2012 international new Fellows - American Academy of Nursing

maRY maRgaREt sUlliVan, Dnp, Rn, anp-bC, CDE
Mary Margaret Sullivan is the Diabetes Clinical Nurse Specialist at the University of California,
San Francisco Medical Center and an Associate Clinical Professor at University of California,
San Francisco School of Nursing.
Dr. Sullivan has made significant contributions to nursing through her leadership in advancing
transdisciplinary evidence-based practice changes that promote optimal outcomes for persons
with diabetes mellitus. She has been instrumental in transforming systems of care through her
quality improvement initiatives and research agenda focus on reducing insulin administration
errors, improving inpatient glycemic control, and promoting safe transitions from hospital settings
to home. The findings from these initiatives have been disseminated through publications and
presentations at national and international conferences.
Dr. Sullivan is a recognized diabetes expert and has served on national councils to develop
diabetes care guidelines and position statements. She galvanized the City and County of
San Francisco to create San Francisco’s Home Generated Sharps Disposal Program. She
created a “Becoming a Diabetes Educator Workshop” and has educated over 600 healthcare
professionals. Dr. Sullivan is a recognized leader for implementing safe practice systems for
improving glycemic management in hospitals and has shared her expertise with hospitals across
the United States.
In recognition of her many accomplishments in the field of diabetes, in 2010, the American
Association of Diabetes Educators selected Dr. Sullivan as the Diabetes Educator of the Year.
Dr. Sullivan received her BSN from the University of San Francisco, her MSN from the University
of Texas in San Antonio and her DNP from the University of San Francisco.
Colorado
lYnn gilbERt, pHD, Rn, pnp-bC
When Lynn Gilbert was an adolescent, she had a life-changing opportunity to spend a summer
in Africa after which she received a scholarship to Stanford University in international relations
there she chose nursing as an additional major for bettering child well-being in the world. During
the ensuing six decades she has worked in child health in Africa, South America, and Haiti,
teaching pediatric primary care to nurse practitioner students and providing care to indigent
families in Colorado.
Dr. Gilbert received the National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioner’s (NAPNAP) Henry
Silver Memorial award and chaired the early childhood section of NAPNAP’s obesity prevention
guidelines. Her research focus is pediatric cardiovascular risk reduction. This work had support
from NINR, RWJF, and AHRQ. Dr. Gilbert and her son have developed a bilingual web-based
community surveillance and clinical screening tool, HeartSmartKids, used with more than 60,000
children in the past 5 years. Childhood chances, choices, and challenges provide a foundation
for lifespan health and disparities, a theme which Dr. Glbert reiterates to her advanced practice
nursing students, in her clinic and community service, and her research. After 18 years at the
University of Colorado College of Nursing, Dr. Gilbert will retire at the end of this year just
before her 70th birthday.
Dr. Gilbert received her masters degree in maternal-child and public health from University of
California San Francisco, her postmasters PNP certificate from University of Colorado and a PhD
in behavioral pediatrics and community child health from Union Graduate School.
maRY bEtH maKiC, pHD, Rn, CCns
Mary Beth Makic currently holds an adjoint Assistant Professor position at the University of
Colorado, College of Nursing, Aurora, CO and is the Research Nurse Scientist for Critical Care
at the University of Colorado Hospital, Aurora, CO.
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