Susan Sullivan-Bolyai DNSc, CNS, RN, FAAN, Associate Professor, Director Florence S Downs PhD Program in Nursing Research & Theory Development, NYU College of Nursing is the recipient of the 2015 Suzanne Feetham Nurse Scientist Family Research Award, US Eastern Nursing Research Society (ENRS).
The goal of Dr. Sullivan-Bolyai’s family-focused intervention research (parent and teen mentorship, using human patient simulators to enhance parent and preteen education) is to help families (children, preteens, parents , and through her student’s work, grandparents and emerging adults) better manage and function with the daily care required when a child has Type 1 Diabetes (T1D). She has known and learned from Dr. Feetham since the mid-1980s. For more information contact IFNA member, Susan Sullivan-Bolyai.
This award is a result of the contributions and generosity of IFNA member, Dr. Suzanne Feetham, to the growth and development of family nursing science.
