Professor Campbell, Chief Nurse Baker, Named American Academy of Nursing Fellows

Associate professor Cathy Campbell and Kathy Baker, chief nursing officer for UVA Health University Medical Center and UVA School of Nursing's associate dean for clinical affairs, will be inducted as Fellows of the American Academy of Nursing (AAN) at the organization's Health Policy Conference in Washington, D.C., Oct. 31-Nov. 2, 2024.

“We couldn’t be prouder of these two extraordinary nurses,” said Dean Marianne Baernholdt of Campbell and Baker. “They are well-deserving of this honor and truly outstanding in and committed to our field.”

37

The School's total number of American Academy of Nursing Fellows, with Campbell and Baker's inductions

The distinction, among the highest professional honors a nurse may earn, is awarded annually to select individuals invited by the Academy. The nation’s more than 3,000 AAN Fellows include nursing leaders in education, management, practice and research, individuals who commit their time and energy to the organization, engaging with other health care leaders to transform the American health care system.

Campbell—a long-time hospice nurse, Buddhist chaplain, Fulbright scholar alumna, and an expert on end-of-life and palliative care in both global and domestic settings, including for rural caregivers and transgender elders—is a nurse scientist who studied end-of-life care education and practices in South Africa and Thailand. She also studies the end-of-life experiences of and develops supports for transgender elders who are dying, and earned Mind & Life Institute think-tank grant funding to develop and present best practices to support them. 

Since her arrival at UVA Health University Medical Center in 2022, Baker has brought her keen expertise on workforce issues, including workplace satisfaction and professional development, and prioritized nursing workforce recruitment and retention, increased focus on quality and patient safety, and improved the organization's overall efficiency and strength. She has also championed key initiatives at the School, including the development of the Clinical Instructor Workshop and Nurse Educator Academy, a new Evidence-Based Practice Academy, and the launch of eight new Clinical Nurse Leader positions for CNL-certified nurses, among the nation's first such roles. Baker is being honored as an Academy fellow for her national work on nurse staffing, top-of-license practice, and her contributions to emergency nursing research. 

The 2024 cohort of Academy Fellows, so-called "FAANs," represent a "cross-section of nursing's most dynamic leaders who are making positive change in their systems and communities to champion health and wellness," the Academy said in a statement. They represent 37 states, the District of Columbia, and 14 countries, and join more than 3,000 Academy Fellows worldwide.

With Campbell's and Baker's inductions, the School's national academies fellows among its active and emeriti faculty number 56, and its number of FAANs totals 37.

The School of Nursing is pleased to additionally salute the following alumni for their forthcoming induction into the American Academy of Nursing 2024 cohort of new Fellow inductees:

• Thomas W. Barkley, PhD, ACNP-BC, ANP, FAANP (MSN ’89)
  Barkley & Associates, Inc.
• Nancy Crego, PhD, RN, CCRN, CHSE (PhD ’13)
  assistant professor at Duke University School of Nursing
• Tina S. Gustin, DNP, CNS, RN (MSN ’87)
  associate professor at Old Dominion University's Ellmer School of Nursing
• Danielle K. McCamey, DNP, ACNP-BC, FCCP (BSN ’03)
  Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing assistant dean and founder of DNPs of Color
• Karen Kane McDonnell, PhD, RN (PhD ’13)
  associate professor and co-director of the Cancer Survivorship Research Center at the University of South Carolina College of Nursing
• Devon Noonan, PhD, MPH, FNP-BC, CARN  (PhD ’10)
  associate professor and Dorothy Powell Term Chair of Nursing at Duke University School of Nursing
• Jane R. von Gaudecker, PhD, RN, AGCNS, FAES, CGNC (MSN ’12, PhD ’15) 
  associate professor, Indiana University School of Nursing
• Lisa A. Wiese, PhD, MSN, RN, GERO-BC, PHNA-BC, CNE, FGSA (BSN ’84, MSN ’85)
  associate professor at the Florida Atlantic University Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing
• Kenya D. Williams, EdD, MBA, MSN, RN, RP, CAE, FNYAM (MSN ’13)
  deputy executive director of the National Student Nurses' Association 

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