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Global Health Nursing: a Conversation
November 15, 2018 @ 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
The New Jersey Medical School Office of Global Health presents a lecture by Suzanne Willard as part of its monthly Interdisciplinary Global Health Lecture Series. Dr. Willard, associate dean for global health in the Rutgers School of Nursing, will review global health nursing opportunities and discuss the School of Nursing’s global initiatives.
Dr. Willard’s area of interest has been in the field of HIV for over 25 years. She has been a practitioner as well as a program designer and implementer in a variety of HIV settings. She also was the lead on the initiation of quality improvement programs for the city of Philadelphia as well as globally with the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation. She currently maintains her clinical practice as an advanced practice nurse at Zufall Health Center, providing HIV treatment services in Somerville, NJ. Prior to her HIV work, she was a trauma nurse at Temple University Hospital in Philadelphia. She has held leadership positions within the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care, including serving as president. She has been recognized nationally and internationally for her work. She is a member of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care, American Nurses Association, and New Jersey Nurses Association and is a Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing.
Medical Sciences Building, room E609b, 185 South Orange Avenue, Newark, NJ
Presented with support from the NJMS Department of Surgery and Emergency Medicine. Free and open to all Rutgers faculty, staff, and students.