.Following her retirement from theArmy, she directed the GovernmentAffairs office at the headquarters of theAmerican Nurses Association, then hada distinguished academic career, teachingin the graduate nursing programat George Mason University. She wasfeatured in the Spring 2006 VillanovaNursing. This pioneering Villanovanepitomized the Army slogan “Be all youcan be.” She communicated that messageto hundreds of nurses whom she mentoredwith purpose and a memorablesense of humor.Villanova Nursing | Spring 2012 31